Mar
20
to May 2

That Old Stuff

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Lyn Wood, Kindred , 2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 38cm. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Lyn Wood, Kindred, 2020, oil on canvas, 60 x 38cm. Photo courtesy of the artist.

That Old Stuff presents tender portraits of humble household white enamelware - objects whose unsophisticated, unadorned beauty belies the resilience and complex realities of their form and function.

Lingering residues, chips and rust on this ‘old stuff’, are what connect regional SA artist Lyn Wood to the lived experiences and repetitive rituals that gave meaning to the domestic life of her grandparents. 

Lyn Wood is a celebrated SA regional-based artist with a strong connection to the Murray River and its surrounds. Since 2009, her work has featured in solo and group exhibitions in regional SA and Vic, Adelaide and Perth. She is a three-time Category Winner Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize and a Finalist in The Fleurieu Peninsula, Biennale.

Lyn Wood, Little basin (detail), 2020, oil on canvas, 45 x 92cm. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Lyn Wood, Little basin (detail), 2020, oil on canvas, 45 x 92cm. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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Mar
20
to May 2

Domestic Arts: Sera Waters

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Sera Waters, Basking (detail), 2016-17, linen, cotton, sequins, tablecloth, handmade glow-in-the-dark beads, 92 x 60 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery

Sera Waters, Basking (detail), 2016-17, linen, cotton, sequins, tablecloth, handmade glow-in-the-dark beads, 92 x 60 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery

Domestic Arts subverts and unravels the baggage-laden yet wondrous category of making once labelled ‘domestic arts’ (often a.k.a. ‘women’s work’).

Perceived regularly as mundane or sentimental, home-making expressions are reworked to show the knotty tangles hiding within otherwise innocuous home-craft, and that these make-do methods are rich repositories of passed along knowledge. In Australia, the domestic arts have been central to settler colonial home-making.

Domestic Arts presents a re-creation of a home; one that celebrates and critiques the tradition of women world-making using the material stuff around them, and one that questions the ongoing and problematic traditions of colonial settling.

Using embroidery and home-craft methods, Domestic Arts leaps across generations of local and national historical happenings to create contemporary portals onto past legacies, ever present today.

Sera Waters: Domestic Arts is a Country Arts SA touring exhibition presented in partnership with ACE Open. Country Arts SA is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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May
15
to Jun 13

2021 Murray Bridge Rotary Art Show

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The Murray Bridge Rotary Art Show returns in 2021!

Categories include Painting (aka 2D), Ceramics/Sculpture (aka 3D), Photography, and Digital Art which this year is open to moving image artworks (mp4, max duration 2 min).

Start planning your participation with the following key dates:

Entries Close: Tuesday 4 May

Delivery of registered artwork: 10am - 4pm Wednesday 5 May

Opening Event: 2pm - 4pm Sunday 16 May

Exhibition Duration: 15 May - 13 June

Collection of artworks: 9am - 1pm Tuesday 15 June

Visit Rotary Club of Murray Bridge website for full entry details and to register your artwork entries: www.murraybridgeartshow.com.au

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