Six Degrees Exhibition Wangaratta

Last weekend I went to rural Victoria for a textile symposium organised by the Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery to coincide with the opening of the Petite show of textile miniatures, and my own show in the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre. My show was called Six Degrees. The invitation is above. Parts of two series were shown - four pieces from the woven-human-hair Six Degrees series, and fourteen sock panels from the I Am Because We Are installation. I gave a presentation at the symposium on the evolution of one strand of my art practice that led to the two series on display.

Textile Symposium/Six Degrees Exhibition

This weekend I'm flying down to the Victorian town of Wangaratta for a textile symposium, and the opening of an exhibition of work of mine at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre.

RODNEY LOVE

SIX DEGREES

Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre
Foyer Gallery
3 - 25 July 2010

Sydney artist Rodney Love presents two series of works that are based on double weave techniques and his conceptual ideas about groups and individuals - how they relate to one another, how one shapes the other, how they are connected.

Including the names of the people who donated the hair and socks to be woven, the works become a commemorative object, taking Rodney into his current research into memorials and monuments.

I'll be giving a presentation at the Symposium about my work, and how the links between my conceptual concerns, techniques and materials have made my work evolve the way it has.

2010 Textile Symposium
Symposium, Dinner, Exhibitions, Workshops

3 - 7 July 2010

Textile artists and enthusiasts are encouraged to participate in this exciting program of textile-related talks, exhibitions and workshops.

The main symposium from 10am-3.30pm on Saturday 3 July will include keynote speakers Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Sylvia Kleinert, Rodney Love, Louise Saxton and Cheryl Thornton.

Workshops run over the following four days include Indigenous Basket Weaving, Miniature Suzanis, Machine Embroidery and Freeform Crochet.

Exhibitions include Flourish, Petite, Ensemble (Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery Collection) and Six Degrees (Rodney Love).

To download the full program (PDF 640kb) please click here

Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain 3

I've got three posts (here and here) about the exhibition Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain which I had in 2007 at Kudos Gallery . I thought it'd be better to spread them out rather than have them all in one post. All three posts are starting with these four shots of the overall exhibition:





This post shows the hand-made paper collage works which all had hand stitching. The work on the right is Una Nox Dormienda, the next is A Sleep From Which You May Not Awaken, and the three small works are all from the Violence, Abjection and Ecstasy series.


All these unframed works are from the Violence, Abjection and Ecstasy series (some of these pieces are also shown here):

Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain 2

I've got three posts (here and here) about the exhibition Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain which I had in 2007 at Kudos Gallery. I thought it'd be better to spread them out rather than have them all in one post. All three posts are starting with these four shots of the overall exhibition:





I had these five hair boxes at the front entrance, in lieu of the title of the exhibition.



Here is a series of light globe sculptures. The hanging works are Comfortably Numb. The work on the right is Visions of the Apocalypse. The piece in front is Life Be In It, and the one at the back is Untitled (Life Be In It II).





Three grid works - top left is Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain, on the right is Walking Among the Fires of Hell, Delighted With the Enjoyments of Genius, Which to Angels Look Like Torment and Insanity, and bottom left is The Stepford Wives.

Wire doll works - from left to right, Fall of the Rebel Angels, The Part That Wants Beauty to Suffer (a title I've used for another work in the past - and this work, when it was covered in chicken skin, was known as The Man Who Eats Meat Cannot Sneer at the Butcher), and Weltschmerz.





Some small sculptural works: The drawing pin cup is Tea and Sympathy, the shoe is Happily Ever After, and the ceramic eggs are Population Explosion.






This floor work is made from burnt light tubes. It's called the Dan Flavin I'd Like To See.

Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain 1

I've got three posts (here and here) about the exhibition Hate and Envy and Crime and Darkness and Pain which I had in 2007 at Kudos Gallery. I thought it'd be better to spread them out rather than have them all in one post. All three posts are starting with these four shots of the overall exhibition:




The exhibition was an overview of past works that all dealt with the idea of death and decay. The large chopstick installation was made in situ, and was mostly destroyed after the exhibition.

The chopstick works are all collectively titled Everything Ends. The four large works are about 50x50cm, and the small squares are approximately 20x20cm.







The small cubes are 20x20x20cm, and the larger boxes are 50x50x20cm.