Newcastle Student Art Exhibitions Opening This Week
Lyndon Savio & a bunch of his cohort of Newcastle art students will exhibit their works at the Watt Space Gallery throughout October, opening this week. Get along to the gallery & support this local talent… and get in on the cheese & wine too!
3 Moments, 10 Bullets by Lyndon Savio
The artworks involved in this exhibition are concentrated fragments of nostalgia. The works are created and informed by experience and relation. Not seeking to state an explicit form or discovery, but to be reinterpreted with each interaction.
Gram o chroi Seanmhathair by Eilis Doyle
Meaning: Love of my heart old mother
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet, tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” - William Butler Yeats
Paperhouse by Deborah Hally
A photography exhibition exploring femininity & identity, Hally creates a feeling of lush femininity that hints at something more uncomfortable.
Functionalism by Riona Tindal
The mosaics, buttons, paint and fabrics used in this exhibition challenge traditional notions of art and craft, right and wrong and attempt to blur society’s labeling and categorising things, people & ideas into neat, comfortable boxes.
Presence/Absence by Sarah Stubbs & Melanie Webb
Can you believe everything you see? This exhibition explores the idea of presence and absence through the use of light and slow shutter speeds to create ghostly impressions that ask the audience to question reality. The photography replicate tricks of the eye & challenge the perception of photography capturing reality.
Inside/Inside-Out by Anthony Yates
These photographs by Anthony Yates explore a cityscape devoid of human interaction, hinting at something sinister lurking beneath the thin veneer & ultimately portraying the artist’s inner machinations.
Opening night for these exhibitions is Thursday, 6 October at 6:30pm and they run until Sunday, 22 October.
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