A–Z Exhibitions Western Australia
Art Collective WA
2/565 Hay Street, Cathedral Square, Perth, WA 6000 [Map 19]
08 9325 7237
Wed to Fri 11am–4pm, Sat 12noon–4pm, or by appointment.
13 August—10 September
Melange
Minaxi May
Commonplace objects are repurposed into ready-made artworks through modification and assemblage. By challenging their inherent meaning the objects are then considered and treasured as abstract sculptures, rather than throwaways, creating relationships that are whimsical, juxtaposed, or humorous and interconnected through colour and shape.
13 August—10 September
Qualiagraph\Qualiagram
Hiroshi Kobayashi
New paintings investigate the idea of time and depth perception, based on digitised photographic images and 3D models. The works examine the relationships between personal memories and commercial products, and how unique objects can be shared in virtual spaces yet maintain their unique qualities.
13 August—10 September
Floe
Stuart Elliott
An installation that instigates a visual conversation about choices and their consequences, from the immediate to those so distant as to be effectively unknowable. Although there is an overarching sense of barely contained chaos, the placing of the components is also intended to appear controlled, to present a kind of order, a logic even.
17 September—15 October
So Into You
Penny Coss
Arising from a field trip to the Pilbara, this collection of sculptures, textiles and watercolours ponders ‘strata’—as it relates to a rapidly changing earth, to layers embedded in stories and rock, and to how the artist’s art making practice is in a constant state of becoming something else.
17 September—15 October
Teaching a Stone to Talk
Tom Freeman
Text-based paintings and mixed media works explore the artist’s feelings, stemming from recent experiences and emotions around parenting and birth, death and building, climate and future. The works consider ongoing questions about the value of art and the role of the artist, hope and despair within political activism, and the limitations of expression and communication.
22 October—19 November
Echoes from the Forest
Nigel Hewitt
Paintings made from ash samples collected from bushfire sites across Tasmania. The tones of the ash vary depending on the vegetation and the differing temperatures of the wild fires. The artist brings these charred organic compounds together to create pictorial, almost photographic, tributes to landscape. They are a plea for action. A call from the
