Art Collective WA
2/565 Hay Street, Cathedral Square, Perth, WA 6000 [Map 19]
08 9325 7237
Wed to Fri 11am–4pm, Sat 12pm–4pm, or by appointment.
Until 21 January
TEN
In celebration of Art Collective WA’s first decade of operation as an artist-owned, non-profit organisation, TEN showcases the achievements of its 36 member artists with a group show of entirely new works including painting, sculpture and photography. The exhibition illustrates the richness of contemporary art practice in Western Australia and features many of the state’s most significant artists. Showing at Holmes a Court Gallery, Vasse Felix, Margaret River.
3 February–2 March
New Paintings
Giles Hohnen
Pulsating combinations of both harmonious and discordant colour compositions imbue Giles Hohnen’s new colour soaked paintings. His process defies convention; no preliminary sketches or blueprints guide his paint application. Instead, each work evolves organically, born from bold, freeform shapes and colours cascading across the canvas, revealing layers of complexity woven into seemingly simplistic forms.
3 February–2 March
The Palette
Barbara Bolt
Colour is beautiful but appearances can be deceptive. Through a series of colourful diptychs Barbara Bolt creates a dialogue between digital and water colour painting, posing the questions: what is the relationship between the virtual and the material, the mutable and the “real” and what does this mean for the “auratic” quality of the digital?
22 February–25 February
Melbourne Art Fair
Joanna Lamb
Art Collective WA presents new work by Joanna Lamb at Melbourne Art Fair. Wavering between realism and abstraction, Joanna is known for her hard-edged and highly refined compositions depicting the aesthetic qualities of Perth’s suburbs. Joanna’s
