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Current Exhibitions
28th September, 2018 - 11th November, 2018
CLARK BARRETT | UNWINDING ROADA love of old road maps and a sense of adventure prompted Clark to explore the region’s dirt roads, sometimes travelling out as far as 400kms. Fascinated by the laser bright intensity of the outback sunlight and the way it makes colour vibrate, Clark has spent the past 40 years searching these back roads for his inner and outer landscape. Travelling through stations and camping out or sleeping in shearers’ quarters, Clark would knock on the doors of isolated homesteads hoping to meet the people and experience this fascinating land. This curiosity led to him amassing an enviable collection of experiences and gain valuable insight into the light and life of the ‘bush’. Clark’s on site artworks seek to capture the colourful glory of nature’s morning and evening light. His large studio works and 3D constructions communicate Clark’s spiritual link to the landscape and its unique history. To Clark, there is no mute landscape. He loves the stories and history behind each outback journey. The local roads are less a landscape than a region of his mind and heart. To the inexperienced, those same roads are simply rough old dirt tracks.
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OBJET D'ART | ROBERT CLINCH & JEFF BROWNObjet d’Art is a project of passion which was sparked from an innocent conversation between historic car collector Jeff Brown andthe artist Robert Clinch. Contemporary realist painter Robert Clinch has transformed an iconic 1960s Australian sportscar, the Goggomobil Dart, into an Objet d’Art. Over a period of 12 months he painstakingly hand painted the car with his signature paperdarts. The dart motif has persisted in Clinch’spaintings since 1985 and signifes imagination, transience, purity and fragility. Accompanying the car, this exhibition also includes detailed sketches, test panels and a documentary video about the project. |
MOVING HISTORIES // FUTURE PROJECTIONSMoving Histories // Future Projections brings together some of Australia’s leading female contemporary artists working across screenbased media including Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams, Amala Groom, Deborah Kelly, Kate Blackmore and Jacinta Tobin, Joan Ross, Soda_Jerk, Angelica Mesiti and Caroline Garcia, curated by Kelly Doley and Diana Baker-Smith of Barbara Cleveland (formally Brown Council). The artists in Moving Histories // Future Projections approach their subject matter in a variety of ways – they turn the camera on themselves, re-stage historical events or reimagine alternative futures through speculative accounts of the past. Through repetition, montage and mimicry, they explore a space where time folds in on itself and back again, each looking back while also moving forward. Collectively and individually they act as historians, archivists and archaeologists - excavating historical materials, digging through archives and channeling the past to make new connections across time and space.A dLux Media Arts exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW
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PETER OSBORN | FROM RAILWAY TOWN TO THE WESTERN FRONT 1917GOT MITTENS TOOThis exhibition of paintings and sculptures commemorates the lives of the Broken Hill soldiers who served at the Western Front in World War 1. Peter’s grandfather, William Osborn, spent his working life with Broken Hill South Mining Company and kept a unique diary which served as the inspiration and source for this work. This exhibition is a tribute to the extraordinary courage,resilience and humanity of these men who went from the heat and dust of Broken Hill to the mud and shells of the Western Front. It is a stark reminder of the devastating carnage and destruction that war brings. |
Upcoming Exhibitions
16th November, 2018 - 25th February, 2019
MERVYN BISHOPMervyn Bishop, an exhibition celebrating the prolific and longstanding career of a photographer whose records of culture, politics and people have contributed greatly to an understanding of Australia’s history. Alongside the works from the Gallery’s collection, material from the artist’s personal photographic archive is on display via a curated slideshow. Selected from an archive of over 8000 images, the majority of which have never before been seen in public, the slideshow features images taken over the past 60 years affording a fascinating insight into Bishop’s life and work through photographs. Photographs by Bishop of defining moments in Australia’s political and social history, personal images of family and friends, and intimate portraits of members of the Aboriginal community all feature in Mervyn Bishop. An Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition.
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HSC SHOWCASE
Join us to celebrate Visual Art and Design school leavers annual exhibition, HSC Showcase.
Works from Wilcannia Central School, Broken Hill High School and Willyama High School will be on display to highlight the young, upcoming artistic talent in the far west region. |
WAS WORKSThe Willyama Art Society is delighted to present their 57th exhibition at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, and immensely proud to appear in this remarkable local institution.
The Society was formed in 1961 to help and encourage local hobbyists and professional artists to share their passions and expertise across diverse mediums. Members work, or have worked, in many different areas of the community, pursuing a great variety of themes and interests, which has resulted in an impressive array of styles, talents and art forms.
While there is no specific theme, WAS Works highlights a full palette of materials from oils and watercolours to acrylics, inks and pastels, all of which inspired the members to produce portraits, landscapes, abstract or still life works.
The aim of the society is to surprise and beguile those wishing to share their love of the arts. |
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James Tylor Show