Recent news & exhibitions

The USQ Tradeshow (artists from USQ in a group exhibition) entitled Project B was held at the Judith Wright Centre on Thursday and Friday night of last week. We all talked briefly about our artworks on the Thursday night. Not a huge amount of people came, but it was still a worthwhile experience - good to see so many talented artists and their artworks in one room! Special thanks must also go to Mel Robson for coming along; it was great to meet such an inspirational ceramic artist!

So next up is the Reflex: Graduart exhibition at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. The show is now on, and runs until 22 November. The exhibition also runs concurrently at the USQ Arts Gallery from 13 Nov to 13 Dec 2009, with different artworks from the same artists.

My artwork 'even if it kills me' [shown above, the detail of a larger work with five pierced forms] is in the TRAG gallery currently. The title is in response to the two forms shown above, which I'd previously called 'The Repetition Kills You'.

For the USQ part of the exhibition I will be having some of my black and grey pierced forms, the artwork entitled 'Take Off Your Colours'. Photos coming soon [hopefully]!!

Exhibitionssss

Here's some details for the group exhibitions I have coming up soon:

Project B

A diverse selection of third-year USQ Visual Arts students.

29 - 30 October 2009
@ Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

The works represent the culmination of three years' hard work, evolving from the disciplines of drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics and spatial construction. The students will talk briefly about their work on the evening of Thursday 29 October from 6.00-7.30pm followed by an opening of the exhibition. Staff and students will also be available for questions from 6.00-8.00pm on Friday 30 October.

Reflex: Graduart

This exhibition is the culmination of three years studying Visual Arts at USQ. Works by third year students will be showcased across a range of media (incl. Ceramics, Spatial Construction, Painting, Printmaking and Drawing) exploring different concepts, processes and materials.

Graduart will be held at two venues, with the official opening at USQ on Friday the 13th November 2009 at 6pm.

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
30th October - 22nd November
Tues-Sat 10am-4pm
Sun 1-4pm

USQ Art Gallery
University of Southern Queensland
West Street, Toowoomba
13th November - 13 December
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Please come along - the exhibitions should be really good. There are some really talented artists that will be included in the shows, with diverse media and visuals.

Tiny Tiny

The smallest of these forms (the white one) is only about 1.5cm diameter.

I'm still really happy with the black form. It's such a beautiful tone and sheen. So. More greys and blacks on their way... I just have to pierce them first!

Until next time,
~Daniel

P.S. Please feel free to leave a comment (negative or positive). I'd love to know what you think about my artwork!

Watch This Space

Here's another photograph of the pink forms... with the sheen instead of a shadow. I have about six pink forms now. They have a nice relationship, but I'm still not too sure how I feel about the colour.

I also got a nice surprise out of the kiln today... some tiny yellow forms (possibly looking into their use as jewellery), and a black one that I had glaze fired. The yellow is quite vibrant and strong, but still with a hint of subtlety and pastel-ness. I was impressed with the depth of colour and of the black especially. As usual, I used a body stain kneaded into the clay with a clear gloss glaze.

I'm looking forward to making more black and grey ones - for their visual and conceptual worth. Hopefully I will have some gradient between my white forms (that I'm still making, however sporadically) and the black and grey, so as to show relationships and familial interactions. Also the concept of emotional change and endurance - the fading of one feeling into another over time.
Having grey forms will hopefully be especially strong - suggesting (on top of the general idea of piercing as pain and annoyance, and relieving that pain through the cathartic creation of art,) that pain is not always black or white - it strengthens one's character and enables new directions and experiences. No pain, no gain?

EXHIBITION NEWS
Coming up in the following months, I will be in these group exhibitions:
"Project B" - Tradeshow @ Judith Wright Centre, Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
"Reflex" - USQ GraduArt exhibit at USQ Gallery and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.

I'll have to dig up the dates for these soon... time is running out! Busy times ahead!
I'll also soon have more images of my artwork, including some black and grey forms.
Watch this space.