Curatorial Projects.
Revisiting the Australian Landscape - Interpreting the Landscape on an Intimate Scale
18 July to 15 August 2010
Redlands Art Gallery Cleveland
The use of the landscape as subject matter in Australian jewellery is not new. Colonial Australian jewellery employed elements of the landscape, flora and fauna as decorative motifs specifying the geographical and cultural location that the works were made. Elements of the Australian landscape, so strikingly different from European experience were incorporated, as early expressions of the difference in location and lifestyle. Traditional European materials, precious metals and gem stones were used with imported techniques and cultural values to create emblems of pride in the 'new' country. These early works express a sense of optimism and gave a visual representation of the developing sense of identity for the new nation. They express a clear statement about the political and cultural values of the time.
Curated by Elizabeth Shaw, Convenor of Jewellery and Small Objects, Queensland College of Art this exhibition explores how contemporary Queensland jewellers and metalsmiths use the Australian landscape in their work as a vehicle to express environmental concerns as well as ideas of political and cultural location. Featuring work by Ann Chadwick, Amy Cochrane, Margot Douglas, Chantelle Fisher, Lisa Gaze, Catherine Large, Bibi Locke, Andrew Lowrie, Christine O’Reilly, Kate Allbon Sargeant, Rebecca Ward and Susie Woodhouse.
18 July to 15 August 2010
Redlands Art Gallery Cleveland
The use of the landscape as subject matter in Australian jewellery is not new. Colonial Australian jewellery employed elements of the landscape, flora and fauna as decorative motifs specifying the geographical and cultural location that the works were made. Elements of the Australian landscape, so strikingly different from European experience were incorporated, as early expressions of the difference in location and lifestyle. Traditional European materials, precious metals and gem stones were used with imported techniques and cultural values to create emblems of pride in the 'new' country. These early works express a sense of optimism and gave a visual representation of the developing sense of identity for the new nation. They express a clear statement about the political and cultural values of the time.
Curated by Elizabeth Shaw, Convenor of Jewellery and Small Objects, Queensland College of Art this exhibition explores how contemporary Queensland jewellers and metalsmiths use the Australian landscape in their work as a vehicle to express environmental concerns as well as ideas of political and cultural location. Featuring work by Ann Chadwick, Amy Cochrane, Margot Douglas, Chantelle Fisher, Lisa Gaze, Catherine Large, Bibi Locke, Andrew Lowrie, Christine O’Reilly, Kate Allbon Sargeant, Rebecca Ward and Susie Woodhouse.
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