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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.

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    • Diego, Don Tom and Ann 2023
    • Charred Koala - hanging on 2022
    • Radical Localism 2022
    • SHAW & SHAW 2021
    • Precious Places 2020
    • Pincer Grip 2019
    • Hand-Saw-Horse 2019
    • Urban Origins 2019
    • Rotary Wheel Rings 2018
    • Debra Porch and Friends 2018
    • Recycled Narratives 2018
    • Nail Heads 2017 - 2018
    • Mortar Heads 2017
    • Rescued Pets 2017
    • Visions Exhibition 2017
    • Rings for Mary Shelley 2016
    • Yang 杨 + Shaw 肖 2015-2016
    • The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2015-2016
    • Sleight of Hand 2015
    • Why Jewellery? 2015
    • Greensmith 2014+2016
    • Icons 2014
    • Tool 2011 & 2012
    • Inundation 2011
    • Evidence 2010
    • The Miniature Museum 2009
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