WINTER—SPRING - Canberra 100

Image: Marzena Wasikowski, Jess, Danny and Mia 2010.
Ben Quilty: a Survey
7 November to 15 December
Award winning artist Ben Quilty is known for his bold and expressive style. This major
exhibition, curated by Michael Desmond, features recent paintings provided by Quilty
as well as a superb series of new print works. For Quilty, prints have been a way of
challenging his signature painterly style and exploring new territory. Much of the new
work has been developed by working directly from life, making portraits of friends
and family. These works reflect his personal and working environment and begin to
investigate ideas of landscape and identity.
ANU Drill Hall Gallery
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Cathy Franzi
31 October to 14 December
Lens love: the tender gaze of six
Canberra-region photographers
30 November 2013 to 23 February 2014
Soak up the work of some of Canberra’s most established photographers in
this survey exhibition spanning over thirty years of practice. Gain an insight
into the people, events and landscapes that have inspired them, and explore
the unusual and stirring connections their images make between history,
personal identity, place and myth.
Canberra Museum and Gallery
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Cathy Franzi’s ceramic practice is devoted to the exploration of Australian flora. Franzi
has developed a distinctive sgraffito linocut style which she uses to carve the clay surface
in an interpretation of Australian flora - an investigation of the impact of environmental
degradation. She creates a series of works, inspired by Walter Burley Griffin and
Marian Mahony’s vision: to ‘paint’ the hills of Canberra in a single colour of vegetation
assemblages, as a process of re-vegetation. This vision was never realised, with the only
remaining physical evidence being a few Crimson Bottlebrush and Rosemary Grevillea on
Red Hill.
Craft ACT Gallery
www.craftact.org.au
Natural Wonders
22 November 2013 to 6 January 2014
Edge of Winter
4 October to 9 November
This collection is based on Eugenie Keefer Bell’s 2012 Australia Council artist residency
on Suomenlinna, the 18 th century fortress island in Helsinki harbour. She spent the winter
documenting the omnipresent ice and snow which dominated the land and sea scapes in
a compelling spectacle of continually changing forms. Back in Canberra, the photographs
and drawings provided a springboard for a collection of jewellery recalling the magic of
snow and ice. Eugenie Keefer Bell has exhibited internationally, and held solo exhibitions in
Australia, Japan and the USA. Her work is represented in public collections, including the
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Australia
and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. She is an Associate Professor and Head of Design
and Architecture in the University of Canberra Faculty of Arts and Design.
Bilk Gallery Contemporary Metal and Glass will mount a series of solo exhibitions
throughout 2013, finishing with Eugenie Keefer Bell’s Edge of Winter.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council
for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Bilk Gallery
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Julie Ryder explores the unseen beauty of Canberra through the use of natural materials,
such as pollens, ash, earth and plant dyes collected from specific sites in the Canberra
region. These materials are then used in a variety of techniques on paper and textiles
to build up a profile of our territory. Their composition will reference the idea of Walter
Burley Griffin’s planned city, and the effect that white settlement and urbanisation had
on the indigenous flora.
Narek Galleries
www.narekgalleries.com
Art Quilt
22 November 2013 to 6 January 2014
Art Quilt Australia: people, place and nation is an initiative of the Ozquilt Network
Inc. and is curated by Valerie Kirk, Head of Textiles at the Australian National University.
Selected works make up this survey exhibition of quilt textiles, drawing on the finest
contemporary Australian art quilters. The works showcase the talents of both new and
established Australian art quilters, presenting innovative and imaginative works across a
range of techniques, materials and formats. ArtQuilt Australia's conference will be held in
association with the exhibition.
Narek Galleries
www.narekgalleries.com