WINTER—SPRING - Canberra 100

Image: Denise Pepper Punto in Aria credit Eva Fernandez.
WOLFGANG BUTTRESS: SCULPTURE
16 May to 23 June
A major survey of this leading British sculptor to coincide with TOUCH:
Sculpture and the Land, during which Wolfgang Buttress will also be
a keynote speaker at Sculpture: Space and Place at the National Gallery
of Australia. Coinciding with the exhibition will be the launch of a major
public commission by the artist at the ANU College of Science.
ANU Drill Hall Gallery
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100 Days of Glass continues
THROUGHOUT 2013
Canberra Glassworks is proud to present 100 Days of Glass over the
course of this special year. Events include exhibitions, classes for
children and adults, residencies, artist talks and demonstrations in
the Hotshop.
Highlights of the program include exhibitions featuring the art of
indigenous artists working in glass. This includes solo exhibitions by
local artists such as Lyndy Delian in July (P 46).
The Ranamok Prize is a highlight of the year (P 72) and the last
exhibition of the year will be titled Treasures, featuring jewellery and
small exquisite works in glass by Australia’s leading artists.
Every weekend visitors can try their hand at glass making by
participating in the Off-the-Street program, making a paperweight or
glass bauble in a one-on-one session with an artist in the Hotshop.
Each month there are adult classes run to teach glass blowing and
other techniques to those who have been inspired by glass and want
to get more involved. The kids classes that are run every school
holiday period are programmed in line with the exhibitions. Children
are shown through the exhibition by an artist, then encouraged
to use what they’ve learnt, or been inspired by, to create their
own artwork.
Every day is a day of glass at the Canberra Glassworks but in 2013
they will feature 100 special days to celebrate the Centenary of our
nation’s capital.
Canberra Glassworks
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Image: eX de Medici, Cure for Pain (detail), 2010, watercolour on paper, 114 x 415 cm.
Courtesy the artist and Sullivan and Strumpf, Sydney.
eX de Medici complicit, a survey
27 June to 11 August
For many years, the work of one of the region’s most significant contemporary artists, eX de Medici,
has centred on the politics of power. Her work is often shocking and confronting, yet the technical
virtuosity of the work is superb.
Curated by Jenny McFarlane, this exhibition brings together many of eX de Medici’s key works, and
makes visible a larger continuous dialogue that has developed throughout her practice. It also includes
recent work inspired by a series of visits to Iran.
ANU Drill Hall Gallery
www.anu.edu.au/mac/content/dhg
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