Work by Jaishree Srinivasan

Jaishree Srinivasan makes wonderfully colourful and decorative ceramic works. They can be viewed and enjoyed on many levels, whether you understand the cultural significance of the symbols used or not. Her pieces have the energy and liveliness of Indian folk art, but function as contemporary art pieces - sometimes as installations as in the 2005 work shown below ...

Sub version (detail) 2005 ceramic. Photo: David Sandison

 ... and sometimes as objects, as in these earlier teapots with storage boxes.

Millennium bug teapots 1999

All images courtesy of the artist.

Pace Project Exhibitions - list of artists participating

There are 3 exhibitions at BIA in 2011 as part of the Pace Project.

The first exhibition opened in March, and was called Drawling - a slow kind of show - and the artists who had work in that exhibition were Peter Biddulph; Kylie Jury; Judith Kentish: Phoebe McDonald; Richard Stride; Sandra Selig & Catherine Brown (with sound by 'Fractions').

The second exhibition Fast Friends will open on July 19, 6-8 pm.  [Be there!]
Artists in this second show are Marcel Daniels; Kim Demuth; Moo Design: Angela Hughes; John Madden; Daniel Mafe; & Jaishree Srinivasan.

The third exhibition will be opening in early November. I have confirmed that Sharon Jewell will show work in the third exhibition ... I had asked Sharon to be part of Drawling, but she was awarded the unmissable opportunity to go to Finland for an Australia Council residency in the first part of the year. Now she's returned and as well as taking part in the third Pace exhibition, Sharon has agreed to present a talk about her experiences in Finland. [Don't miss it!]

More images from Kim Demuth

The Children's Wall (2010)

 Here are some more images by Kim Demuth - two from the exhibition at Jan Manton Gallery titled Second Hand Pose: Portraits of the unknown (2010)

Johann (2010)

and one from a series taken in Barcelona and London.

Cacabelos10.23am

Fast Friends invitation

More from Phoebe McDonald ...

For those of you are following Phoebe's work, or who would just like to see more of it, she says:

I was recently offered a show at LEVEL and will use the opportunity to test some new work. Like my previous work, my latest piece (detail below) also deals with shadow and is transformed by different lighting conditions.

 

 

Phoebe McDonald Rise and Fall 2011

 

Image courtesy of the artist and Spiro | Grace Art Rooms

 

 

    

 

This is work that really rewards viewing in person, because of the way it responds to light and shadow, and how its surface appears to change as you move around. 

 

Link to level gallery   www.levelari.org  

Level One, 11 Stratton Street, Newstead, QLD, 4006
Gallery Hours: Thurs - Sat 2-5pm  

Get involved! Become a fast friend. Talking with artists.

In conjunction with the exhibition Fast Friends (opens Tuesday July 19, 6-8pm) for those who would like an opportunity to get to know some of the Pace artists better, I am organizing a meet-and-greet (at 5pm Tuesday July 19) in the gallery immediately before the official opening.

The idea for this event is that communication over a longer period, rather than a single conversation or just looking at an artwork, between artists and viewers is of much more value to everyone involved. 

The fast friends event is based on how artists work with time & how they communicate as creative and competent individuals. BIA participants will bring their life experience and that of their field of expertise to the “fast friendship” – at the same time getting a better understanding of what the artist does, and how they go about it.

WHO & HOW:  

For artists who are involved in any of the Pace exhibitions & members of the BIA community who volunteer to take part. For those participants to meet, to be “paired up” and then to stay in some contact over a 3 month period (this could be as little as a few texts, or phone conversations, or facebook...), using any form of communication that is convenient. A brief summing up at the end of the 3 months. 

BEGINS WHEN:

In the BIA gallery at 5pm on Tuesday July 19 before the opening of the fast friends exhibition. 

HOW TO BE INVOLVED?

Contact me, Jill Barker at

pace.curator@gmail.com with your name and contact details - its very easy!! [My thanks to those who have already volunteered - the more the better]

Artist Marcel Daniels

I contacted artist Marcel Daniels to talk about Fast Friends - Marcel uses a range of materials and media to make both 3D and 2D works.

The following information comes from the website http://shape.qut.edu.au/students/marcel-daniels about the work SO WE TOo (2010), pictured below:

This "sculptural maquette of a South African Township is made from paraffin wax and displayed on a highly reflective acrylic sheet".  

Originally I approached Marcel about this evocative work for Fast Friends - but it has been selected as a finalist in the Churchie Emerging Art Award (great!)  http://www.churchieemergingart.com/ 

The winners will not be announced until July 15, and I will watch for the announcement with interest and bated breath! So that particular artwork is not available. But Marcel has other work, and he is making further pieces, so one of those will be in Fast Friends.  

The work will be, as all the Fast Friends pieces are, made up of multiple parts in some way, but is also based on an idea of hybridity.