4.11.11 Modus Vivendi

Kerrie Divett and Corinne Batt-Rawden - Modus Vivendi

4th November 2011: Exhibition opening on Friday at 7pm.

Serpentine Community Gallery presents solo artists

Kerrie Divett and Corinne Batt-Rawden

in a joint exhibition entitled

Modus Vivendi.

An agreement between conflicting parties

thus coexisting peacefully

and creating a mode of living.

Modus Vivendi:

n.pl. A manner of living; a way of life.

n. A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes.

'Contemplating Treatment'

Kerrie's work utilizes various mediums

to explore her relationship to the language

that surrounds a diagnosis of breast cancer.

These works are a commentary on

her personal, emotional, physical and social relationships as she defines her mode of living.

'Cellular Storm'

Corinne's artistic expressions

investigate the inner conflict of being,

and her relationship to self

and her environment

through expressions, textures,

and observations through

print, painting and clay.

'Sleeping With Tamoxafin'

Opening night will also give Lismore's music-lovers

the chance to see Sydney queer punk outfit

Eat My Shorts,

supported by newly moved to the Northern Rivers

Toecutter,

a solo electronic music/stand-up comedy act,

plus local band

Lismore Rudimentary Peni Research

and Development Institute.

Light refreshments available.

So slip into your art appreciation state of mind,

pull on your stomping boots and drop by the Serpentine Community Gallery for the opening of

Modus Vivendi.

Kerrie Divett and some of her Modus Vivendi artworks.

'Blue Moon'

'For The Heart'

 'Visionary'

'Sentenced'

 'Hibernation'

Acrylic on canvas board works from Corinne's ongoing "Tree" series

'Waiting'

'Amazon Woman c.2010'

'Fighter'

'Dragon Hunter'

'Change'

Acrylic on canvas works by Kerrie Divett

'Wise Old Soul'

Oils and acrylic on canvas

'Beneath the Moon'

Oils on canvas

by Corinne Batt-Rawden

'Brave'

'Fight'

'Courage'

Mixed media prints by Kerrie Divett

 'Obey 1' - 2003

'2007 Barren'

'2007 Canopy 3'

'Skin'

Works by Corinne Batt-Rawden

'Kiss Me'

Wood block print

'Split Personality'

Wood block print

'My Sister Christine - Neo Venus'

'Fighter'

'Modus Vivendi

'Battler'

'Feminine'

'Struggle'

'Modesty'

'Cut Off'

Mixed media works by Kerrie Divett

'Nature's Patchwork'

Oils on canvas

'Summer Holidays at the Pool'

Oils on Board

'Cellular Paint Storm' (2007)

Oils on canvas

'Landscape Witness'

Mixed media

'Cultural Trauma'

Acrylic on canvas

'Place of Flowers' - 2003

'Survival'

Wood block print

'2003 Spirit'

Works by Corinne Batt-Rawden

'The Granite Belt'

Print

'Green Man's Sorrow'

Acrylic on canvas

 'Reclining Nude'

'Sinovial Blue Nude'

Acrylic on paper artworks by Kerrie Divett

'Exploration'

Paper clay

'Vessel of Abundance'

Hand built clay

'Autumn'

Hand built

'River Rocks'

Burnished clay, pit fired

'Autumn'

Side view

'Pot of Contours'

Hand built, carved, burnished

'1972'

Hand built clay

'Voluptuous Vessel'

Hand built with clay

Ceramic works by Corinne Batt-Rawden

'Slip into this Gown Please'

'Neo Venus'

Acrylic on paper works by Kerrie Divett

'A Study on Fibre'

Oils on canvas

'One And A Half Pairs'

Oils on canvas

'Nail of Face'

Wood block relief

'Withstanding'

Oils on canvas

'Left Behind'

Oils on canvas board

'Wind and Earth'

Mixed media

Creative works by Corinne Batt-Rawden

'Contemplating Treatment'

'Cell Change'

'Sleeping With Tamoxafin'

'Lymph Change'

Artworks created from torn hospital sheets by Kerrie Divett

'Suspended'

Acrylic on canvas board

'The Mirror Within'

Oils on canvas

'One With Self'

Mixed media on canvas

by Corinne Batt-Rawden

Opening night

Following the opening speeches (centre), artists Kerrie Divett (left, centre)

and Corinne Batt-Rawden (right, centre) take a moment with family and friends.

Modus Vivendi

runs until 14th November 2011.

SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GALLERY

17 Bridge St, North Lismore, NSW, 2480.

Contact (02) 6621 6845 or serpentineartsgallery@gmail.com