7.1.11 Treasure in the Queerest Places
Tropical Fruits - Treasure in the Queerest Places
7th JANUARY 2011: Opening of Tropical Fruits'
Treasure in the Queerest Places exhibition on Friday from 7pm.
TREASURE the EXHIBITION…
- the Tropical Fruits 22nd Festival Art Exhibition theme for 2010 -
calls out to all the wonderfully creative Queer Artists to engage and reflect on TREASURE!
"Treasure"
might be something which is valued, prized...
a place...
an object...
a time...
a person...
a value...
a way of being afforded
a special place of yearning
or of gravitas in our hearts...
something which is found,
uncovered, revealed,
sometimes unexpectedly, by surprise,
at other times after long striving
and struggle...
sometimes shared with others,
a common weal...
at others our own personal journey,
our treasure trove....
a chest,
hidden:
buried by art and nature...
Treasure is what you make it,
where you find it…
Held annually at Lismore showground,
the Tropical Fruits
New Year's Eve Art Exhibition
aims to showcase the enormous
diversity and talent of GLBT artists,
as well as provide an opportunity
for local and interstate artists
to collaborate and communicate
with each other and potential clients.
Selected artworks will be moving
to the Serpentine Community Gallery,
Bridge St, North Lismore
where they will be exhibited in
Treasure in the Queerest Places.
The opening celebration
will be held on 7th January 2011,
and everyone is invited to attend.
This extension to
TREASURE the Exhibition...
will be on view
at the Serpentine Community Gallery
until Friday 29th January 2011.
Artworks are hung ready for the Serpentine's first exhibition for 2011
Treasure in the Queerest Places.
Opening night in full swing as an art-loving crowd enjoys Tropical Fruits' 'treasures'.
'Gemini' - Print on paper
from Matthew Sansom's twelve part work
"The Zodiac Series"
winner of the exhibition's People's Choice Award
'The Tiger Ride'
75 x 50 cm
Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
by Matthew Sansom
'Secrets'
Acrylic on canvas
by Leigh Arnold
'Feeling Blue'
Ink
by Steven Jensen
'Broken Heart'
90 x 90 cm
Black ink
by Steven Jansen
'Sisterhood'
by Steven Jansen
'Shadows'
55 x 65 cm
Metal plate etching
by Mark Eather
'Smoko'
Photograph
by Su Garfinkle
'Thomas'
123 x 92 cm
Enamel on board
by Duncan James
'Emerging from the beast'
'Transcending Regression'
'Arboreal Metamorphosis'
Oil on canvas works by Steven Perrin
'Livity'
Clay and glaze
by Paul Osborn
Tropical Fruits NYE Art Exhibition 2010
Treasure
Lismore Showground Arts & Crafts Pavilion
31 December – 1 January
To contact Treasure curator Neil McKellar-Stewart:
Telephone Tropical Fruits & leave a message:
02 6622 6440
or Email: tropicalfruitsart@gmail.com
SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GALLERY
17 Bridge St, North Lismore, NSW, 2480.
Contact (02) 6621 6845 or serpentineartsgallery@gmail.com