Members - Wild and Domesticated
5th NOVEMBER 2010: Opening of a themed exhibition Wild and Domesticated
by members of the Serpentine Community Gallery
on Friday from 6pm.
Yes it's been a while but
the next members' show has come around....
Wild and Domesticated is the name,
and our artists have been asked to
"use your imagination,
the land, our souls, animals,
landscapes and abstracts,
all could apply."
We haven't had a Wild and Domesticated exhibition before so
we are expecting some great works to come out of the closets.
The event also marks the gallery's 4th birthday
... hip hip hurray...
...a time for balloons, cake and party fashions.
Come and join us at the opening
to celebrate into the night.
As artists we all have our wild sides as we live in this domesticated civilisation.
...and then there are those of us
so domesticated we are
trying to get back in touch with our wild sides.
'Fringe Dweller' by Kat Food
'Rainforest Garden'
by Gareth Lindsay Deakin
'Candida alba thrush'
by Clare Twomey
'Cow (or Bull) With Calf'
Acrylic and enamel
Artist’s Statement:
Appropriating iconography
from global religious philosophies
and cultures; Using these as codes
to express notions of
guardianship and protections
From 1st year painting at SCU
'Welcome To God'
Oil
80x120cms
Artist's Statement:
This piece of work contemplates the
ethics of introducing children to meat and the meat industry
as an uninformed consumer with no understanding
of moral, environmental or political consequences.
'Live Evil'
by Wera Teves
'Joyous'
by Wera Teves
'no sir'
by Kat Food
'Koala Corporate'
Mixed media
100x70x15cm
Artist’s Statement:
This is a koalafiction:
a re-corporatisation of a koala. A kind of lame
Anglo attempt to enliven this species
using human detritus and natural materials
– all found in forests.
'Taming of the Shrew'
by Kat Food
'Wild and Serine'
Ceramic
Artist’s Statement:
Ladies are naturally beautiful and do not need cosmetic surgery,
for surgery can always go wrong.
by Ray Mollar
'Playing Call of Duty, Again'
'At Mary's'
'Laptop'
'Games, Consoles & Controllers'
'ATMs'
'Workshop installation'
'Creative Exchange - Serpentine
goes wild at Lismore Show'
'Butterfly Farm'
'Chang at work'
Digitally manipulated photos, on handmade Nepali paper from
Sue Alford's 'Creative Exchange - Serpentine Community Gallery
goes wild at Lismore Show' series
'Feline Fantasy'
Digital photography by Sue Alford
'Flutterby'
Opening night of Wild and Domesticated
Creative offerings by gallery members are viewed, discussed and admired.
Artworks including Gareth Lindsay Deakin's 'Leda and the Swan' (pictured with Lismore Mayor Jenny Dowell, new owner Ann Clout and the artist) and Emma Burrow's
'Bla Bla Bla...' find appreciative homes.
The Serpentine Community Gallery's 4th Birthday is celebrated with all the usual trimmings -
like food, wine and music, plus party hats, balloons, sparklers and speeches.
A gathering of artists, friends and Serpentine Community Gallery supporters assembles as committee president Emma (in the absence of gallery founder Rin, travelling in India) gallantly leads off the speeches.
All followed up with Birthday songs, cheers
and ('finally', said the little'uns) the cake.
With balloons in hand, the kids decide it's time for a little artistic expression of their own.
Wild and Domesticated is on view from 5th to 26th November 2010.
SERPENTINE COMMUNITY GALLERY
17 Bridge St, North Lismore, NSW, 2480.
Contact (02) 6621 6845 or serpentineartsgallery@gmail.com