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Live Music Sundays 08 8323 8994 [email protected] www.redpoles.com.au

RED POLES licensed cafe-gallery-b&b

Mixed media group exhibition

Four Legs – the year of the ram/

goat/sheepJuly 25 to September 6

Inflatable ram installation by Evelyn Roth taking up residence on the

lawns on weekends throughout the exhibition.

SALA FESTIVAL

2015� e month-long celebration of South Australian

art and artists will once again take over Adelaide and the state.

This year, more than 5000 artists will show their work in 610 exhibitions and events. In this special SALA feature, we cover CACSA’s exciting multi-venue

exhibition CACSA Contemporary 2015 (p47), interview this year’s Monograph recipient Giles Bettison (p39), Glenn Kestell (p51), Morgan Allender (p53),

as well as this year’s SALA winners.

ADELAIDE BOTANIC GARDEN

North Terrace

SALA in Adelaide Botanic GardenThe Garden is hosting a record six exhibitions

during August. The botanically-themed

exhibitions range from close-up photography

to oil paintings, to a unique immersive cinema

experience in the Bicentennial Conservatory.

Artists: Jenny Berends, Asami Sakura, Nicola

Semmens, Julia Townsend and more.

August 1-August 31

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ROYAL SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ARTS INC.

Royal South Australian Society of Arts Inc.Level 1 Institute Building, Cnr North Terrace & Kintore Ave Adelaide, Ph/Fax: 8232 0450 www.rsasarts.com.au [email protected] Mon- Fri 10.30-4.30pm Sat & Sun 1- 4pm Pub Hol. Closed.

Where: RSASA Gallery Mon – Friday 10.30 – 4.00pm, Sat & Sun 1 – 4.00pm. Closed Public Holidays

For more information: Bev Bills, Director, RSASA Office: 8232 0450 or 0415 616 900

Salt of the Earth, RSASA Members’ SALA Exhibition31 July – 30 August. Entry Free

A mix of warmth for winter in paintings, mixed media, sculpture, textiles, photographs, along with portraits created during RSASA Portrait Prize demonstrations will be on display. Includes works by 44 artists who have created portraits of 11 sitters in mediums of sculpture, painting & textiles.

Artists Roe Gartelmann, Nicola Semmens, Julie Corfe, Maggie Rees painting Filippo Scarpantoni

Just a Walk in the Park, Acrylic by David Baker

ADELAIDE CENTRAL GALLERY

Glenside Cultural Precinct,

7 Mulberry Road

CACSA Contemporary 2015Curated by Logan Macdonald

and delivered by the

Contemporary Art Centre of

South Australia. Adelaide

Central Gallery features Sasha

Grbich and Sue Kneebone.

Until August 21

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AMARO

173 Hutt Street

Charles Ryan Horswell: Amaro!Emerging artist Charles Ryan

Horswell, in collaboration

with the proprietors of Amaro

Restaurant, has created

artworks in response to Amaro’s

menu and ambience.

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Riverton Light Gallery

R O B E R T H A N N A F O R D

A L I S O N M I T C H E L L

By the way the art of travel

PAINTINGS : DRAWINGS : RUMINATIONS

Riverton Light Gallery 54 Main Rd Riverton SA Gallery Hours Sat & Sun 11 – 4 pm during SALA (Sundays thereafter) or by appointment www.rivertonlightgallery.com

Beech Trees – Yorkshire, Robert Hannaford, Oil 50x60. Victory of Samothrace – Louvre, Alison Mitchell, Watercolour 18x12.

Aptos Cruz

147 Mt Barker Road, Stirling

The Engaging Object: Masterworks by Giles Bettison, 2000-2015An opportunity to view unique works created over

the last 15 years by a master murrine glass artist

using techniques dating back to ancient Rome.

Artist talk and launch of Giles Bettison’s new

book Pattern and Perception, Sunday,

August 2, (1-3pm).

Until August 31

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the Arts Centre

22 Gawler Street, Port Noarlunga

Lisa Harms: Window-sill-still-Frame, or, What is and isn’t There?An historic villa on Port Noarlunga’s

riverbank will act as a framing device for

landscapes loved, lived-with, lost, and views

from other windows. Participation welcome.

August 1-August 31

Mondays-Fridays (10am-4pm), artist on

site 1pm-4pm Wed-Fri (or by appointment)

08 8326 5577

Art GAllery of south AustrAliA

North Terrace

Jason sims South Australian artist Jason Sims tackles the complex

realm of perceptual art through the creation of sculptures

that employ light and space to elicit a cerebral response.

The Gallery presents Sims’s work as part of Guildhouse’s

Collections Project for 2015 and the South Australian

Living Artists Festival.

Until September 27

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CEDAR PRESTWINDOW ON A WORKING

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Displayed in this church where she designed all windows will be works on paper, prints and glass panels for sale.

Also on display will be portable labyrinths the result of her 2003 Churchill Fellowship.

Artists talks at 2pm on projects Sats 15th & 29 th August. Stained Glass Tour Sat. 22nd at 1pm. Book 0421 794 504

Christ Church Uniting, 26 King William Rd Wayville

Opening 5.30 pm 14th August - Sats 10-5pm,Tues. and Weds 10-2pm

www.cedarprest.com.au

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Find your inner artist as you draw or paint in response to an array of sculptures from the Prospect Council’s Art Collection. All welcome!

2—23 August

1 Thomas Street (cnr Main North Rd) Nailsworth

www.prospect.sa.gov.au facebook.com/ProspectGallery

Draw Me

Sculpture Winged Victory by Sonia Donnellan drawing by Youngsoon Jin photo by John Nieddu

ART IMAGES GALLERY

32 � e Parade, Norwood

Past, Present & Future: 30 YearsAn exhibition celebrating 30 years featuring

paintings, printmaking, sculpture, glass,

ceramics and jewellery. A unique look into

Adelaide’s leading contemporary art gallery’s

past, present and future

July 31-August 30

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THE AVENUES

106 Payneham Road, Stepney

Piyarat Mukura: Le Visage Et La FacePiyarat Mukura is a watercolour artist who studied

Bachelor of Visual Arts specialising in drawing at UniSA.

Her portraits bring a sense of soulful emotion through

the use of facial features and haunting eyes.

August 17-August 31

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BELTANA HOUSE

364 Carrington Street

Cheryl Bridgart: 3,000 + Hours = One ExhibitionBy threading a fi ne needle, Bridgart

creates exquisitely detailed

embroideries and one-off garments.

Her art is instantly recognisable with

emotive qualities and subconscious

dream elements.

August 9-August 31

(Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm)

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BETTER WORLD ARTS

144 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide and Shop 4A

Victoria Square Arcade, Central Market

Cedric Varcoe: Ngarrindjeri Stories Narangga Ngarrindjeri artist Cedric Varcoe exercises

his unique and expressive painting style to share his

knowledge of various Ngarrindjeri dreaming stories.

August 1-August 31

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HSG ArtiStS Still life 13 - 29 August 2015 www.hillsmithgallery.com.au

Giles Bettison makes beautiful glass objects. This exhibition, which includes new work and a selection tracing origins and evolution of

ideas, confi rms that this quest for beauty has always been a constant in his practice. Further confi rmation can be found in a new publication, Giles Bettison: Pattern and Perception, written by Margot Osborne. This book is the latest in the Wakefi eld Press SALA Monograph Series (now 17 titles). Osborne comes very well qualifi ed for the task of unpacking Bettison’s development and formulating insights into key ideas. In going to the heart of the artist’s fascination with complex chromatic patterns, Osborne is clearly drawing down on research and ideas associated with her ongoing interest in the phenomena of beauty within contemporary art. The author curated The Return of Beauty (JamFactory, 2000) and as guest editor of a themed Artlink issue (Art Mind Beauty, 2008) convened a number of writers who were engaged with the question of beauty as something generated within the mind – with the tantalising prospect of everything being explained by advances in neuroscience. But never absolutely. Allied to this was a consideration of pleasure as something to be distrusted as a seductive distraction from the harsh realities or maybe a healing agent in an uncertain world. Whatever the answers, Osborne has been clearly in this drop zone, trying to understand why, after all the exorcisms of post-aesthetic modern art, beauty refuses to go away.

The text for Pattern and Perception is enriched by Osborne’s ongoing curiosity about pattern as a catalyst for response. This is particularly evident in the section ‘On beauty and the science of visual perception’ which offers a very accessible overview of recent research into the workings of the ‘visual brain’. Into this context the author drops the work of Giles Bettison. It’s

a good fi t because it introduces the idea that (in engaging with Bettison’s work) the brain is simultaneously processing different aspects of perception (such as colour, luminosity, form, movement) at an instinctive speed that outstrips language. Once the author begins the task of unpacking Bettison’s development and central ideas, this context bears fruit in terms of layering the viewing process beyond a simple ‘wow’ or ‘how does he do that?’ response to a more refl ective reading.

Not that Bettison’s works require seductive value-adds to hold the gaze. In the richly varied fi elds of colour and patchwork arrangements of shapes lie many references to sources as diverse as Bauhaus colour theories, the work of artists Piet Mondrian and Joseph Albers, the woven rugs of Albers’ partner Anni Albers and woven patterns of African (Ghana) textiles and the ‘all over’ dynamics of Indigenous desert art paintings. Into this mix drop visual elements of American and South Australian rural landscapes and Manhattan tower blocks. For many viewers these connections will be the entry points to his work. Closer to home, the referencing of the warm, dusty hues and interlocking rectangles of Mid North South Australian paddocks around Kapunda in particular will have particular resonance.

Bettison’s epiphany came in the form of a fortuitous encounter with the American glass artist Richard Marquis who in 1993 was demonstrating his adaptation of the Venetian murrine technique at the JamFactory’s hot glass studio in Adelaide. It was to be Bettison’s unique and innovative exploitation of the murrine technique that launched his national and international reputation. By using fused sheet glass (as opposed to the traditional canes), Bettison has continued to fi nd ways

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IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING

Giles Bettison: Pattern and Perception

to take this ancient technique in unexpected, visually exciting directions. The outstanding feature of the artist’s work is the play of pattern-within-pattern which invites the eye to scan constantly between the complexities of individual murrine to force fi elds of buzzing, intricate patterns of the enclosing form. The fact that the decision making about the balance to be struck between order and chaos appears in thrall to the willfulness of molten glass to have its own way, adds to the thrill of visual and perhaps emotional engagement. “It’s like nature,” Bettison says, “at one level it looks really ordered but you step back and it gets chaotic.”

The Japanese connections that Osborne identifi es in her text, particularly the artist’s interest in folk pottery and the writings of Yanagi Sōetsu (The Unknown Craftsman,

1952) pulls the ukiyo-e spirit of free-fl oating patterns back to earth. There is a response, it might appear to Yanagi’s stress on “no –minded” handcrafting and the honour due to everyday things in a group of works in this exhibition inspired in part by an exhibition of contemporary Japanese ceramics (the Richard McMahon Collection) at the Art Gallery of South Australia. The defi ant, nuggety character of these works require the murrine patterning to stand up to – and sometimes fi ght with – the vessel’s form. In art there’s nothing like a good stoush. It keeps everything, even beauty, on its toes.

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Central Studios @ Turkey Flat Vineyards

Bringing the variety of Central Studios artists’ dynamic & vibrant works to the rustic home of Turkey Flat Vineyards in the Barossa

Adele Du Barry | Paul Limpus | Alison Main

Tim O’Shea | Leith Semmens | Julie Strawinski | Ian Willding

Opening sunday 2 august | 2pm | Turkey Flat Vineyards Cellar Door | 67 Bethany Road | Tanunda | Barossa Valley

Exhibition open 7 days 11am - 5pm | 2 august - 4 september 2015

south australian living artists

www.turke yflat.com.au

phone: (08) 8563 2851

[email protected]

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BMG ART

444 South Road, Marleston

Glenn Kestell, John Ferguson and Yve � ompsonBMG presents three exhibitions: Glenn

Kestell’s It’s Always Been About You Me, John

Ferguson’s Construct and Yve Thompson’s

Interrupted Dance.

August 1-August 15

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CACSA

Multiple venues

CACSA Contemporary 2015CACSA Contemporary 2015 is a celebration of the diversity of

contemporary art in South Australia, featuring a selection of

emerging, mid-career and established artists to provide a unique

array of artworks that highlights this state’s artistic talent.

August 6-August 30

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CHRIST CHURCH UNITING

26 King William Road, Wayville

Cedar Prest: Window on a Working Artist’s LifeAn exhibition of mixed media works and project

designs by Cedar Prest, who is best known for her

stained glass work. Artist talks (August 15 and

August 29) and stained glass works tour (August 22).

August 14-August 29 (Tuesdays and

Wednesdays: 10am-2pm, Saturdays: 10am-5pm)

Exhibition opens on August 14 at 5.30pm

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THE COLONIST


Moments in Time Three local Adelaide artists (Diana Whiley,

Leith Semmens and Tracey Burgess)

combine steampunk, hipster and fantasy

in this eclectic experience of imagination.

August 3-August 31

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COMMUNITY BRIDGING SERVICES

147 Pirie Street

Such and MuchDistinctively personal paintings and drawings by

artists with a disability. Presented by Community

Bridging Services (CBS) Inc, this year’s exhibition

features new artwork from 21 artists.

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Wed to Sun August 12-August 31.

Beltana House, 364 Carrington Street Adelaide Ph. 0417813779 www.bridgart.com

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SALA 2015

ID Portraiture & Identity

Adelaide Airport

Until Tuesday, September 1

PLANES, PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY� e South Australian Living Artists Festival inhabits many venues across the state including the Adelaide Airport, which will host the exhibition ID: Portraiture and Identity.

–BY JANE LLEWELLYN–

The exhibition presents a broad range of portraits from famous faces to images of everyday people in a variety of media – painting,

photography and drawing.

“It’s a cavernous space so for anything to have an impact it needs to have great scale,” says curator Carollyn Kavanagh. “I knew I wanted portraits, and they needed to be big.”

The advantage for artists having their work exhibited at the airport is the sheer number of people that pass through the doors. “Working with the airport your audience covers such a broad demographic – basically everybody. I knew I wanted to work with portraiture because I think it’s something that engages everybody. Whether you love art or not, people love portraiture,” she says.

The exhibition also features a live drawing element, which allows the audience the opportunity to interact with the artists. Every Friday during the exhibition, Andrew Clarke, Daniel Connell and Luke Thurgate will be working in the terminal, with Clarke and Thurgate drawing from life, recording the daily activity of the airport, and Connell completing a large-scale work.

“I really love this idea of people seeing the portraits as the exhibition but then really engaging with the idea of drawing and watching artists work live – being both the audience and the subject,” says Kavanagh. “I

think it will be a nice way of seeing into the whole idea of what portraiture is about and how it engages with people and connects with people.”

Kavanagh has selected artists whose work deal with the subject of identity but in different ways. Megan Roodenrys’ paintings, for instance, look at ideas around celebrity, she has done a lot of portraits of AFL footballers. This exhibition includes her portraits of former Australian of the Year Dr Gill Hicks and Senator Penny Wong, who will both be opening the show.

While Roodenrys’ work questions who are our heroes, emerging artist Saritkhun Poolphol presents a series titled the Anti Heroes. “His work is concerned with the concept that we don’t always know much about these people that we decide to put trust in. He is looking at heroism from the other side,” she says.

Another artist, Nat Rogers, will present photographic portraits of Tilda Cobham-Hervey – the teenager who starred in the local fi lm

52 Tuesdays. Rogers photographed Cobham-Hervey every week for a year, documenting her last year of high school and exploring what it’s like for young people (females in particular) on the cusp of growing up.

Other artists include Jasmine Dixon, Emma Hack, Simon Ifould, Richard Lyons, Derek Sargent and Damien Shen.

“I’m hoping audiences will see this real sense of diversity about identity. Originally I was looking at the idea of Australian identity and how we can’t pin that down. It’s such a fl uid, hugely changing concept,” says Kavanagh. “I like Daniel’s [Connell] idea that you don’t have to be someone in the public eye to be the subject of a portrait. Portraiture is about everybody and it’s about connecting with people as individuals.”

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THE FARMHOUSE

1564 Port Vincent Minlaton Road

Allyson & Marie Parsons: � e Farmhouse ExhibitionThe Farmhouse Exhibition features

some new and older work. Thirty

percent off prints on paper

and reproduction canvases on display.

August 23 (1pm-4pm)

August 30 (1pm-4pm)

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Emma Hack, I Tread the Earth and it Inspires me

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EMMA HACK GALLERY

Shop 14, North Adelaide Village, 67

O’Connell St

Gen Z - Generation NextEmma Hack’s newest work evolves

fearlessly from her well-known

style of body art illusion into highly

detailed, delicate, embroidery works.

Accompanied by an installation of

larger-than-life imagery covering the

walls at Emma Hack Gallery, this is an

exhibition not to be missed.

August 5-September 13

Wed-Fri (11am-5pm)

Sat-Sun (10am-4pm)

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FLINDERS UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

State Library of South Australia, North Terrace

Penumbral TalesThrough the medium of photography, nine contemporary South Australian artists explore

the idea of the ‘periphery’ – the realm of the outsider, fringe dweller and marginalised.

Until September 20 (Tue-Fri, 11am-4pm, Sat-Sun, 12pm-4pm)

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GALLERY 1855

2 Haines Road, Tea Tree Gully

Looking but SeeingSouth Australian artists, using various

media, respond to the experience of

seeing something familiar for the fi rst

time.


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Marion Cultural Centre, 287

Diagonal Rd, Oaklands Park

TransitionMore than 90 artists are

showing work in all media, from

jewellery through to larger 3D

works, paintings, photography,

printmaking, glass and ceramics,

and much more.

August 7-August 30

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KAREN GENOFF

41 Day Terrace, Croydon

Open studio exhibition and

workshop launch at the artist’s

home featuring more than

50 works past and present.

August 15th and August 16

(10am-5pm)

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HILL SMITH GALLERY

113 Pirie Street

HSG Artists: Still LifeStill life paintings traditionally

contemplate natural objects in a pleasing

arrangement, depicting a slice of life. Hill

Smith Gallery artists explore the genre

of ‘still life’ afresh, from the assemblage

works of Janine Mackintosh, the textural

studies of Stephen Trebilcock to the

unifi ed compositions of John Waters.

August 13-August 29

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HALIFAX STREET CHRISTADELPHIANS

105 Halifax Street

What a Wonderful WorldWhile we live in a world that seems

dark at times, we see glimpses

of light and hope in all that our

created earth contains. Exhibition

will include photographs, painting

and needlework.

August 27-August 29

Thursday and Friday (10am-6pm)

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HUGO WINES

Hugo Wines, 246 Elliott Road, McLaren Flat

Christine Lawrence: Outback LandscapesA realist, specialising in painting and drawing,

Lawrence aims to capture the essence of what

inspired her and her art is drawn from the

complexity and beauty of the natural world. Light

colour, shape, form, texture, space and change all

contribute to her vast palette.

Until August 31

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LIDIA KAMINSKI

� e British Hotel, 58 Finniss Street, North Adelaide

BASEM3NT, Reid House (basement), 1/15-17, Featherstone Place

Contemporary Studio is a showcase of abstract acrylics demonstrating

Kaminski’s emergence as an artist, who has developed a unique style

by experimenting with techniques to create abstract impressionist

paintings which are spontaneous and dynamic.

The British Hotel: August 1-August 9

(Mon-Sat (11am-12midnight), Sun (12pm-10pm)

BASEM3NT: August 14-August 23 (Tue-Thu

(11am-4pm), Fri-Sat (11am-7pm)

MURRAY BRIDGE REGIONAL GALLERY

27 Sixth Street, Murray Bridge

Evette Sunset: � e River’s WayA sculptural installation washing

through the gallery, incorporating

local natural materials to offer an

impression of the river’s way – it’s

own way.

Until September 20

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NAOMI MURRELL

Shop 5, Ebenezer Place

Jessica Clark: About and FallingUnbridled and charming, the feverish water, lures and

swallows, intoxicates and thrills. Jessica Clark’s About and

Falling illustrates the intrigue and mystery of the aquatic.

August 1 - 31 August

Mon-Thu (10am-6pm), Fri (10am-9pm),

Sat (10am-6pm), Sun (11am-4pm)

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UNLEY MUSEUM80 EDMUND AVEUNLEY SA 5061 8371 5117

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Mon-Wed10am - 4pm

Sun1.30pm - 4.30pm

Public HolidaysClosed

UNLEYMUSEUM

LIFEUNLEYEXPLORE 2 August - 22 September 2015

To be launched Wednesday 5 August5 - 7pm by Catherine SpeckWines by Coriole Winery

Kristel Britcher, Tristan Louth-Robins, Ian McFarland, Lee Salamone, Paul Sloan

FREE EXHIBITION

Contemporary artists create new stories from old. Through contemporary artworks the artists reinterpret objects from the Museaum’s collection to create a dynamic socail dialogue between Unley’s past, present and future.

See the future in the stories of the past.

The City of Unley is proud to support all the artists exhibiting in over 40 local businesses, galleries and studios in the 2015 South Australian Living Arts (SALA) Festival.

For more details on art in the Unley area including SALA Gala in the Garden at Soldiers Memorial Gardens on Sun 16 August please go to www.unley.sa.gov.au/arts

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Art CArd–BY Jane LLeweLLYn–

The art market has been impacted greatly by the Global Financial Crisis, as shown by the number of commercial galleries closing over

the last couple of years. The launch of Beyond Bank’s Art Card during this year’s South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival might be just what the industry needs to encourage people to buy art and to help it grow in the future.

South Australian artist Emma Hack is a great supporter of the idea, saying, “I think the art market has the chance to flourish again and little things like this could really make a big difference in the long run.”

There are already similar initiatives in Tasmania with COLLECT Art Purchase Scheme, and New South Wales, which has Art Money, and now it’s South Australia’s

turn with the Art Card. Basically it’s a low rate credit card that allows consumers to purchase art interest free for a period of 12 months.

The Art Card not only provides a great incentive for collectors but will also help artists and galleries with their cash flow. “What I think is really wonderful about the whole thing is that it allows artists to create, and they get paid as soon as the work sells rather than worrying about the layby system,” says Hack. “People can also take longer to pay it off which means they can buy more expensive works or works that are a little bit more collectable.”

Hack believes in the long run the Art Card will have a significant impact on the art market and state as a whole. She says: “It’s such a wonderful thing for South Australia and South Australian artists and to be launched as part of SALA is just perfect. It’s a perfect alignment of a great product as well as support for the local artistic community.”

Shane Farley, the National Community Development Manager at Beyond Bank, says: “Our real motivation to get involved was really to drive the sale of art for the artists and the galleries, for all those involved. We recognise that the artists are doing the hard work and we want to make the purchase process as easy as possible.”

This year Beyond Bank has also become a sponsor of SALA with the Art Card part of their broader art program, which looks at community engagement.

“If it’s successful, which we are really confident it will be, then it’s certainly scalable across the country for the various art sectors where we operate,” says Farley.

The concept behind the Art Card taps into the essence of what SALA is about. SALA General Manager Penny Griggs explains: “Anything that helps people buy art is a good thing. Obviously for SALA there is a broad range of art available for sale and through different ways, not just through your traditional way of buying art through galleries.”

The idea of the Art Card is not just to encourage people to buy art but to also make it easier to do so and encourage South Australian artists to create and sell their work.

“Anything that helps artists get money more quickly and promotes sales of art is something we want to be part of and promote,” says Griggs.

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Steve Shearer: Re� ections in Watercolour

An emerging self-taught artist, Shearer’s

fascination with capturing a feeling of light

and mood pervades his evocative portraits

and street landscapes.

August 2-August 29

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Gaynor Hartvigsen & Angelee � eodoros: QuintessenceTwo artists inspired by form, colour, texture and

nature’s timeless spirit, present strong evocative

works expressing fundamental connections to

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July 31-August 31

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558 Magill Road, Magill

RenewCelebrating artists working within the

theme of recycling, upcycling, reusing

and repurposing found objects from

everyday life into exciting works of art

and craft.

August 2-August 28

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Following on from similar projects in 2010 (The New New) and 2012 (New South Australian Art), CACSA Contemporary 2015

presents a snapshot of what’s happening in contemporary South Australian art.

When The New New was held in 2010, it was 10 years since there had been any kind of major survey of contemporary art, the last being Chemistry at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2000. Curator Logan Macdonald: “The idea of the Contemporary series is to revise and revisit the landscape, preferably every couple of years, to get a feel for what is happening in contemporary art.”

While the 2012 project, which occupied the disused Du Plessis building on North Terrace, was much smaller in scale – mainly due to resources – this year it seemed like the right time to revisit the concept on a much larger scale. CACSA Contemporary 2015 draws on existing galleries, and their structures and infrastructures, bringing together the visual arts community.

“It acknowledges spaces like FELTspace, SASA [South Australian School of Art] and Light Square Gallery, which don’t have much funding allocated to them but try to facilitate things to happen,” says Macdonald. “A huge part of it is to connect the artists and create the incubator spaces and bring them to a certain level of vibrancy.”

Project manager Sarita Chadwick: “It’s a lot about partnerships as well as celebrating these mid-tier gallery/organisations. We do all work together and it’s a great opportunity for everyone to come together and say, ‘Wow there is some really exciting contemporary art that is happening at this moment’.”

With so many artists involved across a number of different venues, there is no overarching theme, but instead there are small narratives connecting the artists.

“There will be some really ambitious projects and bodies of work. It’s all about us trusting the artists to not subscribe to a certain model and push at the things that they are interested in and try to find some kind of harmony between it all,” says Macdonald.

ShowcaSing the new

CACSA Contemporary 2015 is an ambitious project celebrating South Australian Contemporary Art with more than 40 emerging, mid-career

and senior artists showing across 10 venues in the city and its surrounds.

–BY Jane LLeweLLYn–

CACSA CoNTEMPorAry 2015 vENuES AND DATES

Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia

14 Porter Street, Parkside

Until Sunday, August 30

Light Square Gallery, Adelaide College of the Arts

39 light Square


SASA Gallery

Kaurna Building, City West Campus

Until Tuesday, August 11

FELTspace

12 Compton St, Adelaide

Until Saturday, August 22

There will be familiar names such as Christine Collins, Ariel Hassan, Sue Kneebone, and Nasim Nasr who have appeared in all three Contemporary exhibitions. Audiences will also be introduced to new names such as Anna Horne, Sundari Carmody and Zoe Kirkwood.

The contemporary art scene is constantly changing and evolving and with the recent controversial changes to arts funding in the federal budget, we are likely to see a much

different landscape in the future. Despite future funding uncertainties, Chadwick says one of the most important things about this project is showing that South Australia houses exemplary contemporary artists.

“They are professionals, they are making amazing work and it’s all happening here, and they are all showing together at the same time,” says Chadwick.

This August, visit Adelaide Botanic Garden for botanically themed exhibitions including photography, paintings,immersive cinema, and guided walks - all alongside the beauty of the Garden’s own living collections.

SALA in Adelaide Botanic Garden

1-31 August. More information at www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au

Plus guided botanical art walks each Sunday in August at 11am, by the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. Meet at the Schomburgk Pavilion.

• A Botanical Garden Year by Asami Sakura, Simpson Kiosk

• Beyond the Garden Gate by Jenny Berends, North Lodge

• Garden Vanities by Nicola Semmens, Diggers Garden Shop

• Splendour of Abundance by Julia Townsend, North Lodge

• Atlas – immersive cinema, Bicentennial Conservatory (31 July, 1+2 August only)

• Plants to Pixels, Bicentennial Conservatory (18 – 21 August only)

Adelaide Festival Centre

King William Road,

Monday, August 3 to Sunday, August 30

Art Pod

25 Pirie Street

Thursday, August 6 to Sunday, August 30

Adelaide Central Gallery

Glenside Cultural Precinct

Until Friday, August 21

Greenaway Art Gallery

39 Rundle Street, Kent Town

Wednesday, August 5 to Friday, August 28

Kerry Packer

Civic Gallery

University of South Australia

City West Campus, Hawke Building

Thursday, August 6 to Thursday, September 3

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RIVERTON LIGHT GALLERY

54 Main Road, Riverton

Robert Hannaford and Alison Mitchell: By the Way the Art of TravelTravelling with an artist’s eye through

unfamiliar landscape brings fresh vision,

impulse and freedom to the drawings,

paintings and ruminations of couple Alison

Mitchell and Robert Hannaford.

Sat and Sun (11am-4pm) during SALA

(Sundays thereafter) or by appointment

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RSASA GALLERY

Level One, Institute Building, Cnr

North Tce and Kintore Ave

Salt of the EarthWinter at its warmest with exciting

works of paintings, mixed media,

sculpture, textiles, photographs

and prints by RSASA members’.

Works will also include the

portraits painted during the RSASA

Portrait Prize, where 44 artists

created portraits of 11 sitters.

July 31-August 30

Mon-Fri (10.30am-4.30pm),

Sat and Sun (1pm-4pm)

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Sunday 23rd August, 1pm - 4pm

Sunday 30th August, 1pm - 4pm

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REGIONAL MID NORTH

Multiple Venues

SALA is alive and well in the

Mid North with 15 exhibitions

in a variety of towns and villages

including Burra, Sevenhill,

Penwortham, Leasingham,

Auburn, Riverton, Eudunda,

Tarlee, Balaklava and the

heart of Clare.

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PROSPECT GALLERY

1 � omas Street, Nailsworth

Draw MeAn evolving show where your art is

instantly exhibited. Draw or paint a

selection of sculptures using different

supplied mediums onto paper or the wall.

August 2-August 23

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Skin Illustrator, Photographer, SculptorDiverse Multimedia Artist

‘Gen Z’ Generation Next5 Aug to 13 Sept

Visit emmahackgallery.com for more information

GALLERY + studio

Emma Hack Gallery Shop 14, North Adelaide Village 67 O’Connell St, Nth Adelaide SA 5006

T 08 8267 5028 E [email protected]

Mon & Tue Closed Wed to Fri 11am to 5pm Sat & Sun 10am to 4pm

Emma Hack’s newest work evolves fearlessly from her well-known style of body art illusion into highly detailed, delicate, embroidered portraits.

Accompanied by an installation of larger-than-life imagery covering the walls at Emma Hack Gallery, this is an exhibition not to be missed.

Gen Z is a generation of highly-educated, technologically-savvy, innovative thinkers. They are the first generation born into a digital world. Emma Hack’s new works consider the possibility of how Gen Z will impact the future of our world and beyond.

10 highly collectable, one of a kind artworks exhibited as three collections exploring the themes; ‘Elements’, ‘Connection’ and ‘Manipulated Memories’. Hanging alongside are 50 smaller, affordable counterparts, collectable for all ages, introducing the muse of the collection to art collecting.

Embracing the genre of this exhibition, Emma Hack Gallery will be hosting 3 forums of a high calibre, for artists, collectors and the curious alike

RED POLES

190 McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale

Four Legs –the Year of the Ram/Goat/SheepMixed media exhibition exploring concepts

of the Chinese zodiac year of the ram/goat/

sheep. A huge infl atable ram installation

by Evelyn Roth takes up residence on

weekends.

Until September 6

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SPLASHOUT ART STUDIOS

Four Cotto Espresso Café venues

through metro Adelaide

Splashout on CottoCotto Espresso invites you to enjoy the works

in their café galleries with a dynamic mix of

vibrant artworks created for SALA by Splashout

artists. Splashout is an independent studio

specialising in art education.

August 1-August 30

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SAMSTAG MUSEUM

55 North Terrace

Birth of the Cool and Geo� Wilson: Interrogated Landscape Birth of the Cool is a selection

of works by four painters: David

Aspden, Sydney Ball, Michael

Johnson and Dick Watkins.

Geoff Wilson: Interrogated

Landscape recognises the

lifetime achievement of an

exceptional artist whose long

career has, until now, remained

largely uncelebrated in the

public eye.

Until September 18

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27 King William Road

Salvador Loreto: In the Name of the Father, the Son & SurrealismA stunning and confronting exhibition, Loreto (famous

for his paintings of the late Don Dunstan), now turns

his talent to religion. Through surrealism, as only the

Spanish know how, he explores his confl icted feelings on

Christianity from growing up in Franco’s religious Spain.

August 15-August 30

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TURKEY FLAT

67 Bethany Road, Tanunda

Central Studios at Turkey Flat VineyardsCentral Studios artists will take over

Turkey Flat’s cellar door walls. Artists

include: Adele Du Barry, Paul Limpus,

Alison Main, Tim O’Shea, Leith Semmens,

Julie Strawinski and Ian Willding


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CITY OF UNLEY

Various locations in Unley

SALA in UnleySALA in Unley recognises the contribution made

by artists and venues to participate in SALA

Festival for nine years. The City of Unley is proud

to be a sponsor of SALA GALA in the Garden.

August 1-August 31

UNLEY.SA.GOV.AU/ARTS

TERRACE FLOORS

Terrace Floors & Furnishings,

51 Glen Osmond Rd

SALA on Terrace 2015SALA on Terrace features emerging

and established artists in an

energetic exhibition of various

mediums.

July 31-August 15

Mon-Fri (9am-5pm)

and Sat (10am-4pm)

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LISA HARMS

Lisa Harms, untitled (window-sil-still-frame, or, ‘what is and isn’t there?‘) photo-documents Sauerbier Art House Transformation Project 2015

During August 1–4pm Wed–Fri (or by appointment)

GAWLER STREET PORT NOARLUNGA

8326 5577 | www.onkaparingacity.com/arts

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Subtle washes and strong contrasts in Steve’s watercolour and oil streetscapes, portraits and landscapes capture the mood in an expression, movement or the light. Come and

see new paintings displayed from each Saturday.

Reflections in Watercolour & Oil

by Steve Shearer

2 - 29 August

81 O’Connell St Nth Adelaide

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You and Me–BY Jane LLeweLLYn–

During last year’s South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival, Glenn Kestell was the recipient of the Rip It Up Young Artist Award.

This year he will be exhibiting at BMG Gallery in his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition, titled It Has Always Been About You and Me, will feature a series of works that continue to explore issues around identity and how we see ourselves and other people.

In earlier work, Kestell presented arresting images of suits with no heads, which overtly looked at ideas around perception and identity. The headless figures are identified by the façade they present to the world.

“They are about identity in regards to certain ways we see people or certain stereotypes. They are a reflection on a very specific type of person,” says Kestell. “People can relate to it in that they might wear a suit for work every day or just for special occasions like funerals, and through that uniform they are losing their identity.”

This recent series It Has Always Been About You and Me, continues Kestell’s signature style of abstract images with a somewhat contemplative feel. The paintings begin as a simple portrait but then Kestell reworks them to become something new in their own right.

“I keep revisiting them, or I completely repaint them. Some get tough and gritty because there might be 10 paintings underneath,” he says.

In works like The Silent Struggles, Kestell presents a figure (himself) dressed in a hoodie but he points out it’s not about suits versus non-suits.

“It’s still about how we look at and judge other people and that feeling of being looked at and of being judged. That feeling that we are isolated in our own bodies,” he says. “We are in these forms looking out, but they are also about people looking in at you as an object.”

In The Silent Struggles, the figure appears to be breaking out of a domestic environment; perhaps he is feeling trapped or overwhelmed by housework and other domestic responsibilities. It’s about that feeling of everything getting on top of you. Kestell: “It’s about everyday anxieties and the feeling that you are always being judged. The idea that everyone is judging each other.”

Perhaps in exploring the identity of others, Kestell is becoming more certain of his own identity, particularly as an artist.

“This is the first show where I have started to feel some sort of honesty and a bit more faith in the work,” he says.

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BMG Gallery

Friday, July 31 to Saturday,

August 15

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Uniting CommUnities

10 and 14 Pitt Street

Annette Rohde and Mark Warren: Pitt Street Wishing Tree: Building a connected and creative community

The Pitt Street Wishing Tree presents a

collection of people’s stories collected and

retold in artworks that document social

spaces giving these spaces meaning.

August 1-August 31

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Artists: Bente Andermahr Gary Campbell, Annette Dawson

Talia Dawson, Ed Douglas, Greg Geraghty Robert Habel, Amy Hermann

Margie Kenny, Cat Leonard, Sally March Bridgette Minuzzo, Megan O’Hara

Ken Orchard, Amalia Ranisau Judith Rolevink, Betty Smart

Chris Thiel and more

12 August – 19 September Opening Sunday 9 August, 2pm

Gallery 1855 2 Haines Road, Tea Tree Gully

Gallery hours: Wednesday–Saturday noon–5pmImage: Greg Geraghty, Hiding, 2014, oil on plywood, 84 x 100cm

Exhibitions, Gift Shop, Art Classes, Coffee Shop.

558 Magill Road, Magill PH: 8364 6154Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 12 noon - 5 pm

An arts and cultural initiative funded by the City of Burnside

www.pepperstreetartscentre.com.au

All welcome!

OUT NOW

SALA 2015: RenewExciting new works of art from recycled, upcycled

and repurposed objects

2 – 28 August

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Launch Guest: Evette Sunset environmental installation artist

Artist Demonstrations, Special Guest Speaker from Finding Workable Solutions, Community Bottle

Top Projects, People’s Choice Award

Saturday Artist Demonstrations

Saturday 8 August, 2 pm - 4 pmRachel Hare, reinventing with recyclable materials

Saturday 15 August, 2 pm – 4 pmJane Skeer & Danica Headland, community bottletop

blanket & mandala

Saturday 22 August, 2 pm – 4 pmArnolda Beynon, basket-weaving from your backyard

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THE BRITISH HOTEL58 Finniss Street, North Adelaide

1 - 9 AugustMon-Sat 11am-12midnight, Sun 12noon-10pm

BASEM3NTReid House – basement level, 1/15-17

Featherstone Place, Adelaide (off Gawler Pl)

14 - 23 AugustTue-Thu 11 am-4pm, Fri-Sat 11am-7pm

CONTEMPORARY STUDIO

Lidia Kaminski (LILA K)

Earth Devastated

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UNLEY MUSEUM

80 Edmund Avenue, Unley

forWARDbackContemporary artists explore the Unley

Museum’s historic collection and

reinterpret social objects through the

lens of contemporary culture to build

a dialogue between past, present and

future social constructs. Artists: Lee

Salamone, Kristel Britcher, Paul Sloan,

Tristan Louth-Robins and Ian McFarland.


UNLEY.SA.GOV.AU/MUSEUM

WALKWAY GALLERY

43 Woolshed St, Bordertown

In Our NatureIn Our Nature captures the beauty and

diversity of the region’s fl ora and fauna.

Featuring Ruby Award-winning artists

Bob Daly and Kalyna Micenko and glass

artist Kurt Florimond.

Until September 4

TATIARA.SA.GOV.AU

Italian dining, wine & liquor

173 Hutt Street, City / Ph.8232 3281

Emerging Artist Charles Ryan Horswell,

in collaboration with the proprietors of Amaro Restaurant, has created

artworks in response to Amaro’s menu and ambience. During August.

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Image: Wishing Tree, Lino relief print, 200x250mm by Annette Rohde

Presented by Uniting Communities and the Adelaide City Council

www.facebook.com/PittStreetWishingTree

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Opening night: Friday 31 July 2015, 5.30-7.30pm Uniting Communities, Atrium, 1st Floor, 10 Pitt Street, Adelaide

Exhibition: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm during August Uniting Communities, 10 & 14 Pitt Street, Adelaide

The Pitt Street Wishing Tree exhibition presents a collection of people’s stories collected on Pitt Street in June 2015 and retold in artworks that document social spaces and gives these spaces meaning, encouraging individuals to become invested in the long-term sustainability of their own city.

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“Breaking Ground came at a time when retrospectively I was probably starting to drift. It has brought me back and anchored me in a really strong way,” says Allender. “I now feel completely reinvigorated and more dedicated to my practice than ever. I think that’s priceless and I wasn’t expecting it.”

The exhibition at Artspace continues to explore the gothic, dark elements of nature and is the fl ipside to the pretty fl ower arrangements Allender makes in her fl oristry business. Her paintings combine elements of both the landscape and still-life genres. “I am interested in playing with pictorial space. They all do different things spatially, so I am manipulating scale and depth to create these spaces that pull you in or push you out,” says Allender

These new works in particular are all a vortex, they spin and are about the underlying theme of the unsettling qualities of nature. “They are evocative mood pieces really. They are supposed to evoke a mood whatever that is, it might be different for different people,” says Allender.

Breaking Ground has allowed Allender the opportunity to experiment with her practice and to explore working on a large scale (one of the pieces is approximately 2.8m long). “They are about materiality more so than other works I have done in the past. I’m really loving

painting, oil paint is completely endlessly fascinating,” says Allender. “I’m now also addicted to the large scale. The fact you have so much space to play with is quite forgiving and I was always worried it would be the opposite.”

Breaking Ground has not only allowed Allender the chance to experiment with the process of creating artworks but also to explore how the works are exhibited. “This show is meant to be the show I have never had, spatially, and always wanted. The blacked out space, the non-commercial lighting, it’s almost theatrical so it’s nice that it’s at the Festival Centre,” explains Allender. “I’m trying to create a feeling of installation in the show rather than just a room with paintings hanging on the wall. I’m trying to create a certain ambiance.”

The purpose of the South Australian Living Artist’s Breaking Ground Award is to help a regional artist broaden their practice and develop a new body

of work for display at Artspace Gallery at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Last year’s recipient, Morgan Allender, encapsulates the spirit of the award with it reviving her love of painting.

“I think the thing I have gotten the most out of Breaking Ground in terms of development is a complete reengagement with the medium of painting,” says Allender. “It’s a

really personal thing that is completely life changing. I get really emotional when I think about it.”

Since leaving art school in 2004, Allender has managed to carve out a successful career, exhibiting regularly locally and interstate. When the GFC hit, and started to impact the art world, she reassessed and set up a fl oral business – Tenth Meadow. The business took off and as a result was dragging her away from her practice.

Morgan Allender: Seeing Spring

Artspace Gallery, Adelaide

Festival Centre


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An ExhibitionCelebrating 30 Yearsof Art Images Gallery31 July - 30 August32 The Parade Norwoodartimagesgallery.com.au

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WorldThursday 27th / Friday 28th August

10am - 6pm

Saturday 29th August 10am - 4pm

SALA EXHIBITION:

The Adelaide Review presented its inaugural Outsider Award to Adelaide Hills artist Michelle Willsmore while Rip It Up handed its Young

Artist Award to photographer Jessica Clark. The Outsider Award recognises exciting work created outside the boundaries of the established art scene. Willsmore is a self-taught artist who used to paint and draw in her spare time but didn’t consider a career in art until she joined a community space at Mt Barker’s The General Store Gallery in 2009.

“It held no prejudice against those without training or experience,” Willsmore says of The General Store Gallery. “When there was an empty wall space, I suggested bringing some of my drawings from home. And that’s how this started. Since then, I have worked towards creating new and interesting work for the SALA, Fringe and Feast.”

Willsmore’s SALA exhibition Transparent is a collection of light interactive sculpture featuring X-ray fi lm.

“The main exhibit, Raining Cats and Dogs, is an installation of six umbrellas, suspended under lights from the ceiling, to showcase the light forms created from images of loved pets. You will also see a selection of my lamps with X-ray shades, and a tri-fold privacy screen using strips of ultrasound, MRI and CT scans.

“The X-rays were donated by individuals, a radiology department, and dental and veterinary practices, following my request on social media in late 2014. I have many people to thank for going through their homes in search of their unwanted x-rays and scans.”

As an artist, what attracts Willsmore to X-ray fi lm?

“X-rays are fascinating. As light fi lters through

the various shades of ink, different shapes and patterns emerge... much like fi nding faces in the clouds. The fi lm is a nice medium to work with. It cuts easily, bends well and it feels good to touch. It’s also appealing to make use of unwanted things by transforming them into something fun and interesting.”

The winner of Rip It Up’s Young Artist Award is Jessica Clark, who is showing her exhibition About and Falling at Naomi Murrell’s store on Ebenezer Place. She hadn’t contemplated exhibiting in a gallery until a couple of days before the SALA application cut-off date.

“I received what seemed like a somewhat spur-of-the-moment email from my pal Naomi Murrell,” says Clark. “She had been looking at some water-themed images on my website and Instagram feed and decided that they would look amazing alongside her new winter clothing collection that she was just about to launch in her store – aptly titled She Sells Sea Shells.

“She contacted me to see what I thought of exhibiting with her – with the promise of a killer launch-night party. So over the next few days, I went through my inconveniently large collection of personal photographs and found a selection that I thought would work. The images themselves are from many different locations around the world – six different countries. All taken over the past two years or so.”

With her photography career, Clark says one of her greatest fears is becoming jaded with the work.

“I want to live the one life I have and actually spend it enjoying what I do for money. Otherwise, what is even the point? To ensure that, I believe in making space in my life to

IN FROM OUTSIDETwo talented artists were recognised by � e Adelaide Review

and our sister publication Rip It Up at the recent SALA Awards.

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create, to explore new ideas and photographic techniques in my own time. I fi nd that travelling is the best opportunity for me to do this. I have produced most of my favourite images while away from home.

“I only take on limited bookings for weddings and other paid work within a year – to ensure I have the space and time to keep things

exciting and fresh. By doing this, I remain in a creative and inspired headspace. I believe I owe that to my clients.”

It was her time away from home that produced the majority of the exhibition’s pieces, including the hero image Pisces Pash.“Travelling through Europe, by way of Shanghai, I visited a Buddhist temple,” Clark

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Inspired by form, colour, texture & nature’s timeless spirit Enjoy with us the opening night of QUINTESSENCE, an exhibition of paintings by Gaynor Hartvigsen & Angelee Theodoros Complimentary refreshments will be served from 6pm, Thur 6th August 2015 at Pfitzner Furniture, 33 The Parade Norwood.

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Gallery M, Marion Cultural Centre 287 Diagonal Rd, Oaklands Pk SAP:8377 2904 [email protected]

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artwork by (above left) Nicola Neutze; (above) Deirdre Edwards(left) Jo Mignone; (below) Lynette Brown

artworks in various media by members of the Red House Group Inc

Transition

Special Evening Viewings: 5-8pm, Fridays 14 & 21 August live music in cafe adjacent to Gallery M

Special Evening Viewings: 21 August

Special Evening Viewings:Special Evening Viewings:

The PaperCross, Oil on hardwood

Tel. 0438 366931 for more info

SALA AT THE CATHEDRAL

SALVADOR LORETO15 – 30 AUGUST 2015

In The Name Of The Father, The Son & SurrealismA stunning exhibition of bold

and confronting works.

The support of St Peter’s Cathedral and Triana Flamenco Dance Studio is gratefully acknowledged.

www.salvadorloreto.net.au

An exhibition by Spanish Australian-Gypsy Artist

St Peters Cathedral, 27 King William Road, Adelaide.Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 4pm.

Sundays 12 noon – 4pm.

Artist on site: Daily 11am to 3pm. Sunday 1pm – 3pm.To be Opened by the Hon. Rev. Dr Lynn Arnold AO on Friday, August 14 at 6pm. Flamenco entertainment by Gypsy singer

‘el Titi de Algeciras’ and Guitarist ‘Aloysius Leeson’.

SALA AWARD WINNERS

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Contemporary Art Award

Jason Sims

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Outsider Art Award

Michelle Willsmore

Rip It Up

Young Artist Award

Jessica Clark

Breaking Ground

Regional Arts Award

Cindy Durant

Oz Minerals Copper Sculpture Award

Mark Ryan

City Rural Emerging Artist Award

Alise Hardy

Don Dunstan Foundation Award

Selina Wallace

Centre for Creative Photography

Latent Image Award

Emmaline Zanelli

Michelle Willsmore

Transparent

Tincat Cafe Restaurant and Gallery

Until Friday, August 21

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Jessica Clark

About and Falling

Naomi Murrell

Saturday, August 1 to Monday,

August 31

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says. “It was a beautifully serene experience. Towards the exit, I happened upon this koi pond. There was a lady selling small bags of fi sh food pellets for 60 cents. She demonstrated how to feed the fi sh: by placing the food fl at in the palm of your hand, and gently lowering it into the water for the fi sh to eat. The sound of the fi sh all fl apping and leaping out of the water over the top of each other in excited anticipation was so loud. The water below swirled with the most vivid colours. A true frenzy.

“The fi shes’ mouths felt like suction cups on your skin, even taking a whole fi nger into their throats. After all the food was gone, some of the fi sh stayed near the surface, and let us pet their heads, and hold their slimy bodies. I was shocked at their social, almost playful nature. It was such a bizarre experience.”

Clark says the exhibition’s content varies signifi cantly but there is a strong aesthetic connection.

“Lots of blues and pops of orange and pink. Some, like Pisces Pash, are quite a close up view of a scene, while others are of a broader more detached perspective. What is

consistent across the collection is the use of colour – vivid, sharp, somewhat playful, even visceral – like you can look at the images and feel the wind in your face, or smell the ocean breeze, or hear the patter of rain. Every image in the exhibition is something that is observed. Nothing has been set up or staged. This way, I fi nd that each individual piece has its own story and intrigue.”

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