KEEP THE DATE!

Further to my last post, here is some key information about my 30 year printmaking retrospective at Tacit Contemporary Art, scheduled for 29 November - 17 December, 2017. The idea for the exhibition grew from PRINTS 1987 - 2016, the mini-survey show that has just finished its run at Tacit. Not surprisingly, next year's survey is still very much in the early planning stages. Next time around the show will span 4 gallery spaces, which will enable a far wider overview of my printmaking practice, including the artist books and zines that have become an increasingly significant part of it over the past several years.

PRINTS 1987 - 2016: An ending and a beginning

The end of my solo exhibition, PRINTS 1987 - 2016 at Tacit Contemporary Art on Sunday afternoon, October 2, also marked something of a beginning. During the lead-up to the show, the date of the earliest work alerted Tacit's ever-vigilant Keith Lawrence to the fact that 2017 will mark a Significant Anniversary of my printmaking practice. Accordingly, a far larger exhibition, which will include several Moth Woman Press publications, is planned and already locked in for late next year. Watch for MWP's next post, when further details will be provided.

Meanwhile, warmest gratitude to exhibition curator, TJ Bateson and Tacit director, Keith Lawrence for their unwavering enthusiasm and support before, during and after the recent show, to the many people who came during its run, and to those who took the time and trouble send me their written responses.

The following installation views of PRINTS 1987 - 2016 were taken by Tim Gresham. Click on individual images for a clearer view.

PRINTS 1987 - 2016

 

Thalaina macfarlandi Moth Mask (2009, hand coloured linocut, 15 x 15 cm) 

Thalaina macfarlandi Moth Mask (2009) is one of four Moth Masks linocuts (1) selected by curator TJ Bateson for my solo show, PRINTS 1987 - 2016 at Tacit Contemporary Art. 

The exhibition launch is this evening, 14 September, from 6.30 – 8 pm. 

The Moth Masks series was the inspiration for one of my first fairytales, The Story of the Moth Masks, (2) and several of the moth-masked women appeared in my artist book, Women With Wings (2010). Moreover, the Moth Women were precursors to the dark and dangerous Moth Women Vigilantes, already the subject of numerous Moth Woman Press publications.

Tacit Contemporary Art

312 Johnston Street,

Abbotsford, Vic, 3067

tacitart.com.au

Phone: 0423 323 1888

Hours: Wednesday - Friday 11 am - 6 pm
Saturday - Sunday 11 - 5 pm

PRINTS 1987 – 2016 runs until 2 October.

(1) The other three are:
Cyana mericki Moth Mask (2009)
Birthana cleis Moth Mask (2009) and
Scoliacma biclora Moth Mask (2009).

(2) First published in There was once... the collected fairy tales, Moth Woman Press, 2009