LEAVES OF ABSENCE in Warrnambool and Perth

Pictured here are installation views of my artist book, Leaves of Absence (2017) in From the Bower - patterns of collecting at Warrnambool Art Gallery.

Selected page views of the book are paired with the original artwork - hand painted Eucalyptus leaves - and the antique flower presses in which the leaves were pressed and dried. The exhibition also features the works and private collections of Carole Wilson, Loris Button and Louise Saxton, some of which can be glimpsed in these photos. It opened yesterday, 18 March, and runs until 12 June.

From the Bower can also be seen at the Art Gallery of Ballarat from 29 July - 17 September.

Coincidentally, Leaves of Absence is part of another show that also opened yesterday: Between the Sheets: Artists' Books 2017. An international artists’ book exhibition, it is presented by Gallery East in conjunction with Gallery Central, Aberdeen Street, Perth, Western Australia, and runs until 8 April.

Between the Sheets will also be shown at Australian Galleries, Melbourne, from 13 June - 2 July. 

Dates for the Melbourne launch of Leaves of Absence TBA.

Parallel Prints launch at the Art Gallery of Ballarat

From left: Parallel Prints artists Antoinetta Covino-Beehre, James Pasakos
and myself. (James is also the exhibition's co-curator)

Although it was only launched last night, Parallel Prints (see previous post) has been open to the public for over a week and is already receiving a tremendous response. The exhibition coincides with the Archibald Prize, the controversial contemporary portrait exhibition that recently travelled to the Art Gallery of Ballarat from its home at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Many of those who initially came to see the Archibald have discovered this less-hyped, more intimate show and have stayed on to spend some quality time with the works.

Parallel Prints is showing concurrently at Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, New Zealand.

Pictured below and above are some snaps from last night. For more photos of the Parallel Prints launch, go to my Art Blog.

From left: DK with Mark Graver and his partner Tania Booth (right)
co-curators of Parallel Prints and founders of Art at Wharepuke, NZ 

Pictured with my very own Parallel Prints portfolio and my linocut
Ideopsis gaura (Dainty paperwing) Woman