Past Events

Guns to Roses brings together artworks from the MRAG Collection, and selected works on loan, that illustrate how artists respond to the precariousness of our times; the fragility of life as impacted by war, political unrest and climate change, and the consciousness of our own mortality. Within this exhibition we find symbols of weaponry transformed into visually seductive motifs, the daily news transformed into a ten metre long scroll and the beauty of our native flora used as a disguise…

Lucas Grogan’s work spans multiple disciplines including quilts, murals and painting. As the title suggests, Grogan’s sense of humour has permeated his bold, fastidiously patterned, highly graphic, pun-filled signature blue artworks that reflect his personal experiences in a range of media. This exhibition will include painting, embroidery, quilts and a large immersive wall installation including a mural to be created by the artist during the installation of the exhibition. Other artworks in the exhibition will be borrowed from a number…

For the past 63 years the Maitland International Salon of Photography (MISoP), which operates via various Camera Clubs in the Hunter Region, has invited entries from photographers around the world. From an average of 5,000 images received from 40 countries for the annual competition, they are then judged across 6 salon categories; Colour, Monochrome and Nature prints as well as Open, Nature and Travel projected images. All the 2019 MISoP acceptances and award winners are shown at the Maitland Showground…

Maitland based artist Jaime Pritchard creates work that reflects the spirit of wabi-sabi, the view cantered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Pritchard’s work traverses painting, drawing, multimedia installation and sculpture in response to emotion, memory and experiences. Unravelling To Recognition is an immersive installation revealing a journey of recollection, moments of deep reflection and acknowledgement leading to understanding.

The MASTERS part of the exhibition comprises 21 artworks from the Lakeview Collection of Old Masters. These are works on paper by artists Francisco Goya, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro and Destino (a collaboration by Salvador Dali and Walt and Roy Disney) and include lithographs, etchings, etchings with aquatint and serigraphs. To complement these works and to provide creative input from budding APPRENTICES, students from local primary and high schools were invited to make…

Kei Takemura‘s artworks are characterised by overlapping a layer of embroidered cloth on to a photograph, drawing or broken objects. In her Renovated series, Takemura repairs broken objects using silk thread, transforming these 'wounds' into objects of beauty. For the artist, the act of embroidery creates a state of being tentative; it transforms objects and places which no longer exist, and brings fragments of memory towards a tangible existence. Kei Takemura is represented by Dominik Mersch Gallery  BE INSPIRED…