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Image: Jeanette Stok, Inherited borders, 2017, (detail)galvanized wire and wire mesh2800 x 1800mm. Photography Michelle Vine
This exhibition, mounted over 100 years since the inception of Tamworth Regional Gallery’s entire collection, and 50 years of the National Textile Collection, showcases the strengths and diversity of our holdings.
Sharing an appreciation for a minimalist philosophy, this exhibition presents the ceramic pieces created by Christine Murphy alongside the paintings by Sandra McMahon. This exhibition explores the relationship between 3 dimensional form and 2 dimensional works on board.
In First Rodeo, photographer Nigel Malone climbs between chutes and stock pens to enter the inner sanctum of rodeo aspirants. Comprising twenty-six shot-on-film, black and white portraits, First Rodeo captures part gladiator, part entertainer in their final moment of focus before competition, often staring through the lens as if it were not there.
Image: Dobell Drawing Prize 23 Winner Jane Grealy, 'Maria's Garden, Scheme C', (detail) 2023, pastel on paper, 67 x 108cm.
The biennial Dobell Drawing Prize is Australia’s leading prize for drawing, an unparalleled celebration of technique, innovation and expanded drawing practices. The $30,000 acquisitive prize is presented by the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice.
Stuart Boggs, Hungerford Hill Conglomerate 2024, mixed media on canvas, 152x122 cm. Photography Stuart Boggs.
As a Trained Geologist and a contemporary painter, Stuart Boggs has combined these two disciplines into an exhibition with regards to the Geology of the New England and surrounding areas. Working from maps as a reference and memories of visited sites over the years,