Thursday 1 December 2022
When is the last time you really slowed down to look at a piece of art? Based on the mindfulness movement, Deep Detail: Below the Surface gallery tour provides an opportunity to refocus and be fully present while allowing our eyes and body to ensconce in an artwork. Taking the time to experience art in detail provides greater insight and access into the artist’s intent. Experience a deep, private moment with the art and allow yourself to find your own deeper meaning.
Duration: 1hr
Date: Thursday 1 December
Session One: 11.00am – 12.00pm
Session Two: 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Cost: FREE
Participants will be provided/loaned a pencil, clipboard and paper as required.
For those who are able to help support our community with subsidised access to critical dialogue and cultural exchange we welcome combinations of $5 donations via Tap ‘n Go at the front desk.
Pippin Drysdale, Bungle Bungle, 2007-2013, glazed porcelain, 59 x 27 cm. Curtin University Art Collection. Acquired with funds donated through Curtin Foundation, 50fifty Acquisition Initiative. Donated by Pippin Drysdale. Courtesy of the artist.
JOHN STRINGER PRIZE
7 October – 4 December 2022
The John Stringer Prize was inaugurated by The Collectors Club in 2015 in celebration of the memory of one of Australia’s most acclaimed art curators, the late John Stringer. A long-term friend and mentor to its members, he established The Collectors Club in Perth in 1996 to promote informed collecting and patronage of Western Australian art. The John Stringer Prize strives to continue his important legacy and since 2018, the John Curtin Gallery has been proud to present this annual exhibition celebrating artists making a major impact on contemporary practice in Western Australia.
Each year, a panel of three leading arts professionals are tasked with selecting six Western Australian-based contemporary artists whose practices they deem worthy of recognition. The panellists for this year’s prize were: Helen Carroll, Manager, Wesfarmers Arts; Jane Chambers, Revealed curator, Fremantle Art Centre and Sarah Wall, curator, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA). The six artists are invited to produce a new artwork in any medium for inclusion in the exhibition. In the months leading up to the Prize, members of The Collectors Club visit each of the nominated artists’ studios and intimately come to know their work. Club members then vote at this exhibition by way of secret ballot to decide on the Prize recipient.
John Stringer Prize 2022 finalists are: Amanda Bell, Bruno Booth, Jacky Cheng, Guy Louden, Katie West and Holly Yoshida.
Recent Acquisitions
7 October – 4 December 2022
Following the success of our 50fifty Acquisition Initiative which ran from 2017-2020, the John Curtin Gallery has continued to acquire important works that reflect the world in which we live. This exhibition presents works acquired over the last two years that have not previously been on display at the gallery, covering painting, photography, mixed media, textiles, ceramics, video, drawing and print. Included are significant purchases and donations of artworks by leading contemporary artists such as James Angus, Brent Harris, Joan Ross, Christian Thompson and Aida Tomescu; as well as important Western Australian artists, recent Curtin Fine Art graduates, and significant First Nations artists, including a major Spinifex Women’s collaborative. We thank all our Donors who have made these acquisitions possible.
