University Art Gallery
Divergence An exhibition of works by print media artists
- Venue
- UWS Art Gallery, AD Building, Werrington North Campus (View Map)
- Date
- 4 May - 14 Jul 2006
- Open
- Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
Divergence
"'The peculiarity of the printmakers' process is the intervention of a mechanical process which, no matter how perfectly mastered, has its own specific properties...For many printmakers it is this tension between certainty and uncertainty, the predictable and the chance effect introduced within the technical process, which gives the printmaking techniques their most engaging quality." Sasha Grishin, (1997:p 5) Australian Printmaking in the 1990s.
The diversity of the 'art of printmaking' was self evident within the exhibition 'Divergence'. This small collection of works was generated from the University's own art collection, which has consistently collected print media artists from the 1970s, up to the present day.
During the mid 1990s, the University hosted the Australian Print Media Awards in conjunction with Casula Powerhouse in order to further develop its national print media collection. The works acquired by the University, reflect that printmaking has always been an art form which has employed the most recent technology, whether it be the printing press, lithography, photographic or digital processes.
Australian artists featured in 'Divergence' include:
- Michael Brewster
- Nicole Chalmers and Sonja Clark
- Brian Dunlop
- Treahna Hamm
- Deborah Klein
- Marine Ky
- Danny McDonald
- Denise Parkinson
- John Firth Smith
- Guy Warren
- Gabriela Turcu
- Vera Zulumovski.
International artists featured in 'Divergence' include:
- Imma Arroya
- Mike Birtchnell
- Iaowen Chen
- Cecilia Sanchez Duarte
- Sue Gollifer
- Joe Fedderson
- Nancy Friese
- Indira Freitas Johnson
- Carole Shepheard
- Melanie Yazzie.
This exhibition closed on 14 July 2006.
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