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Main Exhibitions 2024

Lease Exhibitions 2024

MAIN CURATED EXHIBITIONS

Now showing
Gallery 1,3,4,5

Ian Smith, Public sculpture 1 2017, Coloured pencil, watercolour & collage, 52 × 74 cm

IAN SMITH

Fig Trees, Figures & Other Public Sculpture

In 2020, as I tiptoed through the ‘minefieldʼ of social sensitivities to find ways of painting my multicultural community in Logan, I wrote the following in the exhibition catalogue for my show, “The Beenleigh Lineˮ, at Logan Art Gallery : “I come to these works after 50 years of artistic experiment with all sorts of subjects and styles ... I have painted clothed or naked men and women of all skin colours in all sorts of situations; also babies, kids and older aged people. I believe I do so with integrity and defy anyone to suggest demeaning prejudice or ill-directed lasciviousness. The case for any artwork, film, book, etc should be made with respect to its authorʼs background nature – not attacked or defended through a stack of bad or cliched precedents and stereotypical assumptions ... Rather than meticulously illustrating, I try to construct enduring, symbolic images of human existence. I bend my vision to my pictorial will. - Ian Smith (catalogue extract)

Exhibition dates
2 July - 3 August 2024

Catalogue (PDF)

Online Exhibition

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Gallery 1,3,4

Clare Purser, Overwintering l, Moreton Bay, oil on board, 40cm x 40cm (image size) framed

 CLARE PURSER

 Overwintering

 Overwintering refers to the migratory shorebirds that visit the shores of Moreton Bay every year during the northern hemisphere winter. They start arriving here on the fertile shores of Moreton Bay from late August, fattening up in preparation for their return trip to the breeding grounds in China, Siberia, and Alaska. Among these visitors, we have one of the largest populations in Australia of the critically endangered far eastern curlew.

These paintings are inspired by the bay, the amazing little birds that inhabit it, and the diversity of the marine life. I am passionate about developing a deeper connection to my home through painting, drawing, researching, and engaging with my community. My work reflects on the bay, but I am also keen to highlight the extreme fragility of its ecosystem due to pollution, development, and climate change.

My favourite places to paint are the islands of Mulgumpin (Moreton Island) and Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island), where thousands of migratory shorebirds overwinter. I have been fortunate to visit these places often on artist camps with friends and to teach workshops.

Plein air studies serve as research or note-taking, a way to investigate and map my surroundings. The field paintings, notes, research, and reading all contribute to the mix in the studio, with ideas filtering through into the finished oil paintings. Observing and documenting nature is my way of responding as a painter to climate change and environmental concerns.

Clare Purser, 2024

Opening event
Saturday afternoon, 17 August 2024 from 3pm

Exhibition dates
6 August - 31 August 2024

WAG.GALLERY

CONTEMPORARY LEASE SPACE

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Gallery 2

Artists For Palestine

Invite (PDF)

WAG STUDIOS

Complementing our range of professional services to artists, we also offer access to a friendly and convenient studio space.

WAG Studios is a flexible solution for creatives looking for professional work space to focus, produce and learn.

1 space available.

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DRAWING CLASSES

Have you wondered how to draw the human body?

Life drawing classes with Maureen Hansen.

Over 25 years of life drawing experience.

Dates for session #11 announced.

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