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Earth - Opening Night

Gallery F group show "E a r t h "

Earth Group Show - Opening March 8th

Rust and Stitch - Opening Night

An exhibition of works by local artist Lyn McDonald

Rust and Stitch by Lyn McDonald

Exhibition runs from: February 9 - March 4
Exhibition Opening night | Wednesday 8  February | 5:30 - 7:00pm
Gallery F opening hours | Thurs-Frid 12-6pm | Sat 10am-2pm
Location: mim, museum of innocence mildura | 31-33 Deakin Ave

Artist statement

Well, we’ve gone and done it! 

The human race has wiped itself out. Faint signs on blasted rock indicate the passing of a whole civilization.

But Nature has hardly noticed. The first signs of continuing life have already appeared among the devastation.

I guess most of us have these thoughts/dreams in these times of global warming.

In time metal and wood develop a patina. 

Metal turns to rust and in my experiments of printing on fabric from rusted objects I saw landscapes appear. Landscape develops its own patina over time - 

the ripples of wind over bare soil, human footprints, car tracks, animal scratchings and footprints.

The ethereal quality of these works encourages the viewer to look closely and discover images within images. 

My hand-stitching is a meditation on the shape and form of plants.

The plants symbolise the emergence of life in an otherwise dry and barren landscape. 

Some works are plant-dyed resulting in a subdued and earth-like palate.

Lyn McDonald, Detail of work from 'Rust and Stitch'
exhibition, Rust and hand stitching on fabric 2017

Fusion - Opening Night

Group Exhibition

GALLERY F is proud to present FUSION a group show featuring the work of local artists

Opening 5:30 pm Wednesday 9 November

Gallery Hours Thurs-Fri 12pm-6pm Sat 10am-2pm

Exhibition runs until November 26

Local artists are engaged in the first incarnation of the Gallery F namesake with all participants Fusing talents and working with individual techniques to showcase a diversity of artistic practice across the community.

Works will range from painting, textiles, glassworks, artist-books through to drawing, video and installation. Artists participating in the exhibition are Colin Straub, Jennifer Matthews, Eunice Wake, Ann Hayward, Gwynneth Pender, Lynette Mc Donald, Kate Cotching, Win Moser, Melissa Castleman, Traci McLeod, Val Robinson, Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo and Prue Hobbs.