Karike Ashworth - Lamentation
This exhibition delicately addresses the uncomfortable subject of illness and death. Drawing from her personal experience of living through her mother's illness, Karike Ashworth combines hand-crafted stitching and embroidery with hospital linen to create an installation that is both enlightening and confronting.
Venue: Pine Rivers Art Gallery
Address: Unit 7/199 Gympie Road, Strathpine
Date: 22 July 2016 - 03 September 2016
Time: Monday - Saturday: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Ticket: FREE
Web: https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/general.aspx?id=152882
EMail: PineRivers.Gallery@moretonbay.qld.gov.au
Call: (07) 3480 6941
Address: Unit 7/199 Gympie Road, Strathpine
Date: 22 July 2016 - 03 September 2016
Time: Monday - Saturday: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Ticket: FREE
Web: https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/general.aspx?id=152882
EMail: PineRivers.Gallery@moretonbay.qld.gov.au
Call: (07) 3480 6941
On Friday 22 July the Pine Rivers Art Gallery will open the doors to two complementary exhibitions; Karike Ashworth: Lamentation and A Conversation about Portraiture.
The Lamentation exhibition delicately addresses the uncomfortable subject of illness and death. Drawing from her personal experience of living through her mother's illness, Karike Ashworth combines hand-crafted stitching and embroidery with hospital linen to create an installation that is both enlightening and confronting.
Ashworth interviewed twelve daughters, whose mothers had passed away, about their mothers' story. The resulting artworks are contemporary portraits made from discarded hospital linen which explore the different ways of expressing and working through the grief associated with the death of a loved one.
A Conversation about Portraiture exhibition was specially curated to accompany Lamentation and explores the many different approaches to portraiture, from the traditional through to non-figurative, more informal approaches.
Traditional styles of portraiture are often concerned with capturing what is considered 'real' about a subject - their appearance. Contemporary non-traditional portraiture is less concerned with true likeness and instead focus on personal stories and the relationship between artist and sitter.
The exhibition features Queensland artists Donna Davis, Ryan Fraser, Nic Plowman, Leanne Sauer and Kaye Stuart as well as Moreton Bay Regional Council collection artists Bianca Beetson, Michael Cooke, Julie Fragar, Oscar Fristrom, Karla Machesi, Leonard Shillam and Nan Paterson.
The Lamentation exhibition delicately addresses the uncomfortable subject of illness and death. Drawing from her personal experience of living through her mother's illness, Karike Ashworth combines hand-crafted stitching and embroidery with hospital linen to create an installation that is both enlightening and confronting.
Ashworth interviewed twelve daughters, whose mothers had passed away, about their mothers' story. The resulting artworks are contemporary portraits made from discarded hospital linen which explore the different ways of expressing and working through the grief associated with the death of a loved one.
A Conversation about Portraiture exhibition was specially curated to accompany Lamentation and explores the many different approaches to portraiture, from the traditional through to non-figurative, more informal approaches.
Traditional styles of portraiture are often concerned with capturing what is considered 'real' about a subject - their appearance. Contemporary non-traditional portraiture is less concerned with true likeness and instead focus on personal stories and the relationship between artist and sitter.
The exhibition features Queensland artists Donna Davis, Ryan Fraser, Nic Plowman, Leanne Sauer and Kaye Stuart as well as Moreton Bay Regional Council collection artists Bianca Beetson, Michael Cooke, Julie Fragar, Oscar Fristrom, Karla Machesi, Leonard Shillam and Nan Paterson.