Preamble
My artwork has appeared in a number of exhibitions which has been featured on this blog spot. For your convenience I have listed these posts below.
ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions (Marie-Therese Wisniowski - Curator's Talk)
Sequestration of CO2 (Engaging New Visions) M-T. Wisniowski
Codes – Lost Voices (ArtCloth Installation) M-T. Wisniowski
Unleashed: The Rise of Australian Street Art (Art Exhibition) Various Artists
Merge and Flow (SDA Members Exhibition) M-T. Wisniowski
The Journey (Megalo Studio) M-T. Wisniowski
Another Brick (Post Graffiti ArtCloth Installation) M-T. Wisniowski
ArtCloth Swap & Exhibition
My Fifteen Year Contribution to the '9 x 5' Exhibition
When Rainforests Ruled (Purple Noon Art & Sculpture Gallery) M-T. Wisniowski
When Rainforests Glowed (Eden Gardens Gallery) M-T. Wisniowski
My Southern Land (Galerie 't Haentje te Paart, Netherlands) M-T. Wisniowski
The Last Exhibition @ Galerie ’t Haentje the Paart
Mark Making on Urban Walls @ Palm House (Post Graffiti Art Work)
Fleeting - My ArtCloth Work Exhibited @ Art Systems Wickham Art Gallery
Timelines: An Environmental Journey
My Contribution to Lake Macquarie's Water Exhibition
The Effects of Global Warming - ArtCloth Exhibition@Rathmines Heritage Centre’s Boiler Room
ATASDA's ‘A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part I
ATASDA’s ‘A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part II
ATASDA's 'A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part III
Introduction
In November 2019, participating artists in the inaugural Lake Mac Open Studios Tour (LMOST) were invited to submit an artwork for the first curated ‘Art in Our Community’ exhibition program (theme of ‘water’) as part of the rebranded Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery. My piece, ‘Lake Macquarie - A Timeless Creator of Life’ was selected for the exhibition. This exhibition was included as part of the festival opening weekend of the new Museum of Art and Culture (MAC) Lake Macquarie, NSW and will be on display from the 23rd November to 2nd February 2020.
MAC's Story[1]
The Museum of Art and Culture (MAC) . . . yapang, is an exceptional cultural and tourist destination located at the northern tip of Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia. It is uniquely positioned within 5 hectares of leafy grounds on the shore of Lake Macquarie, Australia's largest salt-water lake. The award-winning art museum has a cafe, retail shop, sculpture park and mosaic pathways. MAC, formerly known as Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, was established in 1980. First housed in Lake Macquarie’s former council chambers on Main Road at Speers Point. The gallery relocated to First Street, Booragul in 1996.
The new site is significant to both the local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, most importantly as a campsite and then as a parcel of land granted to Dr James Mitchell in 1842. The addition of the Aboriginal word yapang (meaning path or journey) solidifies the gallery’s ongoing commitment to Indigenous art and artists.
The gallery originally occupied Awaba House on this site from 1996 to 2000 when a decision was made to construct the new state-of-the-art facility. Designed by Colin Still of Cox Richardson, the new art gallery building was launched in May 2001 and saw the addition of an art seminar room in 2008.
With a growing audience, higher demands for public exhibition space and a rapidly developing collection, the need to expand again became essential. With a grant from the NSW government and assistance from Lake Macquarie City Council, the gallery underwent a $2.3 million transformation in 2019 resulting in more exhibition and collection space, a new name, new brand and the establishment of yapang, a dedicated Aboriginal program and space.
The recent exciting transformation has established MAC as a destination and enhanced its position as a dynamic, popular regional facility.
MAC's Vision[1]
For MAC to be a lively place where people are engaged in, inspired by, and connected with arts, culture and fresh ideas.
MAC's Mission[1]
To ensure MAC is inclusive, accessible and captivating by initiating and presenting dynamic, refreshing, creative and diverse art and cultural programs, engaging multiple communities as colleagues as makers, participants, audiences, collaborators and supporters[1].
The Museum of Art and Culture (MAC)[1]
Opening weekend of the Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie, NSW.
Image Courtesy: Good Thanks Media (MAC Facebook site).
View of Lake Macquarie from the grounds of the Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie.
Image Courtesy: Tripadvisor. Traveller photo submitted by Gerald H (January 2018).
MAC Visual Arts Program November 2019 - July 2020 Front Cover.
The program includes the next six months of exhibitions, events and art classes at your fingertips!
Image Courtesy: MAC Facebook site.
My Contribution to: The Lake Macquarie's Water Exhibition
Title: Lake Macquarie: Timeless Creator of Life (Full View).
Technique and Media: Screen printed, stencilled and hand painted employing gold foil, transparent and opaque pigment on cotton.
Created in 2019.
Artist Statement: The artwork highlights that Lake Macquarie has sustained life from the beginning of human occupation - from the initial Aboriginal occupation to its present day. Hence, the presence of trilobites and deconstructed fish shapes depicting an on-going living activity within the Lake that refracts from a conscious out-of-the-Lake observance. The lack of human form or activity on or in the Lake was consciously imposed within the artwork in order to emphasise the fragility of the Lake being inhabited, centres not on what exists within it, but rather on what exists outside of it.
Detail View 1.
Detail View 2.
Detail View 3.
Reference:
[1] https://mac.lakemac.com.au/museum-story.
My artwork has appeared in a number of exhibitions which has been featured on this blog spot. For your convenience I have listed these posts below.
ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions (Marie-Therese Wisniowski - Curator's Talk)
Sequestration of CO2 (Engaging New Visions) M-T. Wisniowski
Codes – Lost Voices (ArtCloth Installation) M-T. Wisniowski
Unleashed: The Rise of Australian Street Art (Art Exhibition) Various Artists
Merge and Flow (SDA Members Exhibition) M-T. Wisniowski
The Journey (Megalo Studio) M-T. Wisniowski
Another Brick (Post Graffiti ArtCloth Installation) M-T. Wisniowski
ArtCloth Swap & Exhibition
My Fifteen Year Contribution to the '9 x 5' Exhibition
When Rainforests Ruled (Purple Noon Art & Sculpture Gallery) M-T. Wisniowski
When Rainforests Glowed (Eden Gardens Gallery) M-T. Wisniowski
My Southern Land (Galerie 't Haentje te Paart, Netherlands) M-T. Wisniowski
The Last Exhibition @ Galerie ’t Haentje the Paart
Mark Making on Urban Walls @ Palm House (Post Graffiti Art Work)
Fleeting - My ArtCloth Work Exhibited @ Art Systems Wickham Art Gallery
Timelines: An Environmental Journey
My Contribution to Lake Macquarie's Water Exhibition
The Effects of Global Warming - ArtCloth Exhibition@Rathmines Heritage Centre’s Boiler Room
ATASDA's ‘A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part I
ATASDA’s ‘A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part II
ATASDA's 'A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part III
Introduction
In November 2019, participating artists in the inaugural Lake Mac Open Studios Tour (LMOST) were invited to submit an artwork for the first curated ‘Art in Our Community’ exhibition program (theme of ‘water’) as part of the rebranded Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery. My piece, ‘Lake Macquarie - A Timeless Creator of Life’ was selected for the exhibition. This exhibition was included as part of the festival opening weekend of the new Museum of Art and Culture (MAC) Lake Macquarie, NSW and will be on display from the 23rd November to 2nd February 2020.
MAC's Story[1]
The Museum of Art and Culture (MAC) . . . yapang, is an exceptional cultural and tourist destination located at the northern tip of Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia. It is uniquely positioned within 5 hectares of leafy grounds on the shore of Lake Macquarie, Australia's largest salt-water lake. The award-winning art museum has a cafe, retail shop, sculpture park and mosaic pathways. MAC, formerly known as Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, was established in 1980. First housed in Lake Macquarie’s former council chambers on Main Road at Speers Point. The gallery relocated to First Street, Booragul in 1996.
The new site is significant to both the local Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, most importantly as a campsite and then as a parcel of land granted to Dr James Mitchell in 1842. The addition of the Aboriginal word yapang (meaning path or journey) solidifies the gallery’s ongoing commitment to Indigenous art and artists.
The gallery originally occupied Awaba House on this site from 1996 to 2000 when a decision was made to construct the new state-of-the-art facility. Designed by Colin Still of Cox Richardson, the new art gallery building was launched in May 2001 and saw the addition of an art seminar room in 2008.
With a growing audience, higher demands for public exhibition space and a rapidly developing collection, the need to expand again became essential. With a grant from the NSW government and assistance from Lake Macquarie City Council, the gallery underwent a $2.3 million transformation in 2019 resulting in more exhibition and collection space, a new name, new brand and the establishment of yapang, a dedicated Aboriginal program and space.
The recent exciting transformation has established MAC as a destination and enhanced its position as a dynamic, popular regional facility.
MAC's Vision[1]
For MAC to be a lively place where people are engaged in, inspired by, and connected with arts, culture and fresh ideas.
MAC's Mission[1]
To ensure MAC is inclusive, accessible and captivating by initiating and presenting dynamic, refreshing, creative and diverse art and cultural programs, engaging multiple communities as colleagues as makers, participants, audiences, collaborators and supporters[1].
The Museum of Art and Culture (MAC)[1]
Image Courtesy: Good Thanks Media (MAC Facebook site).
Image Courtesy: Tripadvisor. Traveller photo submitted by Gerald H (January 2018).
The program includes the next six months of exhibitions, events and art classes at your fingertips!
Image Courtesy: MAC Facebook site.
My Contribution to: The Lake Macquarie's Water Exhibition
Technique and Media: Screen printed, stencilled and hand painted employing gold foil, transparent and opaque pigment on cotton.
Created in 2019.
Artist Statement: The artwork highlights that Lake Macquarie has sustained life from the beginning of human occupation - from the initial Aboriginal occupation to its present day. Hence, the presence of trilobites and deconstructed fish shapes depicting an on-going living activity within the Lake that refracts from a conscious out-of-the-Lake observance. The lack of human form or activity on or in the Lake was consciously imposed within the artwork in order to emphasise the fragility of the Lake being inhabited, centres not on what exists within it, but rather on what exists outside of it.
Reference:
[1] https://mac.lakemac.com.au/museum-story.
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