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
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association (ATASDA), the exhibition, ‘A Touch of Gold’, explores artist's concepts of the theme. In tandem with the ‘A Touch of Gold’ exhibition, other projects have been initiated to celebrate the organization’s extraordinary 50-year contribution to the field of textile arts and surface design.
The Collaborative Golden Cape project.
One garment representing 50 years of creativity in textile arts.
Members of ATASDA have joined together to create a beautiful cape comprising of 50 art panels inspired by 50 past ATASDA members artworks. Each contribution to the Cape is a personal response to its corresponding historic artwork and its story. The Golden Cape, embellished with these beautiful cameos of textile art and surface design, will travel and be displayed throughout Australia.
Criteria for each artwork panel specified that the orientation of the work had to be in landscape format with the exact finished size being 20 cm wide x 16 cm high. Any textile medium and technique could be used noting that the edges were not to fray. The 50 completed artwork pieces that were being sewn into the cape had to be lightweight and flexible to ensure that the finished cape could be rolled up to travel throughout Australia.
My Contribution - MENA
My contribution to the Collaborative Golden Cape project is titled, ‘MENA’, and was based on ATASDA member Barbara McLennan’s historic textile artwork titled, ‘Morocco’’ whereby I employed some of her colour elements as an influence for my ArtCloth work.
Barbara McLennan’s archival historic artwork brought back to me many wonderful memories of my numerous trips to the Middle East. In particular, the richness of the cultures, the artworks, the architecture, the colours and scents, as well as the meticulous detail to handmade crafted objects - just highlights some of my lasting memories!
The diversity of religion forced to coexist side-by-side, not always in harmony but always reflecting a richness of life that is emphasized by the colors used in their artefacts and clothing designs.
My Middle East experiences as well as my personal photo portfolio, and colour elements from Barbara’s artwork informed my ArtCloth piece titled, ‘MENA.’ The base layer employs Middle Eastern quatrefoil designs in deconstructed deep red/brown hues. A second layer, employs detailed ceramic tile patterning in various shades of blue. The mid-field employs complex geometric designs used in Middle Eastern crafts, architecture and jewellery designs that mostly employ metallic gold - signifying wealth in colour as well as monetary value. Small scale floating quatrefoil designs are repeated on the surface layer in rich red and yellow hues, adding movement and visual depth to the underlying design aesthetic, as well as principles employed in the creation of Middle Eastern decorative art.
Exhibition Dates and Venue
(i) Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, Sydney, NSW 17th April to 5th May 2024.(ATASDA gratefully acknowledges Willoughby City Council for the provision of Incinerator Art Space); (ii) Whitehorse Artspace Gallery, Box Hill, Victoria 30th November to 21st December 2024.
My Contribution to ATASDA's ‘A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part II
MENA (Collaborative Golden Cape project)
Title: MENA.
Technique and Media: The artists signature MultiSperse Dye Sublimation (MSDS) technique, stencilled and hand painted employing disperse dyes, opaque and metallic pigment on synthetic satin bonded onto cotton substrate.
Size: 20 cm wide x 16 cm high.
Title: MENA (Detailed View 1).
Title: MENA (Detailed View 2).
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
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association (ATASDA), the exhibition, ‘A Touch of Gold’, explores artist's concepts of the theme. In tandem with the ‘A Touch of Gold’ exhibition, other projects have been initiated to celebrate the organization’s extraordinary 50-year contribution to the field of textile arts and surface design.
The Collaborative Golden Cape project.
One garment representing 50 years of creativity in textile arts.
Members of ATASDA have joined together to create a beautiful cape comprising of 50 art panels inspired by 50 past ATASDA members artworks. Each contribution to the Cape is a personal response to its corresponding historic artwork and its story. The Golden Cape, embellished with these beautiful cameos of textile art and surface design, will travel and be displayed throughout Australia.
Criteria for each artwork panel specified that the orientation of the work had to be in landscape format with the exact finished size being 20 cm wide x 16 cm high. Any textile medium and technique could be used noting that the edges were not to fray. The 50 completed artwork pieces that were being sewn into the cape had to be lightweight and flexible to ensure that the finished cape could be rolled up to travel throughout Australia.
My Contribution - MENA
My contribution to the Collaborative Golden Cape project is titled, ‘MENA’, and was based on ATASDA member Barbara McLennan’s historic textile artwork titled, ‘Morocco’’ whereby I employed some of her colour elements as an influence for my ArtCloth work.
Barbara McLennan’s archival historic artwork brought back to me many wonderful memories of my numerous trips to the Middle East. In particular, the richness of the cultures, the artworks, the architecture, the colours and scents, as well as the meticulous detail to handmade crafted objects - just highlights some of my lasting memories!
The diversity of religion forced to coexist side-by-side, not always in harmony but always reflecting a richness of life that is emphasized by the colors used in their artefacts and clothing designs.
My Middle East experiences as well as my personal photo portfolio, and colour elements from Barbara’s artwork informed my ArtCloth piece titled, ‘MENA.’ The base layer employs Middle Eastern quatrefoil designs in deconstructed deep red/brown hues. A second layer, employs detailed ceramic tile patterning in various shades of blue. The mid-field employs complex geometric designs used in Middle Eastern crafts, architecture and jewellery designs that mostly employ metallic gold - signifying wealth in colour as well as monetary value. Small scale floating quatrefoil designs are repeated on the surface layer in rich red and yellow hues, adding movement and visual depth to the underlying design aesthetic, as well as principles employed in the creation of Middle Eastern decorative art.
Exhibition Dates and Venue
(i) Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, Sydney, NSW 17th April to 5th May 2024.(ATASDA gratefully acknowledges Willoughby City Council for the provision of Incinerator Art Space); (ii) Whitehorse Artspace Gallery, Box Hill, Victoria 30th November to 21st December 2024.
My Contribution to ATASDA's ‘A Touch of Gold’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition - Part II
MENA (Collaborative Golden Cape project)
Technique and Media: The artists signature MultiSperse Dye Sublimation (MSDS) technique, stencilled and hand painted employing disperse dyes, opaque and metallic pigment on synthetic satin bonded onto cotton substrate.
Size: 20 cm wide x 16 cm high.
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