the east end gallery
miriam stannage,
eva fernandez,
paul caporn
from 10 june 2011
Featured in our group show are new sculptural assemblages by the highly respected, senior artist Miriam Stannage, photographs by Eva Fernandez that have not been exhibited before and level/bubble artworks new to our stockroom by Paul Caporn.
Miriam Stannage lives in Perth and has an impressive career that spans over forty five years of professional exhibitions. Her artworks can be found in numerous collections, including 34 public collections such as the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery and Artbank. In 1989 The Art Gallery of WA held a major retrospective of her work, and in 2006 the John Curtin Gallery mounted a survey exhibition of work from 1989 to 2006. Miriam’s artworks have always been diverse, exploring different mediums to suit her current ideas and themes. On display in our east end gallery are a series of works created over 2007-08. Titled Target Series, they are comprised of objects from everyday stacked to form targets. Miriam describes them "like a shooters accuracy of vision these ‘targets’ are about perception, observation and enjoyment of everyday objects. Crockery, music records, compact discs, mirrors, buttons etc are arranged to engage the eye and the mind with associations in a humorous and ironic way.”
Eva Fernandez is rapidly emerging as one of Perth’s important photographers. She currently has a solo exhibition on display in the Fremantle Arts Centre, and this series, there once lived... encapsulates the same concerns of nostalgia, memento mori, history and change. More than mere portraits of abandoned dwellings, these images are nostalgic ruminations of a lost era, inhabiting barren spaces and exposing signs of their personal histories as they slowly deteriorate. These images represent a part of the mourning and memorialisation process that reminds us of our own impermanence and mortality. Eva studied photography at Charles Sturt University in NSW, graduating in 1992, and has studied at the Central Institute of Technology and Edith Cowan University in Perth since then. Her photographs can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of WA, Murdoch University, Joondalup City Council, Central Institute of Technology and Charles Sturt University.
Paul Caporn originally trained as a painter, graduating in 1994 with Honours from Curtin University. Within a short time he turned his hand to sculpture, often manipulating and transforming everyday discarded objects into practical objects such as lamps. Whilst sometimes referencing the darker side of humanity and its actions, Paul’s work also has a strong humorous undercurrent. Suburbanisation, consumerism and recycling continue to intrigue Paul, his 2009 exhibition at Turner Galleries referred to these concerns within a framework of the recent industrial and building boom in Western Australia. In 2010 Paul created an intriguing series of new works from builder’s levels, or at least the small acrylic and liquid component from a level, for the Melbourne Art Fair. These proved very popular with Paul commissioned to create a new series once the small works had sold out. Paul is currently included in the Remix exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA where he has on display a rubber scissor lift and his level/bubble works.
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