id - SWTAFE Art Teachers (24th August - 18th September)
Opening evening Friday 26th August 6-8pm
id - a collection of work from Sue Ferrari, Jean Gleeson and Nathan Pye. Displaying vastly different styles, the three discuss ideation, societal influence, personal experience as it relates to identity.
The three artists share a vocation, educators at South West TAFE, and bring a wealth of experience within their chosen fields. On display will be large scale drawing, sculptural pieces, installation works and digital paintings which promise to be a varied and stimulating take from the trio.
Artist Statements:
Jean Gleeson: "These works tell a story of the genetic inheritance I was born with. Tales bearing the gravity of gender stereotypes, tragic loss, sadness and joy. Into the mix are childhood memories and symbols that tease out the origins of identity, the relationship and pull between East and West.”
Sue Ferrari: “My interest lies in how we identify with commonplace objects and cloth, the shared social histories and our personal association that gives them meaning, each intimately linked with the human experience. This narrative features the highs and lows of life, fortune and misfortune, through the process of adaptation.”
Nathan Pye: “What do we wear as armour, what do we wield as weapons? What will tell our stories and who will tell them? This body of work discusses the formation of identity, via internal and external factors, both willingly and unwillingly, the control and loss of control of our bodies and identity when they are exposed to the other.”
