Held on the 15th Mar 2019 to
5th Apr 2019
Image credit: Ellie Coleman, Lucent creatures 2018, animal skull, crystals. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Carl Warner
Dark Rituals, Magical Relics is an exhibition of the work of seven contemporary women artists from Australia and abroad. What links the work of Amalie Atkins (Canada), Margaret Baguley (Australia), Beata Batorowicz (Australia), Linda Clark (Australia), Ellie Coleman (Australia), Lisa Reihana (New Zealand), and Susan Shantz (Canada) is the place of ritual in their practice.
From the celebration of rites of passage, to the overcoming of marginalisation, victimisation and trauma, ritual is associated with the dynamics of transformation and empowerment. The artists in this exhibition have explored ritual as a concept and a process to subvert and disrupt gender, time, power and representational norms and to address dichotomies such as life and death, human and animal, and fact and fiction.
Often drawing on folklore, fairy tales and mythologies these artists have delved into the undercurrents of emotion, relationships, nature, power, culture and religion to craft artworks that heed messages of warning, protection and caution. The resulting art objects—be they moving image, sculpture, photograph, or installation—become the relic of these rituals.
Exhibition curated by Associate Professor Beata Batorowicz and Megan Williams
Exhibition artists: Amalie Atkins, Margaret Baguley, Beata Batorowicz, Linda Clark, Ellie Coleman, Lisa Reihana and Susan Shantz
Exhibition Opening: Friday 15 March, 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Exhibition guest opening speakers:
- Jane Haley, Chief Executive Officer, Ten Days on the Island
- Megan Williams, Manager, USC Art Gallery
Please join us for informal nibbles and drinks and Q & A with the Exhibition Curators and Artists. All welcome!
Exhibition Curator / Artist Talk: Friday 15 March, 5.00pm to 5.45pm
Exhibition Dates: 13 March – 5 April
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
Additional viewing times Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March 1pm - 5pm.
*PLEASE note Dark Rituals opens with Women's Art Prize Tasmania.
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