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Event

Title:: Italy with Soul: Reflections in Form and Figure.
When:: 05.06.2009 - 20.07.2009
Where:: Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW - Gulgong
Region:: Greater Western

Description

Official Opening:
Victor Greenaway's exhibition will open with 'Dining in the Gallery' on Saturday evening 6 June, 2009.

Italy with Soul: Reflections in Form and Figure

The exhibition reflects Greenaway’s recent two year stay in Orvieto, southwest of Umbria in Italy and is his first display of this particular body of work in Australia. Works are inspired by the sights, sounds and people encountered by Greenaway during his stay and the arts of the ancient Etruscans, the Romans and the Renaissance.

In the downstairs gallery is a showcase of Greenaway’s new ceramic work, much of which was produced in a castle studio at Viceno. The new ceramic forms have been influenced greatly by the traditional shapes that emerged from the Etruscan society 2,500 years ago, especially in the larger, stemmed open bowls or "calice" and the decorative friezes that chase abstract shapes around the surfaces. But the surfaces too arise from the smooth surfaces of marble and classical forms that are everywhere.

In contrast, the Bucchero pieces are made from an Italian volcanic clay, mostly wheel-turned and polished, then smoke-fumed in a reduction atmosphere to permeate the black colour through the clay body. When polished and fired, these pieces have the appearance of metalware. Bucchero is a distinctively Etruscan product that emerged around the 7th century BC in Southern Etruria, central Italy.

Artist: Victor Greenaway

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Victor Greenaway, Hemispherical form, altered rim, on black banded column,

Porcelain, 2008.

Venue

Venue:: Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW - Website
Street:: 102 Herbert Street, Gulgong, NSW
ZIP:: 2852
City:: Gulgong
State:: NSW

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Contact details:
Phone: +61 2 6374 1630
Fax: +61 2 6374 1690
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www.cudgegonggallery.com.au

Opening hours of gallery:
10am to 5:30pm daily

The Cudgegong Gallery is a newly completed contemporary exhibition space situated in the heritage wing of a larger business centre in Gulgong.

The town is situated 290km west of Sydney in the Mudgee Shire, part of the Central Tablelands of NSW. Gulgong is internationally renowned for the unique properties of clay found in the district, is known by many ceramicists and potters throughout Australia and the world.

Cudgegong Gallery has been designed to enhance exhibiting artists' works and to draw out each piece's unique character. Specialised lighting and flexible display furniture has been installed allowing for great variety in presentation thus highlighting works in an otherwise simple décor.

The owners present Cudgegong Gallery as a serious exhibiting space with the intention of maintaining high professional standards in exhibition presentation and management.

The primary objectives of Cudgegong Gallery are to present quality works for appreciation and sale on behalf of its exhibiting artists. The Gallery specialises in showing ceramics and presenting works of quality from artists of high standing in their field.

Cudgegong Gallery's program features four exhibitions each year to coincide with the seasons and to capitalise on major events in the regional calendar. The four exhibitions will be spaced in the program by "Between Season Showings" of work held at the Gallery by represented artists.

The Gallery officially launched during the opening of the Clay Modern Masters Exhibition held from May 3rd to 8th 2004.

The Cudgegong Gallery also has an exhibition space designed specifically for wall hanging art. A unique lighting system has been installed along with an original blind and door scheme to maximize the flexibility of the art space. State of the art hanging equipment will provide the opportunity for a huge range of exhibitions. Exhibitions change regularly throughout the year representing a range of established and emerging artists.

Cudgegong Gallery is an enterprise of Cudgegong House Pty. Ltd., a diversified business enterprise encompassing seminar facilities, serviced offices and an advertising, marketing and promotions agency.

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