WHITE
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaAn exploration of non-colour by seven recent graduates of Sydney’s National Art School: Kirsten Drewes, Jan Handel, Emma Kirby, Michelle Le Dain, Melinda Marshman, Elizabeth Rankin and Helen Redmond.
White is the achromatic, the colour without a hue. It is the light produced by the streaming of the spectrum of colours – the nothing produced by the all.
Mnemonic Textiles
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaEmma Peters references the tradition of patch-worked heirloom quilts and wagga’s to present a collection of experimental textiles that examines memory as a driving conceptual force. The Mnemonic Textiles exhibition presents work that captures memory and sustains life-long attachment.
Memories of Country
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaCountry holds layers of memory – we memorialise our chosen countries using their indigenous dyes and patterns on cloth to reconnect and raise awareness of the history beneath. In remembering we also uncover earlier selves and collective memories from our ancestoral histories.
Two Views
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaPhotographs by Catherine Rogers: threatened and altered landscapes of the Tarkine.
Covet
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaArtists explore personal desires to have and to hold, sinful yearnings, urges to consume and possess through sensual and multi-disciplinary practices.
Light
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaLight passes through. It has a presence and an absence, extends beyond the visible and is felt. It is transformative: changing what we feel, see and experience. It is how we survive and grow.
Red & Yellow
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaRed and Yellow is the colour theme of Barometer's annual end of year show featuring selected artists and craftspeople.
DECONSTRUCTED
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaFive artists present their own interpretations of deconstruction. Working with traditional textile techniques, in some cases applying them to unconventional materials, they have questioned and extended ...
Composition
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, AustraliaResist dyed textiles by Barbara Rogers
The Nature Table
Barometer 13 Gurner Street, Paddington, NSW, Australia‘The Nature Table’ by Katrina Simon is an exhibition that brings together works on paper, photography, found objects and transformed objects that all engage with the forms and dynamics of depicting the natural world ...