| 'Aquarius Lives'
April 19th - 2nd June 2013
Thursday to Sunday 10am - 4pm
I always imagine that when the students and their friends set up camp in Nimbin in 1973 – like an early version of Occupy – they didn’t really know what they were doing. I mean this in the sense that they couldn’t see the full extent of what they were unleashing.
Activism and self-determination have probably been their biggest legacy, and it’s in the Nimbin community itself where the legacy is to be looked for.
Blue Knob Hall Gallery is very much an aspect of this. Over a decade a small group of very dedicated volunteers have transformed the once-neglected Blue Knob Hall into a vibrant artist’s space, café and gallery with an excellent and well-patronised market.
The gallery’s new exhibition is plugging into the Aquarius celebrations in its usual lively way and like all Blue Knob Hall Gallery exhibitions it covers a huge range of styles and media that are continually surprising and always thoughtfully displayed.
Blue Knob regular Fiona Shadwell’s textiles are often a stand-out and she has a wide variety of work on display that as always demonstrate a great mastery of craft and a well-inhabited imagination. Blue Knob stalwart, Robin Moore’s painting ‘Take a deep breath’ – constructed like a re-visiting of the work of Kyogle’s Karma Phuntsok – is a deft reminder that technique and admonition are often a hallmark of the work displayed at Blue Knob Hall Gallery.
Blue Knob Hall Gallery’s space often allows it to show quite large works, especially ceramics, but it’s worth remembering when you’re there to check in the corners and so on, for the smaller pieces, the lithographs and drawings, which are often well-executed and maintain a simplicity that is worth appreciating.
Stephen Wright
The exhibition will be opening on Fri 19th April at 6:30pm. A set meal is available at $15 mains and $4 desserts. Bookings are essential so please phone the Gallery on 66897449.
Art, coffee and scenery all available at beautiful Blue Knob Hall Gallery & Café.
The
Gallery is run by local artists who have put together a collection
of works to tempt the discerning, those of you who may not have
unlimited pockets but know how to enjoy the unique value of an
original creation.
Contact
the Blue Knob Hall Gallery
Ph: 02 66 897 449 or email: bkhgallery@aapt.net.au
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Blue
Knob Hall Gallery 719 Blue Knob Road, Lillian Rock NSW 2480
Open
Thursday - Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Caldera Dreaming
by Ian FitzSimons
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