{"id":1445,"date":"2013-10-04T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:32:59","slug":"pandoras-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/pandoras-box\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPandora\u2019s Box\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The members and artists of Blue Knob Hall Gallery have unleashed some creative, personal and imaginative pieces of artwork for the next exhibition titled \u2018Pandora\u2019s Box\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story from Greek Mythology goes something like this&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandora was an inquisitive young woman who was given a beautiful container \u2013 with instructions not to open it under any circumstance. She tried to resist but impelled by her curiosity she lifted the lid and all evil imprisoned within was released and spread over the earth. She tried to close the container, but the whole contents had escaped, except for one thing that lay at the bottom \u2013 the Spirit of Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"172\" data-id=\"1446\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0261.jpeg\" alt=\"Pandora's Highway by Darmin Cameron\" class=\"wp-image-1446\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pandora&#8217;s Highway by Darmin Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"1447\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0260.jpeg\" alt=\"Pandora's Pouch by Linnie Lambrechtsen\" class=\"wp-image-1447\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pandora&#8217;s Pouch by Linnie Lambrechtsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"283\" data-id=\"1448\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0259.jpeg\" alt=\"The Treasure of Pandora by Paris Naday\" class=\"wp-image-1448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0259.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0259-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Treasure of Pandora by Paris Naday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" data-id=\"1449\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0258.jpeg\" alt=\"Please open ..... by Christine Wynyard\" class=\"wp-image-1449\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Please open &#8230;.. by Christine Wynyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"182\" data-id=\"1450\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0257.jpeg\" alt=\"Out of the box, into the pot by Janifer Fraser\" class=\"wp-image-1450\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Out of the box, into the pot by Janifer Fraser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"140\" data-id=\"1451\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0256.jpeg\" alt=\"And I too walked in paradise by Paul Roguszka\" class=\"wp-image-1451\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And I too walked in paradise by Paul Roguszka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the phrase &#8220;to open Pandora&#8217;s box&#8221; means to perform an action that may seem small or innocuous, but that turns out to have severe and far-reaching consequences. (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition runs until November 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition will be opening on Fri 4th October at 6:30pm. A set meal is available at $15 mains and $4 desserts. Bookings are essential so please phone the Gallery on 66897449.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art, coffee and scenery all available at beautiful Blue Knob Hall Gallery &amp; Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Knob Hall Gallery\u2019s space often allows it to show quite large works, especially ceramics, but it\u2019s worth remembering when you\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The members and artists of Blue Knob Hall Gallery have unleashed some creative, personal and imaginative pieces of artwork for the next exhibition titled \u2018Pandora\u2019s Box\u2019. 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