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Season's Greetings & Summer Break

20/12/2015

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Dear Friends, 
 
Quadrant Gallery is closed for a holiday break.
 
We will resume our regular gallery hours from Thursday, 4 February 2016, with a new, exciting, and diverse exhibition program.
 
Our exhibitions and stockrooms will remain fully accessible online 24/7 at www.quadrantgallery.com.au
 
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and wish you a safe and wonderful Holiday Season.
 
Pam and Tony Jackson 
and the staff of Quadrant Gallery
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Closing this week: "Living Space"

17/12/2015

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Closing this week:

"Living Space", an exhibition of Paintings, Works on Paper, Graphics, Photography,
Sculpture, and Video Installations by

Fayez ASSAF, Barbara BATEMAN, William FERGUSON, Anthony GRASMANIS, Phil HENSHALL, Pam JACKSON, Tony JACKSON, Cherry MANDERS, Gina MILLER, Ross MILLER, Jenny SCHOLES, Marianne SEBETTI, and Rob SNEDDON.

On view at the gallery until Saturday, 19 December 2015. View the exhibition online at  
http://www.quadrantgallery.com.au/living-space-2015.htm
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Exhibition Highlights of the Week: LIVING SPACE

16/12/2015

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#20. Anthony GRASMANIS, "Blind Justice", wood, 116.5 x 58 cm, $1,800

​This sculpture is contrived of one single solid piece of timber.
The juxtaposition of raw and weathered timber with segments and extrusions smoothed and finished to a high gloss, shows off the natural beauty and qualities of the timber.

The extrusions resemble horns or antlers, giving a masculine quality to this piece - and at 116.5 cm tall this work has a strong and eye catching impact. 
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​#56. Cherry MANDERS, "Rainy Day", oil on board, 45 x 45 cm, $550

Cherry Manders’ passion is for colour, movement and natural light is clearly illustrated in this work.  
The use of bold, vivid colours add a warmth to the landmark building of the painting - the flower shop on Brunswick street. A group of figures in the foreground is silhouetted,
this contrast increases the effect of the fiery glow of the building. 
Conversely, whites and muddy tones blur and reflect the structure, typical of a wet Melbourne day.

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#75. Marianne SEBETTI, "The C.O.L.D. (The Cycles of Life and Death)", charcoal and pastel on paper, 89.5 x 52 cm, $2,500

This work has a soft quality, whilst maintaining intricate detail.  There is a strong theme - a figure, whose protective body language shelters a natural "untouched" landscape, that is both a representation of earth and being as one, an interdependent co-existence. 
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Sebetti explains: "The works communicate environmental issues faced at present and future times, human impact on nature, consumerism, identity and self-exploration. They serve as portrayals of nature itself, with contemplation and reflection about the place for humans in the world, and their dependence on the nature. The works draw on the humans consuming nature, the cycles of Earth and its inexhaustible resources." 


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​​LIVING SPACE is now showing at the gallery, and will end this Saturday the 19th of December at 4pm.
View the exhibition online at  http://www.quadrantgallery.com.au/living-space-2015.htm
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Events at Quadrant Gallery

15/12/2015

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Local band Cathouse Canary used Quadrant Gallery to make the music video for their new song.
​Current exhibition LIVING SPACE features, hanging brilliantly on the walls - we are excited to see their final video!
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Exhibition Highlights of the Week: LIVING SPACE

3/12/2015

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#7. Barbara BATEMAN, "Looking out to Sea", oil on linen, 78 x 76 cm, $800
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This painting reflects the vibrancy of life near the sea with the variation of plants and rocks and the ocean view beyond. Bateman has used a varied palette of colours and energetic brush strokes to depict the life of all of the elements in her painting...the rocks, the plants and the changing mood of the ocean and sky.
The artist paints the environment surrounding her bush property near Lorne, Vic. She says “I paint the sensed reality I observe. I am not interested in painting a representational or descriptive view of the landscape; rather my paintings express my internal memories and subjective experiences.”
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#13. William FERGUSON, "Place of Sacred Boards", acrylic on board, 64 x 72 cm, $2000

William Ferguson has had a personal interest and respect for the life, culture and desert environment of Indigenous Australians throughout his long career as an artist and teacher.
“Painting for me celebrates the mysterious, the Australian landscape and culture, providing a spiritual stimuli within which I am concerned……interpreting values in subjective expressions……the inner life or spirit, rather than describing facts.”
This work incorporates the personal emotional content of Ferguson’s works telling a compelling yet elusive story which somehow connects contemporary Australia with its ancestral past. The symbolism is recognisable but mysterious at the same time and the abstract nature of the composition echoes indigenous art but is of its own style.
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#66. Ross MILLER, "Conversation", bronze on granite base, 43 x 15 x 23 cm, $1600

​“A lifetime of travelling and observation has been a catalyst for my sculpture. How humans have responded to their natural world, manipulating their environment to provide a basic existence is universal.”
Miller explores the built environment in his work with strong architectural elements creating a culturally rich living space for its ‘human’ inhabitants. There is a strong narrative in his works which draws the viewer in for a closer look and to engage with the work. The whimsy and movement of the figures beautifully counterbalance the fixed architectural structure creating a literal version of Living Space.

​LIVING SPACE is showing at the gallery until 19 December.
View the exhibition online at  http://www.quadrantgallery.com.au/living-space-2015.htm
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