Go Green at Chrissie Cotter Gallery
Friday, 12 April 2019
Six artists in this exhibition explore the multiplicity of green in a visual conversation with colour and community.
“Green is the colour of nature, balance, energy
and renewal and is synonymous with spring, aliens and the traffic light that
says go,” said Elizabeth Rankin, one of the artists featured in the
group exhibition.
“But green also carries with it envy, greed and
naivete as well which is why the artworks in this unique exhibition can be read
both separately and as one diverse installation,” she said.
The six artists have drawn on their different
responses to the colour green to create an immersive world that invites viewers
to reflect on the values and beliefs embedded in a colour.
The unusual location of the Chrissie Cotter
Gallery, with its direct link to the adjoining Camperdown Park and Pocket City
Farm project, also provides a special setting for the Green Exhibition.
Michelle Le Dain reconstructs images of man-made green in the
urban environment.
Helen Redmond describes architectural spaces interrupted
by the natural intervention of light and water.
Kristen Drewes soft sculptures become beings of envy.
The strange disappearance of former Prime Minister
Harold Holt in a green watery world is the inspiration for Elizabeth Rankin’s drawings.
Lynne Bon de Veire details the green palette of nature.
Lisa Sharp deconstructs the historic materiality of
the colour green through the process of painting.
Green is at Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Pidcock Street, Camperdown, 24 April-6
May, Thursday-Sunday, 11am-4pm.
For further information about the Chrissie
Cotter Gallery, phone Anthia Hart on (02) 9392 5866 or email anthia.hart@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
For an interview with an artist, contact Elizabeth
Rankin 0417 487 711