Exhibition 7

 ok Gallery, Perth 

Advance Diploma Students of CIT Perth

EMMA MCPIKE

A small gallery space filled with Emma McPike’s fun filled prints. The artist approach of traditional printmaking techniques mixed with drawing is truly amazing and I could easily relate to the stories she wanted to tell. These prints bring back memories of fishing trips with my dad but also the joy of collecting writing paper as a girl and the interaction with my peers at school. Memory to me plays a big part in this exhibition and the intention of the artist is very clear.

http://www.oktachoron.com/exhibitions_current/

http://www.oktachoron.com/artists/emma_mcpike/

Exhibition 6

Venn Gallery, Perth

Tom Freeman, Formative

Tom Freeman’s exhibition Formative at Venn galley in Perth, WA concentrates on the Kettering library in the UK, where his grandfather was librarian in 1953.

These small-scale sculpture pieces were drawn from memories and feelings of his family history and a systematic order are present when you walk into the gallery space. Like our memories so are the fragile pieces carefully place and categorized. As I’ve walk pass these shelves a sense of calm and interest overcame me as if I am placed in another atmospheric state. The light in the space and the colour of the artwork work are so different from an actual library space but worked perfectly as if something happened and the mood was lifted. 

This show was done with careful consideration to his history and memories and I’ve enjoyed every moment of it.  

http://www.venn.net/gallery.php

http://www.venn.net/exhibition/tom_freeman

http://venn.net/exhibition/kate_mcmillan