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January 18 - January 27 11:00am - 5:00pm FREE
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Clifton Contemporary Art Fair
Living on the Edge
Friday 17 January 2025 - 6:00pm
Anne Zahalka | Paul Ryan | Val West | Hobart Hughes | Vyvian Wilson | Stephen Dupont | Riste Andrievski | Danielle Creeaune | Diana Wood Conroy | Abbey McQueen | Nicci Bedson | Ivor Fabok | Ashley Frost | Liz Jeneid | Taja Smith | Ruby Laeuffer | Michele Elliot | Hal Pratt
“I’ve invited artists whose work has a distinctive South Coast flavour and sense of place – which goes from the big rainforest images of Riste Andrievski to the house portraits of Nicci Bedson. All of them capture something about what it means to live here.”
Sheona White
A collection of artists whose work has a distinctive South Coast flavour and sense of place – from the big rainforest images of Riste Andrievski to the house portraits of Nicci Bedson. All of them capture something about what it means to live under the Illawarra escarpment.
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Artists include internationally acclaimed photographers Anne Zahalka (fresh from a major retrospective at the National Art School in Sydney) and Stephen Dupont as well as favourites like Paul Ryan and Ash Frost alongside Liz Jeneid, Hal Pratt and Ivor Fabok. First Nations printmaker Val West is also participating.
Vyvian says, “We’ve chosen to go for a salon-style hang (layering works on the walls rather than presenting them in a single line around the space). It means we can fit in more artists. In 2022 we had 12, but this year we are aiming for 18, and we are including small sculptural works and ceramics, alongside photography, works on paper, textiles and oils.”
The next generation gets equal space alongside more seasoned names, thanks to LEAP (Local Emerging Artists Program), a CSA initiative to showcase talent from UOW’s fine arts graduates: this year there are three, all of them showing for the first time in a commercial group show.
Funds raised will go towards the much-needed extension to the CSA’s heritage building.
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Opening Event Details
Opening by broadcaster, author and artist Richard Morecroft with talks + food + drinks (Early Brird preview 4:30pm)
Exhibition Hours
10:00am-4:00pm
Artist Bios
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Anne Zahalka
Anne Zahalka (1957– ) is one of Australia’s most highly regarded photo-media artists with a career spanning 40 years. Her work explores cultural and environmental points of tension, interrogating them with humour and a critical perspective. Her practice deconstructs familiar scenes, re-presenting them to allow for alternative narratives that reflect on cultural diversity within Australian society and the ecological impact of the global climate crisis.
A landmark artist in Australian contemporary art, the searching quality of her direct images deal with the history and culture of this country. She has held more than 40 solo exhibitions and been curated into exhibitions across the world, including the Australian Embassy in Washington, the Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea.
Paul Ryan
Irish Artist Paul Ryan is extremely influenced by nature, particularly the Irish Coastline which features extensively in his paintings. Observing it from different perspectives his work reflects the ever-changing mood, light and colour of a familiar place.
Pauls paintings are in private and corporate collections worldwide and his work is regularly commissioned by leading interior designers at home and abroad.
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