Garden Art Action
Art by Ben Kovacsy
From the 14th until the 17th of January 2010, fourteen innovative contemporary artists from Australia and Europe will step out of the gallery to exhibit in the open public space of Stirling Gardens in Perth’s CBD!
Since its creation in 1845 for Sir James Stirling, Stirling Gardens have been witness to unfathomable changes taking place around it: from horses and carts on dusty roads to motor cars, skyscrapers, and corporate slogans, forming what we know today as Perth’s CBD. In timeless spaces like Stirling Gardens we are able to trace the progress of our landscape and with it the evolution of cultural identity.
Garden//Art//Action will transform Stirling Gardens into an agora; an open public space for expressive exchange of acts, ideas and opinions. Employing a wide range of disciplines, from temporary installations, subtle interventions and performance. Each artist will produce site-responsive artworks that will materially and conceptually interrogate ways of engaging with today’s landscape. Collectively the works will assume the importance of taking action in a shifting and social, political and environmental climate.
To celebrate the event a Public Picnic Launch will be held on January 14 from 11am – 5:30pm. This will be a unique and not to be missed event also featuring live entertainment by some of Perth’s very talented musicians; Felicity Groom, Milly James, Simone and Girlfunkle, Rachel and Henry Climb a Tree and Géraldine. Installation of the work will be documented and exhibited in the Council House Foyer from the 14th to the 22nd of January.
Participating Artists:
Cyril Aboucaya (Fr), Georgina Criddle (Au), Dana Engfer (De), Claire Fouquet (Fr), Benjamin
Kovacsy (Au), Bennett Miller (Au), Steven Morgana (Au), Renaud Perriches (Fr), Eva-Maria
Raab (At), Antoine Renard (Fr), Sharman Riegger (De), Lena Inken Schaefer (De), David
Thomson (Au), Rick Vermey (Au)
More info can be found at – http://www.gardenartaction.com/
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