Exhibitions

Exhibitions Archive

Karlee Rawkins

Big Rock Candy Mountain

24 August - 11 September 2010

Naming her 2010 exhibition 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' after a 1920's bluegrass song by Harry McClintock, Karlee Rawkin's has always been drawn to the fantastic, the utopian and the legendary. The McClintock song is "about a fantasy place with trees full of birds, streams of alcohol and chickens that lay soft boiled eggs, I have always had an interest in invented places and concepts like Arcadia and Eden, and I often refer to them in my work".
Since her previous sell out exhibition with Iain Dawson Gallery, Rawkins has developed an interest in traditional native American art and spiritual totems "creating a series of animal characters that are metaphors for emotions and experiences". The title of the exhibition is a pun and post modern nod to Rawkins own life, where she exists completely off the grid, on top of a mountain in northern NSW, surrounded by lush forests and abundant native fauna.
"I wanted this show to be a bit 'growly' with some of the more nasty or scary animals, the wolves and coyotes!"
 
From correspondence between the artist and the gallery director, June 2010 

Marcus Rose

14 - 25 September 2010

Troy Emery

5 - 24 October

Justin Cooper

5 - 24 October

Aaron Kinnane

26 October - 14 November

Maree Alexander

16 November - 5 December 2010

Leila Jeffreys

16 November - 5 December 2010