A new exhibition scheduled to launch this Friday at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery [BRAG] will invite attendees on a journey of wonder, absurdity and whimsy.
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The Curiouser and Curiouser exhibition will explore the world of contemporary art, with the 18 featured artworks taking inspiration from the Lewis Carroll novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
“The exhibition will feature various forms of art that you don’t often see in galleries,” curator Julian Woods said.
“There’s paintings, collages, sculptures, video installation works and even some artificial fog involved.”
The works have been contributed to the exhibition by some of Australia’s most unique and innovative artists, including Bathurst’s own Karen Golland.
In reference to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Mr Woods said the exhibition would place heavy emphasis on the theme of time.
“You always think of time as seconds, minutes and hours, but the exhibition explores time in more of a conceptual way, with a key focus on falling through eternity,” he said.
“This is perhaps best represented by Kate Mitchell’s artwork Stack, which features someone falling endlessly down through shop awnings, reflecting Alice when she’s falling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.”
There is also a significant focus on tactility in the exhibition, and Mr Woods said the concept reflects Alice reacting to Wonderland's surrounds, which spawns the famous ‘curiouser and curiouser’ line in the book.
“There’s lots of sculptures in the exhibition that have different types of textures to them,” he said.
“One artwork, Rosie Deacon’s Kangasue, will allow people to hop in the pouch of a giant kangaroo.”
With Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland championing the idea of the absurd, Mr Woods said the exhibition presents artworks that purvey plenty of wacky concepts.
“You don’t have to come in with any cultural or artistic baggage to appreciate the artworks in the exhibition,” Mr Woods said.
“It’s an exhibition where you can easily empathise with a lot of the objects, and it’ll be fun and uplifting.”
The opening of the exhibition will commence from 6pm at BRAG.
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