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A Sense of Wonder
Sharing the same title as its theme, A Sense of Wonder (2019) is an exhibition emphasising the wonders and curiosities that exist around and within us. The visual manifestations presented below have the ability to move us beyond the every day in thought-provoking ways.
The ideas captured in this exhibition range from viewing an ordinary urban backyard with a renewed sense of awe; contemplating the vastness of space; observing nature on a grand scale or in miniature detail; transforming natures objects into playful expressions; whimsical interpretations of special events in our lives; impressions of an augmented reality; the creation of fantastical creatures; illuminating the effects of make-believe and art-making on children or simply portraying the ocean’s gifts that are washed on to land.
By viewing the world with a renewed sense of wonder, it can offer a simple and innocent fascination with the things that already exist in our daily lives and capable of breathing a new lease on life.
- Contemporary Art Awards
Karen Benjamin, Tom Christophersen, Jeannie Dolan, Michael Dyson,
Julie Hollis, Latesha Houston, GWA (Wade Goring), Silvia A Sellitto,
Exhibition
Michael Dyson
Backyard
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 60cm
2018
GWA (WADE GORING)
Lonesome
Giclee fine art print on 310gsm smooth matte cotton rag paper
84.1 x 59.4cm
2018
Karen Benjamin
Black Birds
Acrylic on seedpods
30 x 30cm
2019
Susannah Paterson
Birthday
Oil on Birch Panel
120 x 70 cm (diptych: individual panels are 60 x 70)
2018
Tom Christophersen
Shrooms - A portrait of Alice Liddell
A collaboration with el throwup
42 x 59.4cm
2015
Latesha Houston
Cosmic Dust
Watercolour on Arches paper
48 x 32cm
2019
Silvia A Sellitto
Third Eyed
Oil on linen
70 x 57cm
2016
Jeannie Dolan
Misty Milford Sound
Oil on canvas
30 x 30cm
2019
Julie Hollis
Gumnut Blossoms
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 61 cm
2019
Zorica Purlija
Swimmer
Photographic print on fine art cotton rag
40 x 60 cm (edition:1/3)
2018