Exhibitions 2017
Let Me Be Myself - The Life Story of Anne Frank exhibition
When
10 November 2017 to 22 December 2017. Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.
Where
WLCC Gallery
Cost
FREE
"Let Me Be Myself" contains seven historical modules. The structure and design of this part of the new exhibition enables visitors to identify with the personal story of Anne Frank.
Large-size pictures show Anne's happy early childhood in Frankfurt, followed by the immigration to Amsterdam and the time in hiding.
In a consequent manner the exhibition connects the personal story of the Frank family with the important historical events of that time: the rise of the national socialists, the isolation and discrimination of the Jewish population, eventually escalating in the Holocaust. The connection between the personal story of Anne Frank and the historical context shows the consequences the anti-Jewish measures had on one particular person.
To emphasise the chronological order of events, almost every panel contains a time line.
Below the time line is the personal story of Anne Frank and above the time line the visitor is confronted with the 'big historical events' of that time. In this manner it is easy to understand the connections between the 'small' and 'big' history.
Photo collection of the Anne Frank Stichting. (Amsterdam).
'We All Sleep' by Sally Morgan and Ezekiel Kwaymullina
When
28 July to 26 August 2017. Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm (closed Sundays and public holidays)
Where
Conference Room, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost
FREE
The City of Wanneroo in conjunction with Fremantle Press are thrilled to exhibit the original artworks from ‘We All Sleep’.
Acclaimed mother-and-son-team Sally Morgan and Ezekiel Kwaymullina take readers on a journey through a day, celebrating the interconnectedness of people and animals in lyrical language and sumptuous colour.
Montages: The Full Cut 1999–2015
Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg, installation view Artspace, Sydney, 2016. Photo: Zan Wimberley
When
15 July to 26 August 2017, Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm
Where
Main Gallery, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost
FREE
Montages: The Full Cut 1999–2015 presents the full suite of 8 montage films by artist Tracey Moffatt and collaborator Gary Hillberg. Presented together for the first time, the exhibition spans 16 years of the artist and editor’s collaborative practice and includes their most recent work, The Art (2015).
The exhibition is an ode to cinema and to the cinematic form, offering unprecedented insight into the stereotypes that populate our collective cultural imagination. In this suite of montages, Moffatt and Hillberg source footage from Hollywood films, tapping into the humour and pathos of universally shared subjects like art, revolution, love and destruction.
Moffatt’s recent appointment as Australia’s representative artist at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017 is testament to the timeliness in presenting this significant body of work.
Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 was curated and developed by Artspace, Sydney and is touring nationally in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW.
PLEASE NOTE:
This exhibition contains
- Adult themes
- Coarse language
- Violence
- Nudity
- Sex scenes
- Drug use
'Scar' by Michael Jalaru Torres
When
Saturday 24 June to Friday 21 July 2017. Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm (closed Sundays and public holidays)
Where
Conference Room, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost
FREE
An exhibition by Indigenous photographer, Michael Jalaru Torres in collaboration with Paper Mountain Gallery.
Generations of marking the landscape, objects and the skin has shown that Australia’s first peoples had a complex language of design that connected with an oral history spanning regions and lifetimes forever evolving to the markings of today.
A certain line forming a design on each surface tells a unique songline - animal designs next to a Jill, scarring of the skin shows years of lore, patterns on wood showing clan groups and songlines, carvings on shell to tell stories in dance. All these markings are timeless.
Today we use inks and pigments, metal and digital code to make new markings. These markings show contemporary life of first peoples in the new global connected world, using new techniques we make new scars on the landscape, express ourselves with ink on skin, share new songlines on paper and canvas and capture our liyarn (Soul) and people on camera. Our people are forever evolving to share our stories and today is no different.
This series showcases modern and traditional stories connected by the people and the country. The artists’ eyes and hands creates modern dance of movement over time using cameras and paper, capturing the vibrant colours of country to the raw emotion of monochrome images of his people. These images tell a story through the lines and patterns, the scars that everyone has of their life expressed on their skin to the shifting movement of country of six seasons.
Artist Talk with Gary Hillberg
Gary Hillberg, image courtesy of Shepparton Art Museum: http://www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/
When
22 July at 2pm
Where
Main Gallery, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost
FREE
Join us in the Wanneroo Gallery for a free Artist Talk with Gary Hillberg, followed by a Q&A session on Saturday 22 July, 2pm. Bookings not necessary but please register your attendance no later than 15 July by email to: julianne.mackay@wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Max 30 people, suitable for teenagers and above, the session will last approximately one hour.
Gary Hillberg is Tracey Moffatt's long-term collaborator and worked closely with her on the films exhibited in Montages: The Full Cut 1999-2015. Gary is well respected within both the art and film industries, having worked as a filmmaker, editor and producer for over 20 years.
In addition to expanding on the themes explored in the exhibition, Gary will be able to offer a unique insight into how film and filmmaking techniques have changed over the years. The artist talk will be followed by a Q&A session where Gary can answer your questions.
Community Art Awards and Exhibition
Image: Papa #3, Andy Quilty, 2016 Overall Winner
When
13 May to 17 June 2017, Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm
Where
Main Gallery & Conference Room, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre, Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Cost
FREE
The City of Wanneroo Community Art Awards and Exhibition is a major feature of the City's cultural calendar and is very popular with the local community, held annually since 2001.
The exhibition provides a low cost opportunity for a mix of artists, from first time exhibitors, to hobbyists, semi-professionals and professional artists, who reside in Western Australia to exhibit, potentially sell their artwork and be eligible to win a prize.
The exhibition is a great opportunity for students and schools to visit the gallery and be inspired by the diversity of artwork and media on display.
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Claimed Lands: The impact of colonisation on the Western Australian landscape
When
18 February 2017 to 8 April 2017
Jess Hart's practice is influenced by her Indigenous History and Knowledge major and interest in colonial settlement. Her artwork is centred around the idea of our shared past, to make art that challenges the viewer and the generally accepted discourse of local history. Her aim is to create a series of works that blur the line between museum and art.
This exhibition has been facilitated in partnership with Paper Mountain an artist-run initiative, Gallery and co-working space, dedicated to supporting a diverse range of contemporary art projects. Jess Hart is the University of WA’s recipient of the Artsource Industry Award 2016, an award offered to the most industry-ready graduates from the art faculties of Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, North Metropolitan (TAFE) and the University of WA.
Pictured above: Cause and Effect, was created to represent the effects of farming on the natural landscape and how this destruction of the environment has influenced the way farmers can use their land. The salt rising from the ground, and the fires destroying the land and crops above, whilst the clearing of the gum trees to make way for crops and cattle, exacerbates the problem of salinity.
Northern Perspectives
When
24 February to 8 April 2017
Northern Perspectives is a relatively new exhibition for Western Australian high school art students to be involved in and we would like to invite you and your school to participate in 2017. We have made some changes to make the exhibition even more accessible to students and to provide an outstanding opportunity for secondary schools to present students' works in a world-class gallery space.
The exhibition will be open to all art and design students in year 11 and 12 from the Cities of Wanneroo, Joondalup and Stirling.
Without Consent: Australia's past adoption practices
When
1 December 2016 to 14 January 2017
Wanneroo Gallery was home to a new exhibition Without Consent: Australia’s past adoption practices, which brought to light a previously hidden aspect of Australia’s past. The exhibition was curated by the National Archives of Australia and offered those affected by forced adoptions the opportunity to share their experiences – some for the first time ever.
It is estimated that at least 150,000 adoptions took place from the 1950s to the 1970s; a significant number of them were forced adoptions. Many of the women who had their babies taken were unmarried and, because of the stigma attached to unmarried mothers at the time, were often forced to live a lie for decades. For some, it was a secret they took to their graves.
The National Archives have also developed a website, following former Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s national apology to those affected by forced adoptions and it aims to show the truth – that the babies taken for adoption were dearly loved and wanted by their parents.
The exhibition was a tribute to the courage and generosity of those who volunteered to share their experiences and, in doing so, exposed this aspect of Australia’s history.