Gallery News

We have been very busy in Gallery Lane Cove. Teaching Art a curated exhibition of work by our teachers and artists from Centrehouse Arts Centre has just finished after a three week show along with some great free artist talks by David Pavich, Jane Blundell and Marie James. 

Coming up we have a packed schedule! First up is artXtra the annual show by the Lane Cove Art Society, it will be showing over the weekend of the 4-6th May for 3 days only so you will have to be quick. We will have the opening night with drinks on Friday 4th May at 6pm.

2011 Winner of the Lyod Rees Prize

Next up is a collection of photographic by Gary Steer Beauty In The Beast, which is part of the Head on Photo Festival which will be held throughout Sydney from May to early June and includes 200 events in 100 venues. The emphasis of the festival is on the genre of portraiture and Gary challenges the traditional idea of the portrait, using non-humans as the model or muse. 

Gary finds animals are excellent models as ‘there is no need to dress them for the shoot as they have their own fashion colours and some of them, particularly birds, have their own millinery’.  He wanted to show their intrinsic beauty, to capture their character, even the personality of some of them, and to present them with dignity.Working particularly at Taronga's Sydney and Western Plains Zoos and visiting the National Zoo Canberra, Adelaide Zoo and Mogo Zoo, Gary has captured the exotic and the fierce, from the baboon, gorilla chimpanzee, gibbon, zebra, giraffe, meerkat and lion.

Portrait of the King, Gary Steer

The exhibition opens on Tuesday 8 May, with the Drinks on Wednesday, 9 May from 6pm. The exhibition runs through to Friday 18 May and Gary will be available for a free artists talk on Saturday 12 May from
11am, where you can get the inside story to his art practice. 

We have just launched the new Lane Cove Library Sculpture Plinth which is part of the Lane Cove Council Public Art Strategy. We are currently displaying "Little Boxes" a mixed media sculpture by Laura Carey an artist and teacher at Centrehouse Arts Centre. If your interested in displaying work you can email us at: centrehouse@bigpond.com

We look forward to seeing you in the gallery over the next couple of weeks.