Knit Knot Weave Opening

                       Anthony Marinangeli, Artist Paula do Prado & Gallery Manager Felicity Martin

                                           Tegan Taylor, Artist Erin Morgan and Kalinda Doyle

                                                            Alice Brickhill and friends 

                                                      Libby Burrell and her mother

                     Lyn Baxter from Australia Textile Arts and Surface Design Association(ATASDA)
                                                                 attended with her mother

 "Knit, Knot, Weave" is the second exhibition in a series created to examine traditional handicraft materials and techniques in a contemporary art context, to be held at Gallery Lane Cove, on Sydney's Northshore.  Knit, Knot, Weave features nine artists working in embroidery, felting, stitching, weaving and crochet, from Sydney and Melbourne. The works are diverse, ranging from small intimate pieces to larger-scale installations, sharing a number of intellectual and aesthetic relationships. Some explore issues of identity and gender; others suggest the underlying process of materiality and making.

Libby Burrell, Alice Brickhill and Erin Morgan have recently graduated from the Sydney College of Fine Arts, UNSW; Paula do Prado, Alex Falkiner and Brook Morgan belong to the Sydney Textile Collective, making and lecturing in textiles; Gabriella Verstraeten and Carly Altree Williams are established artists, living and working in Melbourne, while Pru Gudex works across many mediums, but is particularly fascinated by the tactile process of felting.

The opening night was on Wednesday 13th March with most of the artist there to celebrate with us. Lindie Ward, Curator of Textiles and Lace at the Powerhouse Museum was there to open the exhibition and gave a beautiful speech about the fresh new work on show. The exhibition is open until 28th March and is a great opportunity to see some exciting contemporaneity textiles work.

Laura Carey - Surroundings Exhibition

Sneak peak of Laura Carey's upcoming exhibition!

Laura Carey has been our very first artist in residence and she is madly working on her upcoming exhibition, which will open on the 3 April 2013 from 6pm, in Gallery Lane Cove. Over the last 6 months Laura has been working on a new body of work (in the old 'Centrehouse' office on the front veranda of 178 Longueville Road), called Surroundings, which is an investigation into the built environment. Living in the inner city of Sydney and 'commuting' across the bridge to Lane Cove, where she teaches children's art at Centrehouse and works part time in the Gallery as the Gallery Assistant as well as preparing for the exhibition in the studio (busy busy lady). Laura's observations are colourful and whimsical with an edginess that comes from city living. Just recently back from a trip to Japan, with it's rich culture of screen and wood block printing, you will see a distinct influence and inspiration from the Japanese culture and city scapes in this body of work.

The exhibition will showcase her latest screen prints, which are made up of layers of colour, form, photographic techniques and unique characters that inhabit her environments. There will be a number of paintings, an installation and zines that celebrate qualities of the handmade. 

This Irish las, having studied Fine Arts in Ireland and in Sydney at the College of Fine Arts, Laura's practice as print maker and artist has brought her to Australia,  where she now resides. This rich layering of culture and the urban environment will prove to be a visually compelling exhibition.

Please visit the exhibition, which will run until 4 May.

If you are interested in the Artist in Residence program, please contact Gallery Lane Cove on 02 9428 4898 as we will soon be calling for applications for a new artist in residence..

Images. Works in progress...details from some of the screen prints by Laura Carey