Ladies First - Group Show at BSG

The exhibition at BSG was such a delightful event... the highlight truly was getting to meet the beautiful and talented girls I was exhibiting alongside.... Getting to the gallery bright and early to hang the show, I made instant friends with the other early bird, Jo Dyer. We turned out to be "wall buddies" too, as out works were exhibited next to each other.

Mine were fairly easy to hang thank goodness (sticky-backed velcro, hurray!) so I spent the next few hours getting to know some of the other girls as we helped each other hang everyone's work.

It was a treat seeing so many talented young women's work, and having a chat about their creative processes. Friendships were formed and etsy shop addresses were swapped!

The opening was fantastic, the space looked great with all the works up on the wall, please enjoy this quick tour before the people start arriving:

I really enjoyed being a part of this gorgeous show, the girls I met were incredible young ladies, and I think we'll be seeing a lot more of each other soon....

Jo Dyer, Helani Laisk, Myself & Caitlin Shearer

ps. girls, I'm sorry for my terrible photographs... if you post better ones I'll replace these :-D

Profile on Indie Art & Design

With the show on in two days (hurray!) the other artists and I taking part in "Ladies First" were each interviewed by "Indie Art & Design", a website dedicated to showcasing and featuring independant Australian artsy types. My little rambling is at the top of the page with one of the artworks I'll be showing, please pop over and take a look!!

Ladies First - Indie Art & Design

Written by Carol Price, I thought the introductory paragraph was very cute and appropriate:

"Ladies First" opens at 6pm this Friday night, 21st May 2010! The girls will come out to play, and show off an amazing collection of original artworks.

Curated by Melbourne's Tessa Yee, the show will be a unique and light-hearted exploration of the ways in which female artists represent their ideas of femininity - both the dark and the light, the naughty as well as the nice.

Preparations

Ticket to melbourne is booked!

Outfit is sorted!

However.... the artworks themselves are not yet framed, Ah!!

Besides the framing situation, things are getting exciting :-) I wanted to share the delightful exhibition invites the gallery sent up to me... I think they're so ingenious, printed like playing cards! The front features Brisbane artist Courtney Brims graphite drawing, and a list of the exhibiting artists names. So special to be on there

Sydney based jewellery designer (and a very dear friend) Alison Wheeldon created this exquisitely beautiful Silver lace necklace for me, set with Green Sapphires and Tourmaline, so that I may embody my "of lace and moss" persona on the night of the exhibition.... It is such a breathtaking piece, I love it.....

♥ Lacqueus ♥

Ladies First - Group Show at BSG

 

monika viktoria – of lace and moss

My current body of work “of lace and moss” is a series of delicate portraits depicting transient moments in time.

The girls in my portraits are captured glimpses: a parting glance before a departure, a blink, a sigh, a hesitant decision. They are caught in the brief moment between a breath, a second of silent contemplation before a transformation.

When I think of lace and moss I imagine silent places deep within the woods, and forgotten attics guarding the remnants of a decadent bygone time. In my drawings I try to depict the ephemeral waifs who might equally inhabit both places.

Layers of delicate watercolour washes create a softly glowing space; an achingly fragile world filled with longing and intermingled memories.

For “Ladies First” I will be exhibiting a selection of the latest portraits in the series.

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I'm delighted to announce I will have a selection of my latest artworks on exhibition at Brunswick Street Gallery in late May. I have been drawing and preparing with great excitement.

I even sat down and made the most time consuming - but beautiful - business cards I could. Each little frame I cut out by hand, keeping the pretty ornate silhouette in tact. The delicate tissue paper pouches are all sewn individually, and the precious card slips inside...