works on paper & print

Contemporary showcase, ancient canvas: YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub presents Works on Paper & Print

Works on Paper & Print presents 14 Yarra Valley Artists exhibiting original artworks, using paper as the main component; featuring printmakers, photographers and painters. Limited edition prints of artists’ work will also be available for sale.  

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Artworks on paper are tactile, possessing texture, yet they also inhabit a subtle realm. The dual nature of paper as both sturdy and ubiquitous to daily life, but with qualities that make it float or tear, render it fascinating. It is at once both canvas and medium. Paper is also remarkably versatile, as demonstrated in the significant variety of pieces selected for YAVA’s upcoming exhibition, Works on Paper. 

Fourteen member artists are presenting works in this exhibition, and their submissions encompass a great range: charcoal drawing, watercolour and pencil, photography, eco printing and polymer etching, screen printing and linocut, hand-coloured silver gelatin photographs. All attend to subject matter that is of the heart, and speaks to the beauty of life –– in wild places, in the inhabiting of home or the body.

YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub is thrilled to present this exhibition; it has been in the wings for a considerable time. The show will run from 5 May to 29 May, with an artist talk at the official opening night, Thursday 5 May, which requires a reservation (include link here). Limited edition prints of participating artists’ work will also be available for sale, as well as the works on display, throughout the exhibition.

words crafted by Sarah Stewart

 
 

more about the ARTISTS:

If you’d like to see the exhibition and chat with the artists about their work ‘live’ we’ll be updating times any of the artists plan to be here at YAVA. You can also click on the links here to see each Artist Profile:

Amanda Ruck, Cathie Berry, Cecilia Sharpley, Christine Cafarella-Pearce, David Miller, Di King, Elizabeth Haigh, Jan Liesfield, John Bodin, John Christie, Kate Baker, Pamela Gordon, Rachael Rose, Wilani van Wyk Smit

 

Exhibition dates:

Thur 5 May- Sun 29 May 2022

Gallery Hours:

Wednesday-Sunday 10am-4pm.

 
 

YAVA INSTAGRAM:

 
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