5TH AUGUST TO 11TH NOVEMBER

INDUSTRY AND INVENTION

The word industry evokes the era of the Industrial Revolution that started in the early 1800s. The invention of steam engines, combustion engines, electric power, telecommunications and medical advances are just a few that have paved the way for our everyday existence. 

 

Invention and Industry are interconnected and interdependent.  They have connected us globally via trade, economy and culture. 

 

Some will argue it was for the benefit of society. Others will argue it has been detrimental and they will point to the damage this has done to the planet. 

In art, the mediums available to us have been extended from the early painting with ochre to photography, digital display, holograms and AI. 

 

Artists can use a variety of methods to express their thoughts and interpretations just as Splinter Artist are providing in this exhibition. 

 

 

BEFORE AND AFTER- 6TH MAY 3RD AUGUST

There are many ways for an artist to interpret the theme of ‘Before and After’.
Natural elements like earth, water, fire, air and space can inspire.
So can the environment or technology. 

Maybe the changes from the past or into the future.  Then there are the emotions in human experience, love, hate, loss and healing. Youth and old age. The dawning of a new day to the fading of the evening.
An artist’s idea of what they see, feel, and wish to interpret is in the hands of the artist.

 

A IS FOR ANIMAL

A is for Animal FEB 5 – MAY 6 2024

We share our world with animals.  They are our pets and support animals, horses we ride, livestock on farms, exotic creatures in zoos, animals and birds in the bush, jungle, desert and ocean.

We humans are animals too – along with other mammals, fish, birds, insects, reptiles, krill and all the way down in size to microscopic bacteria. We are all living beings which react to the world around us.

There are animals of the imagination too, fantastic creatures like dragons, mermaids, fauns and unicorns.

Splinter artists have responded to just a few aspects of the huge world of animals.

 

 

ISOLATED VIEW  1 Nov 2023 –  31 January 2024

DREAMING

Everyone knows about a dream. For some of us it is an aspiration or a goal. People who have these hopes and dreams will usually be more positive about their lives because they have a purpose.

Some dreams are a sleeping vision. These are a succession of images, ideas, emotions and sensations, which occur involuntarily in the mind in certain stages of sleep, and can be disturbing, delightful or perplexing.

Surrealism was an art movement where artists tried to unlock ideas from their unconscious minds and depict dreamlike worlds, where reality and imagination are blurred.

        Artists can use their dreams as subject matter and communicate images for other people to see, just as Splinter artists are proving in this exhibition.

 

LET COLOUR SPEAK

Colour is a powerful communication tool and can be used to signal action, influence mood …. Even physiological reactions.

 In truth, colour is perception related to light landing on a surface. How much of the light is absorbed or reflected is what we call colour and how it bounces can have quite an effect on our emotions.

Artists have used this knowledge for hundreds of years. They know there is passion, power and pride in reds and oranges and that pastel blues and greens have a calming, restful effect. They know that some colours can cancel each other out and create warm or cool greys. Bright yellow creates a happy atmosphere while you can have the brooding  browns, greys  and black or the purity of white which can create a feeling that everything is clean and pristine.

This exhibition is the result of the Splinter Contemporary Artists being given the task of using colour however they wanted to.

 

DEFYING SAMENESS 

February to April 2023

PAPERWORK

NOVEMBER  –  6TH FEBRUARY 2023

Paper has to be one of civilization’s greatest inventions.  Paper has become an essential in the daily lives of almost all people around the world. Paperwork helps us record our economy.

  And as a creative medium, paper is low cost, versatile and abundant.  Its versatility is one reason for its popularity in art and craft. It can be used wet, as in Papier Mache, or dry, as with Paper Cutting, rolled for Quilling, folded to form Origami shapes, layered as in Decoupage and Collage or simply used in sheets on which we draw, marble, print or paint.

If you make your own paper, its tactile quality makes its manufacture and use a sensuous experience.

In this exhibition, Paperwork, Splinter Contemporary Artists are ‘paperworking’ their own magic

 

 

AUGUST 1ST- OCTOBER 1ST 2022

 

THE THIRD DIMENSION

One of the leading physics model of the last half century suggests the universe operates with ten dimensions but the world, as we know it, has three dimensions of space … length, width and depth.

A third dimension adds solidity to a two – dimensional system. It confers a reality.

In this exhibition Splinter Contemporary Artists, each in their own way, are conveying their own reality of a third dimension.

 

  MAY – 30TH JULY  2022

METAL AS ANYTHING

The choice of metal as a theme for this exhibition allows Splinter Contemporary Artists to dig deep into the elements and find individual interpretations of the nature of metal.

 

 

 

 

ABOUT US  

FEBRUARY – APRIL 30TH 2022

ABOUT US

Self portraits by the members of Splinter Contemporary Artists.

Self Portraits raise all sorts of interesting points. When a person sits for an artist we are curious about how that artist perceives the person but when an artist becomes the self, look out. When sitter and artist are the same person, the result may be deep introspection or the onlooker might get a wake-up call about what he or she knows. Will the artist reveal something not known to the artist colleagues, friends and family? Will there be an element of surprise? or will the onlookers nod their heads in recognition? Many famous artists painted themselves, autobiographical images that reveal more than a likeness, they show inner attitudes and even suffering. Think of Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin and Freda Kahlo.

 

SOLACE

NOVEMBER 2021-JANUARY 2022

The Splinter Artists have explored what brings them SOLACE in these difficult times. Some found comfort in the beauty of our land and sky, the farmlands, forests, grasslands, and seashores. Some found joy in their gardens, their memories and their families. Creating something or listening to music was calming to them. To others the concepts of colour, form, texture, and shape brought them some peace. They hope you enjoy their creative expressions of SOLACE.

Splinter Contemporary Artists

 

 

INVERSION – JULY- OCTOBER 2021

Inversion

A vessel or form meant for “containment” encircles space, inviting us to fill it or use it.  Invert the vessel and that available space is no longer offered. We are given freedom as artists to see the surface as a canvas for free expression of ideas using colour and line. 

This exhibition evolved from another.  Earlier this year, Splinter artists created a large installation called Containment. They used these forms to create translucent paper cones which were suspended from the atrium ceiling of the Harris Scarfe store in Shepparton. This installation continues throughout the Shepparton Festival and beyond.

Splinter Contemporary Artists

 

FEMINART 2021

This exhibition celebrates art made by women. It examines the ways women artists see their world and it gives insight into the creative power of art. Some Splinter artists are exploring their interpretation of the world today while others are paying homage to other women in the world of art.

The artists were thrilled to collaborate with Kyabram Town Hall Writers in the creation of their book ‘Celebrating Women’. In a crossing-over between art forms, the writers chose art works to stimulate their writing pieces and the wonderful results can be enjoyed in the book.  ‘Celebrating Women’ is now available for purchase at the front desk.  All art works are also for sale.