By MARLENE MILLOTT
WORK inspired by an artist’s time locked in a sensory limitation cube will go on display at the Tarrawarra Museum of Art in Healesville on 29 November.
Last year Gosia Wlodarczak spent 17 days enclosed in the cube without exposure to the outside world, drawing what she could see and feel.
In her new exhibition Found in Translation, Wlodarczak includes pieces from her time spent in the cube. It will also include drawings of a Chinese poem and a live performance of a drawing in the Museum on 6 February.
Wlodarczak’s collection will open at the same time as exhibitions by Ian Fairweather and Tony Tuckson.
The exhibitions echo the cross-cultural interests of the artists, and translation of culture is a key theme of the work. Abstract lines, colours and images are major features.
Ian Fairweather’s The Drunken Buddha series will be available to the public for the first time in 50 years. The collection is based on the antics of the 13th century monk Chi-tien, reflecting Fairweather’s fascination with Asian culture.
Paintings and Drawings by Tony Tuckson shows inspiration from Fairweather, and other artists like Picasso. Tuckson’s easel paintings portray a range of feelings and energy.
Director of Tarrawarra Museum Victoria Lynn, highlights the experience of all the artists that can be found in their work.
“These three artists … present a unique opportunity to view the important stories of modernism through the filter of the present,” she said.
The three exhibitions will be open over the summer period, until 15 March next year.
