Newcastle Art Gallery is encouraging audiences to view\u00a0everyday\u00a0household\u00a0items\u00a0in a whole new light\u00a0with\u00a0the launch of its exhibition,\u00a0DOMESTIC BLISS: functional works from the collection.
\nDrawn exclusively from its nationally significant ceramics collection, the Gallery will display works of art from Australian and international\u00a0practitioners.
\nNewcastle Lord Mayor\u00a0Nuatali\u00a0Nelmes said with\u00a0so much time spent at home during COVID-19, now was the perfect time to remind people of the beauty and traditions associated with\u00a0objects usually found in the\u00a0home.
\n\u201cNewcastle\u00a0is fortunate to have such an\u00a0extensive and diverse art collection to draw on for its self-curated exhibitions,\u201d\u00a0Cr Nelmes said.
\n\u201cDuring the seventies and eighties, the Gallery played a leading role in establishing Newcastle as a centre of national significance in ceramics,\u00a0and our collection\u00a0now\u00a0features\u00a0more than 900 ceramic works by Australian and international artists.
\n\u201cNotably, the Gallery\u00a0has the largest collection of\u00a0Sodeisha\u00a0ware in the Southern hemisphere, which was donated to\u00a0Newcastle in 1981 in recognition of the Gallery\u2019s commitment to Japanese ceramics.
\n\u201cDOMESTIC BLISS\u00a0provides an opportunity to showcase a small portion of this wonderful collection, highlighting the beauty of\u00a0what is normally considered a humble household item.\u201d
\nNewcastle Art Gallery Director Lauretta Morton said the\u00a0free\u00a0exhibition\u202ffeatures\u00a0renowned ceramic artists who adeptly play with the conventions of functional ware, displayed alongside a new generation of contemporary practitioners.
\n\u201cDomestic and functional wares represent many aspects of life; the flower vase for ceremony and remembrance, the platter shared in celebration, and tea bowls representing culturally diverse tradition and customs,\u201d\u00a0Ms\u00a0Morton\u00a0said.
\n\u201cDOMESTIC BLISS\u00a0elevates everyday ceramics as works of art and reveals the artists\u2019 transnational stories of place and identity.
\n\u201cHonor\u00a0Freeman creates deceptive works that mimic 1960s Tupperware and Gwyn Hanssen Pigott\u2019s (1935 \u2013 2013) still\u00a0life\u00a0takes\u00a0cues from artists such as Giorgio\u00a0Morandi\u00a0and Chinese masters.
\n\u201cThe skill of the Hermannsburg potters transform jars into expansive desert landscapes and a new acquisition to the Newcastle Art Gallery\u2019s collection by Tony Albert marks the problematic 250th\u00a0anniversary of Captain Cook.\u201d
\nDOMESTIC BLISS: functional works from the collection\u00a0will be on display from\u00a028 November 2020\u00a0to\u00a031 January 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Newcastle Art Gallery is encouraging audiences to view\u00a0everyday\u00a0household\u00a0items\u00a0in a whole new light\u00a0with\u00a0the launch of its exhibition,\u00a0DOMESTIC BLISS: functional works from the collection. Drawn exclusively from its nationally significant ceramics collection, the Gallery will display works of art from Australian and international\u00a0practitioners. Newcastle Lord Mayor\u00a0Nuatali\u00a0Nelmes said with\u00a0so much time spent at home during COVID-19, now was … Continue reading “Newcastle Art Gallery celebrates the bliss of domestic life”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}