July 23, 2014
Visitors to the Kingaroy Art Gallery only have one more week to view rarely-seen paintings and sculptures from the South Burnett Regional Council’s collection.
The paintings and sculptures were executed by artists Ces Small and David Bryce.
While some capture foreign landscapes, others provide views of the South Burnett as it looked about 50 years ago.
Both collections were given as bequests to the Council when the artists passed on.
They are rarely exhibited in public, but a small selection of Ces Small’s landscapes and David Bryce’s landscapes and sculptures will be on display in Gallery 2 and 3 until Saturday, August 1st.
The Main Gallery, meanwhile, is hosting “Colours For Walls”, the fourth annual exhibition by South Burnett artist Lee Brewer, who paints under the pen-name “Anon”.
Lee is a self-taught artist and has been exhibiting his works at the Gallery since 2012.
He uses “Anon” as a nom-de-plume because he believes a viewer’s perception of an artist unconsciously colours their view of how they perceive that artist’s works.
“If you were going to a Picasso exhibition, you’d go knowing he was a world-famous artist and knowing most people thought his work was brilliant,” Lee said.
“Those thoughts would colour your perception of what you saw, probably without you even knowing it. And it might make you grade a sub-standard work higher than it deserved because your view was coloured.”
Each of Lee’s exhibitions has thrown a spotlight on new techniques he has been experimenting with over the previous year.
For his latest exhibition, Lee has moved into bold, colourful patterns – a radical departure from the style he exhibited in 2014.
This month’s exhibition is also significant because it will be the Gallery’s final exhibition under the control of South Burnett Regional Council staff.
From August 1st, the Gallery will in future be operated by the Kingaroy Art Group, a non-profit community group composed of local artists and art-lovers.
The arrangement will mirror the way the Wondai Regional Art Gallery and Blackbutt’s Butt Art Gallery both operate.
- All three exhibitions will be on display at the Kingaroy Art Gallery from 9:00am to 4:30pm weekdays and 10:00am to 4:00pm weekends until August 1. Admission to view them is free.
