Emma Gardner, She found herself through the endurance (Handless Maiden), 2020. Cyanotype, Hand Stitched Silver Thread, Oil Stick, Linocut on Salvaged Indian Textiles. 197 x 127cm. Photographer: Thomas Oliver
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Emma Gardner, She Lingered for a While (Baba Yaga), 2020. Cyanotype, Trace Monotype Oil Stick, Linocut on Salvaged Indian Textiles. 220 x 153cm. Photographer: Thomas Oliver
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Emma Gardner, She succumbed to the ways of the forest (Handless Maiden), 2019. Double-exposed cyanotype, hand and machine stitched silver thread and trace monotype on Indian Silk. 196 x117cm. Photographer: Thomas Oliver
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Emma Gardner :: Wildish
16 Jan - 28 Feb 2021
Gallery 5
Emma Gardner is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist, whose work spans drawing, print-making, installation, and performance. In this exhibition, Gardner invites us to get lost in tales of adventure, betrayal, and of being lost in the wild...ish lands of the supernatural. The artist’s work is narrative-driven, using an array of fabrics, stitching and drawn figures to tell stories that straddle between fact and fiction, and past and present. In particular, the works selected draw on the tales of the witch of the east Baba Yaga from Russia and ‘The Handless Maiden’ from the Brother’s Grimm in Germany. Both position a female protagonist who faces adversity by being tricked and manipulated in their search for freedom.
Questioning the veracity of these stories, Gardner positions her own figure in the works as a way to keep a watchful eye over lessons of morality in fiction. Gardner includes herself in the narrative by creating a cyanotype monogram of her body, which she creates by sitting still for long durations of time, waiting for the light to capture her silhouette. This process is one of manual labour that echoes the struggles of the protagonists in the stories. The artist invites us to ask what messages are being told and retold in stories about how women should behave? Gardner creates a world in which we can navigate the mystical natural landscapes while retaining our ferocity.
Words by Isabella Baker
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Works from the Permanent Collection
The Vicki Fayle Gallery has a selection of works from the Permanent Collection and The Hannah Cabinet on display.
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Defiant
3 Apr - 6 June 2021
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Lucas Wright :: In my town and your town
6 Feb – 28 Mar 2021
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Sihotie, Nioge: new from old :: Omie Tapa Art PNG
6 Feb - 28 Mar 2021
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Verity Nunan :: Where are we supposed to go?
6 Mar - 18 Apr 2021
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Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020
6 Mar - 25 April 2021
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Akio Suzuki :: Sense of Ekō
12 Jun - 1 Aug 2021
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Colleen Coy's Films :: '2020 Each Week'
10 Mar to 21 March 2021
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Amber Wallis and Kylie Banyard :: The Heroine Paint
12 Jun - 1 Aug 2021
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Max Dupain: Australian Modern
5 May - 8 Aug 2021
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The Department of Non-Human Resources :: Make or Break
1 Apr – 6 Jun 2021
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Geoffrey Cotton and Georgi Milln :: After the Plague
24 Apr - 13 Jun 2021
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Ryan Lee :: Wonnarua
5 May - 8 Aug 21
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Ancient Vibrations :: Barry RAINMAN Boland
19 Jun - 1 Aug 2021
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Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop
14 Aug - 24 Oct 21
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Michael Cusack :: Steel Frames and Figureheads
9 Oct - 28 Nov 21
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Jenny Kitchener :: Seed
9 Oct - 28 Nov 21
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Face Me: The Art of Deafhood
7 Aug - 3 Oct 21
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Antoinette O'Brien :: Kids that are banned from the Square
7 Aug - 26 Sept 2021
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Aly Russell :: Learning to See
2 Oct - 21 Nov 2021
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Love, Lies and Indoctrination :: Asphyxia
29 Oct - 21 Nov 2021
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Deborah Kelly - CREATION
6 Nov 2021 – 6 Feb 2022
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Mr Pink - Gaze of Our Lives
27 Nov 2021 - 16 Jan 2022
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Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021
4 Dec 2021 - 30 Jan 2022
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12 February 2022 - 27 March 2022
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CARDBOARD PUPPET WORKSHOP WITH ARIS PRABAWA FROM TARING PADI
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Joanna Kambourian - Fear Catchers & Neon Talismans
22 January 2022 - 13 March 2022
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Kath Egan and Kate Rohde - We were made for these times
5 February 2022 - 27 March 2022
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ARMENIAN NEEDLE LACE WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST JOANNA KAMBOURIAN
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Aris Prabawa: Free Energy
2 April 2022 - 5 June 2022
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Andrew Rewald: Plant Treaty
2 April 2022 - 5 June 2022
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Written on the Earth: Historical visions of Northern NSW
9 April 2022 - 5 June 2022
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Lyndall Phelps: Re-collect
11 June 2022 - 31 July 2022
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