Blue crystals set on piece of stone surrounded by multiple narrow bamboo poles.
Blue crystals set on piece of stone surrounded by multiple narrow bamboo poles.
Charlotte Haywood, 'Viriditas' (detail) 2021, Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Michelle Eabry

Various Artists

Earth Matter

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Penny Evans, Kay Lee Williams, Kat Shapiro Wood, Lae Oldmeadow, Betty Russ, and Charlotte Haywood

This exhibition brings together the work of artists who use materials and processes from the natural world to create work exploring a range of ideas, from reflection on the beauty and logic of the natural world to more direct activism. Materiality and reflection on nature are intrinsically connected to their intended meaning in all the works.

The materiality of the works in Earth Matter embodies a message and a set of ethics that highlights or, in some cases, brings into question our relationship with the natural world. They are a reminder to appreciate the inherent beauty of the globe we inhabit and the importance of preserving it for future generations.
 

Blue crystals set on piece of stone surrounded by multiple narrow bamboo poles.
Charlotte Haywood, 'Viriditas' (detail) 2021, Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Michelle Eabry

Exhibitions

An orange, yellow and grey painting of two figure hunched over exchanging flames, by Clare Milledge
Clare Milledge
Complex notophyll vine forest: ground-proof
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A black and white image by Sonka Pietrek
Sonka Pietrek
Memory of motion
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Club Ate, Ex Nilalang (video still) 2017. Courtesy the artists and Art Gallery of New South Wales Club Ate
Club Ate
Ex Nilalang, Episodes 1 - 4
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The Lismore City Library at night with a large scale projection of an animation of colourful boab trees.
Bronwyn Bancroft
Boab tree, bountiful in shape, standing on the plains
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Lismore Regional Gallery

Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am - 4pm
Thursdays until 6pm

Closed 24 - 26 December
31 December - 2 January

11 Rural Street, Lismore NSW 2480

02 6627 4600
art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
PO Box 23A, Lismore NSW 2480

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Lismore Regional Gallery acknowledges the Widjabul Wia-bal people of the Bundjalung Nation as the traditional owners of the land upon which the gallery stands. We pay respects to elders past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples and their continuing connection to land, waters, community and the arts.