Two Receptions | Friday 29 September 7pm
In celebration of Catherine Heard’s REDWORK: THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS in the Showroom Gallery
and Natalie Hunter’s ECHOING SKY currently on display in the Plate Glass Gallery.
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Two Exhibits | One Reception
29 September 2023 | 7:00 pm
R E D W O R K
THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS
Catherine Heard
OPENING FRI 29 SEPT 2023 7PM
SHOWROOM GALLERY AT NAC
Redwork: The Emperor of Atlantis camouflages embroideries of war, injustice, and resistance in a patchwork of antique redwork embroideries. Patriotic imagery, homey domestic scenes and fairy tale characters are juxtaposed with embroideries of traumatic events.
Making this piece, I have been thinking about how history is recorded in the domestic sphere; about patriotism; about the stories we tell ourselves as we try to make sense of the world in which we live.
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E C H O I N G S K Y
Natalie Hunter
RECEPTION FRI 29 SEPT 7PM
PLATE GLASS GALLERY
Relying on the immaterial staples of photography – light and time – with the material sensibilities of sculpture, Natalie Hunter’s unique photo-based installations in Echoing Sky reflect on our relationships with the intimate spaces our bodies encounter and explore concepts of space, perception, time, and memory.
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