Opening Celebration | Toni Messiter 'It Was a Difficult Conversation'

Stanley Street Gallery directors Merilyn Bailey and Liza Feeney attended Sydney College of the Arts together from 1980 to 1986 completing a BA and Grad dip in Visual Arts.The gallery opened in October 2012 and is a beautiful space in the heart of the city with a reputation for showing a unique a diverse range of artworks, mediums and artists, including painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics and contemporary jewellery. Our focus is not on the materials used but on the ideas and concepts being explored by the artists.

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Opening for Toni Messiter's third solo exhibition at Stanley Street Gallery.

<h2>Have a drink, meet the artist and join us for the Opening Celebration for Toni Messiter&#x27;s latest exhibition &#x27;It Was a Difficult Conversation&#x27;.</h2>

Stanley Street Gallery presents Toni Messiter’s solo exhibition, It Was a Difficult Conversation, featuring 18 new paintings.A departure from her typical subject matter, It Was a Difficult Conversation turns to the environment, where Messiter considers the tree - beings who have memory and sensation - as protagonist. Unlike conventional landscape where the environment is a scene for the human, Messiter’s training in portraiture remains present with each tableau focusing on the mood of the tree. With a distinct gothic framework, the tree as protagonist is a clear continuation of the artist’s previous investigations of the subconscious and shadow. Messiter writes, “I left the foreground to move into the background”. Interested in the notions of haunting, she considers the subjectivity of nature, the shadows of the trees and asks us: what are the difficult conversations?

<h3><a href="https://stanleystreetgallery.com.au/exhibitions/toni-messiter-2023-exhibition" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">View the exhibition online</a></h3>

Cover Image: Toni Messiter, Artist Portrait, 2023, Photo SSGBottom Image: Toni Messiter, It was a difficult conversation, 2022-2023, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm, Photo Docqment

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