Ekphrasis Workshop

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Elsewhere: Drawings through Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Iran and Uzbekistan​ This touring exhibition will be launched in the HR Gallop Gallery on the evening of Thursday 23 August. It will then travel to Griffith, Dubbo, Port Macquarie and Tamworth with the support of CreateNSW and a Charles Sturt University Compact Grant, curated by Dr Sam Bowker of the SCCI. The artworks include sketchbooks, unfolding scrolls, paintings, and drawings. These drawings and paintings by Wendy Sharpe (Archibald Prize winner and former Official War Artist) and Bernard Ollis (Former Director of the National Art School) are vibrant critiques of Orientalism.​ The exhibition reflects upon how we understand each other when we are geographically separated. Their exquisite sketches record perceptive journeys with people and through places that have been clouded by misapprehension, fear, and cliches.  Their practice acknowledges the histories, limitations and initiatives of travelling artists. This exhibition is motivated by the challenge of communicating shared experiences across place, politics, culture and history, for these are stories in which both parties are located 'Elsewhere'. The Booranga Writer's Centre is warmly invited to a travel writing workshop on Saturday 18 August, in which participants may choose to submit their writing for publication in the accompanying exhibition catalogue (with ISBN). In this workshop we will tour the exhibition, respond to the artworks, reflect on the ways in which we describe travel, and critique the idea of 'elsewhere'.
Ekphrasis Workshop Saturday 18 August 2 to 4pm HR Gallop Gallery Building 21, Boorooma Street, Wagga Wagga Free for members $10 donation for non-members payable on the day. Refreshments provided.

Ekphrasis Workshop

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