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Join recent UWA students and artists Debbie Gilchrist and Julie Robyn Ziegenhardt for a talk exploring their work and participation in the Paper Cut: Students in Residence space.

Julie Robyn Ziegenhardt explores her evolving understanding of the world around her through the reimagining of objects and spaces from her everyday life. Conventionalised cultural signifiers are manipulated and reimagined to unpack the ways in which one’s understanding of the past is constantly shifting as this relationship is carried into the present. This is done through the interrogation of the ‘everyday ’and the ‘mundane ’using digital illustration, sculpture, and writing. Robyn uses aspects of her own experiences to visualise ambiguous narratives. These narratives open up spaces for the reflection and ever-changing possibilities of the small and unspectacular aspects of human life.

Perth based artist Debbie Gilchrist specialises in portraiture and socially engaged art intended to promote reflection and discussion. A multidisciplinary artist exploring many art forms, her work ranges from drawn images to prints, pen and ink and other media. During COVID lockdown, availability of lino in her cupboard and discussions and contemplations with her teenage daughters inspired an exploration of reduction lino printing with a focus on women’s equity. Alarmed to find that the word “feminism” had become a dirty word for a younger generation of women, and keen to reclaim the word as an expression of a wish for equity, her current print works explore the barriers that still remain for women in our current society.

Recognising that her personal experience is cultural, gendered, and socio political, she was interested in using her artistic practice to ask questions more broadly about where we are now in relation to experiences of women in society, what is hidden, and where we are going. The aim is to generate discussion about equality, to bring light to the hidden and not discussed and to raise awareness of contemporary concerns facing women, this being especially relevant in a COVID-19 world, a time when considerable political discussion has been focused on the role of women in society and, in particular, their role in the economy.

Please note: in keeping with the University's guidelines, space is limited for this event and registration is required.

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Paper Cut

27 February - 5 June 2021

Paper Cut is an exhibition of works on paper from UWA's Cruthers Collection of Women's Art. The 'cut' in the exhibition's title refers to both the technique and to the incisive cut of much of the subject-matter. It is a mass showing that reveals the particular strengths of the collection and the remarkable breadth of content, featuring many works on public display for the first time.

A Paper Cut residency program complements the collection display, showcasing print media and paper forms currently being produced by four local groups in dialogue with the themes, materials, strategies and processes of the exhibition.

Curated by Lee Kinsella, Curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art. For more information visit the exhibition website.

Content advisory:

Paper Cut contains images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Some works in the exhibition refer to adult themes.

Image: Design by Julie Ziegenhardt.