News From the Wild Swan Art Group

 Sadaharu Horio  has given eight artworks to be exhibited  with the Wild Swans Art Group at Ron Nyisztor Studios in Perth in September 2017 .

Sadaharu Horio hails from Kobe was a member of the renowned Gutai Art Movement has exhibited at the Yokohama International Triennial of Contemporary Art, , Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York The Armory Art fair in 2017, Hong Kong Basel 2017. 

links to Sadaharu Horio 

http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/exhibitions/sadaharu-horio 

Peter Davidson 

Will be having a one day lighting exhibition at 2 Dogs Art Space, Akashi Japan 15 of his artworks will be from the 100 views of Mount Fuji from the same spot and 10 pastels on paper from another view of Mount Fuji

Link to Peter Davidson's artworks  2 Dogs Art Space: http://2dogsartspaceakashi.blogspot.jp/2017/04/peter-davidson-mount-fuji-artworks-on.html

Cynthia Ellis

The Other Art Fair Melbourne http://melbourne.theotherartfair.com/tickets

Contact me cynthiaellis@westnet.con.au

for complimentary tickets to the event.


Diokno Pasilan
Will be participating in an art exhibition in Taiwan

titled: Vessel

Curator: Patrick D. Flores
Artists: Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Mark Justiniani , Henrielle Pagkaliwangan, Diokno Pasilan, Veejay Villafranca , Teng Chao-Ming

Details below

http://www.vtartsalon.com/

http://www.digiarts.org.tw/english/News_Content.aspx?n=21271C0A383F2951&s=494EFF09CD03CCA2&t=665c2193adb6ee13&tn=07162743f11728016890d9af53aab6df

News on The Wild Swan Artists coming exhibitions in Australia

Omomuki Painting 

(warm feeling)

Title: Plum surprise 

The winter lingers

Peter Davidson 

oil on board

This painting will be showing

 at the 

西オーストラリアと日本のアーティストの展覧会
“Peace & Harmony”オープニングパーティを土曜と日曜に開催☆
日本の有名アーティスト堀尾貞治さんの絵画も展示予定

News on some current exhibitions 

by

 some of the members of the 

 Wild Swans Art Group

Gallery Smith Project Space 

In 

Melbourne 

link

http://www.gsprojectspace.com/exhibitions/

will exhibit

CASPAR FAIRHALL

Nine times the space

March 2–25

Exhibition opening: Saturday March 4, 4-6pm

Caspar Fairhall’s art practice covers painting, painted constructions, video and interactive video art. Best known for hard-edged but painterly works with rich surfaces, much of Fairhall’s work can be seen as asking questions of the viewer such as: What does it mean to represent space in an image? How does the space in an image relate to the space and time outside the image? What does it mean to both look into and at an image? The complex, layered paint surfaces and unresolvable pictorial spaces—what curator Margaret Moore described as propositions for perception—are tools that Fairhall uses to address these questions.

Much of Fairhall’s recent work is derived from his time in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and draws on the ancient banded iron formations of the Hamersly Ranges, which date from the Archean epoch 2.5 billion years ago. Both the sense of deep time and the biological origin of these formations are central concerns of this body of work.

Fairhall is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Artbank, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and The University of Western Australia, amongst others. 

Cynthia Ellis 

has been invited to show

at

The Other Art Fair Melbourne 2017

Well done Cynthia 

Michael Doherty 

is currently preparing 

for a 

solo exhibition

 in 

 Vienna, Austria

John  Cullinane

Will be exhibiting at 

Turner Galleries 

in 

Perth 

AN IDEA WILL COME FROM ANY SOURCE SUCH AS SOMETHING OR SOMEONE SEEN; SUCH AS AN EVENT, A BOOK, A DISCUSSION, POLITICS, ANY MEDIA WHATEVER. I LIKE TO BE OPEN AT ALL TIMES TO CAPTURE THE IDEA WHEN IT COMES, MANY IDEAS ESCAPE, NEVER TO BE FOUND...

JOHN CULLINANE, 2015

John Cullinane's exhibitions never fail to be seriously thought provoking. His paintings can be found in many important local and interstate public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of WA, Parliament House Canberra, Murdoch University, Curtin University, Bankwest, Edith Cowan University, Royal Perth Hospital and several local council collections.

http://www.turnergalleries.com.au/artists/john_cullinane.php

Best to all for there coming shows

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Wild Swan Art Group

To all 

our 

Supporters & Friends

Merry Christmas

and have a 

Happy/Prosperous New Year 

The group is looking forward to bringing you more exhibitions in east and south Asia 

in 

2017

Aesthetic Visions in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

International art and music festivals don’t happen by magic but the Kuching International Festival of Music and Arts is taking place between 18 November and 18 December, 2016. This would not have happened but for the vision and energy of Dr Geraldine Law Lee and her sister Grace as well as members of this International Music House in Kuching who are the driving force behind this first International Music and Arts Festival in Kuching; they’ve put a fantastic effort together to make it happen in such an enchanted place.

The opening night of the festival was upon us now and the Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg who is also the Minister of Housing and Urbanization, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak opened the festival.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg

Opening speech reflected a very impressive attitude towards music, arts and culture

The Old Kuching Museum

A

As part of the Festival, the Wild Swans exhibition was set up in the old British Court House by the river, an interesting experience for this really was uncharted territory for Western Australian Artists and their artworks.

Professor Diana Davis from the Australian National University talking with audience members

One has travelled the world somewhat and Kuching, Sarawak as one viewed it whilst walking around and looking out the hotel window towards Indonesia, appears to be an unspoilt aesthetic jewel with a harmonious blending of cultures ancient and exotic, with architecture to match; it’s an outstanding place for any artist to visit or anybody else for that matter. One can only hope that this wonderful city continues to show its fantastic passion and aesthetic vision to the world and then, when the new museum is built, one believes it will be another jewel in the crown of the State of Sarawak, Malaysia.

The Wild Swan Art Group - One day exhibition at Okinawa Prefecture Museum and Museum of Art - Public Gallery 3

Part of the Audience 

The artists on show

 Duncan McKay, John Cullinane, Michael Doherty, Connie Petrillo, Kevin Robertson, Peter Davidson, Cynthia Ellis,  Caspar  Fairhall,  Diokno Pasilan, Chelle Bourne  and Lynne Norton

 I didn’t think the Wild Swan Art Groups show would go ahead as a heavy typhoon was bearing down on the Island of Okinawa but as luck would have it, the storm went further west and we could land.

 At Naha Airport, Okinawa  glancing out to the distant sea there was this impending heavy grey gloom on the far sea horizon being the torrential rains which came for a while that afternoon whilst the Wild Swan Art Groups exhibition was on display.

Okinawa

The Wild Swan Art Groups exhibition in Public Gallery no 3 within the museum was a very good idea, for it allows the community to see an international exhibition and also what their major collection holds all under one roof. 

The individual groups or artists that exhibit in these public gallery spaces have the opportunity to see and experience the museum’s quality exhibition facilities, especially the lighting which is vastly different to most gallery lighting systems as iut infused natural skylight with internal lighting systems with brilliant effect and calrity on the artworks. Having the opportunity to exhibit in professionally constructed museum quality venues is important to the artists, groups and curators for it allows them to observe their artworks in a high quality space which really does shift the viewing experience from just casual to a more forensic analysis.  For the audiences/artist alike, it’s mutually beneficial in the sense it brings new audiences to experience the museum and your artworks.

Peter Davidson 

View from Okinawa Bridge 2015

oil on board

10.7 h cm x 46.5 cm w

The other issue that became obvious in exhibiting within a museum was the enquiry that the audience was able to do for each artwork, one noticed they really did take time to peruse each artwork and talk about it with their friends and when you spoke to them some of the questions they started asking were really difficult but pertinent to the show.

For example, a Chinese gentleman came into the exhibition and started talking about my artworks especially the magenta markings that were imbued within my image. This caught me off guard as it has historical precedents to Cezanne, Coldstream and in current personal research to the human Inner GPS whether that’s true or not as I said to the Chinese Doctor and his friend, " I don’t know Im not a medical scientist but it’s something I am researching".  What also surprised me was how forensic the questions were by these Chinese gentlemen and the depth of their knowledge on art and how they spoke about the subtleties of tones and hues passionately, it was a long and inspiring conversation with them.  

It was a successful exhibition by The Wild Swan Art Group, approximately one hundred people came from the Okinawan and international tourist community, despite the heavy typhoon rain at times. This was a very good result for the one day lightening exhibition series. 

News and studios of the Wild Swan Art Group

 Recent July Winter Meeting in Perth 
with  
The Wild Swan Art Group from Western Australia

Left to Right Dr Duncan McKay, John Cullinane, Michael Doherty, Connie Petrillo, Kevin Robertson and Peter Davidson taking photograph 

Cynthia Ellis,  Caspar Fairhall,  Diokno Pasilan, Chelle Bourne  and Lynne Norton absent

On the 18 of September The Wild Swan Art Group will be holding there second exhibition in Japan at The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum in the Public Gallery for a one day lighting exhibition, the group looks forward to the occasion and the response of the Okinawan peoples. 

News about individuals within the group and their recent achievements

 Lynne Norton and the  Australian War Memorial 

Lynne received a call from the Australian War Memorial last week advising her of a presentation to the outgoing Chairman of the Board of the AWM, Canberra,  Ken Doolan AO of a reproduction of her work for his present, she researched  him and found he had been CO of the ship, well done Lynne see link below.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/australianwarmemorial/27549673114/

Diokno Pasilan installation Ballarat Laneways Luminaries Festival

Below is the stunning installation by Diokno for Ballarat Laneways Luminaries Festival. Made of recycled milk bottle and LED lights at the Lost Ones Gallery.

Photo Diokno Pasilin


Caspar Fairhall

will be having a solo exhibition at
Gallerysmith Project Space in North Melbourne Victoria

details and link below

CASPAR FAIRHALL

Nine Times the Space

September 22 – October 8

Exhibition opening, Saturday September 24, 2-4pm

http://www.gsprojectspace.com/exhibitions/

Cynthia Ellis and Micheal Doherty 

will be exhbiting at the 

'Scene' 

Exhibition

 in Western Australia at 

Nyisztor Studio

Next Saturday July 30th

link is here 

http://www.nyisztorstudio.com.au/exhibitions.htm

Below is some of the artist's studios 

Peter Davidson's Western Australian studio (Father's garage)

Chelle Bourne - studio

Cynthia Ellis - studio

The Wild Swan Art Group will soon fly to Okinawa

Okinawa Study by Peter Davidson

Tomorrow is the last appointment viewing day at Gallery Opera Labo in Nishi Ku, Japan for the Wild Swan Art Group, it will then travel for a one day  lighting exhibition at The People’s Gallery which is located in the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum. 

The Wild Swan Art Group from Western Australia has started very successfully in Japan, at  Gallery Opera Labo and the comments have been very favourable towards the artworks, and now through the Internet the artists and the Japanese audiences have started to engage in a dialogue, which on the face of it is mutually educating on both sides in terms of what they can understand from each other’s culture and aesthetic, that has been one of the positive aspects of this venture.

The Okinawa exhibition will take place in September and it will be works on paper, there will also be some different artworks going to replace the paintings, it will not be the same exhibition as in Gallery Opera Labo.

It will be very interesting to see how the Okinawans view the Western Australian artworks because it’s surrounded by sea and has a more laid back lifestyle than mainland Japan ,which moves at a very fast pace. In somes ways Okinawa is a bit like the seaside culture of Perth, very relaxed or as they say in Japan: NONKI which translates into English as happy go lucky, so it will be interesting to see how these two beach focused cultures relate to each other.

Lastly, a special thanks from the Wild Swan Art Group to Makiko Karitani/Gallery Opera Labo along with her customers for attending the exhibition, there is no doubt we hope return again sometime in the near future, thank you.