UWS Art Gallery

The University of Western Sydney Art Gallery is on Penrith Campus at Werrington North, in the Community and Administration Building (AD). The UWS Art Gallery is at the street level and is open every weekday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Exhibition proposals for this gallery can be forwarded to the Art Curator, Monica McMahon.

Entry fee: Free entry
Parking fee: $6.00 daily

Above, Below and In-Between

Venue: UWS Art Gallery, Building AD, Werrington North, Penrith campus
Dates: 12 August - 22 October 2010
Open: Monday - Friday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm

• Above, Below and In-Between - Invitation (opens in a new window) (PDF, 690Kb)

My latest work deals with revisited aesthetic encounters of the seen, imagined and the felt spatial memories of growing up in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of Northern China: a place of extreme climatic intensities. These feelings are not subjective, but rather abstract emotions of splendor, ecstasy and transparency of the experiences. Agnes Martin refers to these experiences as feelings of beauty and freedom that can be experienced in extreme landscapes. My analogy of understanding these aesthetic encounters is characterized by specific states of mind, which oriental philosophers frequently refer to as no-mind. This aesthetic attitude is a process of discovery through material transformation. These abstract emotions are part of our lives, although we're not always aware of them. The aim of this site - sensitive installation is to create a space of silence and contemplation, that will communicate the tactile and visual experiences of space and form.

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Above, Below and In-Between installation
Tanya Richards

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