Memoryware + New Narratives
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All gender bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Seating availableMemoryware+New Narratives by Pamela Irving and Anne Riggs is an exhibition and workshops that re-contextualise discarded ceramics and old books into new conversations. Their chosen materials have past lives.
For Irving, it is preloved china. She transforms, for example, a well-worn tea set that has heard a thousand stories into new characters. Irving’s figures tell new narratives, sometimes configured and imagined by the ceramics’ past life as a cup, saucer, or teapot. She imagines the stories that a cup has overheard while two friends share their tea. From these imagined conversations, she creates her figures. They could be naughty, they could be nice.
Riggs’ materials are old books and printed images which she cuts up and reconfigures to create new narratives and provocations. She folds these into artist books and tales – imaginings and true stories, layering old images and text with painting, drawing, thread, and fabric. Sometimes jarring, often deeply empathetic, her works evoke emotional responses from viewers.
Both are concerned with up-cycling and nature. While they create new things, they try to be sustainable. As part of the exhibition, they will run a series of workshops.
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Pamela Irving works across media, including collage, painting, and sculpture. Irving’s works adorn many public and private spaces in Melbourne and abroad, such as Larry La Trobe, the bronze dog in front of the Melbourne Town Hall, and a mosaic reverie at Luna Park, Melbourne. The works are unashamedly playful, joyous, and often irreverent, utilizing when possible discarded objects, ceramics, and junk to create new forms. Caring for our environment is central to Irving’s vision as an artist. In 2012, Irving won a Keep Australia Beautiful Award for sustainability; recently, she completed a course through the City Of Glen Eira on the Circular Economy.
Riggs is a visual artist who has built a creative life around expressing and responding to the most profound human experiences, finding solace and comfort through the arts. Riggs creates installation exhibitions that speak to these profound feelings that are often challenging to describe in words. Social engagement through the arts is important to Riggs’ creative thinking and practice. Each year for ten years, they spend time in India and Nepal working with institutions and communities to assist them in implementing health and educational initiatives through arts practice.
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All gender bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Seating availableMemoryware+New Narratives by Pamela Irving and Anne Riggs is an exhibition and workshops that re-contextualise discarded ceramics and old books into new conversations. Their chosen materials have past lives.
For Irving, it is preloved china. She transforms, for example, a well-worn tea set that has heard a thousand stories into new characters. Irving’s figures tell new narratives, sometimes configured and imagined by the ceramics’ past life as a cup, saucer, or teapot. She imagines the stories that a cup has overheard while two friends share their tea. From these imagined conversations, she creates her figures. They could be naughty, they could be nice.
Riggs’ materials are old books and printed images which she cuts up and reconfigures to create new narratives and provocations. She folds these into artist books and tales – imaginings and true stories, layering old images and text with painting, drawing, thread, and fabric. Sometimes jarring, often deeply empathetic, her works evoke emotional responses from viewers.
Both are concerned with up-cycling and nature. While they create new things, they try to be sustainable. As part of the exhibition, they will run a series of workshops.
Participants
Pamela Irving works across media, including collage, painting, and sculpture. Irving’s works adorn many public and private spaces in Melbourne and abroad, such as Larry La Trobe, the bronze dog in front of the Melbourne Town Hall, and a mosaic reverie at Luna Park, Melbourne. The works are unashamedly playful, joyous, and often irreverent, utilizing when possible discarded objects, ceramics, and junk to create new forms. Caring for our environment is central to Irving’s vision as an artist. In 2012, Irving won a Keep Australia Beautiful Award for sustainability; recently, she completed a course through the City Of Glen Eira on the Circular Economy.
Riggs is a visual artist who has built a creative life around expressing and responding to the most profound human experiences, finding solace and comfort through the arts. Riggs creates installation exhibitions that speak to these profound feelings that are often challenging to describe in words. Social engagement through the arts is important to Riggs’ creative thinking and practice. Each year for ten years, they spend time in India and Nepal working with institutions and communities to assist them in implementing health and educational initiatives through arts practice.
