EXHIBITION Mandy Rains | Gallery One
Opening 6pm Friday 18th of September 2020
Showing from the 18th September | 3rd October

In this throw-away society that we live in, I make a diligent effort to ‘hoard’ as much as I can, but what am I to do with all this ‘stuff’?
The time has come to Rehash all these collected items and give them a new purpose by incorporating them into my art work.
By way of appropriating, layering and collaging I hope to connect a range of rather disconnected subjects together into one unified piece. I am using famous still life compositions as a platform to then replace, transform but connect a range of traditional subjects with familiar ones here in the tropical zone.

‘Ways of Seeing: Miya/Significant Plants – Beginnings’ showcases works from five culturally diverse, female artists – Glynis Lee, Angelina Lewis, Juwayning Lorraine Williams, Linda Yarrowin, Nena Zanos - created during a printmaking project at Wagait Beach. Artworks reflect each artist’s personal connection to chosen plants. Accompanying stories and video communicate cultural knowledge.

The viewer is exposed to obscurities of the universe including artwork, ‘Solar Flare’ depicting a solar explosion also, ‘Meteor Shower’ and ‘Supernova’. Energy and passion are radiating from the paintings, highlighting intensity. In contrast, ‘The Wormhole’ and ‘Galaxy’s Breath’ depict the timelessness and constancy of galaxies and the beyond.