Artbank Perth Client Evening
Perth clients recently had the experience of meeting with local artists in the Hyatt Hotel’s mezzanine rooms, home of the Artbank Showroom. Guests were intrigued with Joanna Lamb’s discussion about her quirky Deco House Interior (see image right). Artbank had recently purchased the cool realist painting and questions were pitched around the idea of what a ‘flat’ painting could mean in terms of the ordinary and the extraordinary while other guests queried the accuracy a reflection in a mirror poses in a painting.
Pithy questions were also asked of Galliano Fardin who entertained guests with talk of life on the land in Veneto, Italy, while in front of his popular mixed media work Landforms. He discussed the lengthy gestation time for creating works, before getting to the point where they become physically realized, a process not always commensurate with the commercial requirements of the art world. Fardin also talked about how Artbank’s purchases of his work had propelled his career, often at times when it most needed it. It was indeed a rare chance for clients to engage with Artbank artists.
Artbank Director Geoffrey Cassidy welcomed clients and newcomers thanking them for weighing up the night’s competition (Simon and Garfunkel, Wil Anderson and the Paul Keating lecture) and choosing Artbank’s event. The crowd included gallery directors Seva Frangos, David Forest, Julian Goddard, Mark Walker, Janis Nedela and artists Jorg Schmeisser, Luke Sullivan, Helen Geier, Michael Kutschbach and Simon Cuthbert. It was also a pleasure to welcome Margaret Ainscow, Artbank’s West Australian Board Member, who added glamour to the evening with her fantastic David Walker jewellery.
Mariyon Slany
Art Consultant
Winter Cocktails at the MCA Sydney
We are offering our Sydney clients the opportunity to join us for Winter Cocktails at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney:
Thursday 30th July, 6pm – 8pm.
This is a corporate event celebrating an exciting new photographic exhibition:
Ricky Maynard : Portrait of a Distant Land
Ricky Maynard is a Tasmanian Aboriginal and a leading social documentary photographer, who works in close collaboration with the communities he photographs. Maynard has received many prestigious awards, as well as international recognition for his extraordinary photographs. This latest body of work is both a poetic and powerful awakening of indigenous social histories, conveyed through stories and song, and a significant marking of key historical sites of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
Artbank Out and About events are part of our ongoing commitment in encouraging our clients to engage with contemporary art and broaden the scope of the art experience. It also offers an ideal environment to network with other art enthusiasts from the corporate sector.Places are strictly limited, so please RSVP by midday 28th July.
Email: mandy.o’bryan@artbank.gov.au
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