December 13, 2024 - January 2, 2024
LEEUWIN CURRENT & ON THE VERGE
Artist:
Warrick Palmateer, Celia Perceval, Joshua Cocking, Kate Elsey, Pippin Drysdale, Jody Graham, Naata Nungurrayi, Christopher Orchard, Miik Green, Jorna Newberry, Wingu Tingima (c.1920-2010), Erick and Ian Regnard, Adrian Lockhart, Robert Moore, Stephen Glassborow
Location:
cottesloe
Warrick Palmateer’s compelling and immersive body of work, LEEUWIN CURRENT, originally conceived for IOTA24, is now seen directly over the road from Perth’s iconic Cottesloe beach.
LEEUWIN CURRENT explores the Indian Ocean’s littoral zone, from Exmouth along the limestone coast to the southern tip of Western Australia. Through expressive textures and intuitive colours, Palmateer’s imposing wheel-thrown vessels evoke the motion of the current’s clockwise and anti-clockwise eddies, swirls and vortexes as it flows southwards. This mesmerising dance, choreographed by nature, invites contemplation of its vanishing and emerging elements. Each ceramic artwork reflects the interplay of light, shade and movement inherent in the littoral zone, echoing the ever-shifting current of the Indian Ocean.
Through the highs and lows of life, surfing and ceramics have been steady companions, offering Palmateer inspiration and a sense of belonging. In 2024, with each stroke of clay, the transient nature of the southwest Indian Ocean finds mature and monumental expression, inviting us to immerse ourselves in its timeless embrace.
Palmateer’s eleven ceramic vessels, all reduction fired, are accompanied by his commissioned video, with extended, slow-paced shots, that complement the clay record of this littoral zone, resulting in a truly multi-sensory and immersive experience.
The companion exhibition, ON THE VERGE, features artworks that respond to the notion of being ‘on the verge’: of understanding, of extinction, of abstraction, of the river, and so on. Artists featured are Joshua Cocking, Samantha Dennison, Pippin Drysdale, Kate Elsey, Jody Graham, Miik Green, Adrian Lockhart, Robert Moore, Jorna Newberry, Naata Nungurrayi, Christopher Orchard, Ian & Erik Regnard and Wingu Tingima.
Please join us to celebrate these concurrent exhibitions and to enjoy our final Artist Talk for 2024 by Warrick Palmateer
Isobel Wise (Associate Curator Contemporary Art, The Art Gallery of Western Australia) will introduce the artist.
LEEUWIN CURRENT explores the Indian Ocean’s littoral zone, from Exmouth along the limestone coast to the southern tip of Western Australia. Through expressive textures and intuitive colours, Palmateer’s imposing wheel-thrown vessels evoke the motion of the current’s clockwise and anti-clockwise eddies, swirls and vortexes as it flows southwards. This mesmerising dance, choreographed by nature, invites contemplation of its vanishing and emerging elements. Each ceramic artwork reflects the interplay of light, shade and movement inherent in the littoral zone, echoing the ever-shifting current of the Indian Ocean.
Through the highs and lows of life, surfing and ceramics have been steady companions, offering Palmateer inspiration and a sense of belonging. In 2024, with each stroke of clay, the transient nature of the southwest Indian Ocean finds mature and monumental expression, inviting us to immerse ourselves in its timeless embrace.
Palmateer’s eleven ceramic vessels, all reduction fired, are accompanied by his commissioned video, with extended, slow-paced shots, that complement the clay record of this littoral zone, resulting in a truly multi-sensory and immersive experience.
The companion exhibition, ON THE VERGE, features artworks that respond to the notion of being ‘on the verge’: of understanding, of extinction, of abstraction, of the river, and so on. Artists featured are Joshua Cocking, Samantha Dennison, Pippin Drysdale, Kate Elsey, Jody Graham, Miik Green, Adrian Lockhart, Robert Moore, Jorna Newberry, Naata Nungurrayi, Christopher Orchard, Ian & Erik Regnard and Wingu Tingima.
Please join us to celebrate these concurrent exhibitions and to enjoy our final Artist Talk for 2024 by Warrick Palmateer
Isobel Wise (Associate Curator Contemporary Art, The Art Gallery of Western Australia) will introduce the artist.
