EXHIBITION DATES: 17 April – 13 June
OFFICIAL OPENING: Friday 17 April, 6pm
COST: Free
Details
Nature speaks to sculptor Vladimir Gottwald when he searches for naturally shaped pieces of black limestone in secret locations near Burrinjuck Dam NSW. These naturally sculpted shapes share remarkable similarities to human and animal forms and emotional expressions. Gottwald finds and perceives the magic in the stones then presents them so they can be appreciated by the viewer.
Kate Shaw’s large 6-meter-long drawing, Lifelines and Detours provides a counterpoint to Gottwald’s stone sculptures. During her Building Practice CIT Residency at Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Shaw created a dynamic surface using soft pastel, charcoal, and pencil, combined with wet media and selected found objects to create texture, relief, and variation in tone. The piece responds to the environment, the architecture of the building, natural forms and the rhythms of the community space.
Kate Shaw, Lifelines and Detours, 2026, graphite and pigment on paper (detail) Image courtesy of the artist.
About the Artists
Vladimir Gottwald studied sculpture in Czech republic between 1969 – 1973, then migrated to Australia in 1980 where he studied graphic design at Caulfield, Victoria. In 1990 – 2011 he worked as a graphic designer and scuptor a the Royal Australian Mint, Canberra.
Kate Shaw is an Australian visual artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media. Working primarily on medium to large-scale paper-based works, Kate explores abstraction and semi-representation through organic forms, colour, and texture.