G.W. Bot 2016

G.W. BOT Riverbend Glyphs 3 - 22 May 2016

Au s t r a l i a N Ga l l e r i e s SYDNEY

A us t ral i a N G aller i es SYDNEY

Invites you to the opening

G.W. BOT Riverbend Glyphs Tuesday 3 May 2016 6pm to 8pm 15 Roylston Street Paddington NSW 2021

Current until Sunday 22 May 2016

Open 7 days 10am to 6pm T 02 9360 5177

sydney@australiangalleries.com.au australiangalleries.com.au Cover: Grassland Glyphs 2014-16 linocut on Kozo paper 98.5 x 62.5 cm edition 25 (state proof) Right: Sky Glyphs 2015 glazed ceramic 70 x 100 cm (dimensions variable)

G.W. Bot over a number of decades has developed her own personal language of landscape notation that she refers to as ‘glyphs’. These are marks that she has discovered in the landscape – including scribbles in the bark, broken twigs, shrubs and trees, marks on rocks and growth of moss – that in her drawings, relief prints, metal sculptures and ceramics become a form of an alphabet through which to relate a narrative about the Australian landscape and life itself. For many years, while in Canberra, she has admired Sidney Nolan’s Riverbend (1964) a ten metre long panorama that combines the Australian bush and mythology into one mighty lyrical vision.

G.W. Bot’s recent work indirectly pays homage to Nolan’s Riverbend, as she noted earlier this year “unconsciously, while working on a monumental scale, Nolan’s majestic vision seems to echo in the background”. The exhibition consists of huge graphite and watercolour drawings, new relief prints, large steel and bronze sculptures and ceramics. There is both a consolidation of her earlier practice as well as a departure into new, previously unexplored domains.

G.W. Bot is a printmaker, painter, sculptor and graphic artist who has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally. She has had over 50 solo exhibitions, including shows in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles. She has participated in over 200 group and invitational exhibitions. She is the recipient of numerous awards and has been awarded residencies in Europe, Asia and Australia. Her work was represented in ‘Australia’ (Royal Academy, London 2013), ‘Out of Australia’ (British Museum, London 2011) and in ‘The story of Australian printmaking 1803-2005’ (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2007). Her exhibition ‘G.W. Bot: The Long Paddock: A 30 year survey’, toured nationally from 2010 to 2013. GW Bot’s work is held in over a hundred public art collections nationally and internationally, including: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Albertina, Vienna, Austria; British Museum, London; British Library, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Fogg Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA; Kharkiv Art Gallery, Ukraine; Lublin Museum, Poland; Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan; Queensland Art Gallery; Art Gallery of South Australia; Art Gallery of NSW; Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery Collection; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston; National Library of Australia, Canberra; Mitchell Library, Sydney; Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs; Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China and Artbank.

Riverbend Glyphs IV 2014 graphite and watercolour on Colombe paper 200 x 106 cm

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Glyphs – The Creation 2016 linocut on tapa cloth 114 x 184 cm edition unique

Glyphs and Shadows 2016 linocut and watercolour on BFK paper 76 x 112 cm edition unique

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