Shelagh Morgan
2005
6
nights in June
four colours blue
'Blue
is relative to distance'
oil on canvas
3 panels 120 x 144cm
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Shelagh Morgan
2005
6
nights in June 'Blue
is relative to distance' |
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| 'Indigo Dawn'
oil on canvas 120 x 136cm |
'Through the
glass darkly' oil on canvas oil on canvas 120 x 154cm |
| Six
nights in June - four colours blue - shifts the emphasis of my ongoing conversation
with place/space from how place is inhabited (carelessly) to what that place/space
consists of when stripped down to the barest elements. My conclusion is
that sense is identified as blue, and space/place as a series of ridge lines
that step back through four colours blue. I have a lasting image, dating back to my arruval in Australia in 1972, of the generic Australian house with fake-curtains veiling every window. Here, inside and outside flow through the situated curve of the lace that frames the separation between what I stand on & where I stand. 3 reasons for 'four colours blue'. For 6 days & nights in June it rained & a grey-blue veil blocked out the stepped 'view' that is so much a part of the way European visions of space are constructed. I paint from 3am each morning watching night turn to day, place and space during these hours are veiled with indigo, masking out any detail. And finally, on certain days when the humidity hangs like a heavy curtain across the 'view', green turns to four shades of blue. |
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| OTHER WORK | BIOGRAPHY | 2003 EXHIBITION | 2005 EXHIBITION | |
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BIOGRAPHY Shelagh Morgan |
Born:
1955 Africa |
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- 1983 Lismore Regional Art Gallery
- 1985 Lismore Regional Art Gallery
- 1990 Out Of Site Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney
- Mute Space Roz McCallum Gallery Brisbane
- 1991 Exclusions Legge Gallery Sydney
- Out Of Site Gold City Art Gallery
- 1992 Views and References Legge Gallery
- 1993 Science Of Whereabouts Michael Milburn Gallery
- 1994 The Science Of Whereabouts Legge Gallery
- 1996 Unpacking My Library Legge Gallery
- 1998 Colouring In By Numbers Legge Gallery
- 2000 Two Nomadic Stories Legge Gallery
- 2002 Placement and what place meant Legge Gallery
- 2003 ...this thinking... Legge Gallery
- 2005 6 nights in June - four colours blue Legge Gallery
TOP | Solo | Group | Awards | Bibliography | Collections | ProjectsGroup Exhibitions
- 1987 genii loci. Four person exhibition funded by the Visual Arts Board of Australia and The Regional Galleries Association of Australia. Touring NSW Regional Galleries and Roz McCallum Gallery
- 1988 Landmarks Lismore Regional Gallery
- Fletcher Jones Staff Memorial Award Warrambool Art Gallery
- 1989 Inside The Greenhouse Tin Sheds Gallery
- Private View/Public Spaces Plaza 1 Brisbane. Curated by Queensland Art Gallery
- Point of Contact Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Lismore Regional Art Gallery
- 1990 Melbourne Art Fair Roz McCallum Gallery
- 1991 Out Lying And Far Reaching Umbrella Studios Townsville
- When Love Blooms Legge Gallery
- 1992 The South Stradbroke Project Gold Coast City Art Gallery, touring Regional Galleries of QLD, NSW & Noumea
- Artist Book Exhibition Graham Galleries Brisbane
- New Art Six Launching MOCA Brisbane Roz McCallum Gallery
- South Stradbroke Project Gold Coast City Art Gallery, touring Regional Galleries of QLD.
- Works From Stock & Studio Legge Gallery
- 1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne
- 1995 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne
TOP | Solo | Group | Awards | Bibliography | Collections | Projects
Awards
- Student Printmaking Prize University of New England
- Byron Bay Art Award
TOP | Solo | Group | Awards | Bibliography | Collections | Projects
Bibliography~Reviews
- genii loci, catalogue Lismore Regional Gallery 1987
- Landmarks, catalogue Lismore Regional Gallery 1988
- Mute Space, Pat Hoffie review Eyeline No.12 Winter 1990
- Out Lying and Far Reaching, catalogue Umbrella Studios Townsville 1991
- Introspective 2 Access Contemporary Art Gallery UNE-NR 1992
- Alias Smith and Morgan, R. Dunn catalogue essay Eureka Editions
- New Art Six, ed. N. Drury Craftmans House 1992
- South Stradbroke Project Gold Coast City Art Gallery
- Views and References, A. Furlong Eyeline Winter 1993
- Contemporary Australian Art, ed. N. Drury Craftmans House 1993
- Place In Context, Eureka Publications 1994
- The Science Of Whereabouts, Kate Ravenswood catalogue essay
- Views And References, 2.29 catalogue Legge Gallery
- Place In Context, a collaborative project funded by the Australian Council
- References Peryphery May 1994
TOP | Solo | Group | Awards | Bibliography | Collections | Projects
Collections
- Stanthorpe City Collection
- Gold Coast Council Collection
- Grafton City Art Collection
- Allied Queensland Coalfields Collection
- James Hardie Special Collection
- State Library of Queensland
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Australian National Gallery
- Logan City Art Gallery
- Downlands College Collection Toowoomba
- MOCA Brisbane
- Artbank
- University of South East Queensland
- Griffith Art Works Griffith University
TOP | Solo | Group | Awards | Bibliography | Collections | Projects
Projects
- 1993 Project Coordinator: References, a collaborative project funded by the Australian Council.
- 1993 Project Coordinator: Place In Context, a collaborative artists' book funded by the Australia Council.
