The Layers

Layers of culture and experience – an exhibition with diversity!

The concept of this group is to bring together artists of widely different backgrounds and give them a place where they can portray the inner and outer layers of their personal identity, and the complexities of cultural belonging.

A vivid fusion of works by artists who have blended the layers of their experiences from Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia, Kazakstan, and Thailand, goes on show in Sydney this month (October) before travelling on to Wollongong in December.

The Layers exhibition will be opened by Jethro Lyne, Lecturer, Department of Art History, National Art School, and co-ordinator of public programs at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It will run at the Flinders Street Project Space in Paddington from October 19-28 and the Project Contemporary Artspace in Wollongong from December 5-15.

Key dates:
Sydney opening night: Friday October 19 from 6-8pm,
Afternoon chat with artists: Sunday October 28 at 2pm.
Wollongong opening night: Friday December 7 from 6-8pm.

The group of five artists has already exhibited widely and their current project was generously supported The project was assisted by a grant from the New South Wales Government: Arts NSW, through a program administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).

Second generation Italian artist, Marianne Cara paints portraits in the landscape that delicately blend Calabrian village scenes with backyard Australiana.

Anna Moraova, from the Czech Republic, uses prints and oil paintings to fuse pattern and abstraction to bring a dimension of time to her work. Her intricate use of texture and layering explore the emotional and symbolic values of colour.

Russian-born Yana Myronenko focuses on architectural forms, shapes and structure. The light and form of Sydney's distinctive cityscape has captured her attention, and her works show a new constructivist vision.

Drawing on a childhood spent on the steppes of Kazakstan, with its herdsmen minding horses and sheep, Irina Bruckner sometimes “paints the music” she listens to, and uses symbols from dreams, folk tales and past experiences to combine images from everyday life and historical events.

Thai artist Viruch Pikhuntod creates sculptures based on Thai animal masks. He chooses to use the image of an animal face to portray this human disguise.

Contact: admin@thelayers.com.au