GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY

Popular local duo Margret Booth and Angela Thomas - both active proponents of Gippsland’s progressive art scene - team up for Insight, an inspiring exhibition of ceramics and mixed media (painting and collage).

While Angela’s works explore emotional responses to the landscape, Margret created flowing abstract forms in ceramic, which look at the way light is reflected and absorbed.

Angela’s paintings evoke a sense of ‘place’, encouraging the viewer to respond emotionally to two local locations - the coast with its ever-changing sky and the fascinating and mysterious Den of Nargun, hidden in the hills.

Margret has been making closed abstract forms for the past two years, focusing on the way light is reflected and absorbed. These abstract shapes have evolved into those that explore hollows and shadows, creating illusions.

Margret has added stylised faces to some of these works,discussing the shadows and relationships between them as a reference to our modern-day relationships.

Together the two form a dynamic partnership that every visitor is sure to find fascinating.

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Image (Left): Margret BOOTH, Glacial Landforms, 2017, ceramic. Courtesy the artist.
Image (Right): Angela THOMAS, Cave Light, (Den of Nargun series), 2019, painting and collage. Courtesy the artist.

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Lunch Time Tour: Meet the Artists
‍Join artists Margret Booth and Angela Thomas for a tour of their exhibition Insight.
Monday 3 June, 12.00pm.
Free event, no bookings required.

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Exhibition Celebration
An exhibition celebration will be held on Friday 31 May at 6.00pm, in conjunction with the opening of exhibitions Allan Fox: Good Vibrations and Heather Shimmen: The Ladies of the Pleiades.

‍All are welcome to attend, and refreshments will be provided.

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