Gippsland Art Gallery  |  1 June to 14 July 2019  |  Free Entry

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Gippsland Art Gallery is pleased to present The Ladies of the Pleiades, an exhibition of majestic new prints by Gippsland-based artist Heather Shimmen.

Shimmen is a self-confessed hoarder of images, objects, ideas, and memories. Her densely formed linocut prints, featuring layered images, prints, fabrics and felts, draw on the rich history of local anecdotes and ancient mythology.

Informing Shimmen’s portrayal of women, these tales are translated into a series of portraits that evoke the past and hint at a possible future.

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Image Caption: Heather SHIMMEN, Falconer, 2013, Linocut print and ink on paper, 99.7 x 70.4cm. Collection Gippsland Art Gallery. Purchased, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney.

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The Ladies of the Pleiades calls forth the grandiose imagery of an opulent past, specifically through three main mythologies— ‘The Lady of the Swamp’, ‘The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades’, and Shimmen’s own creation ‘Matilda Waltzing’.

In conjunction with her exhibition The Ladies of the Pleiades Heather Shimmen will conduct a hands-on linocutting workshop. This workshop will be an introduction to linocutting through discussion, looking at linocuts and demonstrations of cutting and printing a block.

This adult workshop will run on Saturday 22 June, 10.00am-4.00pm, $50.00 Non-Members and $30.00 Members. Includes all materials and light lunch.

Places strictly limited and bookings are essential on (03) 5142 3500. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to learn from a master printmaker!

This exhibition opens on Friday 31 May 2019, 6.00pm, and all are welcome to attend.

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