Devonport Regional Gallery: New exhibitions …

1. Gary Grealy, Richard Morecroft & Alison Mackay, 2016, Digital Print.

2. John Benavente, Renaissance Rose, 2016, Digital Print.

DRG NEW EXHIBITIONS OPENING TONIGHT

MAIN GALLERY

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
Toured by the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

24 February – 15 April 2018

Opening Friday 23 February, 6 pm
Guest Speaker: Joanna Gilmour, Curator, National Portrait Gallery

Devonport Regional Gallery’s second exhibition for 2018 features works selected from a national field of entries, titled National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017, which opens on Friday 23 February, 6 pm.

In its annual mix of drama, tenderness, banality, gravity and zaniness the National Photographic Portrait Prize expresses Australia in its vigorous variety. This exhibition is comprised of a selection of works reflecting the distinctive vision of aspiring and professional Australian portrait photographers.

THE LITTLE GALLERY PROJECT SPACE

Carbon Capture and Storage / Celebrating 400ppm
Mike Singe

24 February – 15 April 2018

Opening Friday 23 February, 6 pm

The Devonport Regional Gallery’s Little Gallery Project Space will highlight Tasmanian artist, Mike Singe with his exhibition Carbon Capture and Storage / Celebrating 400ppm, opening Friday 23 February, 6 pm.

Celebrating 400ppm is a showcase of a small selection of works from an ongoing series of soot drawings. In a futile attempt to find a positive aspect to climate change, the exhibition features animals that are likely to benefit from a warming planet.
Devonport Regional Gallery