Shudder: – verb to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
We would like to remind you that Rodney Pople’s powerful new exhibition, Shudder, opens tomorrow night at 6 pm at Despard Gallery.
Rodney won this year’s prestigious Glover Art Prize with a painting of Port Arthur, from which this current series has evolved.
Port Arthur encapsulates a dark and brutal history – In one sense these paintings can be interpreted as crime scenes in which the traces of catastrophe and trauma, while no longer visible, remain intangibly present. They remain haunted and the paintings conjure up the ghosts, bringing into daylight buried issues and unresolved conflicts.
While Port Arthur and its history are at the core of this exhibition Rodney’s other paintings capture the drama of the Tasman Bridge disaster in 1975; an indelible event in Tasmania’s history.
The catalogue will be available online this Friday, 19th of October: http://www.despard-gallery.com.au/artists/pople12/index.html
Rodney will be discussing his new work with Airlie Ward, tune into the ABC 7.30 TAS Report this Friday night at 7.30 pm.
Despard Gallery
15 Castray Esplanade
Hobart Tasmania Australia 7000
www.despard-gallery.com.au
ph +61 3 62238266
fax +61 3 62236496
Steven Joyce Director Despard Gallery
