Out of the cube, exhibition in Sydney

Rosina Byrne, Filomena Coppola, Danielle Hobbs, Bob Jankowski, Heather Lee, Rohan Morris, Kerryn Sylvia, Robin Bates-Koroi, and Stuart Walsh.
Curated by Kate Cotching.

Out of the cube is an exhibition located in an historic suburban Sydney villa as part of Ashfield Council's Artist in Residence (AIR)program. The exhibition showcases work by 10 artists from Mildura, Victoria who have exhibited with whitcubemildura, an Artist Run Initiative that has shown work by more than 100 regional artists and hosted over 190 exhibitions since 2011.

Danielle Hobbs, Filomena Coppola, Rosina Byrne, Heather Lee and Bob Jankowski.

Bob Jankowski, Robin Bates-Koroi and Stuart Walsh, Heather Lee, Rohan Morris and Kerryn Sylvia.

The exhibition is an "in-reach" program of whitecubemildura, an artist run space in Mildura Victoria. whitecubemildura was established in 2011 to address the need for an accessible exhibition space for artists that live locally.

Artists in regional areas rarely get the chance for their work to be seen by their urban peers and industry people. Out of the cube seeks to reciprocate the numerous "outreach" programs that tour to regional areas.

Find out more about the Artists;
Robin Bates-Koroi, Rosina Byrne, Filomena Coppola, Danielle Hobbs, Bob Jankowski, Heather Lee, Rohan Morris, Kerryn Sylvia, and Stuart Walsh and Kate Cotching..

A number of the exhibiting artists will also be exhibiting in the Mildura Palimpsest Biennale.

Thirning Villa, 40 Arthur Street, Ashfield NSW 2131
Opening: 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday 9 September.
Exhibition: 12:30-5pm, Thursday 10 to Saturday 12,
and Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 September 2015.

Juliusz Robert Jankowski (Bob Jankowski)
Darling Confluence, 2014. Sand, paper.
Headland, 2014. Sand, paper.
Big Bend, 2014. Sand, paper.

Danielle Hobbs 
Little Mermaid Legs (anti-drowning tights), 2012
Re-purposed winter tights, carp scales, cotton, amulet.

Heather Lee
Cow corner: sacred and profane, 2015
Felt, self-adhesive coloured paper, plastic toy cow, gold leaf

Kate Cotching
Untitled (books) 2015
Oil on paper.

Kate Cotching
Because you asked me to, 2015
Fabric, thread, perspex, wire.

Kerryn Sylvia
Spitting image, 2012
C Type digital print

Rosina Byrne
Wrapped in culture, 2014
Plastic dolls, Sheep Bungs, string, steel.

Robin Daykin Reardon Bates-Koroi and Stuart John Ekin Walsh
Cross Cultural Cod, 2015.
Traditional Barkintji/Nyampaa weaving, spray paint.

Rohan Morris
His old Tools, 2015
Salvaged power tools, paint, decals.

Out of the cube, exhibition in Thirning Villa, Ashfield, Sydney, 2015. Exhibition opening.

Filomena Coppola,  Rosina Byrne, Heather Lee and Bob Jankowski.

Kate Cotching, Heather Lee, Danielle Hobbs, and Filomena Coppola.

Exhibition invite

The maker and the user

Here are images of my most recent installation as part of the xs collective exhibition at the Mildura Arts Centre. with 

Geoffrey Brown, Paul Yore, Stuart Walsh, Kerryn Sylvia, Rohan Morris, Danielle Hobbs, Kristian Häggblom, Laura Freitag, Dan Downing and Rosina Byrne

The maker and the user

Handmade bobbin lace, gold frame, clothing.

The maker and the user is an installation displaying a piece of contemporary lace‑work depicting women working in a sweatshop. This hand‑crafted object is veiled by a large quantity of mass produced clothing, purchased from local opportunity shops.

The textile industry has a long history of labour, exploitation, wealth and revolution. At the beginning of the nineteenth century disgruntled textile workers stormed factories to protest the introduction of mass production, which was having a devastating effect on their lives. In 2013, 1,129 textile workers died (in a building collapse) while working in a garment factory in Rana Plaza, Bangladesh.

Today as consumers we have a greater association with large faceless industries that brand the products we use, than with the people who make them. If we were to acknowledge the human aspect involved in creating our possessions, we may realise we have not paid enough forthem.