The beautiful.bizarre Co-Founders Danijela Krha Purssey and Richard Purssey are flying in from Sydney to attend the opening reception, as are many of the Australian artists. So if you are in Brisbane or on the Gold Coast, please do join us from 6pm on Saturday the 18th of March for an incredible evening!
“Good/bad, win/loss, strong/weak, bitter/sweet: These are seemingly dichotomous elements in which we prescribe opposing value. One we seek, the other we deride and avoid. The idea that we can live with one and not the other is an illusion. Rather than antithetical, these are the precious ingredients that give life its flavor. It is only when these conflicting ingredients are most exquisitely blended—enhanced by time, circumstance, and experience—do they reveal that life’s fragility is what gives it meaning.” Kirsten Stingle
Bitter | Sweet
Opening Reception: March 18th, 6 – 8pm
Exhibition Dates: 18 March – 29 April 2017
19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
19 Karen Ave
Mermaid Beach QLD 4218
Australia
For pricing and to enquire about any of the work, email Terri Lew at terri@19karen.com.au
For more details, videos, WIPs etc follow the Facebook Event page
Exhibiting Artists: [producing 2 works each]
Alexandra Levasseur, Crystal Morey, Edith Lebeau, Emilio Villalba, Erika Sanada, Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak, Harold Munoz, Hieu Nguyen, Julie Filipenko, Kazuhiro Hori, Kildren, Kirsten Stingle, Lisa King, Marie Larkin, Margarita Sampson, Mahlimae, Pamela Wilson, Pippa McManus, Rebecca Leveille, Sarah Louise Davey, Sarah Dolby, Sergio Lopez, Sheri DeBow, Yosuke Ueno.
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“Simplicity and complexity need one another, light cannot exist without the dark. We would love to surround our reality with only the sweetness but how would we know of its existence without the bitterness that accompanies it. In all matters the two extremes must accompany our journey in order to know the depth of human emotion. The universe is about balance, if one never experienced bitterness, hurt, anger and disappointment, no matter how distasteful to accept, or painful and unpleasant, we would never recognise nor appreciate the sweetness, love, the joy of being alive.
In this exhibition the artists have been asked to look at both the bitter and the sweet, the dark and the light, the love and the pain, and draw from their own life experiences to create emotive and expressive works. Works that make the viewer feel.” Danijela Krha Purssey, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, beautiful.bizarre
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We are now delighted to reveal below just a small selection of the 2 and 3 dimensional works
which will be on view at 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace from 19 March – 29 April 2017 – Enjoy!
Alexandra Levasseur
L’extase (Ecstasy), 2016
Acrylic and pencil on paper mounted on wood, 50 X 50 cm
Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak
Sweet Secrets, 2017
Oil on linen, 50 x 50 cm
Mahlimae
II, 2017
Stone clay, glass, various textiles, feathers, Icelandic wool, Puffer Fish barbs, Height 20cm
Harold Munoz
Harmonie du Soir, 2017
Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Pippa McManus
Bitter Vice, 2017
Acrylic, charcoal, paint pens, soft pastel and spray paint on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Sarah Louise Davey
Concrete Animals, 2017
Ceramic, 9″ x 9″ x 10″
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Cavernous Lens, 2017
Ceramic, 9″ x 9″ x 11″
Edith Lebeau
Au plus profond d’elle même, 2017
Acrylic and ink on cradled wood panel, 50.8 x 50.8cm
Sarah Dolby
The Girl Of Lost Dreams, 2017
Oil on Aluminium Panel, 50 x 50 cm
Crystal Morey
Entangled Wonders: Sweet, 2017
Porcelain, 13″ x 5″ x 5″
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Entangled Wonders: Bitter, 2017
Porcelain, 9″ x 4″ x 4″
Marie Larkin
Here My Guarded Heart, 2017
Oil on linen, 50 x 50 cm
Kazuhiro Hori
Prey, 2016
Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
Kirsten Stingle
Bubble Burst, 2017
Hand built porcelain with over 20 layers of ceramic underglazes, slips and stains, vintage tufting needles,
Italian glass orbs, industrial mastic, paint, 14 x 16 x 6”
Rebecca Leveille
Sorrow, 2017
Oil and resin on canvas, 20 x 20″
Emilio Villalba
Not Now, 2017
Oil on canvas, 20 x 20″
Erika Sanada
Chikkoi Warrior – Bitter, 2017
Ceramic, cold finish, 3 x 2 x 3″
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Chikkoi Warrior – Sweet, 2017
Ceramic, cold finish, 3 x 2.5 x 3″
Hieu Nguyen
Presence, 2017
Watercolour, gouache, graphite, coloured pencil and ink on Arches paper, 50 x 50 cm
Yosuke Ueno
Star, 2017
Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50cm
Margarita Sampson
Seeker 1: (somewhere my love), 2017
Textiles, electronics, plastic, polymer clay, 900cm high x 800 cm diameter
Kildren
Night Call, 2017
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Sergio Lopez
Bitter Thistle, Sweet Rose, 2017
Oil on linen mounted on board, Diptych 2 x 20 x 20″
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