David Gregson: A Desire to Relate
Publication Details
CATALOGUEDavid Gregson - A Desire to Relate catalogue,
A glossy, heavyweight, A4, 3 page (double-sided) fold out pamphlet style publication containing an extensive curatorial essay about the artist's life and work and eight full colour images and the list of works from the exhibition.
$2 plus $3 p & h
EDUCATION KIT
David Gregson: A Desire to Relate
$25 plus $2 p & h
Special Education Members' price:
$20 plus $2 p & h
Presented by the Mundaring Arts Centre, this is a retrospective exhibition of an artist who has made a significant contribution to the history and development of visual art in Western Australia. The artworks on show highlight Gregson's mastery of colour, expressive technical skills and intense relationship to the act of painting. They also illustrate the range and depth of this artist's talent across many genres, including landscape, still life and portraiture.
Outcomes covered: The Arts
Age: Primary and secondary Yr 3-12
Education Notes: 17 pages, A4, full colour, spiral bound.
Room sheet/catalogue: Full colour
Poster: Full colour
Gallery Education Sheets: 3 A4 pages: 1 primary, 1 middle school, 1 secondary
Themes: painting, still life, landscape, portraits, colour.
Curator: Catherine Czerw
Artist: David Gregson
Exhibition Details
ORGANISING INSTITUTIONMundaring Arts Centre
CURATOR
Catherine Czerw
ARTIST
David Gregson
MEDIUM
oil paintings and gouache paintings
INSTALLATION
20 works
60 running metres
DOCUMENTATION
Catalogue
Invitations and electronic version
Poster (electronic version)
Gallery sheets
Didactic panel
Media kit with press release
and digital images
EDUCATION
Education Package (includes teachers notes,
activity sheets, gallery/room sheet)
DVD
Lectures and floor talks upon request (subject to
availability and funding)
CRATES
Up to 5 crates, totalling 4 cubic metres (tbc)
TOUR DURATION
WA 2009 - 2011
COST SHARE
WA $2,750.00 (inc gst)
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Detail of 'York', David Gregson (1990) oil on canvas, Courtesy of Brook Studio.
A Desire to Relate has been specially curated to bring a representative selection of David Gregson's magnificent artworks to regional audiences around Western Australia. An initiative of the Mundaring Arts Centre, this exhibition will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to understand and appreciate David Gregson's invaluable contribution to Western Australia's visual arts scene.
A highly prodigious visual artist, whose career spanned over 50 years, David Gregson is one of Western Australia's most highly regarded figurative painters. His dedication to opening our eyes to the communicative power of art, and his virtuosic talent with a paintbrush, strongly informed his art and continues to influence many an aspiring and established artist.
Curated by Catherine Czerw, on behalf of the Mundaring Arts Centre, A Desire to Relate comprises twenty rarely seen artworks in both oils and gouache, drawn solely from private collections. It will explore how and why David Gregson has come to be appreciated as a significant contributor to the story of figurative painting in this State.
"Gregson's highly expressive technical skills, deep understanding of colour and enduring ability to relate to the world through the act of painting and the art of living will all be revealed to exhibition visitors. The artworks have also been selected to illustrate the range and depth of this artist's talent across many genres, including landscape, still life and portraiture"
Catherine Czerw, Exhibition Curator
David Gregson's remarkable ability to communicate visual experiences in paint is matched only by his abiding passion for his chosen medium. A Desire to Relate presents a visual experience that willl be appreciated by many - artist, students and non-practitioners alike.
Commencing in December, the exhibition will travel to selected regional and metropolitan venues around Western Australia.
