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Erlösung: The Animal Gaze, dianne tanzer gallery + projects 2 – 23 April 2011

Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects 2 – 23 April 2011
108 – 110 Gertrude Street Fitzroy VIC 3065

Opening hours:
Mon – Fri 10am – 5pm
Sat 12pm – 5pm

Tapirus indicus 2011
Adriane Strampp Tapirus indicus charcoal on Fabriano paper
105 x 225 cm
Choeropsis liberiensis 2011
Adriane Strampp Choeropsis liberiensis 2011 charcoal on Fabriano paper 105 x 225 cm
Geochelone gigantea 2011
Adriane Strampp Geochelone gigantea 2011 charcoal on Fabriano paper
105 x 150 cm

Hares, horses and stags have long featured in Strampp’s work, images of the hunted and the haunted, symbols of both strength and vulnerability. In conjunction with Strampp’s 2011 residency at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, Erlösung: The Animal Gaze is a project drawing exhibition that considers the animal gaze, and the relationship between the observer and the observed.

The animals in this exhibition are not cute; rather they are solid, monumental creatures drawn life-size, yet paradoxically they remain fragile and exposed. Their wary gaze regards us, guarded and measured, and they remain ‘in absentia’. In our desire for connection we long for our gaze to be returned, but as they look through or past us our projections are mirrored back, only to remind us of our imposition on their world.

John Leslie Art Prize 2 October – 14 November 2010

Adriane Strampp is among the 31 finalists for this year’s John Leslie Art Prize 1 October 2010 with her painting Grey Garden oil on linen 152 x 152 cm.

The Vision Splendid – Beauty in the Natural World
John Leslie Art Prize,
Gippsland Art Gallery,
Sale,
VIC

2 October – 14 November 2010

Imaging the Gap: The Poetics of Connection 30 March – 1 April 2010

In history's shadow
Adriane Strampp Gaze 2010 oil on canvas 152x152cm

Adriane Strampp
Imaging the Gap: The Poetics of Connection
Wednesday March 31 5.30—7.30 pm
Masters of Fine Arts Examination Exhibition Faculty of Art & Design Post Graduate Gallery D2.09
March 30—April 1 2010

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