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Acuity#5-Zemblanity

Acuity#5: Zemblanity

$3,950.00

Acuity #5: Zemblanity is an abstract textile painting by Brenda Gael Smith.

Size: 173×132  (HxW)

Materials: Cotton, dye, thread.

Techniques: Machine piecing. Hand and machine stitching.

This artwork has a sleeve stitched onto the back for hanging purposes, and can be hung using a gallery-style hanging system, or with two screws in the wall.

Category: Textile Paintings
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Description

Artist Statement:

Eyes are remarkable organs. The sensory membrane of the retina contains millions of light sensitive photoreceptor cells that receive and organise visual information and send signals onto the brain for visual recognition.

As we survey the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging to process. It seems like we are constantly recalibrating perceptions to accommodate the new normal. The outlook is suffused with zemblanity – the faculty of making unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries by design. Sheer unrelenting pandemic metrics bring unpleasant, non-surprises both socially and economically. It goes beyond mere spectatorship – our lives have been materially altered.

Exhibitions:

  • The New Quilt 2021

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Brenda Gael Smith
Contemporary Textile Art

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PO Box 4033, Copacabana
NSW 2251 Australia

Tel: +61 412530190

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On exhibition

  • Integrifolia #7: Emergence
    5 February - 11 April 2021
    Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW
    The New Quilt 2021
  • High Country Lupins #2
    19 December - 17 January 2021 Wangaratta Art Gallery
    Revealed
  • Flotsam & Jetsam
    15 October 2020 – 9 January 2021: Schweinfurth Art Center NY
    Quilts=Art=Quilts 2020
  • Acuity6-Twinkle
    1 February - 14 March 2021 Naracoorte Art Gallery, South Australia    
    Australia Wide Seven
Last week @brendagaelsmith hosted a Meet the Artis Last week @brendagaelsmith hosted a Meet the Artist Zoom Event featuring 12 artists from The New Quilt exhibition. An edited version is now available on the @quiltnsw YouTube channel.

In-gallery artist floor talks are scheduled for tomorrow and we will be recording those too with a view to sharing edited highlights at a later date.

#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting 
#meettheartistthursday  #saqaart #ozqnart #brendagaelsmithart #acuity #driventoabstraction #integrifolia #banksia
It’s 10 years since the Twelve by Twelve Interna It’s 10 years since the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge published our eponymous book. The experience of working with this group creating artwork on a regular basis and being part of a supportive creative community continues to reverberate in my creative practice. Thank you Twelves! @deborahboschert @gericon @helenconwaydesign  @kirstenduncanquilt  @terryhowardgrant  @dlperin  Françoise Jamart, @kristinlaflamme @karen_rips @tstegmiller and Nikki Wheeler.
Here’s a close up of Flying Colours: Blue Mallee Here’s a close up of Flying Colours: Blue Mallee Ringneck (40x40cm)

Improvisational strip piecing is a fun and versatile technique. Learn with me in my 3 hour live, interactive workshop (A$35) at a range of times:
▪️1-4pm Sunday 7 March
▪️7-10pm Sunday 7 March (Sunday morning in UK/Europe)
▪️6-9am Thursday 11 March (Wednesday mid-day/afternoon in the US and Canada)

Book online. Link in profile.
#brendagaelsmithworkshop #brendagaelsmithart #learnwithbrenda
A banksia-inspired artwork is winging its way to N A banksia-inspired artwork is winging its way to New Zealand for the SAQA Oceania Regional exhibition “Distance and Diversity” that premieres at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in May and continues on tour until 2022.

#banksiagenus #brendagaelsmithart #saqaart #greatnewzealandquiltshow #distanceanddiversity #saqaoceania @saqaart @aotearoaquilters

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