Gallery CentralCentral Institute of Technology's Gallery – 12 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge Perth Western Australia

A busy week at Gallery Central preparing for Choi Jeong Hwa’s series of installations for PIAF 2012.
Winthrop Hall, UWA
10 Feb – 3 March, all day

Stirling Gardens
Cnr of Barrack St and St Georges Tce, Perth
10 Feb – 3 March, all day

Gallery Central
10 Feb – 10 March, Mon-Fri 10am-4.45pm; Sat 2-4.45pm

Choi Jeong Hwa Fruits, flowers 2011

P.I.A.F. exhibition
10 FEBRUARY – 10 MARCH
Internationally renowned South Korean contemporary artist and designer Choi Jeong Hwa creates art that celebrates the peculiar beauty of synthetic materials and everyday objects while provoking reflections upon both consumption and harmony in our modern lives. Choi’s ephemeral installation of more than 10 000 balloons at Gallery Central is a complement to his Perth International Arts Festival commissioned public installations. His carnival of colour and plastic mimics and honours the beauty in nature as well as the processes of decay that are part of being alive.
mon to fri 10-4.445 and sat 2-4.45 

A Perth International Arts Festival Event

SIXTH SENSE
Contemporary Photography in Western Australia
17 MARCH – 5 APRIL
Curated by Paola Anselmi and Rebecca Dagnall for FotoFreo 2012, this exhibition shows recent work by six outstanding photographers from WA – Patrick Brown, Eva Fernandez, Mike Gray, Kate McMillan, Flavia Schuster, Juha Tolonen

Mon to Fri 10-4.45 and Sat 2-4.45

RENOVATE BY LYLE BRANSON – FOTOFREO FRINGE
17 MARCH – 5 APRIL
Renovate is a exhibition of photographs that look at the colonising of the Swan River coastal plain, which involves cultivating the landscape with exotic plants and manipulating the native flora and its meaning.

Thur-Fri 2-7pm, Sat 12-4pm

Lyle Branson Untitled, 2011; digital print, 48×32 cm; courtesy the artist

JAPAN: KINGDOM OF CHARACTERS
16 April – 3 May

The exhibition of anime and manga from Japan looks at how these popular characters that have triggered worldwide crazes from 1950s to 2000s. The show features life-sized figures of Hello Kitty, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mobile Suit Gundam and more, allowing a window into the obsessive phenomenon of Japan’s world of characters. As interest in Japanese subculture becomes increasingly a topic of interest around the world, the Japan Foundation responds and examines the impact of characters from the 1950s until the present day on Japanese society.

The exhibition is touring internationally, proudly presented by The Japan Foundation and here in Perth thanks to the Consulate-General of Japan in Perth.
See http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/exhibit/oversea/traveling/characters.html

Mon to Fri 10-4.45 and Sat 2-4.45 closed Anzac day

SHINE

15 May – 1 JUNE

Central’s Creative Industries encompasses training in Visual Arts and Jewellery, Photography, Fashion, Graphic Design, Design for Industry, Interior Design and Interior Decoration (+ screen and animation). This annual show gives you a taste of the best Graduates of 2011 and is an opportunity to see what they have learnt, or spot an emerging star.

Mon to Fri 10-4.45 and Sat 2-4.45