always more steps by Alex Spremberg acrylic on wallpaper, 320cm x 52cm courtesy of Galerie Dusseldorf

26 local artists were provided with a scroll of textured or patterned wall paper and asked to transform it into an original work. Print, draw or cut as they may, these 4 metre swatches are more than decoration, each one is modified in a unique way.

Works for sale are by artists, designers and photographers: P James Bryans, Cat Critch, Susanna Castleden, Harry Hummerston, Jo Darbyshire, Linda Banazis,Toogarr Morrisson, Penny Bovell, Paul Uhlmann, Mark Datodi, Philippa Nikulinsky, Anna Dunnill, Eva Fernandez, Trevor6025/Emma McPike, Sue Codee, Gregory Pryor, Little Design Horse, Clare McFarlane, Alex Spremberg, Annabel Dixon, Marzena Topka, Perdita Phillips, David Turley,Caitlin Yardley, Brendan Hibbert, Rebecca Dagnall.

On show 12 -31 July

Weekdays 10-4.45 and Saturdays 2-4.45

Curated by Thelma John and P James Bryans

The show is sponsored by Wall Candy Wall Paper

Gallery Central is proud to be a partner of the City of Perth Winter Arts Season

Farmer Joe by P James Bryans

14 July – 31 July 2010

Do you remember your childhood?

Do you remember what you saw?

Do you remember the feeling? The wonder, the innocence?

Do you remember everything or just the important bits?

For P. James Bryans it was a childhood full of daydreams, farm life and wonder of the bushland down the back block, the thousands of colours in a single blade of grass… the universe.

Growing up on an idyllic farmlet he spent his days (after the animals had been fed) wandering through the bush and giving his imagination free reign.

Now, as an adult, he aims to capture the fleeting moments that we treasure, imperfect and incomplete, but which we hold precious and which make us who we are.

View Wed to Fri 12 – 6pm  Sat 2-4.45pm, from Wed 14 July to Sat 31 July

Japanese Photography from the 1970s to the Present

21 – 30 January

Presented in association with the Japan Foundation, this exhibition of photographs ponders the transformations of Japanese society, with the growth of cities at the expense of traditional communities.

Every year another flock of talented graduates is released from Creative Industries training at Central TAFE.

To celebrate their achievements, a season of graduate exhibitions runs through November and December, both on-site and off-site. This includes film screenings and fashion parades as well as displays of art, photography and a number of design areas.

Central TAFE Showcase Gallery

2-14 November

An exhibition of textile art called MOLAS from the remote Cuna people of Colombia and Panama.

7-29 August

SymbioticA Graduate Exhibition

24-30 July

Curated by Thelma John with Kay Lawrence, Louise Snook, David Turley, Holly Story, Olga Cironis, Fiona Foley, Tomas Hoareau looking at the symbolic use of blankets in art until 25 July.

This International Red Cross exhibition provides an insight into how wars and their aftermath continue to

affect women. Photographs from countries    including Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and

Sudan, reveal women’s experience of wars through displacement, sexual violence, lack of access to food

and vital medical care, loss of contact with loved ones, and as detainees and fighters.

Line drawings by Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) was an Indian artist, poet, musician, philosopher and spiritual guide.

He chose the theme of birds to symbolise the freedom of the soul. His simple and expressive line drawings, said Yehudi Menuhin, “transport us men, who would be winged, to the birds, which we have tried to emulate.”

Central TAFE Showcase Gallery        17-27 February, 2009

Meditation 7-8.30pm FEb 17.19.24.26

www.srichinmoycentre.org

Email: prabuddha@goldenboat.net