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

10 – 16 September

Perth based photographer Julian Masters has created Howard’s Mind as a document of his wanderings in the world. What started out being a love for the camera has ended as a social documentary and a love for the subjects encountered in urban spaces. The images explore both the human condition and the structure of urban towns.

Created over the last 25 years through a range of film and digital mediums, the collection is candid, displaying insight into and empathy with the lives and environs of the often anonymous subjects.