Ken Munsie: Noosa

A day of gallery hopping started with a drive to Noosa to visit the Regional Gallery for their exciting 'threesome' exhibition celebrating Australian artists Elysha Rei, Miriam Innes and Daniel Agdag.

Elysha Rei - Furusato : patterns from pilgrimage

... an exhibition of paper cutting works

by Japanese-Australian visual artist Elysha Rei ...

Nagano 2020 - 145 x 145 cm - hand cut polymer paper

Gosenken Nagahama 2020 - 148 x 148 cm

" ... Paper-cutting is a contemporary art medium of expression that I favour for both its folklore quality and its unforgiving, yet satisfying, nature. Without the ability to erase lines or paint over a mistake, cutting paper forces me to trust my decisions. It makes me invest in my designs with conviction. I relish the challenge of creating artworks through paper-cutting that are visually captivating as well as structurally refined ...” Elysha Rei

Itoshima 2020 - 143 x 76 cm

Tokyo 2020 - 147 x 96 cm

detail Kyoto 2020 - 145 x 145 cm

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Miriam Innes - New York Ramblings 2018

charcoal on Fabriano paper

large panel work

“ … My aim is to showcase this city, through charcoal, merging my passions to deliver NY Rambling; a simple, greyscale, soundless environment that is unlike a regular New York sensory experience. It offers an opportunity to view the city’s urban details and view it through the eyes of the artist. These works invite viewers to share an experience strolling along sidewalks, crossing streets, sharing a coffee perhaps, grabbing a bargain in China town or hanging on the edge of a rooftop. Taking in the expansive area congested with gritty details, bricks, shadows, taking care to avoid that smoke stack! …” Miriam Innes

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Daniel Agdag - Miscellaneous Assemblages

“ … Daniel Agdag is an artist and filmmaker based in Melbourne, whose practice sits at the nexus of sculpture and motionography. Cardboard is his primary medium. Drawn to its utilitarian origins and monochromatic presentation, Daniel creates a paradox of fragility and strength with structures that resemble architectural forms and machines by utilising a medium that is essentially paper ..."

The Longitudinal 2019

cardboard, trace paper, hand blown glass dome

mounted on Victorian Ash base

approx. 30.5 x 30.5 x 58 cm

" ... Daniel is inspired by the overlooked, concealed mechanisms and systems that enable the industrialised world to function, and often explores the playful, fantastical realms of invention and imagination. His highly detailed sculptural pieces have been described as architectural in form, whimsically antiquated in nature and inconceivably intricate ...”