2024 Season 3 Opening Night

You're invited to the opening of 

Stuffed, Bolstered & Upholstered

Exhibition Opening

Friday 6 September, 6–8pm

Welcome to Country performed by the Walley family

Refreshments provided | Registration essential

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Stuffed, Bolstered and Upholstered is part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (IOTA24) program ‘Codes in Parallel’.

The exhibition is an ambitious investigation of fibre and textiles in relation to bodies, power, memory and places, reflecting on the intricate histories embedded within crafted objects. New art commissions are featured in the exhibition alongside artist loans and works from University of Western Australia Art Collection, Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, and the Berndt Museum.

Includes works by: Zanny Begg, Sam Bloor, Eliza Campbell, Katthy Cavaliere, Annabelle Collett, Jess Day, Sharyn Egan, Rina Franz, Fiona Gavino, Teelah George, Pamela Harris, Nora Holland, Judith Lodwick, Janine McAullay Bott, Sidney Nolan, Deborah Prior, Jody Quackenbush, Bev Thomson, Richard and Rickeeta Walley, Sera Waters, Judy Watson and Joyce Winsley.

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Image caption: 

Katthy Cavaliere, loved: beginning (detail), 2008 (reprinted 2016), chromogenic colourprint on silver based paper, ed. 3/10, 67 x 100cm, Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, The University of Western Australia, Gift of the Estate of Katthy Cavaliere, 2022 © Courtesy of Daniel Mudie Cunningham for the Katthy Cavaliere Estate