Two exhibitions on display in the Benalla Art Gallery Shop are taking visitors into a garden of arty delights.
As part of the gallery’s monthly gallery shop exhibition program, Valerie Crosse presents The Bowerbird’s Picnic.
This collection of small artworks is unified by the artist’s use of ‘The Bower’ as a design motif.
Crosse has assembled a body of work using a collection of objets trouvés as a starting point for artworks, incorporating the colours that are intrinsic to the satin bowerbird’s bower.
The Bowerbird’s Picnic continues until June 30.
Brigid Hanrahan is the latest Arts Project Australia artist to exhibit as part of a partnership established with the country’s leading creative social enterprise to support artists with intellectual disabilities.
Hanrahan’s exhibition The Enchanted Garden features a series of pictorial ceramic tiles, highlighting the artist’s fascination with creating fictional narratives.
She is interested in domestic settings, including gardens and animals, and dancers are also a common theme, particularly those from the Australian Ballet.
Her figurative works are delicate and expressive, evoking a lyrical sense of movement and storytelling.
The Enchanted Garden exhibition is open until August 31.
Benalla Art Gallery director Eric Nash said the exhibitions were a vibrant and joyous experience on entering the gallery.
“(They) complement a suite of current exhibitions in our Bennett Gallery exploring our native landscape,” he said.
All works in the Gallery Shop are available for purchase from the gallery, or by calling 5760 2619 or emailing gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au