Exhibition Dates: 7^th – 17^th November 2018

Opening event: Thursday 8^th November 7pm for a 7:30 start.

Floor Talk: Saturday 10^th November 2pm.

Celebrated Australian Artist Kay Kane mounted her solo exhibition “Honouring Tradition” at our own Petrie Terrace Gallery this week, this is Kay’s first solo exhibition in Australia and she’ll be exhibiting works spanning her 45-year career. Among the 49 works on display there will be portraits, still life, landscapes and figurative works including the seminal piece “Restoration of Venus”.

“Restoration of Venus” centre panel.

This 9-metre work comprises 5 panels and fills an entire wall in the gallery. Originally created for her doctorate, this monumental work depicts a series of female nudes in an Australian landscape. Employing exceptional compositional nuance and subtle moments of abstraction within the classical form, Dr Kane evokes beauty and sublimity in the scene rendering a sense of quiet and calm. The position of the subjects and the recurring motifs found in the angle of branches, flow of the figures and the position of hands guides the viewer through this scene with a natural ease not easily achieved in such a large and ambitious piece.

“Restoration of Venus” is underpinned by Dr Kane’s theoretical exploration into the depiction of feminine beauty in light of the attitudes adopted by 20^th century modernists and the subversion of the female nude in popular culture.  You can flick through Dr Kane’s Exegesis available for viewing during the run of this show. Or find it online here.

This is the first time ‘Restoration of Venus’ has been exhibited since it’s showing in Crane Galleries Philadelphia, USA in 2013. Don’t miss your chance to see this amazing piece in person!

Join us for the opening on Thursday 8^th November 7pm for a 7:30pm start or come by on Saturday 10^th November 2pm for a floor talk by the artist herself.

Exhibition continues until Saturday 17^th November, private viewings and outside of hours appointments available on request please contact our Gallery Director – Rochelle Lindquist (07) 3367 1977.