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HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics

Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery
NSW, 4 May - 30 June 2013

A provocative and engaging exhibition of work by Australian artists using clay in unexpected and surprising ways, HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics highlights the versatility of this time-honoured material and, in doing so, re-imagines its possibilities.

Coming soon to:

Tamworth Regional Art Gallery
NSW, July - September 2013

Cairns Regional Art Gallery
QLD, September - December 2013

More information and full tour dates after the jump.

HYPERCLAY profiles eight artists at various stages in their careers whose current practice is taking ceramics into bold new territories. Whether printing with clay, transforming rejected ceramic objects or playing at the intersection of the digital and the handmade, the artists in HYPERCLAY are forging new pathways in Australian ceramics.

HYPERCLAY features the work of Walter Auer, Roderick Bamford, Stephen Bird, Jacqueline Clayton, Andrea Hylands, Addison Marshall, Pip McManus and Paul Wood.

A collection of over 30 short videos have been produced to accompany the exhibition, ranging from artists interviews to curators, academics, collectors and gallerists, commenting on why they find a particular artist so exciting, through to ceramic students expressing what inspires them about the work in the show. These videos will be housed in an easily navigated, tablet-housed application, testing the waters of fully integrated digital content into a traditional exhibition space. The digital content is not supplementary – engagement with the digital is paramount to truly understand the works on show.

Over eight weeks, during the opening exhibition at Object Gallery in Sydney, Object Eye profiled each of the artists involved. You can see these profiles, including videos and images of the work, by clicking here.

The iPad app developed as part of HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics is available as a free download, taking the form of a video-based digital catalogue. For more information on the app click here, or to go directly to the App Store to download (for iPad only) click here. (Please note that it is a large file, and we recommend WiFi to download.)

HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics is Object’s biggest touring exhibition, including 12 regional and metropolitan venues over two and a half years.

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TOUR DATES

Object Gallery
NSW, 8 October 2011 - 8 January 2012

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
NSW, 20 January - 11 March 2012

Watson Arts Centre
ACT, 5 April - 29 April 2012

Cessnock Regional Gallery
NSW, July - August 2012

JamFactory
Adelaide, SA, 8 September - 20 October 2012

Redland Gallery
QLD, 2 December 2012 - 20 January 2013

Broken Hill Regional Gallery
NSW, February - March 2013

Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery
NSW, April - June 2013

Tamworth Regional Art Gallery
NSW, July - September 2013

Cairns Regional Art Gallery
QLD, September - December 2013

Noosa Art Gallery
QLD, March - May 2014

Western Plains Cultural Centre
Dubbo, NSW, May - July 2014

Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Launceston, TAS, August - October 2014

Please note some tour dates are to be confirmed, and are subject to change. Check back closer to the date for final details.

Comments

Tony Ellis
27 August 2012
06.16pm

Not touring Victoria, how disappointing, can't view the ceramic exhibition and my Nephew's work. Hopefully someone will change the direction and send the exhibition to Victoria.

Greg Crowe
16 December 2011
12.28pm

I completely agree with graham that it is a complete disgrace that the exhibition is not touring W.A. and that the response was completely inadequate. The Jeff Mincham exhibition also did not come to W.A. Object needs to be somewhat more proactive - especially in W.A. and it also makes one question the role of FORM in W.A. or lack of any role, especially in ceramics, or for that matter crafts generally. The national funding bodies for craft should be seriously questioning any funding for crafts that is directed to W.A. and FORM. Maybe they should ask some of the local craftspeople what they think about what is happening in W.A.

Object Australia
04 October 2011
01.36pm

Hi Graham, like with Victoria, we would love to be able to tour HYPERCLAY to WA. Our Touring Coordinator sends out proposals to every gallery in Australia to find out who is interested in the exhibition, which is then used in an application to Visions of Australia for financial assistance in touring the exhibition. Unfortunately, there weren't any galleries in WA who expressed interest in the show. Again, if there is a gallery that is interested and we can find a way to make it work within the already extensive touring schedule for HYPERCLAY, we would love to send it there!

Graham Hay
04 October 2011
12.29pm

What! no WA exhibition either? Did you even consider checking with any of our galleries?

Object Australia
04 October 2011
09.15am

Thanks everyone for letting us know you're looking forward to HYPERCLAY - we're very excited about its opening this weekend. We would love for HYPERCLAY to tour to Victoria, but so far we haven't had a venue express interest in taking the exhibition. Hopefully one will raise their hand, so watch this space to stay updated!

Ri Van Veen
01 October 2011
02.05pm

Looks great, hopefully it can come to Victoria on its way down south.

Wendy Reeve
01 October 2011
10.17am

Avidly read the details of the exhibition and then bitterly disappointed to find there's no show dates for Victoria; please make it happen in Victoria, it looks like a wonderful show.

Michelle Jackson
30 September 2011
05.30pm

I was so excited until i saw "NO DATES FOR VICTORIA". As one of the few universities still with a ceramics course i just know that La Trobe university ceramics Visual Arts students will be keen to see this. I have included Paul Woods's and Stephen Bird's work in my studies for 3rd year and would dearly like to see this exhibition of their work along with the other artists.Please make it happen

Brian Parkes
28 September 2011
02.45pm

Looking forward to seeing the show in Adelaide if not before

adriana christianson
27 September 2011
10.08pm

No touring dates for Victoria? Hopefully this will be amended !! Looks wonderful

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