Net Work: the TLF Exhibition
About the Project
Net Work: the TLF exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat
December 2010 / January 2011
One forum. Thirty-eight artists. Over 100 pieces of art.
A museum exhibition with big impact.
Net Work is an exhibition of the work of 38 contemporary artists who are members of an online forum,"The Littlest Forum" (TLF). Curated by Amanda van Gils, Net Work showcases the diversity of artists who utilise the Internet as a vital tool in their artistic careers, if not directly in their artistic practice. The artists in this exhibition are connected through a need and willingness to communicate and interact with other artists, forming in the process an "artistic community" without geographical, social or economic boundaries.
L to R: Hill, Mostert, Beyer
This is a worthwhile project, sharing a broadly diverse range of contemporary art with the local community and visitors to the region (gallery estimate an audience of 5000). A key focus has also been to provide the artist's involved with professional development opportunity through their involvement in all aspects of planning this exhibition, as well as having the opportunity to exhibit alongside more established artists in a quality public gallery. Artists in Net Work include those in the formative stages of their careers through to those with over 30 years experience as professional artists (Scroll down to see the artist list and visit our website for more information).
The exhibition will be supported by a full colour catalogue and a dedicated website http://www.networkexhibition.com
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Why are we looking for funding?
The artists and curator are all making personal contributions and the gallery is doing a great job with lots of support. But we do have a lot of expenses still to bring together so much art work for this exhibition including catalogue production, website development, travel for the curator, and the usual office expenses of stationery, telephone etc and our main expense which is freight - Net Work will include over 100 art works - so much artwork from so many places! The actual freight bill alone for 2 way freight will end up close to $10,000... so we are hoping our friends and supporters will chip in toward our costs via FundBreak to help us raise at least $3500.
And, of course, we have some goodies in return. Take a look at the rewards on offer, there are invites, postcards, catalogues and even works of art depending on the support level chosen. (The selection of Artworks available for rewards listed above $650 can be viewed at http://www.networkexhibition.com/page5.htm )
L to R: Berg, Fenton, Warburton
You can pay via PayPal or with a credit card on this facility. Your donation will be processed and held by FundBreak until the end of the campaign. It’s a pledge system and if we don’t meet our budget target, your donation will be refunded in full. You will need to create a FundBreak login, or if you already have a Facebook login you can opt to sign in with that.
L to R: Keating, Brayshaw. Comer
Artists in Net Work are: Kim Anderson, Aliey Ball, Jan Berg, Kate Bergin, Sue Beyer, Louise Blyton, Dave Brayshaw, Claire Bridge, David Coles, Simon Collins, Jacqui Comer, Dagmar Cyrulla, Chris Delpratt, Andrew Ensor, Robert Fenton, Dianne Gall, Michelle Giacobello, Minka Gillian, Erika Gofton, Debbie Hill Robert Hollingworth, Kez Hughes, Julie Keating, Siobhan Kelley, Glenn Locklee, Vito Manfredi , Deb Mostert, Ilona Nelson, Beth Norling, Steve Rosendale, Mark Stewart, Jim Thalassoudis, Merryn J. Trevethan, Joanne Turner, Amanda van Gils, Steve Warburton, Irene Wellm & Darian Zam
Thank you for supporting our project. And please pop back to read the updates as they appear.
L to R: Gillian, Delpratt
Notes about the rewards: Rewards offering 'your choice' of artworks is limited to available works i.e. if a limited edition is 10 prints and you are the 11th person to select that print, you will be asked to select another option.
L to R: Nelson, Gofton, Trevethan
L to R: Rosendale, Anderson
Project Team
Amanda van Gils
Queensland Supported 2 Projects Message
A painter, whose works explores the genre of landscape painting, her images of fleeting landscapes have been included in a number of significant art prizes including: Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Musswellbrook Art Prize, The Whyalla Art Prize, SA; Fleurieu Art Prize,SA; John Leslie Art Prize, Vic; Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Qld; Mosman Art Prize, Sydney. In 2006 she won the Art Interviews 4th International Online Artist Competition, Berlin.
Amanda van Gils has held 15 solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland, Berlin and New York, she has been a participant in more than 75 group exhibitions.
In 2010 Amanda curated the successful 'Net Work' exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, which presented a diverse and exciting view of contemporary art through the work of 38 members of an invite only online forum, 'TLF'. Exhibiting artists included those in the formative stages of their careers through to those with over thirty years experience as professional artists.
Amanda is again curating an exhibition, this time with 55 artists drawn from across the country. Again this exhibition will take a diverse range of contemporary art to a regional audience. Opening on Saturday November 5th at Gatakers Artpsace in Maryborough, 'Exchange' is a unique combination of exhitiion and art swap and includes 110 small scale artworks.
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