Murray Bridge Regional Gallery exhibition openings

Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
warmly invites you to join us in celebrating three exhibitions

lyn wood + winnie pelz
(dis)Stilled Life

Still-life paintings by two established SA regional artists, which share moving narratives about the distillation of life, objects, time and memory.

I have felt small joys in finding beauty amidst the chaos of flood demolition – poignant objects once loved, once useful, now ravaged and abandoned. The flood slipped into spaces between the past, the present and the future. A watery pilgrimage – a flood’s palimpsest. Human activity eclipsed by water. Once robbed of their agency and value, my objects are given a sense of dignity in these artworks that hold their enduring stories. Lyn Wood, 2024

Sometimes, when objects are placed together, they remain just objects: interesting, but still just objects. But sometimes the objects and their relationship evoke memories, feelings and sensations. They tell stories. Painting Still Life can be a simple response to colour, shape and placement, but it also can be a meditative, reflective experience, raising contemplation of still-ness, movement and balance in life. These paintings aim to examine such memory and provide a meditation. Winnie Pelz, 2024


bridge arts
Summer Sensations

Group exhibition by members of local community group Bridge Arts

It may be the sun on the pastures, the shadows and folds of distant hills or perhaps the glint of sunlight caught in the rustling leaves of a fragrant gumtree – there is always something in the summer light to catch the artist’s eye. Whether an accomplished and established professional or a budding amateur with aspirations, summer’s radiance and captivating light-plays are welcomed by all who put brush to paper or pursue other art mediums. Our Summer Sensations collection reflects our members’ diverse views and interpretations of this favourite time and we invite you to share in this journey through the season. Bridge Arts collective, 2024


kathleen cain + helen stacey
EXPLORE

Expressive, symbolic landscape paintings that reflect on loss of land, lives and wildlife on First Nations country, the Murrylands.

Expressive symbolic landscape paintings of early farm sites by Helen Stacey pair with realist pastel and graphite studies of lost and threatened regional fauna by wildlife artist Kathleen Cain. These works reflect on loss of land, lives and wildlife on First Nations country, the Murrylands. Both these award winning artists have exhibited nationally & internationally.