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Past exhibition

Quirk

Opening night
Wednesday 7th March, 6pm
Guest speaker: Sean Kelly

Exhibition open
Tuesday 6th March -  Sunday 25th March
11am - 5pm Tuesday - Friday
1pm - 5pm Saturday 

Quirk catalogue (PDF 790kb, download Adobe Acrobat)

Artwork 'fat jelly' by Anna Phillips  

'fat jelly' by Anna Phillips


Amanda Robins, Pamela Zeplin, Rebecca Knapp, Mish Meijers & Tricky Walsh, Sonia Donnellan and Anna Phillips

QUIRK is an exhibition of weird and intriguing artwork by South Australian and Tasmanian artists which explores the poignant, discarded, abject and bizarre.

Curator: Mary Knights, SASA Gallery Director
Catalogue Design: Fred Littlejohn, Program Director - Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours 
Catalogue essay writers:

  • Dr Pamela Zeplin, Lecturer, Art Theory & History, SASA
  • Sean Kelly, eminent external scholar:
    Sean Kelly has recently returned to Australia from Ireland where he worked at the Cork sculpture factory and was involved in the European City of Culture. Prior to that he was the Director of CAST Gallery, Hobart and President of the CAOS network.

Associated events

3-4pm Monday 5 March 2007 - GK4-30 Lecture,
Mish Meijers Finding Opportunities & Making Them Happen
Contemporary Curatorial Course

5pm Wednesday 7 March 2007 - SASA Gallery
Exhibition Floor Talk by Sen Kelly with artists Rebecca Knapp, Mish Meijers, Amanda Robins, Tricky Walsh & Pamela Zeplin

9am Thursday 8 March 2007 - HH4-08 Lecture,
Sen Kelly Endless Possibilities
Professional Development Course

1pm Saturday 10 March 2007 - SASA Gallery
Fringe Festival Artist Talks
Sonia Donnellan, Rebecca Knapp, Mish Meijers, Amanda Robins, Tricky Walsh & Pamela Zeplin

The exhibition, catalogue, visit by eminent scholar Sean Kelly and associated events were supported by the South Australian School of Art; the Divisional Performance Research Fund; and the Division Education, Arts & Social Sciences, UniSA.

 

 

Artwork 'vessel (glacine)' by Amanda Robins

'vessel (glacine)' by Amanda Robins

 

Artwork 'Toilet Roll with Bidet' by Pamela Zeplin

'Toilet Roll with Bidet' by Pamela Zeplin

 

Artwork 'Band-aid Series (detail) 2006 by Rebecca Knapp

'Band-aid Series (detail)' by Rebecca Knapp

 

Artwork 'Beat' by Mish Meijers & Tricky Walsh

'Beat' by Mish Meijers & Tricky Walsh

 

Artwork 'Breath In, Breath Out by Sonia Donellan

'Breath In, Breath Out by Sonia Donnellan

 

Artwork 'fat jelly' by Anna Phillips

'fat jelly' by Anna Phillips

 


Gallery installation photos of Quirk

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Installation photo of Quirk Artwork 'The Collector, Stage II: Alleys' Installation Photo of Quirk Installation photo of Quirk
Installation photo of Quirk Artwork 'The Collector, Stage II: Alleys' Installation photo of Quirk Installation photo of Quirk

 

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