“I’m a regular visitor to the Arts Project Australia gallery and have a particular interest in the work of the female artists who attend their studio, I have often considered the uncanny connections their work has with other female contemporary artists,” she said.
“I’m interested in highlighting the affinity. Curating a selection of past works by each artist demonstrates a sustained line of inquiry.
“The opportunity for the artists to collaborate and develop new work for the show celebrates these ongoing themes and connections.”
Ms Bell said drawing upon interdisciplinary approaches, such as painting, printmaking, drawing, performance and photography, the exhibition also considered how artworks were a complex and nuanced way of thinking about embodied knowledge and how it aligned with identity politics explored in contemporary art.
The 14 exhibiting artists include Fulli Andrinopoulos, Jane Trengove, Dorothy Berry, Jill Orr, Wendy Dawson, Helga Groves, Bronwyn Hack, Heather Shimmen, Eden Menta, Janelle Low, Cathy Staughton, Prudence Flint, Lisa Reid and Yvette Coppersmith.
Exhibiting artists Yvette Coppersmith and Lisa Reid have painted portraits of prominent males in the arts, and over the next few months plan to draw male life models together.
Meanwhile, abstract artists Helga Groves and Wendy Dawson share a similar creative process of layering pigment and surface detail and will work in metallic mediums and continue to explore abstract patterns.
Heather Shimmen and Bronwyn Hack are inspired by gothic narratives, famous women in history and the natural world.
Their collaboration will produce ‘an exquisite corpse made up of multi-panel, lino prints that incorporate depictions of the body, flora and fauna’.
The exhibition runs until January 17 and people can visit www.horshamtownhall.com.au for information.
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