Media Releases & Information 

Current Exhibitions 

Paul Selwood: Perspective Cutouts

Paul Selwood is one of Australia’s most celebrated sculptors. Selwood’s totally flat ‘sculptures’ intrigue the viewer with their illusion of massive blocks and three dimensional structures on the gallery walls. A Maitland Regional Art Gallery Touring Exhibition curated by Joseph Eisenberg

Oculi: Terra Australia Incognita: A Photographic Survey 

Ten years ago, a group of Australian photographers began Oculi. Each member of the group embraces a range of distinctive styles that include a strong documentary focus. A Manly Art Gallery & Museum Touring Exhibition curated by Sandy Edwards.

 Julie Ryder: Companion Planting

Inspired by her participation in the Hill End Artist in Residence Program in Murrays Cottage in 2009, Ryder explores the complex relationship between former cottage residents Donald Friend and Donald Murray through a series of thorn encrusted bone sculptures and drawings, delicate water-colour collages, and hand dyed textiles that explore the conflicts and harmonies within close relationships. A BRAG Hill End Artists in Residence Program exhibition.

Liz Walker: Nature's Table

Nature's Tabledocuments forgotten fragments of the everyday environment and their humble aesthetics and then reinterprets them in materials sourced from Hill End during Walker's Residency. A BRAG Hill End Artists in Residence Program exhibition.

Upcoming Exhibitions

AES+F: The Feast of Trimalchio

This exhibition of digital artworks has dazzled visitors to the Venice and Sydney Biennales. Russian artist collective AES+F have created The Feast of Trimalchio, a sumptuous digital dreamscape based on the Satyricon by Petronius.The exhibition alsoincludes large-scale digital "paintings" using the visual language of high fashion, luxury design, intermixed with references to the history of art. A BRAG exhibition.

Colours of the Country II: Alice Springs Beanie Festival

This colourful exhibition encapsulates the whimsical essence of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival started in 1996. The collection highlights works produced by Indigenous artists from the Central Desert region who are regular contributors to this cross cultural event. A focus are the collections from Ernabella, Mutijulu and Titjikala communities. An Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring exhibition

Past Exhibitions

Garden of Forking Paths 

Hands up who remembers the Commodore 64? d/Lux/MediaArts presents the premiere of a new touring exhibition, Garden of Forking Paths, a unique show which draws together notable historic and contemporary examples of games that push the boundaries of the genre and break the orthodox set of rules. Garden of Forking Paths is a dLux MediaArts touring exhibition curated by Neil Jenkins.

Adam Cullen & Michael Binkins: Postcolonial Architectonics (in Discourse)

Artists Adam Cullen and Michael Binkins mine the landscape of Hill End for its creative potential. A hole in the ground or a heaped pile of quartz crystal may yield valuable gold, tap a creative vein, or find pearls of wisdom. A BRAG exhibition.

Hill End 1851 to 2011: From the Permanent Collection

A survey of Hill End's historic and contemporary artists curated from the permanent collection of Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. A BRAG exhibition

Events/News

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society (BRAGS) commits $14,000 to preeminate Donald Friend painting purchase

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery has recently been offered an unexpected opportunity to purchase a major work by Donald Friend that would be central to the Hill End focus of the Gallery's permanent collection.

Big Pink Rose Bowl by Anne Ferguson the first sculpture of the proposed sculpture park at BRAG   

Visitors to the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery can now begin enjoying the art on show before they even step through the doors, with a new sculpture installed late last-month in the Gallery forecourt. It is hoped that the sculpture will become the centrepiece in a proposed sculpture garden, which is scheduled for development in the Art Gallery/Library forecourt in 2012.

 
Light Sensitive Material: Works From the Verghis Collection Regional NSW Tour

Light Sensitive Material: Works from the Verghis Collection is a vibrant selection of photographic, light and digital media works from the private collection of Rachel Verghis, one of Australia's youngest art collectors.  A BRAG exhibition in conjunction with Rachel Verghis, toured by Museums and Galleries NSW