The Arts Lounge Exhibition - Nicole Tomlinson + Robyn Gunther

Image: Nicole Tomlinson, Dance you coward 2 | Robyn Gunther, The Tide Turning

During May through to July, Wyreena’s Arts Lounge will feature two new exhibitions from Nicole Tomlinson and Robyn Gunther.

Tomlinson presents evocative sculptural works that explore masking, identity and the duality of our inner and outer worlds; while Gunther’s acrylic and mixed media ‘mindscapes’ play with the abstract form, referencing the real world, whilst more concerned with what lies beneath.

About the artists

Nicole Tomlinson

In this series of ceramic sculptures, Masking and Identity - Facades We Adopt and Truths We Conceal, Tomlinson explores the delicate and complex terrain between who we are, who we think we should be, and what we hide in the name of survival. Each mini collection dives into a different layer of identity, protection and vulnerability.

In Collection One: The Protagonist and Her Masks lies the chaos of constructed identity. The curated quirks we show the world, the traits we cling to, in order to feel unique. Some masks are chosen. Some are assigned. Some we barely notice we've put on. This work challenges the idea of a fixed self. Identity here is seen as fragile, often laughable, sometimes sacred—a collection of chance, defense, and deep yearning.

Collection Two: “I’ll Give You Something to Cry About”, reflects the duality of memory and survival. A mother losing touch with her inner child. Children who know how to fight back in the only way they can—through make-believe.

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Robyn Gunther

In the Beyond exhibition Gunther, an abstract artist, poet and photographer, displays paintings representing alternate depictions of reality. Gunther communicates her concepts of landscape by combining her love of colour, form, line, gestural markings and design without completely abandoning representation. With acrylic as Gunther’s principal medium of choice, she applies many layers of paint and other mediums using various brushes and mark-making tools, as she travels within the works. Gunther’s landscapes emanate from her imagination, with references to the real world, but unrestrained by it.

Gunther starts a painting with the open mindedness of an explorer. “For me, there are moments in the making of my works which are like a veil lifting and everything becomes clearer. I can see a path and, even though it may meander, it becomes well defined.”

“There’s always poetry in these ever-changing paintings and it shapes how I navigate all my works. After all, the word ‘poem’ comes from the Greek word for ‘create’.”

Gunther likes to present possibilities of what may lie beneath the strata no geologist has minded, or beyond reality - travelling without boundaries.

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Further information

For further information on the exhibition, contact Council on 1300 88 22 33. 

When

Location

Wyreena Community Arts Centre, 13-23 Hull Road, Croydon, 3136, View map

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13-23 Hull Road , Croydon 3136

Wyreena Community Arts Centre

13-23 Hull Road , Croydon 3136

The Arts Lounge Exhibition - Nicole Tomlinson + Robyn Gunther