GERTRUDE GLASSHOUSE | THE COOK AND HER DRIVER
The Cook and Her Driver
Karen Black & Virginia Leonard
Join us for the opening of the Stonehouse Glasshouse Residency
Gertrude Glasshouse | 44 Glasshouse Road, Collingwood
Opening | Thursday 30 January, 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates | 31 January - 29 February 2020
Please join us for the first exhibition at Gertrude Glasshouse in 2020, being the third exhibition outcome of the Stonehouse / Glasshouse Residency, an invitational international residency opportunity in Chenaud, located in the south west of France.Following their 6-week residency at Stonehouse in the rural area of Chenaud in mid-2019, Sydney-based artist Karen Black and Auckland-based artist Virginia Leonard, will present new and recent works produced in or responding to the residency and the context of the historic farmhouse and the region.
The Cook and Her Driver creates a dialogue between the practices of Black andLeonard, with an emphasis on their respective work in ceramic-based sculpture, contextualised in Black’s case by the inclusion of a number of new paintings. In various ways, these new works make allusions to the French context in which they were envisaged and produced, expanding upon the visual and conceptual language of each artist’s broader practices.
Founded and generously supported by Gertrude Patrons Michael Schwarz & David Clouston and Antje Géczy in 2017, the Stonehouse / Glasshouse partnership is an invitational annual opportunity for two artists from Australia and New Zealand to under take a 6-week residency in France, and thereafter present an exhibition atGlasshouse, followed by the production of a publication on their work and practices.
The Cook and Her Driver creates a dialogue between the practices of Black andLeonard, with an emphasis on each of their ceramic-based sculptural practices, contextualised for Black by the inclusion of a number of new paintings. In various ways, these new works by each artist
Karen Black is represented by Sutton Gallery, Melbourne; and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney and Singapore.
Virginia Leonard is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami;
Taste Contemporary, Geneva; Martin Browne, Sydney; and PAULNACHE, Gisborne.
