posted Apr 25, 2010 6:45 PM by Katie Alleva
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updated Jul 16, 2010 2:02 AM
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Media ReleaseThe Tea Towel Exhibition Opening 6pm, Friday 30th July 2010, at The Serpentine Gallery, LismoreThe Tea Towel Exhibition is a unique project organised by local visual artist and teacher Katie Alleva. Invited artists and designers are asked to create an artwork on a tea towel that explores the Gastronomic
theme of 'the art and science of food'.
Artists use the tea towel as a canvas that can be ripped, stitched,
painted, folded, sculptured, screen printed, drawn on etc...basically
anything goes!The
Initial inspiration came from ‘Third Drawer Down’ a unique concept
company based in Melbourne.
They are famous for collaborating with
artists and designers and creating a high quality range of unique Tea
Towels.
Katie
states ‘The entire project was predominantly organised via the
Internet, the most amazing part of t
his project has been the response
from artists from the ‘call - out for artists’ on Twitter and Facebook.
I have connected with local artists and also artists from Sydney,
Tasmania, Melbourne and Darwin. Katie
said that she ‘wanted to work on an exhibition that she hadn’t seen in
the Northern Rivers before.’
Tea Towels are a very humble object really
and I had hoped to focus on an exhibition that celebrated
life - food
is fun and exciting and so relevant in our day to day lives. Being from
an Italian background
I grew up with food being the centre of our
lives, social gatherings and celebrations. The table was the
place for
eating, talking, sharing, crying and laughing! The
exhibition officially opens 6pm Friday 30th July and will run from 29th
July to the 11th August 2010
at the Serpentine Gallery in North
Lismore. You can find more information and read interviews with
participating artists on Katie’s blog
www.theteatowelexhibition.blogspot.com
For more information email katiealleva@gmail.com |
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