2014 first Exhibition

Three Well Known Australians

Grand Opening:  Sunday January 19th 2014 at 2pm.
To be opened by: M.P. Mr Tony Piccolo.
Free Entry,  All welcome.

Who Are: the "Three Well Known Australians", in this painting?    




Time for an update (23/01/14)

Opening Day

All went well, with a lovely crowd in attendance. We thank Tony Picolo for taking time out of his very busy schedule to give the opening speech.

Now for a few photos so you can see what this is all about.

some of the guests at the opening

Hundreds of thousands, of Australians have been trying to guess this since 1983.

This is a special painting, coming to Gawler in January 2014, as part of a unique travelling exhibition that has been to galleries all around Australia over the past 30 years!

     

M.P. Mr Tony Picolo with Joanne Hughes
discussing the painting at the opening.

                                           

Sydney artist, Martin Shaw, asks those who see the picture -“Three Well Known Australians”, to attempt to name the three prominent Australians he has depicted in his painting. 

Some of the Year Books

Some of Australia’s most prominent citizens have responded to the challenge,  including our Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who wrote his response to the painting 20 years ago.

All their responses, comments and letters will be on display as part of the exhibition, and YOU the viewing public are invited to be a part of this, by participating in a special historic and cultural adventure, and making your best guess as to who these Famous Aussies may be. 

A VERY small portion of the letters on display

People’s comments have been compiled into yearbooks since 1983 and these will also be on display  for you to view. 
( No doubt there will be a lot of interesting guesses and comments listed)

You can’t afford to miss seeing this very special and different event in the Art World! 
It is curious, humorous, mysterious and entertaining.                       

• This is not the only new Exhibition holding it's opening on January 19th. We will also have another important artist opening her exciting new Exhibition. 

 Shirley Phillips presents:   Dreams and Gothic Interpretations

Close up of a part of one of Shirley's
lovely embroidery work

Silk Embroidery painting

Shirley works with Silk, creating paintings with her machine embroidery.  


These photos only give a small glimpse of her work.

They don't do justice to the precision which is evident, and required in these stunning works of art. Shirley is a very talented Artist.

This will certainly be an exceptional Exhibition, NOT to be missed!

We look forward to seeing you all during the next 6 weeks.

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