Work refers to a cumulative history of old or lost technologies. A document of boat building history.
Logan Art Gallery
The gallery is the home of the Logan art collection. It features the Logan art award (national art award) held annually. Logan Art Gallery is a small regional gallery with three main programs; 1) local artists 2) touring exhibitions 3) occasional visiting artists program
Address:
Cnr Wembley Road and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central, QLD
Tel:
0738265519
Hours:
10am-5pm Tue to Sun
Email:
Admission:
Free
Facilities:
Wheelchair access, disabled toilet, guided tours, conference room, surrounding parkland with seating
Collection:
Primarily works acquired from the Logan Art Award (no longer operating). Emerging young contemporary artists especially Queensland. The "Logan: A Sense of Place" collection which depicts aspects of the life and history of Logan.
Items
Sculpture
Book of Boats
Creator:
Avery, Scott
Description:
An assemblage of found wooden boat parts made in the shape of a large book. Shapes also refer to old fashioned boat designs.
Date:
1997 LAC 3
Item Id Number:
1997 LAC1
Sculpture
Waists
Creator:
Jill Barker
Description:
Four units made from cast polyurethane foam painted with pearlescent paint
Date:
1994
Item Id Number:
1994 LAC 2
The work refers to the hierarchy of significance given to various parts of the female body. Waists are a 'non area' between more common erogenous zones
Painting
Edge
Creator:
Kim Mahood
Description:
Bitumen and powder pigment on canvas in a perspex box frame. Body print image with text and maps. Refers to mapping of landscape and the effects of the body in the landscape
Date:
1994
Item Id Number:
1994 LAC
Painting/ Assemblage
As You Like It' - Logan's Run
Creator:
Hollingsworth, Scott C L H
Description:
Watercolour and acrylic wash over road atlas pages wrapped in mylar. 30x66cms
Date:
1997
Item Id Number:
1997 SOP 1
The refers to Logan's "blood for mud" manner of early settlement and the persecution of original indigenous inhabitants. A parallel is made between mapping and possession.
Painting
Banksia Integrifolia
Creator:
Irvine, Lola
Description:
Oil on canvas on board. Painting of a vase of Banksia Integrifolia branches in a European still life manner
Date:
1999
Item Id Number:
1999 SOP1
In the Logan: A Sense of Place Collection. Banksia Integriflora is the Logan emblem. The painting was commissioned by the gallery from the artist who lives in Logan