This is the story of the Mark Howlett Foundation (1991 - 2012), as told by members of the MHF Board, commissioned artists and subscribers.
For twenty successful years, the unique MHF model fostered an intense relationship between groups not normally aligned in the modern practice of art.. The extraordinary journey of the MHF concluded with the MHF20 exhibition, which opened at the Fremantle Arts Centre in December 2011.
Depending on the exhibition it can take over a week to change one art exhibition to another.
I set my camera up for a whole week at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery to capture the transition.
Setting my camera on a timer allowed me to automatically take a photo every 10 seconds, without having to take a photo every time. I then imported each photo as an image sequence allowing me to export the photos as a complete movie to edit.
Taking the art down, packing it up in boxes and erecting the new art onto the walls had taken over seven days, but you can watch it happen in 4 minutes.
The new exhibition is the 2012 Mid West Art Prize.
It’s open to artists throughout Western Australia and the Gallery received 330 works of which 76 made it to final display.
Artists from all over the state entered and James Davies, the Art Gallery Director said he was very impressed with the works and very different to last years entries.
The exhibition is open for the public until Sunday May 27. While…
In late 2011, the dilapidated Woolstores building in Fremantle’s East End underwent a visual transformation, thanks to a major public art project led by renowned local artist George Haynes and community artist Darren Hutchens.
The project − a joint initiative between the City of Fremantle and Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships – was endorsed by the building’s owner, Marylyn New, and transformed the building as part of the preparations for the sailing world championships, held in Fremantle in early December 2011.
Internationally-acclaimed Western Australian artist, George Haynes, was commissioned to design a scheme for the panels needed to cover the buildings broken windows. His design uses overlapping sections of COLORBOND™ steel, in contrasting reflective metallic finish with the non-reflective standard finish sheets, to create a distinctive pattern.
The Woolstores project also includes artwork to cover the disused doorways and windows around the ground level of the building.…
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