Title

Crossfire print and glass : an exhibition exploring connections between works in the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery's two collections, the National Art Glass Collection and the Margaret Carnegie Print Collection.

Venues

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery [3] (12 May 2008 – 27 July 2008)

Date

(2008)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (NSW). Prints, Glass works

Curator

Bowdler, Cath.

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

'Crossfire' is a ground-breaking exhibition which highlights a multitude of connections between the mediums of print and glass. It calls on examples from Wagga Wagga Art Gallery's two renowned collections, the National Art Glass Collection and the Margaret Carnegie Print Collection, to illustrate and tease out the links.

Spanning both the main gallery spaces and the National Art Glass Gallery, Crossfire is an attempt to look at these collections in cross-disciplinary and innovative ways, breaking down the barriers between media and incorporating creative methodologies. Crossfire includes artists who work across both media, artists who have responded creatively to other works, processes such as etching and engraving common to both media, and pairings of prints and glass with thematic and conceptual resonances.

Crossfire also highlights many of the most prominent artists in both the Gallery's collections, and includes a focus on Indigenous primaking and glass. This exhibition provides a wonderful opportunity to look at the collections in new ways and with fresh eyes, and to reveal some of the less well-known connections with artworks and artists. [Gallery media]