EXHIBITION NOTES
The artworks featured in this group show respond to books featured in the 2018 Newcastle Writers Festival.
Curator: Sylvia Ray

Exhibition location: Back to Back Galleries. 57 Bull Street, Cooks Hill.
Exhibition dates: March 31 to April 15, 2018.

The Gift of Oblivion I, II, III
2018. Acrylic on timber. Each panel 30 x 30 cm

Description
The gift of oblivion is a reference to the subtitle of Kate Cole-Adams’ book “Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and The Mystery of Consciousness”. In this book there are a range of references to shimmering and dappled light and meditations on the passing of time. I strongly relate to reverie inspired by the observation and contemplation of such things. More specifically, the works are responding to the words: “…everything-…, even our brightly coloured salads..-was plumped and raucous with light.”

Exhibiting Artists: Chris Byrnes, Brian Cox, Catherine Kavanagh Di Gravio, Jan Downes, Susana Enriquez, Varelle Hardy, Anne-Maree Hunter, Miranda Lawry, Michelle Maartensz, Margaret McBride, Monica Oppen, Lu Quade, Jerry Ray, Lily Ray, Sylvia Ray, Kris Smith, Peter Smith, Sharon Taylor, David Titchmarsh, Renae Titchmarsh, Ahn Wells, Patricia Williams, Naomi Yoshinaga, Pam Yoshinaga, Lee Zaunders