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SUMMARY:Wonders of HINTON
DESCRIPTION:Experience one of the greatest collections of art in regional Australia with the new semi-permanent display\, Wonders of Hinton. \nThe Howard Hinton Collection is the result of one of the greatest acts of artistic philanthropy and benefaction in Australian history. Between 1929 and 1948 a collection of over 1000 artworks were donated to the newly constructed Armidale Teachers’ College by the retired shipping agent\, Howard Hinton OBE (1866-1948). The collection provides a snapshot into Australian artistic practice in the early twentieth century as well as some insights into this ‘modest and self-effacing’ gentleman who lived in a boarding house in the north shore suburb of Cremorne and is one of the most significant collections of Australian art in regional New South Wales. \nOpening Night Event: Friday 3 February\, 6pm \n
URL:https://www.neram.com.au/event/wonders-of-hinton/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250815T180000
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SUMMARY:Stages: Michael Simms
DESCRIPTION:With a background in classical piano and psychology\, Sydney based artist Michael Simms is intrigued by the interconnection of the senses – how rhythm can become gesture\, or sound can take shape as colour and form – allowing the visual and sonic to inform one another. Stages is an ongoing series of portraits by Simms\, honouring performers whose work spans music\, theatre\, dance and performance art. The series explores how presence is expressed — both onstage and off. \n  \n  \nCredit: Michael Simms\, Paul Capsis\, 2017\, oil on board. \n
URL:https://www.neram.com.au/event/stages-michael-simms/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251003T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251109T160000
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SUMMARY:NYMPHAEA NYMPHAEA : Anna Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Anna Johnson is a writer of forty years experience that came late to painting. Her art writing has been featured in Vogue\, Vanity Fair\, The Sydney Morning Herald and as a senior writer for Artist Profile. The third generation daughter of a large family of artists began her earliest work with watercolours\, expanding to increasingly large scale paintings from 2018 to the present. Johnson has held three Sydney solo shows and presents her first New York exhibition with Kutlesa Gallery\, Chelsea in March 2026. A finalist in this year’s Paddington Art prize\, Johnson describes the many Australian artists she had written about as : “My collective art school.” All works presented in “Nymphaea Nymphaea” were made exclusively for NERAM as a site specific creative project\n\n\n\nNYMPHAEA NYMPHAEA\n\nFew associate the master of Post Impressionism with minimal abstraction. In history\, Claude Monet in particular is lodged inside the most lyrical branch of landscape. His vast studies of trees\, clouds and waterlilies reflected in fathomless bodies of water present a romantic\, hyper-decorative idyll far removed from the industrial world beyond his garden walls in Giverny.\n\nYet a key fact\, perhaps forgotten\, is that Monet’s large scale Nymphaea murals were donated to France as a symbol of peace\, celebrating the Armistice after world war one. In them\, the regenerative power of ecology pushes up and out of dark pools and shadows. Gestural and abstracted\, these were not sentimental works that grieved the 19th century. I think instead that they subtly (and boldly) faced their time. The ambiguity of surface ornament and pockets of darkness in his late works serve as both evocative and ambiguous.  A century after the final Nymphaea was painted\, I feel the dynamic contradiction embedded in Monet’s turbulent and explorative beauty remains vital.  If these works were simply relaxing and re-assuring they would not be quite so magnetic. Violet\, after all\, is the fusion of red and blue\, flame and sky.\n\nMany feel that abstract painting is a genre without a subject. But when I work I do not press mute. Recently and globally\, wide spread censorship has forced many artists to resort to euphemisms. My paintings are openly about war and peace\, vulnerability and sanctuary. When I painted “Blood Cloud” there was nothing metaphoric about my palette. This work is about blood. The blue “Mythology & Muse”3 series is a quartet with an aqueous nocturnal palette. It is my homage to the water lilies\, but perhaps also a subliminal response the nebulous atmosphere of fear that permeates the news cycle like a pending cloud. In the process of completing this show for NERAM\, I found both release and respite. Compositionally many of my paintings are hollowed out like caves. In the depths of my raw linen voids\,  I seek hiding places\, coves and shelter. The project of “Nymphaea Nymphaea” is ongoing. Bridging the meeting point between Post Impressionism and Colour Field painting I found an unbroken thread: the power of colour to heal.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nImage credit: Anna Johnson\, Persephone (detail)\, 2025\, Acrylic on linen. \n
URL:https://www.neram.com.au/event/nymphaea-nymphaea-anna-johnson/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251024T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251109T170000
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SUMMARY:Packsaddle Exhibition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Packsaddle is an annual art exhibition that has been raising funds for NERAM since 1985. Each year the Packsaddle Exhibition presents a diverse range of paintings\, original prints and sculpture by leading Australian artists\, providing local collectors and art lovers the opportunity to purchase great artworks to start or build their own collections\, while also supporting NERAM. \nOpening Night Event: Friday 24 October >>>>> Book your free ticket \nViewing from 5.00pm | Selling from 6.00pm | Opening remarks by Christopher Hodges\, Gallery Director\, artist and owner of Utopia Art Sydney \nPacksaddle 2025 Program of Events \n\nSaturday 25 October 10.30am: Packsaddle floor talk with Christopher Hodges\nSaturday 1 November 10.30am: Packsaddle floor talk\nSunday 9 November 1.00 – 4.00pm: Pick up Party for customers to collect their works\n\n  \n \n
URL:https://www.neram.com.au/event/packsaddle-exhibition-2025/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20251102T160000
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SUMMARY:Portraiture in Charcoal with Michael Simms
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand\, Michael Simms is back with his charcoal portraiture workshop. Excitingly the workshop has been extended to two days\, giving students more time to develop\, practice and hone their skills under the guidance of Michael. \nIn this workshop\, students will learn how to draw the human face with charcoal – one of the most versatile and expressive mediums. Michael will provide his unique tips and tricks on how to simplify the face into basic shapes to make portraiture fun and accessible. \nMichael will conduct demonstrations and provide individual feedback to students throughout both days. \nStudents will also have the opportunity to visit Michael Simms Stages exhibition in the Mazda Gallery of NERAM. \nTopics covered include: \n\nOverview of materials: the different types of charcoal and how to use it\nThe proportions of the human face\nHow to simplify the human face into basic planes and tonal shapes\nHow to break down individual facial features\nHow to build structure into your portrait\nCapturing a ‘likeness’\nUnderstanding tonal values\nHow to achieve a sense of volume and form in your drawings\nDrawing from a live model\nThe impact of lighting\n\nDATE | Saturday and Sunday\, 1st & 2nd of November \nTIME |  10am – 4.00pm both days \nVENUE | Packsaddle Studio \nCOST |  General Price $221.00   –   FoN/Culture Club member Price $245.00 \nAll materials are included \nMin 10\, Max 14 \n  \n\n\nImage: Courtesy of Michael Simms \n
URL:https://www.neram.com.au/event/portraiture-in-charcoal-with-michael-simms/
CATEGORIES:Art Classes,Event,Workshops
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