New exhibition from Simon Collins & Amanda van Gils

[Amanda]

Hi All, Just wanted to invite you to Simon and my joint exhibition 'Going Places' It is on at Anthea Polson Art on the Gold Coast. If you are in the area on the 13th please come along. If the Gold Coast is a bit far you can see images, catalogue etc on the Anthea Polson website.
Opening is Saturday 13 February 2010 6pm to 8pm.

All the info is below.
Cheers
Amanda

ANTHEA POLSON ART
Shop 19-20 Mariners Cove
Seaworld Drive Main Beach QLD 4217 (next to Marina Mirage)

info@antheapolsonart.com.au
http://www.antheapolsonart.com.au

Exhibition continues to Saturday 27 February 2010 and gallery is open 7 days a week.


From the gallery media release:

Going Places: AMANDA VAN GILS and SIMON COLLINS
First meeting on an Internet forum in 2006, Amanda van Gils and Simon Collins, soon discovered common interests as artists and the parents of young children. The Going Places exhibition is the result of that ongoing supportive, professional association and a shared artistic sensibility towards the landscape
With very different painterly approaches, van Gils and Collins explore the importance of nurturing a sense of place beyond the consuming busyness of ‘living’. Although painters first and foremost, both source imagery through photography. Those fleeting moments of an ordinary day are freeze-framed and then visually interpreted through the medium of paint back in the studio. In Collins’ case, inspiration came during the wintery evenings he spent watching his son’s soccer training at a local park. Much further from home territory, van Gils’ works present a record of one road trip along Queensland’s Bruce Highway.
Multi-layered in its associations, the show’s title infers more than family outings or long car journeys. Going Places encompasses the artists’ childhood aspirations and subsequent recognition and career achievements. Certainly, both Amanda van Gils and Simon Collins have already received considerable attention with the inclusion of works into some of the nation’s most prestigious art prizes, as well as international showings of their paintings.

JACQUELINE HOUGHTON
To read the full media release or to see images go to http://www.antheapolsonart.com.au/exhibitions.php

[Lauren]

Good luck Amanda! Why aren't your works up yet? I can only see Simons, unless I didn't browse fully..

[Stefan Maguran]

I remember having the same problem when you've first announced this show and I've contacted the gallery - I don't believe they've fixed the site though.
Good luck, red dots - how's QLD treating you?

[Amanda]

There are actually about 6 different links, one each for SImon's work, media release and catalogue and the same again for me. If you go to the exhibitions page here http://www.antheapolsonart.com.au/exhibitions.php you should see the following links: (top ones are for me and bottom ones for Simon)

Amanda van Gils & Simon Collins
Going Places
February 13 - February 27 2010
View exhibition works
Exhibition catalogue
View Media Release

Simon Collins & Amanda van Gils
Going Places
February 13 - February 27 2010
View exhibition works
Exhibition catalogue
View Media Release

Thanks for red dot wishes. 2 so far and hopefully plenty more once the show is hung and opened.

[emkay]

All the best for it Amanda & Simon!
So wish we could be there. Will be sending you big happys from here and visualising red dots all over.

[chardonnay]

Wishing both you and Simon many red dots!

Will you and Simon be attending the opening?

[Amanda]

Thanks Guys. Yes Jodie we will both be there. I was hoping to get your address to send you an invite. I do hope you'll be able to make it.

[Amanda]

Thanks Guys. Yes Jodie we will both be there. I was hoping to get your address to send you an invite. I do hope you'll be able to make it.

[inkgal8290]

funny i was thinking of simon the other day...yeah...best wishes

[Amanda]

Thanks for all the good wishes. We had our opening last weekend. It was a great opening - music, food, drink and friendly people. Mader me realise how sterile openings often are!
Chardonnay (Jodie Wells) joined us and it was nice to finally meet her in person.
Here are a few opening night and installation pics.
First few photos are from the opening. Simon is in the green shirt, I'm in the red and white dress.