Art Exhibition
Exhibition Title – "The Golden Pear"
This curated show follows on from the inaugural exhibition titled ‘Pear Shaped’ in 2009. The Shepparton Artists’ Society Inc. and invited artists are making works on canvas, paper and also in 3D with their own individual interpretation of ‘The Golden Pear’. Many of the artists work in a representational style that utilizes the tradition of still life.
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Artist: Title:
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Don Ainsworth
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Opening night: 6pm Friday 26
March 2010
Exhibition Dates: 26 March to 23 April 2010
Exhibition Venue: Upstairs Foyer
at the Eastbank Centre, Welsford St, Shepparton
A still life is a painting featuring an arrangement of inanimate, everyday objects. For centuries, artists have captured the beauty of the pear and their works show pears in bowls, placed upon tables, sliced, laying under trees or juxtaposed with other objects. Great artists were able to elevate the commonplace into extraordinary art. Van Gogh and Picasso are famous artists who painted still life, but Cézanne is perhaps the most famous painter of fruit simply because of his imaginative use of colour, form and perspective.
In considering particularly the different shapes, sizes, colours, flavours, and odours of the pear, who will not adore the wisdom of the creator. Pears are found round, long 'goderonnees’ pointed, blunt, small, and large. Gold, silver, vermilion, and satin green are found among the pears. Sugar, honey, cinnamon, clove, flavour them. They smell of musk, amber, and chive. In short, so excellent are the fruits that an orchard would not be worth while in a place where pear trees do not thrive.[1]
Curated by Lyn Patone
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[1] De Serres, known as the French father of agriculture, describes various pear types in Le Theâtre d’Agriculture (1608):http://www.hort.purdue.edu/NEWCROP/pearinhistory.pdf [accessed 6/01/2010]
Lyn with her 2009 "Pear Shaped" entry.