Re-Illuminated: female archetypes' strength and endurance

Artist: Lucienne Fontannaz

What is shared by the mythological, historic, and contemporary women: Medusa, Eve, Joan of Arc and Kurdish Women Fighters? They were all powerful females, dispossessed of their powers. The list is long of women who endured mistrust and betrayal, leading to violence against them, even murder. And their fall from grace, their diminished status, has shaped our consciousness and expectations of womanhood ever since.

Lucienne Fontannaz’s ambitious painting project explores via the illuminations of art, the life and times of 13 archetype women. Through the alluring use of gold, an affirmative reinterpretation is brought to light, restoring the dignity and authority of such exemplary women, enabling them to be symbolically and practically inspirational today.

Uneven Terrain: Surveying the landscape

Artists: Bronwyn Bancroft, Monika Behrens, Judy Cassab, Adrienne Doig, Rosalie Gascoigne, Marisabel Gonzalez, Angela Hayson, Samantha Hobson, Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Maree Kelly, Nicole Kelly, Ildiko Kovacs, Eva Kubos, Sue Lalor, Fiona Lowry, Nurit Ophir, Felixe Rives, Sally Ross, Kate Shaw, Scarlett Stokoe, Brigitta Summers

Uneven Terrain: Surveying the landscape, co-curated by Rhonda Davis, presents the work of emerging and mid-career female-identifying artists alongside works by distinguished and influential artists from the collection of Macquarie University.

This exhibition is a partnership between Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios and Macquarie University Art Gallery.

*Music for the opening celebrations will be by DJ FLYWAVES and wines will be by ChaLou Wines.*