Main Gallery: 8 February - 6 April

Christl Berg, Intrusion, 2006, cut out digital print (detail)

It is said that Napoleon's death was not an accident - that it was arsenic in the wallpaper of his house in exile on St Helena that finally killed him. Could earlier scrutiny of what lay on or below the surface of an apparently harmless, pretty but plain wall covering have saved him? Wallpaper showcases the work of five Tasmanian-based women artists who investigate the notion of wallpaper as a springboard for creative expression and as a backdrop for an exploration of personal history and for formal investigations of historical decorative design and artistic expression.

The exhibition, developed by Launceston-based artist and designer Greg Leong, features works by Christl Berg, Junko Go, Trudy Humphries, Sieglinde Karl-Spence and Menny Mason. Wallpaper is a platform for these artists to reveal their relationship to the patterns that have surrounded them, with works including digital prints, textiles, drawings, prints and assemblages. Whether an integral part of your interior design statement, or something you take for granted or use to scribble telephone numbers and childhood secrets, Wallpaper is something you love or hate but cannot ignore.

Wallpaper on display in the Main Gallery, 2008

Toured by CAST

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Opening

When:     Friday 22 February 2008, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Where:    Main Gallery
Cost:        Free 

Walkthrough

Thomas Middlemost, Curator of the Charles Sturt University Collection, will take you on a journey to a greater understanding of the contemporary artworks in the exhibitions Wallpaper and This is not a print show.
When:     Saturday 23 February 2008, 11:00am
Where:    Main Gallery
Cost:        Free

Performance

Junko Go presents a rare and curios opportunity for people to watch and learn how an artist tackles a large scale painting.
When:     Saturday 9 February 2008, 10:00am - 12 noon
Where:    Main Gallery
Cost:        Free