Portals: past present future

Sat 14 Nov 2015Sun 13 Dec 2015

9:30am5:00pm

WA Maritime Museum


Portals: past present future offers a unique opportunity for visitors to view and engage with the work of local Western Australian artists. The 23 emerging and established artists featured in this exhibition have drawn inspiration from the WA Maritime Museum Collection and the Port of Fremantle to create objects and paintings that offer visitors a portal into the artists’ interpretations of maritime stories.  

The evocative, romantic imagery of tall ships, billowing sails, stormy seas and shipwrecks have inspired many. See how these artists’ imaginations have been captured by their exploration of maritime journeys and stories. Some of the subjects featured include microscopic radiolarians, the shy albatross, icebergs, feral animals, past migrants, present day oil and gas workers, the military, convicts and explorers.

Exhibition artists include:
Shiva Amir-Ansari
Denise V Brown
Angelo Caranna
Nicholas Compton
Anna DeLany
Stuart Elliott
Eva Fernandez
Richard Foulds
Simon Gilby
Tracey Hart
Beverley Iles
Andrew Nicholls
Denise Pepper
Robyn Pickering
Perdita Phillips
David Small
Dianne Souphandavong
Lorraine Spencer Pichette
Sally Stoneman
Criss Sullivan
Patricia Tarrant
Karin Wallace
Vanessa Wallace
 


Schwellenangst. Oil on Canvas, 610 x 505mm

Shiva Amir-Ansari