Alcorso Foundation Auction
QUAMBY ESTATE ACCOMMODATION PACKAGE
Donated by Anthology
2 nights accommodation (double share), breakfast for two daily, and an 18 hole round of golf for two people.
QUAMBY ESTATE
Originally built in the 1830s, this magnificent homestead is currently being developed into a unique luxury lodge that will house 17 superbly appointed guest rooms.
Guest rooms are being impeccably restored in keeping with the home's original features, but without compromising modern-day luxuries. Modern bathrooms, luxury bedding and flat screen televisions are just a few of the new additions. The homestead also has a magnificent billiard room, drawing room and dining room. The modern kitchen is located at the rear of the building and the 3-room cellar below was once the convict workers' quarters.
Set in 64 hectares, Quamby Estate has a superb 9-hole golf course and is located 20 minutes drive from the city of Launceston. It is the perfect base for exploring Launceston and its surrounds; the historic townships of Deloraine and Westbury with their many art and craft shops are nearby; and the vineyards of the Tamar Valley, which are less than an hour's drive away.
http://www.quambyestate.com.au/
NIC GOODWOLF ARTWORK
Donated by Nic Goodwolf
Title: Future Catchers
Size: A2 bleed print on 280 gsm Hahnemuehle
Edition 12 e.v. with 4 AP’s
2 plate etching on aluminium
e.v. is: Edition variee’… (the edition is changing and not one print is exactly like the last.)
The work is a part of the body of plates, which is dealing with energy exploration. I have been working on this series for the last two years. The work is dealing with the human interaction in a global context. Energy and energy harvesting by societies not exclusive to the human race are pivotal elements in this current work. The harvesting of honey by colonies of bees are being explored in the same way the oil rigs, the hydro electric dams and the wind farms are made visible on my plates. The work is about strength of the human desire for innovation. It is about the power to succeed over and with nature and the drive to find balance between all players in this game.
Working on plates is a fluid process. I am challenging the technique so I have become a painter in my plates. I love to treat each individual work as a separate work and love to see each work as an individual work in a series of the edition.
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MOORILLA PAVILLIONS
INDULGENCE PACKAGE
Donated by Moorilla
A night in one of Moorilla's pavillions, with a 3 course dinner or lunch and bottle of wine, with breakfast in your pavillion.
MOORILLA CHEF JUSTIN HARRIS
TO COOK FOR YOUR OWN
PRIVATE DINNER PARTY
Donated by Moorilla
Moorilla Executive Chef Justin Harris will cook dinner for you and up to 7 friends for your own private dinner party in your own home.
MILAN MILOJEVIC ARTWORK
Donated by Milan Milojevic
Artwork title : Terra Incognita
Size: 420 X 595 mm
Date: 2007
Medium: Digital / etching
Between Two Worlds: A hybrid practice.
Milan Milojevic is a first generation Australian of German / Yugoslav parents, whose work explores migration and cross-cultural upbringing. Hybridity has been a driving force, both conceptually and technically, behind his practice over the last twenty years.
Milojevic sources 18 and 19th century engravings produced during scientific voyages of discovery and then scans and reconfigures details to create new images. The creatures he creates in his prints reflect geographical, historical and cultural displacement. Milojevic in his sampling of traditional printmaking marks can seamlessly bring them together in what Max Ernst called a plane of consistency, where two or more incompatible realities meet. The prints he creates are printed digitally and then added to in layers using traditional printmaking media such as etching and woodcut, in this case over printing a wood block onto digitally printed images.
Terra Incognita is a different state of two prints from the Terra Frieze2, 2007
which is part of an ongoing series titled Between Two Worlds.
MICHAEL SCHLITZ ARTWORK
Donated by Michael Schlitz
Title: Comber
2008
Woodcut
Size: 420 X 595 mm
Michael Schlitz is the winner of the Hutchins prize in 2007 and recipient of two Australia Council new work grants and Arts Tasmania residencies as well as studying contemporary Japanese woodblock printing in Awaji Shima Japan. He is represented by Bett Gallery in Hobart and exhibitions regularly in exhibition in Tasmania and nationally. He currently teaches within the Printmaking Studio at the Tasmanian School of Art.
Schlitz has recently been creating work which investigates the nature of human interaction with the environment. Sometimes serious some times humorous the figures represented interact with themselves and the viewer within the confines of the ground in which they are placed.
HENRY JONES ART HOTEL - 2 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION
Donated by The Henry Jones Art Hotel
2 nights accommodation at the Henry Jones Art Hotel in a Deluxe Spa Harbour Room with fully cooked breakfast for 2 each morning in Henry's Restaurant; valid for 12 months.
The Henry Jones Art Hotel: One of Australia's most awarded hotels
The Henry Jones Art Hotel consists of a row of historic warehouses and a former jam factory transformed into an enthralling and luxurious first class experience on the edge of Hobart's waterfront. The hotel is itself a fusion of art, heritage, technology and tradition.
Rated within the top 40 best hotels in the world by Conde Nast Traveller in 2007 the Henry Jones has won over 50 major awards since opening its doors in 2004.
Imaginative architectural design, fascinating art works, meticulous service and waterfront ambience all make for an exceptional experience.
HELEN WRIGHT ARTWORK
Donated by Helen Wright
Title: The Tower of Song
Date: 2008
Technique: relief print on paper
Description: The work is a two-colour relief print using shaped wooden blocks into which patterns have been cut. It continues my current work dealing with the theme of hierarchies, towers and underlying predatory relationships, which form the basis of the natural world.
Artist intro:
Helen Wright lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania. She teaches Printmaking at the Tasmanian School of Art and is the recipient of many numerous Australia Council and Arts Tasmania grands. These include the Australia Council Studio in Barcelona and New Work grants. She is included in such collections as the National Gallery Canberra, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Artbank, Art Gallery of South Australia and Queensland Art Gallery. She is represented by Niagara Galleries of Melbourne, Bett Gallery, Hobart and Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra.
BARBIE KJAR ARTWORK
Donated by Barbie Kjar
Title: DART
ARTIST STATEMENT:
The print titled DART is part of a series of works related to games. The flight of the dart is functioning as a signpost and a mooring.
Barbie Kjar was born in Tasmania and has completed a Masters of Fine art from RMIT Melbourne and a Bachelor of Fine Art and Education from the University of Tasmania, Hobart.
She has undertaken residencies in Barcelona, Havana, San Francisco, Mexico City and Tokyo.
Since 1986 she has held 34 solo exhibitions in Australia and more recently in Barcelona and Tokyo.
Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions in Australia, China, Korea, Siberia, France, Canada, USA and Japan.
Barbie Kjar’s work has been purchased by the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Parliament House, Canberra; Wagga Wagga Gallery, Fremantle Arts Centre, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, and is held in private collections.
She lectures part time in Printmaking at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Barbie Kjar is represented by Bett Gallery, Hobart; Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne; Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra and Grahame Galleries, Brisbane.
