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Mosman Art Gallery The New Artisans Gallery

1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman 2088. T (02) 9978-4178. Shop 2, 118 Alfred Street South, Milsons Point 2065.
E gallery@mosman.nsw.gov.au T 0439-973-366 , 0439-999-810.
W www.mosmanartgallery.org.au Director: John E thenweartisansgallery@gmail.com
Cheeseman. Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00, W bit.ly/2Ymitgm Directors: Pauline and Erika Plumb.
closed public hols. To Feb 9 Jumaadi: My Love is H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 6.00. Re-opens Feb 1.
in an Island Far Away takes inspiration from the Class Bookings: bit.ly/2Ymitgm
celebrated poem of the same name Cintaku Jauh Exhibition space rental enquiries available by email.
di Pulau, by one of Indonesia’s most important
writers, Chairil Anwar. The exhibition imagery PROJECT [504]
traverses the histories and narratives that weave 65 Berry Street, North Sydney 2060.
between our neighbouring countries of Indonesia and W www.project504.com.au H Mon-Fri 12.00 to
Australia. In several new series of artworks Jumaadi
responds to and interprets the historical events of 4.30. Project [504] is a studio + gallery with a large
portfolio of artists including regular finalists in
the internment of Javanese political detainees, who
lived in exile in the Dutch penal colony of Tanah the Archibald Prize, the Doug Moran and the
Sulman Prize.
Merah, Digul, Western Papua from 1926 and were
eventually stationed in Cowra, Central Western
NSW at the request of the Dutch colonists during Wallarobba Arts
the Second World War (1943-1944). Feb 22 to and Cultural Centre
March 22 Artists of Mosman: 2088 – this annual 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby 2077.
exhibition is an excellent survey of the region’s T (02) 9847-6572. W www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/
thriving artistic community and includes works culture H Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
created by Mosman residents, as well as Friends
and volunteers of Mosman Art Gallery. The group
exhibition shows contemporary artworks across the
mediums of painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles,
photography, sculpture and ceramics. Many of the
artists draw inspiration from Mosman’s natural
beauty: its beaches, harbour bays, coves, headlands
and beautiful bushlands. Artists of Mosman: 2088
continues the rich tradition of art-making which has
been upheld by scores of artists, writers and poets
throughout the 20th century to the present day.

Jumaadi, Belantara akal [The gate to the wilderness], 2019, acrylic
on buffalo hide, 98 x 80cm
Photograph: Tim Connolly
Courtesy the artist and Mosman Art Gallery

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