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The Great Wall of Manly 
​Group Project

Group Project

The Great Wall of Manly

Art & Soul Collective Members completed an exciting group project for the Great Wall of Manly (GWoM).

This was part of the 
Home Affairs exhibition at Manly Art Gallery and Museum (MAGM) from 25th October to 1st December. 

It's called 'Make yourself at home' in response to the 'Home Affairs' theme. Each of the five panels has a Bower Bird in their nest with colourful treasure that they have collected. The artworks were created using a gridded style and multiple layers of painted marks to create the overall effect.

Thanks to the Art & Soul Members who volunteered to help paint these panels. 


In April 2020 our beautiful Bower Bird Panels have found a permanent place to nest! T Thanks to MAG&M for delivering the five panels to Bear Cottage where they have been installed and they look right at home. 
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​Thanks to the lovely people at Bear Cottage, who are coincidently located at Fairy 'Bower' Road in Manly, for giving our Bower birds such an inspiring space. 
http://www.bearcottage.chw.edu.au/
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'Make yourself at home' on display outside the Manly Art Gallery until 1st December 2019
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Concept/Statement:
Bowerbirds are native to Australia and are known for creating elaborate bowers in order to attract a mate. These avenues are made up of diverse materials (just like our country is made up of a diverse people) with the aim of attracting a mate (just as Australian’s should look to attract mates (aka friends) through immigration). The artwork provides a positive message on home affairs, specifically immigration, when so often we are bombarded with a negative one - it doesn’t always have to be about defending and repelling. It’s about attracting friends of all colours, shapes, sizes and creeds who help make our country the beautiful, diverse, unique tapestry that is Australia.

The art work is designed for the Great Wall of Manly and will consist of 5 panels in the forecourt outside Manly Art Gallery and Museum, each panel will be 1220 mm x 1830 mm

Each panel will contain the painted image of a bower bird, its nest and collected coloured treasures. Each bower will differ in shape and the collected treasures on each panel will differ in colour. These symbolise existing cultural and ethnic diversity in Australia and our willingness to attract and welcome people from all over the world to our shores. (Concept developed by Lauren Esplin)

Production of the work:
This is a group project and will be produced by members of A&SC. As this work will be produced by a group, the images will be gridded as per the work of Chuck Close, to enable many people to work on small sections. (Concept developed by Karen Steele and Susan McLeod)

Concept Sketches:
​Art work will be developed from images similar to those below; one image per panel:
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Exhibition Details

EXHIBITION LOCATION: 
The forecourt outside Manly Art Gallery and Museum

EXHIBITION DATES: 
The Great Wall of Manly (GWoM) as part of the Home Affairs exhibition at MAGM runs from 25th October to 1st December 2019

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  • About
    • Sponsors & Supporters
  • Events/Activities
    • A&SC Current Events, Activities and Exhibitions >
      • Regeneration
    • A&SC Studio Sessions
    • A&SC Sketchers
    • A&SC Past Events and Exhibitions >
      • Great Wall of Manly 2019
      • Glen Street Theatre Project >
        • Glen Street Theatre Project Data Sheets
      • Art Gallery
      • Belonging - Annual Group Exhibition
      • Being Human Exhibition - Megan Jones
      • Instantly Installation
      • Collective Perspective #3 – THE BARE COLLECTION
      • Collective Perspective - Plastic Bricks Installation
      • A&SC ANNUAL ART MUSTER exhibition
      • A Term of Tools
      • Abundance - A&SC Members Exhibition October 2017
      • ART MUSTER exhibition : GREETING CARDS for CHARITY
      • From Natural to Abstraction - A&SC Members Exhibition Sept/Oct 2016
      • Scaled Down - A&SC Members Exhibition May/June 2016
      • Dynamic Painting Exhibition & Workshop with Trisha Adams May 2015
      • ARTiculate - A&SC Members Exhibition May 2015 >
        • ARTiculate Photo Gallery
        • ARTiculate - Meet the Artists
        • ARTiculate - Exhibitors information
      • SoulWorks - A&SC Members Exhibition May 2014
      • Artist Technology Workshop
      • AiOP - Art in Odd Places 2013 NUMBER/Australia - Coffee Break
      • Christmas 2013 Meeting
      • Convergence
  • Members Gallery
    • Anna Bonner-Bryant
    • Charmian Porter
    • Cherry Corr
    • Delma Latimer
    • Etta Sperber
    • Judith Rostron
    • Jules Lawson
    • Karen Steele
    • Katie Thomas
    • Laurie McKern
    • Leonie Niven
    • Liz Pasqualini
    • Mary-Anne Barnes
    • Megan Jones
    • Melissa Craughwell
    • Midori Furze
    • Petra Pinn
    • Richard Magee
    • Sosi Stevenson
    • Stephanie Powell
    • Terri Cracknell
    • Vivienne Reeve
    • Sandra Williams
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