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Gallery
East
Postal address:
406 Hamilton Road, Munster, Western Australia 6166
Hours: By appointment
Ph:
(61 8) 6498 9833
Mob: 0405 698 799
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Following the closure of its gallery space in North Fremantle in December 2012, GALLERY EAST Art Services continues to be active in the visual arts scene.
GALLERY EASTl:
provides an on-line gallery and representation for Australian contemporary artists,
provides an on-line gallery for Japanese prints of the 18th , 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries,
acts as art agents and consultants, including the sourcing of works of art to build up private or corporate collections
values art for the Cultural Gifts Program and insurance purposes,
initiates, organises and curates exhibitions,
advises on the framing, hanging and the collection management issues surrounding art collecting,
explores additional short term venues for one-off exhibitions.
organises, curates and promotes Between the Sheets, Artists' Books 2015.
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Gallery
East represents emerging and established contemporary Western
Australian artists, as well as specialising in the traditional
and contemporary arts and crafts of Japan and those Australian
and international artists who have been influenced by Japanese
aesthetics.
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Original gallery exterior, Claremontr
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Gallery History Established
in 1991, Gallery East was originally situated in Claremont and
founded on a deep love of Japanese woodblock prints and the
traditional arts of Asia, reflected in a policy of regular exhibitions
celebrating the work of the great Ukiyo-e artists,
as well as the sacred and secular arts of India, Laos, Sri Lanka,
Tibet and China. Gallery East carries fine examples of original
Japanese Ukiyo-e, including Shunga
(erotic images) and contemporary Japanese prints.
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Original gallery interior
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The exhibition program also included the work of established
contemporary Japanese artists using a wide range of disciplines.
For example, the contemporary glass forms of Shuro Kasai,
and the ceramic forms of Yuichi Kurosawa.
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Western Australian artists represented by Gallery East include
the painters, Merrick Belyea, Shirley Clancy, Christopher
Crouch, Cathy Gordon, Dragica Milunovic, Paul Moncrieff, Patrizia Tonello, Gillian
Warden, Tony Windberg, Jarek Wojcik and Drusilla Williams; multimedia Jenny Nayton, Alwin Reamillo, Annette Seeman Thurle Wright; ceramicist Stewart Scambler; silversmiths Pam Jones, Brenda
Ridgewell and Mei See Liang Jackson; print maker
David Jay Reed; photographer Roger Garwood; glass artist Ian Dixon and sculptors
Neil Aldum, Graham Heritage, Tony Jones, Anne Neil, Steve Tepper and Peter Tilley.
From
the Eastern States, exhibitors at Gallery East include painters
Chris Capper and Jarek Wojek; silversmith
Rose Wedler, ceramicists Greg Daly, Paul Davis, and Hiroe Swen.
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gallery exterior, North Fremantle |
In
January 1998, Gallery East opened its new purpose built premises
in North Fremantle, Western Australia. Designed by Bret M.
White of Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland, the gallery is
a variation on the ‘white cube’, with foldaway doors to the
northern wall opening onto a deck, and another smaller gallery
space to the side.
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gallery interiro North Fremantle
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Exhibitions
were held monthly with a range of finely made craft objects and
Asian antique pieces permanently displayed in the side gallery.
The Gallery closed its exhibition program at 94 Stirling Highway on 22 December 2012 and now is open by appointment only.
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