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THE SPIRIT OF SPORT
UNEARTHLY
The Spirit of Sport
Photography: Gary Steer : Digital imaging/ printing: Peter Freeman
An exhibition exploring the unchartered area of sport, where art is commonly lost. Traditionally, sport and art are like isolated tribes on different islands throwing the occasional javelin at each other. The exhibition looks at how sport is tribal, combative ritual, e.g. cycling and martial arts. It searches for the common ground between sport and art – creativity, pleasure, energy, the senses, courage, appreciation of beauty. It looks at about 25 different sports, particularly those that lend themselves to impressionistic interpretation, where the sport is like performance art e.g. cycling, gymnastics, rowing, swimming, ice skating, skiing, the martial arts. The exhibition is an applause to “the unknown athletes”, to whom participation is what matters most.
Unearthly : Meyer Gallery
Hidden in the complexity of nature are ethereal, visual secrets.
Gary Steer searches for the impressions and illusions in nature – mist, mirage, reflections, tricks of light, patterns – and turns them into photographic works of art. He covers forests, rivers, oceans, desert lakes, mountains – captured as landscapes, aerial and close-ups. His work is very different from conventional nature photography. It is of the earth but unearthly.
269 Bourke St, Darlinghurst 2010
Tel 9380 8014
Wed 3 Sept - Sun 28 Sept 2008
Opening Wed 3 Sept 6 - 8 pm
Wed-Sat 11am to 6pm • Sun Noon to 4pm
The Q Exhibition Space
253 Crawford St
Queanbeyan NSW
Tues 9 Sept. - Sat, 20 Sept 2008
Opening 6 - 8 pm Tues. 9 Sept.2008
The Spirit of Sport is part of the National Photography Festival Vivid 2008, celebrating the vital role of photography in Australian life and history.
The Spirit of Sport - 2008
Alliance Francaise Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Lightwave - 2007
At the photographer’s “studio” - 37 Georgina St, Newtown NSW
WaveSong - 2006
Sydney Botanic Gardens
SummerLight - 2005
Sydney Botanic Gardens
A Different Light - 2005
St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
Illusions - 2004
Icon Gallery, East Redfern, NSW
Wild Impressions - 2003
The Arthouse Hotel Dome Gallery, Sydney