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The Offering – Jacqui Stockdale

Date

Wed 21st June 2023, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
Mistral Road

Other Dates

Wed 21st June 2023, 10:00am

Thu 22nd June 2023, 10:00am

Fri 23rd June 2023, 10:00am

Sat 24th June 2023, 10:00am

Sun 25th June 2023, 10:00am

Wed 28th June 2023, 10:00am

Thu 29th June 2023, 10:00am

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Wed 26th July 2023, 10:00am

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Fri 28th July 2023, 10:00am

Sat 29th July 2023, 10:00am

Sun 30th July 2023, 10:00am

Details

The alluring characters in Jacqui Stockdale’s The Offering emerge from elements of performance – an offering that is performed between the artist and the sitter.

“The living subject is my vehicle that I use to tell a story about being human, about all the worlds we inhabit. As a child we start this process of inventing other selves and other realms through play. When I make a portrait my play becomes a ritual where something new emerges and I offer it up and start again.”

Stockdale’s use of masquerade, symbols and staged scenes create an avenue for her subjects to transform. Her works are layered with historical and cultural references but are interrupted by pure imagination, personal experience and of course, the sitter’s offering. An offering to be part of the collaborative process with the artist and emerge with a new identity.

By combining the familiar with the unfamiliar, Stockdale creates intriguing portraits which open up a psychological portal between contemporary Australian cultural identity and its colonial consciousness. The imagined realities are displaced in both time and geographical context, but also raise questions about what is possible.

The Offering highlights iconic works from Stockdale’s extensive practice over the past 15 years and includes her most ambitious work to date – a large sculpture of a masked, pregnant and barefoot bushranger on a horse the size of Pharlap. Collectively the works in this exhibition demonstrate the power of imagination and transformation, told through the lens of Stockdale’s formidable storytelling.

Jacqui Stockdale
The Offering 2016
type C print
edition of 8 + 2AP
140 x 110 cm
©The artist
Jacqui Stockdale is represented by Olsen Gallery in Sydney, Australia.

Date

Wed 21st June 2023, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
Mistral Road

Other Dates

Wed 21st June 2023, 10:00am

Thu 22nd June 2023, 10:00am

Fri 23rd June 2023, 10:00am

Sat 24th June 2023, 10:00am

Sun 25th June 2023, 10:00am

Wed 28th June 2023, 10:00am

Thu 29th June 2023, 10:00am

Fri 30th June 2023, 10:00am

Sat 01st July 2023, 10:00am

Sun 02nd July 2023, 10:00am

Wed 05th July 2023, 10:00am

Thu 06th July 2023, 10:00am

Fri 07th July 2023, 10:00am

Sat 08th July 2023, 10:00am

Sun 09th July 2023, 10:00am

Wed 12th July 2023, 10:00am

Thu 13th July 2023, 10:00am

Fri 14th July 2023, 10:00am

Sat 15th July 2023, 10:00am

Sun 16th July 2023, 10:00am

Wed 19th July 2023, 10:00am

Thu 20th July 2023, 10:00am

Fri 21st July 2023, 10:00am

Sat 22nd July 2023, 10:00am

Sun 23rd July 2023, 10:00am

Wed 26th July 2023, 10:00am

Thu 27th July 2023, 10:00am

Fri 28th July 2023, 10:00am

Sat 29th July 2023, 10:00am

Sun 30th July 2023, 10:00am

We wish to acknowledge the Ngandowal and Minyungbal speaking people of the Bundjalung Country, in particular the Goodjinburra, Tul-gi-gin and Moorung – Moobah clans, as being the traditional owners and custodians of the land and waters within the Tweed Shire boundaries. We also acknowledge and respect the Tweed Aboriginal community’s right to speak for its Country and to care for its traditional Country in accordance with its lores, customs and traditions.