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The Offering – Jacqui Stockdale

Date

Sat 26th August 2023, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
Mistral Road

Other Dates

Sat 26th August 2023, 10:00am

Sun 27th August 2023, 10:00am

Wed 30th August 2023, 10:00am

Thu 31st August 2023, 10:00am

Fri 01st September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 02nd September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 03rd September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 06th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 07th September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 08th September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 09th September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 10th September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 13th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 14th September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 15th September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 16th September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 17th September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 20th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 21st September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 22nd September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 23rd September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 24th September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 27th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 28th September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 29th September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 30th September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 01st October 2023, 10:00am

Wed 04th October 2023, 10:00am

Thu 05th October 2023, 10:00am

Fri 06th October 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

Sat 26th August 2023, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
Mistral Road

Other Dates

Sat 26th August 2023, 10:00am

Sun 27th August 2023, 10:00am

Wed 30th August 2023, 10:00am

Thu 31st August 2023, 10:00am

Fri 01st September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 02nd September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 03rd September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 06th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 07th September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 08th September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 09th September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 10th September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 13th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 14th September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 15th September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 16th September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 17th September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 20th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 21st September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 22nd September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 23rd September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 24th September 2023, 10:00am

Wed 27th September 2023, 10:00am

Thu 28th September 2023, 10:00am

Fri 29th September 2023, 10:00am

Sat 30th September 2023, 10:00am

Sun 01st October 2023, 10:00am

Wed 04th October 2023, 10:00am

Thu 05th October 2023, 10:00am

Fri 06th October 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.