Art by Mark Elliot-Ranken and Bernadette Smith: In Translation - Group Show at Verge Gallery, University of Sydney

Intro

Bernadette Smith MFA is a contemporary artist and art educator who has exhibited internationally. Her work has been collected in Germany, USA, Singapore and Australia. Dr Mark Elliot-Ranken has been working as an artist and arts educator for three decades both within Australia and internationally. His work has been collected by both public and private collectors such as the Earl Lew collection in Singapore, the Prudential collection, USA and IGL Australia. Elliot-Ranken has completed a PhD at Newcastle University as well as lecturing in Fine Arts and is exploring the impact of travel on artists.Buy from select galleries such as Linton and Kay Galleries in Perth or Graphis Art and Framing in Sydney or visit smithrankenART studio by appointment at Unit 10, 20 - 28 Maddox Street, Alexandria in Sydney. email: bernadettesmithart@yahoo.com.au or markelliotranken@yahoo.com.au

Friday, October 26, 2018

In Translation - Group Show at Verge Gallery, University of Sydney

Interactions 1 and 2 by Bernadette Smith at Verge Gallery

In Translation Group Show at Verge
Fiona Davies, Merryn Hull, Nerine Martini, Bernadette Smith, and Eila Vinwynn

To translate is to convert something from one form into another; aiding communication and meaning across languages, times, cultures, or mediums. In Translation brings together the work of five postgraduate artists from Sydney College of the Arts: Fiona Davies, Merryn Hull, Nerine Martini, Bernadette Smith, and Eila Vinwynn. As each artist translates their ideas across different mediums, meanings are continually challenged and restructured. Their investigations range from the refraction of light to material transformations, from structures of language to the intersection between life and death.

Curated by students currently studying the Masters of Art Curating at the University of Sydney, In Translation coincides with three further exhibitions at Sydney College of the Arts, which feature each artist in more depth. With this collaboration across campuses comes the movement and ‘translation’ of artworks and ideas from one space to another, and the consideration of each artist, curator and viewer as both ‘translator’ and meaning-maker.