Exhibitions

This exhibition is an investigation into how the symbology of fruit can invoke meaning, understanding and emotion to inform our human experience. In the ancient world, the fruits of the earth were considered as the most delectable inspiration for art, poetry and recipes. The symbology of fruit has conveyed an array of expressions across history: lust, sensuality, fertility, temptation, mortality, revolution and as a motif of beauty. 

 

Abundant trees were once considered “blessed by the gods” and continued to sustain communities living off the land of centuries. If sweet, luscious fruit is an offering suited for the Gods then we as mortals are blessed to enjoy this luxury. FRUIT of the GODS is a celebration of the magic that fruit has to inspire our souls and reconnect us with our senses. 

Allowing for visual allegory to inform the artworks, each work from this exhibition was lovingly created by the artist utilising the techniques of black and white botanical illustration. This style allows the motifs of fruit to move the viewer.

What memories and feelings will fruit invoke in you? 

Fifteen years ago, Georgia Cheesman exhibited a series of lino prints celebrating a deep appreciation for the eclectic interiors, corner spaces and coveted spots in The Wheaty, including a much-loved and sold-out edition of the front bar. This August, she returns to her old haunt to exhibit a new love: home, in the Barossa Highlands.

 

Georgia’s highly detailed lino prints carry themes of nostalgia, memory, longing and a sense of place. Each piece takes time to emerge, created slowly from observations and sketches in-situ. Intricate pen drawings become the basis for finely carved blocks, from which limited edition lino prints are pulled by hand through her beloved press.

 

‘Ode To Home’ includes lino prints in which envelopes serve as portals to the visual keepsakes held in Georgia’s mind of unfolding landscapes and the wild beauty of nature. This home is a place that values the past, where time slows to a more considered pace and nature is ever-present.