ON EXHIBITION @ The Centre Beaudesert

RUNNING RIVERS: PIGMENTS OF PLACE by Kuweni Dias Mendis

Inspires people to build relationships, intimacy and trust with nature, waterways and habitat.

22 OCT - 17 DEC 2022
 

WHERE

 

The Centre Beaudesert, 82 Brisbane Street, Beaudesert  | All Welcome

GALLERY HOURS

Tues-Fri 10am-4pm; Sat 10am-2pm
Closed public holidays |  Free entry
 

ENQUIRIES

5540 5050 |

Running Rivers: Pigments of Place inspires people to be in relationship with non-human systems, to build intimacy and trust with nature, to inspire people to support other systems like waterways, earth, habitat and each other.

It highlights the role human activity can play in regeneration, as co-evolutionary participants, where people participate in the evolution than the degeneration. 

Through this exhibition, Kuweni identifies the unique nature of the headwaters of Back Creek and surrounds in Beechmont, assist people to form coherence and understand what makes the place thrive. It will explore the themes of biodiversity, regeneration and reciprocal relationships between ecosystems.

It’s an insight in to how life evolves in nature and patterns of nature that has been in the landscape for a long time beyond culture. It’s an invitation for people to use pigments as a bridge to be a part of the living world where they always belong.

Artist Statement
"My arts practice is about engaging with nature and being in touch with the  senses to slow life to an innate, natural and untamed state of being. My studio forms an integral part of my arts practice, using a collapsing open-air set-up that fits in the car and travels with me. This provides an opportunity for me to become a creature of place.

As a pilgrim of place, all materials to make my brushes, bush dyes, leaf prints and some ink and paper are found from being there. I create a visual language to respond to the elemental power that guides, to unite with the inner and outer knowing that animates all of life around us. 

 My marks are my alphabet, made using ink, pastels, watercolours, bush dyes and stitches. These marks are intuitive, lively, visceral and subtle, inspiring viewers to become more sensual and follow the yearning of their subconscious.

My work is about allowing this intrinsic intelligence to call on the senses. This work is my prayer, dreaming and offering; it is belonging."

Also featured in the Connections to Place exhibition is Small Treasures 22: Place by artisans from Scenic Rim and beyond.