Image:
Mike NICHOLLS
Captive 2010
Yellow Box with iron oxide patina and paint
33 x 46 x 20 cm
Photo: Mike Nicholls
When: Friday 28th April 2023, 6PM
To be launched by: Mr Carrillo Gantner AC (Actor, director, theatre founder, and arts leader)
Where: Simpson Gallery
Price: This is a FREE event
Bookings: Numbers are strictly limited. To secure your place, email the gallery on gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Join Benalla Art Gallery and Mike Nicholls for the official celebration of the exhibition A Bird in the Hand. Enjoy refreshments, and the opportunity to meet the artist and converse in a relaxed setting.
A Bird in the Hand draws on the artist’s work spanning 34 years, and focuses on ‘the bird’ in his work. For Nicholls, the bird and its associative cycle of life “contains many metaphors, such as reverence, earth mother, peace, conscience, nest, egg and nurturing with which to convey subtle messages within my sculpture, to explore the primal being. I believe humanity is primordial at heart and with this in mind, through my sculpture, l strive to reflect world events that emotionally impact our existence.”