Curatorial+Co. will present two concurrent exhibitions at the Gallery from 9 – 17 December, with new work by Southern Highlands-based artist Lily Cummins reflecting on mental health and the role art can play as therapy, and its largest exhibition to date with over 50 artists offering small works just in time for Christmas.
Presented in a setting with furniture by Vampt Vintage creating a warm and personal living room feel, visitors will be able to enjoy and experience the works in this unique gallery space that offers a one-of-a-kind mix of art and design.
Curated inside the staged living room of vintage furniture within the gallery, Lily Cummins new suite of work, Weirds, was created during recent sessions of art therapy in her hospital room while being treated for a mental illness. The resulting works have a childlike innocence to them and were instrumental to Cummins’s recovery.
Lily Cummins said: “This work came about during a moment of crisis for me. A time when my depression reared its head and roared. I began to dissociate, which essentially means to disconnect or separate from your body. A disconnection occurs and there is lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity. I felt as though a fracture had occurred and I felt myself shift in time and space. Memories began to slip away faster than I could hold onto them.
“Time began to move differently, I felt as though I was standing still and everything else was moving fast. The only way I could remain in my body was to draw and make work, it enabled me to remove it from my mind, to make it physical and to confront it. It is a privilege to be able to create and to share this work.”
For’Darlings’, the Gallery presents its largest show to date, showcasing the work of all its represented artists as well as some invited guests. Featuring small works across a range of mediums including sculpture, painting, mixed media, photography and ceramics, the exhibition will be full of treasures for a positive send off to the year.
Sophie Vander, Founder and Director of Curatorial+Co. said: “After this whirlwind year we’re excited to send it off with an exhibition featuring all of our artists as well as Lily Cummins’s incredible works that show that out of struggle can come beauty. We hope to offer our visitors a little bit of cheer ahead of Christmas, whether they come in to browse the art, pick up a one-of-a-kind gift, or check out the beautiful furniture by our friends at Vampt Vintage, all are welcome!”
The Gallery is located at Studio 1, 175 Cleveland Street, Redfern
ABOUT CURATORIAL+CO.
Born out of a passion to make art from around the world accessible to an Australian audience of art lovers, Curatorial+Co. is the ideal platform to view art online and begin or enhance your art collection today.
Curatorial+Co. showcases accessible, one-of-a-kind and limited edition works by established and emerging artists and designers from across the globe in its online gallery and Sydney space. Curatorial+Co. creates a lasting connection between artists with individual collectors, interior designers and organisations looking to enhance their environment with original works. Presenting painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture and ceramic works as well as multimedia and textile art pieces, the scope of the Curatorial+Co. collection is vast and inspiring, and all works are exclusive to Curatorial+Co.
Created to offer new collectors a starting point for their art obsession and to give established art lovers an array of alternative pieces to add to their spaces, Curatorial+Co. features affordable artworks carefully curated and available online and on site in Curatorial+Co’s new Redfern gallery.
ABOUT SOPHIE VANDER
Curatorial+Co. Director Sophie Vander champions artists and advocates for individuality. As a UNSW College of Fine Arts graduate with a relentless passion for art and design, Sophie has worked as a magazine editor overseeing the style and direction of some of the world’s leading publications in North America, Asia and Australia. Sophie was inspired by the art she was exposed to throughout her extensive travels and yearned to bring this mix of one-of-a-kind art and design to an Australian audience, and show Australian talent to the world.
After 10 years abroad and leveraging her experience in curating, interior design and journalism, Sophie now lives in Sydney where she brings her insight and enthusiasm to Curatorial+Co., consulting with clients on art commissions, hosting pop-up exhibitions and fostering creative talent.
Using her keen eye for detail, Sophie uses her global design sensibility to support emerging artists and collectors around the world in their art journey. Collaborating with contemporary artists, Curatorial+Co. is dedicated to making beautiful and original art accessible to everyone.
ABOUT LILY CUMMINS
Lily Cummins is an artist based in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. She works with a combination of abstract and recognisable forms, questioning the idea of representation and creating a dream-like patchwork of memory.
Lily holds a Masters of Fine Art from The National Art School, Sydney. In 2018 she won the Wingecarribee Drawing Prize which enabled her to participate in Pilotenkueche, a three-month international artist residency in Leipzig, Germany. Whilst there she participated in three exhibitions. Lily has exhibited extensively in Sydney and in 2019 Lily had two solo shows, in Sydney and Robertson, NSW.
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Featured image: Ben Crawford ‘In The BruiseBen Crawfors – In the bruise coloured dusk of a new world