Changing Perspectives 2022

MSWPS 113th Annual Exhibition
29 September - 10 October 2022
430 Albert Street East Melbourne

Aftermath - Cynthia Boyle

The exhibition

 

MSWPS is delighted to present its 113th Annual Exhibition Changing Perspectives 2022 at the Victorian Artists Society Galleries, including this Online Virtual Exhibition to the world.

The Judge: Dr Maggie McCormick

Dr Maggie McCormick is Adjunct Professor in the School of Art, RMIT University and Hon. Professor at Reutlingen University, Germany. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Architecture at The University of Melbourne. She has a long history in the arts as an artist, curator and writer. Across these fields she has a particular interest in how art practice contributes to a deeper understanding of the changing nature of consciousness in an increasingly urbanised and digitalised world. Her most recent publication was in The Routledge Companion to Art in the Public Realm (2020). She currently co-edits the Art and Activism in Public Space issues of The Journal of Public Space (City Space Architecture, Italy and UN Habitat). From as early as 1990 she established innovative art interventions that made claim on the city itself as an art space by utilising vacant shopfronts, tram shelters, stairwells and unused buildings (City of Melbourne). More recently she co-curated an Australian/German project, SkypeLab (2012-2019), that drew together artists from Australia, Europe, China and South America to explore the relationship of art practice to digital space. Building on an earlier art career in ceramic sculpture and installation, her current artwork uses photography and drawing to explore layers of individual consciousness.  

PHOTO: At the Finsta exhibition at Skissernas Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art, Lund, Sweden 2022.

The 2022 winners

  • Lucy Fekete, Movie Night

    The Annie Davison Oliver Award

    Lucy Fekete, Movie Night

    Annie Davison Oliver was a long serving Treasurer and Benefactor of MSWPS. Her death in 1997 at the age of 94 ended a long and valuable association of 67 years, in appreciation, MSWPS established this award in her memory.

  • Gillian Govan, Before The Storm

    Valda Cuming Sculpture Award

    Gillian Govan, Before The Storm

    Valda Cuming OAM served on the MSWPS committee for many years during her 25 year membership of the Society. Valda was widely recognized for her proficiency in sculpture using a range of materials including wood, ceramic and stone. At the pinnacle of her career in 2019, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to the arts.

    The Valda Cuming Sculpture Award was established by MSWPS in memory of her inspirational sculpture and impressive achievements.

  • Jenny Scholes, Towards the Point at Wye River

    Judith Perry Award for Oil/Acrylic

    Jenny Scholes, Towards the Point at Wye River

    Judith was a stalwart of MSWPS, joining in1961. She was an esteemed Life Member holding every office including President, Treasurer and Secretary since the 1980s. For many years as Bulletin Editor, she contributed witty and insightful poems. She also prepared ‘The Jood Quiz’ for Winter and Christmas Luncheons and attended weekly Life Drawing sessions.

  • Ying Tang, Eternal Change No 1

    Jo Bennett Award for Works on Paper

    Ying Tang, Eternal Change No 1

    Jo joined the Society in 1975 and was an esteemed Life Member. She worked in various capacities on the Committee throughout the 1980s and 1990s and was Life Drawing Monitor until late in the next decade. She was committed to fostering innovation and inquiry.

  • Beatrice Magalotti - Precious Cargo

    The MSWPS Award

    Beatrice Magalotti - Precious Cargo

    This award is chosen by the current Members of MSWPS. Each artwork entered for the 2022 Exhibition automatically receives One (1) voting point. Members choose Three (3) Artworks by their peers for added voting points.

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