exhibitions

paintings, prints & drawings

6 - 25 November 2008

about the exhibition

Kirrily Hammond’s paintings, prints and drawings combine lyrical imagery with specific sites and hazy memories. The resulting enigmatic and dreamlike landscapes invite silent contemplation as they explore the intricacies of human interactions and personal experience. As Sasha Grishin says of her current work, “she enjoys creating a sense of pervading mystery and employs slightly nostalgic and romatic imagery, usually veiled in mist ….- she is an artist who triumphs in the sense of otherness”. Kirrily’s works are points of intersection between the scapes of the imagination and those physically experienced by the artist. 19th century literature and art of the Symbolism movement are important points of departure. In this show Kirrily was inspired by the Fiordlands of New Zealand and the rural/industrial landscapes of Gippsland in south eastern Victoria. In the resulting transfigured landscapes she sets out to discover something slightly otherworldly in the everyday.

Kirrily Hammond studied at the Canberra School of Art and Glasgow School of Art, graduating with Honours in 1997, and completed a Masters in curatorship at the University of Melbourne in 2002. She was a Graduate in Residence at the Canberra School of Art in 2000 and also undertook a printmaking residency with Megalo Access Arts in 2000/2001. Kirrily has had a successful career as a curator, taking up roles for Canberra Museum and Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and currently at Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne. Kirrily was employed in the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and, in 2005, was awarded a Harold Wright Scholarship to study the prints & drawings collection at the British Museum in London. Her work is held in numerous private collections as well as the collections of the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland; the Australian National University, Canberra; University of Wollongong, NSW; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria and Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria.

exhibition images

  • 1. $1,500 Lake Manapouri - charcoal on Fabriano paper, 70.5 x 92.5cm

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  • 2. $500 Night islands - drypoint on Hahnemuhle paper, edition 2 of 6, 17.6 x 22.1cm (unframed $350)

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  • 3. $500 Moonlight passage - drypoint on Hahnemuhle paper, edition 2 of 6, 17.6 x 22.1cm (unframed $350)

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  • 4. $500 Storm brewing - drypoint & aquatint on Hahnemuhle paper, edition 2 of 8, 16.8 x 19.7cm (unframed $350)

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  • 5. $500 Floating island - drypoint & aquatint on Hahnemuhle paper, artist’s proof, edition of 6, 17.7 x 22.1cm (unframed $350)

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  • 6. $500 Doubtful Sound - drypoint & aquatint on Hahnemuhle paper, edition 2 of 15, 17.7 x 22.1cm (unframed $350)

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  • 7. $750 Gippsland twilight 1 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 8. $750 Gippsland twilight 22 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 9. $750 Gippsland twilight 2 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 10. $750 Gippsland twilight 10 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 11. $750 Gippsland twilight 18 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 12. $750 Gippsland twilight 4 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 13. $750 Gippsland twilight 7 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 14. $750 Gippsland twilight 6 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 15. $750 Gippsland twilight 9 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 16. $750 Gippsland twilight 20 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 17. $750 Gippsland twilight 19 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 18. $750 Gippsland twilight 21 - oil on linen, 30 x 30cm

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  • 19. $1,500 Archipelago - charcoal on Fabriano paper, 70.8 x 88.8cm

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  • 20. $650 Untitled 1 - oil on board, paper, wire & enamel paint, 14.5 x 19.2 x 8.1cm

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  • 21. $650 Untitled 4 - oil on board, paper, wire & enamel paint, 14.5 x 19.2 x 8.1cm

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  • 22. $650 Untitled 3 - oil on board, paper, wire & enamel paint, 14.5 x 19.2 x 8.1cm

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  • 23. $1,650 Island mist - oil on canvas, 61 x 76.2cm

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  • 24. $700 Archipelago - oil on canvas, 23.7 x 29.7cm

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  • 25. $1,650 Half light - oil on canvas, 61.5 x 76.2cm

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  • 26. $1,400 Rosso’s islands - charcoal & graphite on Fabriano paper, 78.6 x 70.8cm

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  • 27. $1,400 Floating - charcoal on Fabriano paper, 78.8 x 70.6cm

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  • 28. $750 Untitled (small island) - charcoal on Fabriano paper, 30.3 x 25cm

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  • 29. $750 Haystack island - charcoal on Fabriano paper, 30.3 x 25cm

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  • 30. $350 Doubtful Sound - drypoint & aquatint on Hahnemuhle paper, 3/15, 17.7 x 22.1cm

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