Sydney Museum Exhibits Simryn Gill

Gill’s practice considers how we might experience place and the intersection of personal and collective histories and geographies. For her work May 2006 the artist took more than 800 photographs over a month of walks around her neighbourhood, using a film stock that had recently been discontinued and was nearing its expiry date. The work records the passing of this material as well as Gill’s deepening connection to her locality.

To celebrate the exhibition, MCA Public Programs highlights Pearls, a series of bead necklaces created by the artist out of books. The process involves Gill inviting colleagues and friends to give her a book of their choice, which she then makes into beads and returns to the giver to be worn.

Simryn Gill: Gathering will tour to the Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide; Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Artspace Mackay, North Queensland; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne. This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.

Exhibition schedule is as follows:

Samstag Museum
7 August 2009 – 30 October 2009

Heide Museum of Modern Art
21 April 2010 – late July 2010 (dates tbc)

QAG
July 2010 – September 2010

Artspace Mackay
5 November 2010 – 9 January 2011 -- www.mca.com.au