Opening Night – 17th March

A feast for the eyes at NERAM as art museum opens two new group exhibitions.

Through the Eyes of Strangers is an exhibition at New England Regional Art Museum, informed by three artists experience in Tasmania.

Isabelle Devos, Lois Robertson, and Tanya Chaitow met in 2021 during an artist residential workshop in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, led by artist David Keeling. As strangers in this foreign land, the three artists found a shared connection and began collaborating on a body of work inspired by this unique part of Tasmania.

Feed the Soul features 19 Australian artists and celebrates the tradition of still life painting with a focus on food. From colourful kitchen tables to staged meditations on memento mori and the passing of time, Feed the Soul will tantalise your taste buds, entice your eyes, and satiate your senses.

Several local artists feature in the exhibition including Emily Simson, Esther Eckley, Jo White, Kate Durack, and Kim Bizo.

Other artists include Alice Tilley, Alison Mackay, Andrew Bonneau, Anna Hartwig, Anna Placidi, Emily Heath, Fiona Cotton, Fran Max, Kiata Mason, Linda Kruger, Susanna Collins, Vanessa Encarnacao, Veronica O’Leary and Yani Lenehan.

Isabelle Devos, The Peacefulness of Late Afternoon, 2023. Acrylic on birch panel.