Primavera 2001

Pressetext Primavera 2001 marked the 10th anniversary of Primavera: The Belinda Jackson Exhibition of Young Artists - an annual exhibition presenting the work of emerging Australian artists 35 years of age and under. Each year a guest curator is appointed to the exhibition.

In 2001 this was artist Gail Hastings, whose work was shown in the inaugural Primavera exhibition in 1992. Hastings’ theme, ‘the BLIND SPOTS we sometimes see’, informed her selection of nine artists: artist and writer Alex Gawronski (NSW); installation artists Bianca Hester (VIC) and Scott Mitchell (VIC); painter and sound artist Michael Graeve (VIC); photographer Annie Hogan (QLD); conceptual artist Blair Trethowan (VIC); video artists TV Moore (NSW) and Jacinta Schreuder (VIC); and new media artist Carmen Soraya Moreno Hernandez (NSW).

“The image of the blind spot operated as a metaphor for the experience of looking at contemporary art, which at times can be a confusing and difficult activity, often requiring investigation, close inspection, lateral thinking and questioning what we see and expect,” said Hastings.

In 1991 Dr Edward and Mrs Cynthia Jackson established the Primavera exhibition in memory of their talented daughter, Belinda, who died at the age of 29 in December 1990. The exhibition celebrates renewal and optimism in art. Its timing aptly heralds the advent of spring and reflects nature’s miraculous resurgence following winter and the revelation of something ‘new’, or emerging.

Primavera 2001
The 10th Anniversary Belinda Jackson Exhibition of Young Artists

mit Alex Gawronski, Michael Graevenitz, Bianca Hester, Annie Hogan, Scott Mitchell, Carmen Soraya Moreno Hernandez, Jacinta Schreuder, Blair Trethowan ...