Feb 17 - May 26
Soft Pressing

Soft Pressing

  • Date 17th February 2024 - 26th May 2024; Every day
    09:30 - 17:00
  • Cost Free
  • Location Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
    1 Barolin Street, Bundaberg Central QLD 4670

Soft Pressing by Brisbane based artist, Simon Degroot, is an exhibition that investigates and encourages interaction with surfaces that make up our everyday environments.

Using the process of frottage, whereby paper is pressed to a wall, footpath, or other surface and rubbed with graphite or charcoal, the artist has captured mediated surfaces that connect us to the places we live. Inspired by the built environment within the Bundaberg region, as well as other buildings and textured structures in Queensland, Degroot has used his recordings of surfaces to inspire drawing and printed interventions through his studio practice.

This is the first iteration of a regional touring exhibition which will develop across five venues, including Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Shoalhaven Art Gallery, The Condensery, Redland Art Gallery, and Dogwood Crossing.

JOIN US FOR THE OPENING EVENTS

Exhibition Opening Event
Friday 16 February, 5.30 pm

Gallery Opening Times
Weekdays: 9.30 am to 5 pm
Weekends: 10 am to 2 pm 

Contact Name: Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Contact Number: (07) 4130 4750
Email: brgadmin@bundaberg.qld.gov.au

Image: Simon Degroot, Caerula Vinea, 2023, oil on linen (image detail).