Group Exhibition

Playing with the idea that ‘every picture tells a story,’ King Street Gallery on William’s forthcoming summer exhibition will explore the idiosyncratic nature of an artist’s approach to the creation of an artwork, from initial conception to contemplation and completion.

Every Picture Tells a Story brings together artists’ creative endeavours in the form of concertina books, sketchbooks, and handmade books.  As completed works within their own right, these books will accompany an artwork (painting, sculpture or another medium), inviting reflection on the artists’ individual approaches. The exhibition will feature work by selected contemporary Australian and international artists, including Alex Bray, John Bokor, Tom Carment, Genevieve Carroll, Andrew Christofides, Maggie Hensel-Brown, Alan Jones, Jumaadi, Martin King, Ross Laurie, Joanna Logue, Euan Macleod, Martha Marlow, Rachel Milne, Idris Murphy, Jo Nolan, Peter O’Doherty, Heidrun Rathgeb, Douglas Schofield, Wendy Sharpe, Adriane Strampp, and John Turier.

Artists’ books, carried from place to studio, may enclose preliminary sketches of sculptures, small-scale studies completed en plein air, or speak to the artists’ particular ideation or interior contemplation. On display at King Street Gallery on William from November 18 to December 20, Every Picture Tells a Story will showcase the distinctive approach of each artist to their practice, from initial conception to completion, inviting reflection that indeed, ‘every picture tells a story.’