As part of Liverpool City Council’s Anzac Centenary Commemoration, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in March will host the exhibition Guarding the Home Front.
Guarding the Home Front is an exhibition that engages with the ideas, themes and concerns of military conflicts around the world. The exhibition will explore the many notions of the home front: of those who remain at home, awaiting the return of loved ones and/or contributing to the war effort; the experience of civilians in conflict zones; the ways that wars and conflicts are portrayed in the media and how these shape our own perspectives; and the idea of the home front as war front – a grave reality for many people around the world.
The exhibition will showcase emerging and established artists as well as work from celebrated official World War I and World War II artists from the Australian War Memorial including Stella Bowen, Sybil Craig, Horace Moore-Jones and Sidney Nolan.
Guarding the Home Front will also feature Baden Palinthorpe, the Australian War Memorial’s first artist in residence, and exciting new works by Tony Albert, Jodi Daley, Phillip George and Guan Wei. This unique and diverse range of Australian artists reflect the many ways in which war and conflict have affected people on the home front.
The ambitious exhibition will feature some of the most exciting, emerging and established artists today, says Kiersten Fishburn, director of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.
“With these artists harnessing their personal journeys through conflicts, this exhibition sheds a unique light on the effect of war on the communities and the people at home. This exhibition is a homage to the unsung heroes on the home front that have done so much for this country.”
Liverpool City Council mayor Ned Mannoun said: “Liverpool, home to Holsworthy Barracks, one of the largest and most important military bases in Australia, has many military communities within it.
“Guarding the Home Front will play an important role in bringing a voice to these communities and their experiences.”
Guarding the Home Front will be officially opened the Powerhouse Arts Centre at 6pm on Friday, March 20 and will feature the work of Tony Albert, Penny Byrne, Sam Cranstoun, Jodi Daley, Bonita Ely, Phillip George, George Gittoes, Lucy Griggs, Fiona Hall, Freya Jobbins, eX de Medici, Baden Pailthorpe, Michael Peck, Benjamin Tankard and Guan Wei.
Artists from the Australian War Memorial include George Benson, Stella Bowen, Sybil Craig, Will Dyson, John Goodchild, George Lambert, Horace Moore-Jones, Katy Mutton and Sidney Nolan.
What: Guarding the Home Front;
Where: Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre – 1 Powerhouse Road, Casula;
Opening: 20 March 2015, 6pm;
When: 20 March – 17 May, 2015;
Hours: 10am – 5pm daily;
Cost: Free entry.
Information: www.casulapowerhouse.com or 9824 1121.
