
exhibition:
Wonders of the Worlds
May 15 - June 16, 2023
Gallery Location:
Council House Foyer Gallery
27 St Georges Terrace,
PERTH WA
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday, 10am - 4pm
Worlds collide as past and present merge in Wonders of the Worlds.
In partnership with Art Collective WA and the City of Perth, highlights of Tony Windberg’s epic exhibition will be on display in Perth for the first time.
Images of antiquity - Roman ruins, Greek temples, the Pyramids and Petra - are resurrected from black and white photographs within century old volumes of Wonders of the Past. These combine with scenes of a wild terrain of sand and stone, a new frontier, the pristine landscapes of Mars.
Windberg’s innovative use of materials and techniques connects the artworks to his subject through a mix of traditional and non-conventional art materials. Iron oxides reflect the rusty hues of Mars, chalk and marble dust the limestone temples and pyramids. Surfaces and textures are methodically built up then ‘weathered’ to suggest the passage of time.
In this thought-provoking exhibition of contrasts and contradictions, the rise and fall of empires reveals our strengths and weaknesses, our achievements and vulnerabilities. Human civilisation has built great monuments and achieved extraordinary heights as we look to other worlds. Do we have the power to save our own?
Review: Ted Snell, Artist's Chronicle May/June 2022
Above:
Wonders of the Worlds VIII (detail)
2022
conte crayon, oil on 3 panels
Triptych: 40.5 x 50.5, 40.5 x 50.5, 40.5 x 50.5 cm
Supported by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund:





Above:
Wonders of the Worlds at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, 2022
Video and Photography: Christopher Young

Wonders of the Worlds I, 2022
earth pigments, ash, conte crayon, oil on 24 panels
205 x 245 cm

Wonders of the Worlds II, 2022
earth pigments, ash, conte crayon, oil on 4 panels
Triptych:
50.5 x 40.5, 50.5 x 82, 50.5 x 40.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds III, 2022
earth pigments, ash, conte crayon, oil on 4 panels
Triptych:
50.5 x 40.5, 50.5 x 82, 50.5 x 40.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds IV, 2022
earth pigments, conte crayon, oil on 14 panels
Triptych:
82 x 102, 82 x 153.5, 82 x 102 cm

Wonders of the Worlds V, 2022
earth pigments, conte crayon, oil on 20 panels
Triptych:
102 x 122.5, 102 x 164, 102 x 122.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds VI, 2022
earth pigments, conte crayon, oil on 7 panels
Triptych:
50.5 x 82, 50.5 x 102, 50.5 x 82 cm

Wonders of the Worlds VII, 2022
conte crayon, oil on 3 panels
Triptych:
40.5 x 50.5, 40.5 x 50.5, 40.5 x 50.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds VIII, 2022
conte crayon, oil on 3 panels
Triptych:
40.5 x 50.5, 40.5 x 50.5, 40.5 x 50.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds IX, 2022
conte crayon, oil on 3 panels
Triptych:
50.5 x 40.5, 50.5 x 40.5, 50.5 x 40.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds X, 2022
earth pigments, graphite, oil on 1 panel
30.5 x 40.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds XI, 2022
earth pigments, conte crayon on 6 panels
Triptych
92 x 61, 92 x 61, 92 x 61 cm

Wonders of the Worlds XII, 2022
conte crayon on 1 panel
50.5 x 40.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds XIII, 2022
conte crayon, oil on 3 panels
Triptych
40.5 x 30.5, 40.5 x 30.5, 40.5 x 30.5 cm

Wonders of the Worlds XIV, 2022
conte crayon, oil on 3 panels
Triptych
30.5 x 40.5, 30.5 x 40.5, 30.5 x 40.5 cm