Beautiful Tensions | Gray Street Workshop + JamFactory

Overview

Artists | Jess Dare, Lisa Furno, Sue Lorraine and Catherine Truman

In celebration of Gray Street Workshop's 40th anniversary, JamFactory presents Beautiful Tensions, a major touring exhibition honouring the momentous legacy and talent of the workshop by showcasing new work by the four current partners: Jess Dare, Lisa Furno, Sue Lorraine and Catherine Truman.

Established in 1985, Gray Street Workshop is one of Australia's longest-running collectively run studios for artists working in the field of contemporary jewellery and object making. The uncompromising commitment of this group of artists to their work and to studio-based practice has enabled Gray Street Workshop to evolve into one of Australia's most exciting and respected workshops.

Beautiful Tensions brings together new work by the four current partners and is the culmination of two years of work and research. Witty, playful and poignant in equal measure, each body of work is distinctive, yet shares certain themes and formal concerns.

The exhibition will be launched at JamFactory Adelaide before touring to 12 venues nationally across South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland. It is accompanied by a 152-page hard-cover monograph, co-published by JamFactory and Wakefield Press, and written by author and Gray Street Workshop co-founder Anne Brennan.