Exhibition sure to create a splash

Exhibition sure to create a splashAaron CorlettThe West AustralianTue, 17 May 2016 11:02AMCamera IconBunbury Regional Art Galleries exhibition curator Alisa Blakeney interacts with artist

Dionne Hooyberg’s installation, which is a part of the exhibition So Long and Thanks for All the Fish. Credit: Jon GellweilerShare to FacebookShare to XEmail UsCopy the Link Artists with a

strong connection to the South West have returned home with a splash as part of a quirky exhibition which explores Bunbury’s relationship with water.

Six artists associated with Bunbury and the South West came back to their childhood towns for So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, which opens at the Bunbury Regional Art Galleries on

Friday.

Curator Alisa Blakeney said the exhibition included a number of different styles of art such as printmaking, video and sculptures.

“They are all contemporary artists who are dealing with displacement after leaving their hometown,” she said.

“Many of the artists are looking back on their childhoods and memories of Bunbury and significant landmarks.

Ms Blakeney said the quirky title of the exhibition was a nod to Douglas Adams’ book of the same name and was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Former Newton Moore Senior High School student and Perth artist Mark Parfitt spent a day jumping in pools around Bunbury and having it documented through photos as part of the exhibition.

He said he had an interest in making mundane suburban life more fun and celebrating it in unusual ways.

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