MAC celebrates the festive season with a cornucopia of contemporary craft secreted in 50 identical wooden boxes. This covert exhibition happens before the display in a twist of fate where buyers can purchase a secret artwork, sight unseen, and will only know who's artwork they have at the Opening of the Boxes on 11 November. There are only 50 covetable works of art, contributed by an impressive list of WA artists, to be ‘auctioned’ off to the first fifty buyers. 

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

An exciting selection of West Australian artists create installations to share their “gift” through display and residency, plus invite people to take part in workshops to create gifts for Christmas.  

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1 - 27 NOVEMBER | AMANDA ALDERSON, ANNA HADWIN & ANNEMIEKE MULDERS

Anna Hadwin's delightfully quirky crocheted critters pay MAC a visit

IN RESIDENCE | WED 16 AND SUN 20 NOVEMBER, 11AM-3PM

Annemieke Mulders presents her whimsical ceramic teapots and beakers

IN RESIDENCE | THU 17 AND THU 24 NOVEMBER, 10AM - 3PM 

FREE WORKSHOP | THU 17 NOVEMBER 10AM - 12PM 

Amanda Alderson shares her ‘Curious and Rare Article’ boxes 

IN RESIDENCE | FRI 18 AND FRI 25 NOVEMBER, 11AM - 3PM

FREE WORKSHOP | FRI 18 NOVEMBER 10AM - 12PM 

2 - 21 DECEMBER | HOLLY AND JILL O'MEEHAN OF GOLDEN WATTLE HOOKERS AND DENISE AND PATRICK BROWN OF VIBE CERAMICS

Holly and Jill O'Meehan aka 'Golden Wattle Hookers' crochet the gallery into a gloriously colourful installation

IN RESIDENCE | TUE 13 - FRI 16 DECEMBER, 11AM - 3PM

WORKSHOP | FRI 16 DECEMBER 12.30PM - 3PM 

Denise and Patrick Brown, the VIBE Ceramic Studio creators, share their latest hues in tableware plus mixed media works

IN RESIDENCE | TUE 6 - THU 8 AND TUE 13 - THU 15 DECEMBER, 11AM - 3PM

Curated by Ron Nyisztor

The only exhibition of its kind in Western Australia, Mine Own Executioner has established its reputation, fascinating Western Australian audiences with diverse interpretations and representations of the self since the inaugural exhibition in 1995. Presented by the Mundaring Arts Centre, this exhibition has challenged over 300 of some of Western Australia’s most significant artists to investigate the notion of self-portraiture.

Mine Own Executioner in 2014 presents an intriguing collection of new works by seminal Western Australian artists, with the aim of reflecting the depth and range of creative arts practice currently at work in our artistic community. Curated by Ron Nyisztor, these 18 West Australian artists have manifested an image of themselves free from the constraints of an overarching exhibition theme.

‘Executioners’ Amanda Alderson, Tané Andrews, Robert Cleworth, Brad Coleman, Moira de la Hunty, Michael Doherty, Abraham Dunovits, Lee Harrop, Matthew Hunt, Beth Kirkland, André Lipscombe, Andy Quilty, Max Richards, Nien Schwarz, Monique Tippett, Daniel Webster, Gera Woltjer and Jurek Wybraniec go beyond commercial representation of likeness, compelling the audience toward something more complex and meaningful.

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Image: Andy Quilty, Standstill - diptych (Detail) 2014, assisted motorbike burnout, oil and enamel on coated aluminium.