11 – 29 May 2011
BACK TO THE FUTURE
The 2011 Watt Space Open Show
Curated by Abbey Cecil, Ashleigh Duncan and Fiona Heard
In a post-post-modern art world, are old and new ways of representation at odds with each other? Have they become bed-fellows? Or are questions of old and new struck irrelevant by an art scene that is a melting pot of themes, modes and material?
These are the questions posed by the curators of Back To The Future.
Students at the University of Newcastle are asked to think about where art has been, where it is going and the implications of this journey. New work from any discipline and any style will allow the participants to demonstrate their own thoughts on time and art’s place in it.
This year’s judging panel will consist of Newcastle-based artist Jane Lander, and Todd Fuller, Sydney-based artist and a recent graduate from the National Art School.
ARTISTS
Michael Baker Gail Bedford Elaine Bull Anna Buxton-Soldal Chris Byrnes
Barbara Callcott Sally Cogan-Aberhart Jessica Creighton Rachael Duffin Gany Erlano
Jordan Fardell Ryan Fitzgerald Sarah Foster Deborah Hally Karen Hicks Rachael Ireland
Mitchell Joy Ben Kenning Nathan Keogh Susanne Klippel Jean-Louis Kocher Nicole Lemaitre
Phoebe MacDonald William Maguire Manon Marguerite Mark Mason Cale Moloney
Kylie Moore Willow Morgaine Sigourney Nicholson Robyn Pedley Kieran Perry
Barbie Procobis Sebastian Turner Ruth Vidler Douglas Webb Justine Williams
Thank you to our sponsors
Maclean's Booksellers, Hamilton
Art Monthly Australia
Snap Printing, Hunter St Newcastle
Fuji Xerox, University of Newcastle
Hunter Art Shop, UoN Services
Les Porter Photography
Artist Profile Magazine
Callaghan Newsagency, University of Newcastle
Eckersley's Art and Craft, Newcastle
some works from Back to the Future
and the winners were:
OVERALL WINNER
18. Barbi Procobis
Self Portrait of (Designer Artist) Creative
graphite pencil on paper
HIGHLY COMMENDED
10. Kylie Moore
If Picasso Were a Cake Decorator
styrofoam and sugar icing
COMMENDED
36. Jessica Creighton
Rorschach Demon
Rorschach Royalty
Rorschach Black Sheep
type C print
7. Sarah Foster
Land, Sea and Beyond
sculpture assemblage
12. Nathan Keogh
Liquid Shadows
oil on canvas
14. Sigourney Nicholson
Delic 1, Delic 2
collograph

