| Artist Statement: We are born vulnerable into a vulnerable world. To protect ourselves from pain and discomfort, we spend a large chunk of our lives building defences. We are vulnerable to be ridiculed. To show vulnerability is a courageous but terrifying act, but to create art without opening up those painful feelings simply does not make sense. If we feel we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. 'Balancing Act' is an attempted self portrait, employing not myself as subject but a model, designed to act as a vehicle to explore my personal experiences across cultures. I was born beneath a red flag in Poland, but I grew up steeped in the proud traditions of our once great and free nation.
I'm deeply nostalgic for the distant and faded music of my old red accordion, the one I learned to play as a child. I shared some of my happiest times with that instrument and with a friend who did not survive our youth. The image, while touching on memories which point to the past, is also a contemporary one. It speaks much of my life now in a new country, the possibilities of new birth and renewal in my current life in Australia as I attempt to balance all the aspects of myself, my life past and present.
Exhibition Opening: BAF Eureka Art Award Exhibition. Opening on Thursday Nov 6th, 5.30 for 6pm start.
Post Office Gallery Cnr Lydiard St/Sturt St., Ballarat.
At 6pm a word from Professor Andy Smith who will announce the award winner.
Apart from my ongoing exhibition My Australia My Journey at The Forge Pizzeria 12 Armstrong St Ballarat, there will be an opportunity to purchase this latest limited edition print titled "Balancing Act, 2014" and part of shortlisted entry to BAF Eureka Art Award.
The photograph measures 30x48 inches, light and ready for framing. Professionally mounted on 5mm black foam core backing & printed on Professional Metallic Kodak Endura Archival Paper by my respected printers HC Pro based in Horsham VIC.
Our mailing address is:
Aldona Kmiec Photographer t/a Big Space Big Ideas
Big Space
119a Sturt St
Ballarat, VIC 3350
Australia
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