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Dear Friend, an invitation to join me on my birthday at the opening of my latest exhibition in a new space!Please come along for nibbles and drinks, surprises and door prizes! ?
Tipping Point
A collection of artworks by Rachel Riggs
Opening: Friday 26 April, 6-8pm,
Exhibition runs: 27 April – 5 May 2024
Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm Sat & Sun 10am-4pm
Venue: Cockburn Wetlands Centre, 184 Hope Road, Bibra Lake WA 6163
Artist Talk: Saturday 27 April 1-2pm
Collage Workshop: Saturday 4 May 1-3pm
Rachel Riggs explores themes influencing our day-to-day lives as a key part of her work, the anxieties of covid pandemic and climate crisis interrupting our domestic spaces, and our relationship to the natural environment. If we lock our doors, board our windows, and stay inside with our own, if we work hard and hold on tight, will we survive? With severe heatwaves and bushfires becoming more common, she considers our idea of home in a fragile world and the faith of hope.
Her works in acrylic painting, collage, and sculpture link to an unstable post-Covid world as a now normalised experience. A sense of impermanence, tenuous and liminal is expressed, with Surrealist imagery created instinctively from the subconscious, moving to a contemporary perspective via the female gaze.
Rachel Riggs is a multi-disciplinary artist/activist exploring the superimposition of discarded fragments of society. Re-assembled to present hidden traces of female identity, whether personal or collective. Rachel’s work often identifies the social history of women, utilising vintage papers, objects, and materials. Drawing on her background in theatre, she creates visual storytelling artworks in mixed media and mindfully creates acrylic paintings exploring her internal landscape. Her work is created intuitively within the liminal space, instinctive and responsive to the objects and materials. She often exhibits in non-art gallery spaces to reach a broader audience.
‘Riggs work nudges the viewer into reconsidering their viewpoint as much with the bite of her humour as the hunger of her commitment’.
Northern Soul Review – Ravenous, exhibition at The Carlton Club, Manchester 2023
www.yardworks.wordpress.com @rachelriggsartist
Rachel Riggs M.A. Fine Art
she/her
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Wetlands Centre Cockburn, 184 Hope Road,Perth,WA,Australia