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Current Exhibition

PSYCHOPOMP

An installation byJan Leeroy New, winner of the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards.

End of exhibition celebration will be held on Saturday 24 October from 2-4pm
Guest speaker Dr Trevor Hogan Senior Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology Program La Trobe UniversityJan Leeroy New at work


In collaboration with Ateneo de Manila University, the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre welcomes Artist-in-Residence Jan Leeroy New, winner of the 2009 Ateneo Art Awards.


Each year La Trobe University hosts the winner of this award, which was established to support an emerging artist under 35 years of age from the Philippines. La Trobe University and the Visual Arts Centre is pleased to announce that the three year partnership has been renewed for a further three years.


Graduating cum laude from the University of the Philippines, Jan Leeroy New has been exhibiting since 1998 and is the recipient of numerous prestigious art awards.


His new exhibition, entitled ‘Psychopomp’, will be developed on site at the Visual Arts Centre and visitors are invited to see Leeroy at work on this new installation. ‘Psychopomp’ refers to spirit guides, or gatekeepers, who assist spirits in their transition into another realm. The work will include recycled materials and found objects sourced from the opportunity shops and recycling centres of Bendigo.


Leeroy was nominated for the Ateneo Art Awards based on his installation in the 2008 Singapore Biennale. The work, Terratoma II (War of the Worlds), was a ten metre installation attached to the outside of the old Singapore Town Hall and featured a large fiberglass tumor surrounded by alien figures. Leeroy’s work explores hybrid forms of deities and supernatural beings with strong themes of universal mythology.


While in Bendigo, Leeroy will also be presenting lectures to La Trobe University fine arts students and staff.
Because of the evolving and site specific nature of ‘Psychopomp’ there will not be an exhibition launch. Leeroy has already commenced work, and an end of exhibition celebration will be held on Saturday 24 October from 2-4pm at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, 121 View Street, Bendigo.

 

More information about Jan Leeroy New's work




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