KEN + JULIA YONETANI / HAZELHURST REGIONAL GALLERY ARTIST RESIDENCY

Ken + Julia Yonetani_Hazelhurst Residency

From 22 March - 4 May 2014, Ken + Julia Yonetani will be exhibiting a new installation, The Last Supper, at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. 

Developed during their four month residency at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, the installation recreates the Last Supper dining table as a 9 metre long banquet sculpted entirely from salt.

Following their 2011 solo exhibition at Artereal, Still Life:  The Food Bowl, this work continues to address the concerns arising from increasing salinity levels and environmental toxins, and its impact on food production and food safety. The salt works bring focus to the environmental cost of agricultural production and connect with the historical associations of salt - as a powerful, sacred substance that maintains life by enabling food preservation, but also induces the death of ecosystems and the collapse of empires. Salt becomes a metaphor for the rise and fall of civilizations throughout history, and the issues of environmental decline, climate change, and food security that face us on a global scale today.

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre - 782 Kingsway, Gymea NSW
Open daily 10am-5pm, free admission

KEN + JULIA YONETANI / ART & SCIENCE

Ken + Julia Yonetani_Pillar with Fruit Bowl_Murray River Salt

From 31 January - 16 March 2013, GV Art Gallery is showcasing Art & Science. 

Featuring artists & scientists such as Ken + Julia Yonetani, the exhibition intends to challenge and question contemporary society's preconceptions toward art, science, and the inextricable nature of the two disciplines within our everyday.

Art & Science is an exhibition to provoke debate and discussion.

"Developing the concept of scientific illustration, these works instigate creative dialogues between art, science and new technologies to present the viewer with a complex and frequently personal subject. 

These visual dialogues bring a degree of accessibility to subject matter which often requires higher learning and understanding. However, they are not simply illustrative of scientific matters, but emotive works to challenge and provoke thought." - GV Art, Art & Science Press Release

In June 2011, Ken + Julia Yonetani exhibited 'Still Life: The Food Bowl' at Artereal Gallery. To learn more about the salt work series, click here.