Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize
@ Manly Art Gallery & Museum, August 2024
Denise Corrigan was a finalist in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize @ Manly Art Gallery in August. On Saturday 10 August she spoke about her work Council Papers Fig. 1 at a well-attended afternoon of artist talks. Video: Janette Willett
unentitled @ 44, April 2024
Jamie Parker & Kobi Shetty with proprietors David Watson & Denise Corrigan in front of Denise’s work Council Papers at the opening of unentitled @ 44 (6 April 2024). Jamie, with whom we campaigned against WestCONnex’s reviled Rozelle Interchange for many years, was the state MP for Balmain 2011-23. Kobi is our current local Member.
The opening was a buoyant affair, attracting a diverse mix of 120 or so art lovers & artists, activist-confreres, cultural workers, bush-carers, local neighbours and winter swimmers. The show was enjoyed by 200 visitors over seven days, with some healthy sales.
Darling Magazine, Autumn 2024
Prior to our recent home studio/gallery upgrade (& launch of unentitled @ 44 in April 2024) we’d mounted six locally-fuelled weekend exhibitions open to the general public at 44 Callan Street, under the moniker Salon Callan (2001-19). These events were embraced under the banner of Leichhardt (now Inner West) Council’s Open Studio Trail initiative. You can see the work + installation shots, invites & catalogues from these shows on David’s website under Exhibitions and on Denise’s quietworks site. Links to relevant individual webpages below…
David Watson: New Work (2012) featured David’s Wild Ryde & swimming home
David Watson: Habitat (2013) featured David’s Settling In & Meshes of the RTA
Made in Callan Street (2016) featured work by David, Denise + family alongside a panoply of artists, musicians, elders & industries … many unsung, several internationally-renowned, with a lived connection to Callan Street.
Sensitive Receivers: Rejecting WestCONnex (2017) featured work by David & Denise alongside contributions from 30 or more inner-west artists & activists, Melbourne-based documentary filmmaker Ivan Hexter & London-based film artist John Smith.
Curbed & Gutted (2019) featured David’s Tartans of the Rozelle Interchange, Denise’s Shadowbarks + [son] Luca’s Get Buff & Jewellery (with Sydney-based director Harry Welsh for Sydney-based post-punk trio Shady Nasty: Kevin Stathis, Haydn Green & Luca Watson).
