Michael Sibel, Three Thoughts, bronze, 138 x 60 x 40 cm

 MICHAEL SIBEL | SCULPTURE

STEPHEN GLOVER | ASSEMBLAGE COLLAGE PAINTING

HISTROY OF THE HUMAN HEART

23 September — 30 October
MAIN GALLERY
In History of the Human Heart Michael Sibel continues his sustained exploration of cast bronze forms that mediate between and undermine fixed polarities. Acts of thought are translated and conveyed in heavy metal, opaque forms weighed down by their density offer glimpses of transcendence, while rising from even planes, straight lines and solid geometries, upward tending patterns of growth inspire reveries of elevation.
Glimpse denotes a selection of artworks that blur the boundaries between assemblage, collage and painting, while surveying the often-unclear distinction between two and three dimensions. In active dialogue with the liminality of Michael Sibel’s sculptures, Glover’s artworks excavate the raw foundation of human perception and reflect the intermingling of unconscious influence and improvisation.
Stephen Glover, White Wall, oil on canvas, 105 x 80 cm
 SELECTED WORKS

MIKE NICHOLLS | SCULPTURE

— 24 September
WINERY VIEWING GALLERY
Mike Nicholls’ sculpture shows the human spirit in peaceful contact with the natural world. Benevolent beings and creative relationships are worked from the various timbers: a guardian spirit emerges from lemon scented gum, a bird form rises from charred cypress pine, and hands nurturing seed forms appear from native jarrah. While gnarled and rough hewn, with art making marks on open display, Nicholls’ sculpture nonetheless achieves a refinement, an elegance, and a poetry of form that speaks to the element of consciousness that stands in wonder before nature, and to the role of stewardship that connects humanity to the land.
Mike Nicholls, In Humanity’s Hands, 2019, bronze (edition of 8), 60 x 38 x 25cm

Gardens & Sculpture Terrace

The Michael McCoy designed gardens and Robert Conti designed terrace provide ideal sites for works by some of Australia’s most accomplished sculptors.  Currently on permanent display are works by Jane Bennetts, Ewen Coates, Maria Coyle, Martin George, Bill Ogilvie, Brian Paulusz, Michael Sibel and Fredrick White.

Upcoming Exhibitions

LEWIS WANDIN-BURSILL | SCULPTURE
4 NOVEMBER — 11 DECEMBER
Taro Iiyama, Sheeple, recycled cardboard, varnish, 110 x 130 x 90 cm
YARRA VALLEY ARTS | YERING STATION SCULPTURE EXHIBITION & AWARDS 2023
22 OCTOBER — 3 DECEMBER
in association with
YAVA GALLERY & ARTS HUB | INterior SMALL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION 2023
9 NOVEMBER — 3 DECEMBER
NERINA LASCELLES | PAINTING
12 DECEMBER — 22 JANUARY

Yarra Valley Arts | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards 2023

The Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards is a collaborative event hosted by Yering Station winery and Yarra Valley Arts, a not for profit organisation dedicated to enhancing the cultural lives of Yarra Valley residents and visitors.
Respected for its consistency and longevity, the exhibition showcases a cross section of new Australian sculpture from both emerging and established artists. Having grown steadily since 2001, it is now the longest running annual sculpture exhibition in Victoria and an iconic event on the Australian arts calendar.
Staged across dramatic landscaped gardens designed by Michael McCoy, the exhibition provides ample opportunities for the installation of outdoor sculpture, while the long indoor corridors and breezeways offer indoor and sheltered spaces.
The exhibition at Yering Station runs alongside a concurrent exhibition of sculpture staged through the Collins Street offices of long-standing Principal Sponsor Arnold Bloch Leibler, and as of 2021 a small sculpture exhibition is presented at Yarra Valley Arts’ physical home, the YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub in Healesville, and all entrants will be invited to have a work considered for this show.
Dr Ewen Jarvis (Exhibition Coordinator and Curator, Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards) is a professional curator, writer and public academic with over a decade of arts administration experience.
The event takes a 30% commission on art sales, 20% of which is donated to My Room Children’s Cancer Charity, while 10% is donated to Yarra Valley Arts towards the provision and promotion of arts events across the region.
The sculpture exhibition is supported by long term sponsors who share the vision and aims of the organisers: to foster the growth of contemporary Australian sculpture. Principal Sponsor Arnold Bloch Leibler – lawyers and advisors, Yarra Ranges Council and RACV have been particularly strong supporters across the years. The event is also supported by a growing list of esteemed arts professionals who have been members of the selection and judging panel in the past and who assists us in growing the exhibition’s profile.
Owing to the Melbourne lockdowns and restrictions of 2020 – 2022 this year’s event was held in the autumn. The next Yarra Valley Arts | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards will take place in the spring of 2023.
Entry forms are downloadable below:
Entry Form YVAYSSEA 2023 Word
Entry Form YVAYSSEA 2023 PDF
For more information, please contact Dr Ewen Jarvis, Curator and Exhibition Coordinator, Yering Station Art Gallery, artgallery@yering.com
For more information, please contact Dr Ewen Jarvis, Curator and Exhibition Coordinator, Yering Station Art Gallery, artgallery@yering.com
Artwork can be purchased on site or by phone through the Cellar Door 9730 0143
To view more artworks by emerging and established Australian artists please visit and support our friends in the Yarra Ranges:
Hearth Galleries for Australian Indigenous Artwork
YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub the Home of Yarra Valley Arts
TarraWarra Museum of Art for Museum Exhibitions Featuring Australian Artists
Images at top and bottom of webpage feature artworks from Michel Canetti’s Femmes | Portraits and Nudes, 2019
For Information About Upcoming Exhibitions and Exhibition Openings
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