By Dominique Tassell
Warwick Art Gallery officially opened its Baltic Mini Textile Gdynia exhibition on Saturday 4 December.
The exhibit was opened by Dr Theresa Lauf Honorary Consul for the Republic of Poland in Queensland.
Southern Downs Regional Councillors Stephen Tancred, Sheryl Windle, and Marco Gliori were also in attendance.
From 22 January –to 12 March 2022 the collection will be shown at Dogwood Crossing @ Miles, before heading to Cowra Regional Art Gallery in New South Wales from 15 May to 19 June 2022.
The exquisite miniature contemporary textile artworks from the collection at Gdynia City Museum, Gdynia, Poland are touring Australia in 2021/2022.
The tour has been proudly facilitated by Warwick Art Gallery.
The opening celebrated Polish culture in its many forms, with Polish food and drinks on offer and entertainment by Polish musician Dorota Szweryn.
Dorothy Devine, who attended the opening, says textile work in this form allows for the intricacy and delicacy of the work to be appreciated.
Karina Devine says that by being limited to a small size, artists are able to accomplish things they wouldn’t be able to do at a larger size.
Karina says when choosing the works for the exhibit, she tried to create a collection that included as broad a selection as possible.
She was unable to choose anything that included plant matter, as this would be unable to be shipped from Poland to Australia.
Karina says opening up the packages when they arrived was incredibly special, with everything arriving in their original packaging from when they’d been sent to Poland from all around the world.
Locals can visit the exhibition now.
The collection will remain at the gallery until 15 January 2022.
The gallery will be closed from 24 December to 3 January.
