Wallflower – The Event is Filomena Coppola’s first solo exhibition at Australian Galleries – Smith Street. As well as presenting her pastels works, Wallflower – Mirror, rorriM the installation piece originally installed as part of Arts Mildura’s Palimpsest #8 was also included in the exhibition. Coppola’s work explores the complexities of duality and what it is to navigate a journey between two cultures. Based on segments of native Australian orchids, incorporating animal fur and presented on a repeated pattern of William Morris wallpaper design her work explores this dialectic.
Wallflower - Speaking in tongues
2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - Ready and waiting
2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - Precious blossom
2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - A monumental implication
2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - The last belle
2010
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80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - Tickle me pink
2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - I can feel you watching me
2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Wallflower - Under my skin
2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Wallflower - Can't you see me
2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Wallflower - Meow, make me purr
2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Wallflower - Mirror, rorriM
2011
Pastel on paper
108h x 216w cm
Pastel on paper
108h x 216w cm
Wallflower - Animal Instinct #1
2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Wallflower - Animal Instinct #2
2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Wallflower - Hold out your hand #1
2011
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40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Wallflower - Hold our your hand #2
2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Wallflower - A lick and a slurp #1
2011
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40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Wallflower - A lick and a slurp #2
2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Wallflower - Permanent Markings #1
2011
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm
Wallflower - Permanent Markings #2
2011
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm
Wallflower - Scratch my belly
2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Wallflower - A naughty tale
2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Wallflower - A tickle and a giggle
2012
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120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Wallflower - Leave the light on
2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Wallflower - Play with Me
2010
Pastel on paper
4 images each 80h x 80wcm
Pastel on paper
4 images each 80h x 80wcm
Wallflower - Bug a boo
2012
Pastel on paper
25h x 25w cm
Pastel on paper
25h x 25w cm