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.

2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 80w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm
Pastel on paper
80h x 70w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
108h x 216w cm
Pastel on paper
108h x 216w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm
Pastel on paper
40h x 60w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm

2011
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm
Pastel on paper
60h x 40w cm

2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm

2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm

2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm

2012
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm
Pastel on paper
120h x 80w cm

2010
Pastel on paper
4 images each 80h x 80wcm
Pastel on paper
4 images each 80h x 80wcm
2012
Pastel on paper
25h x 25w cm
Pastel on paper
25h x 25w cm