Beata Geyer, ‘OPEN MODULAR’, 2015. ——- MOUNTAIN FOLK – A GEOMETRIC VIEW – is curated by Billy Gruner, and presented by Modern Art Projects (MAP) at Everglades Gallery, Everglades House and Gardens, Leura, Blue Mountains from Feb 7th – March 1st 2015. Opening Feb 7th 2-4pm with live performances by The WOW signal and guest speaker architect Richard Silink. Entry to the Everglades is free of cost for the opening only – but bookings must be made via Eventbrite link on website. Standing proud within its own spectacular setting at Everglades House overlooking the Jamison Valley. the Studio Terrace Gallery was reportedly co-designed in 9135 by its Belgian owner Henri Van De Velde and renowned Danish gardener Paul Sorensen. Conceived as an ‘outside room’, the functionalist and modernist building with its stunning formal gardens, terraces and original swimming pool encapsulates an essentially minimal or reductive aesthetic. The Studio Terrace is described as significant Cubist design by Colleen Morris, Howard Tanner & Phillip Goad, National Trust Quarterly, August 2002. For this reason an exhibition looking at the geometric in art, its historical relationship in design, and critical interpretation today as a defining influence on Australian architecture, visual art, and music appears a rational response for the select group of artists invited to celebrate the Studio Terrace’s ongoing cultural value. The title MOUNTAIN FOLK – A GEOMETRIC VIEW reflects upon two matters. Firstly, artists, designers, architects and son on have long made distinctions concerning their response to the notion of the sublime in making art – seen either in dynamic (natural) or mathematical (plastic/abstract) terms. Secondly, the show reflects upon the nature of local contemporary art production today and how a unique circle of contemporary artist will responsively engage to the historical with contemporary ideas. http://www.modernartprojects.org info@modernartprojects.org 0431 434 904 This project i

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