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Transition 
 
Dictionary definition:   transition,  the process or period of changing from one state or condition to another.  Passage from place, state, stage, style, subject or key to another.  To become time worn, discoloured, exposed to moisture.  corrosion.

Transition was the theme chosen by the 2 Pi R Artists for their exhibition at Span Galleries Melbourne 8 - 26 August, 2006.  The works were created by 12 artists working to a common theme.  Each artist followed her own individual path to explore the possibilities of this challenge and the outcome was an interesting, varied, innovative and creative group of work.

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Still No 1.      2006
80 cm x 80 cm x 80 cm Mixed Media
Josie 's sculpture explores  the transition that takes
place in mirrored reflections that play with the concepts of time and space.		 nil ISABEL DAVIES 
Transition at Chillagoe.  2006
A Suite of 9 works each 64 cm x 64cm. 
Acrylic on Linen with Assemblage. 
In the outback is an old smelter, where Isabel found many fragments of rusty iron, which had been in a state of transition for over 100 years. Each work has a fragment of iron as a starting point.		 nil
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Minerva. 2003
44 cm x 29 cm x 32 cm Sculpture
Pam found an interesting transition took place when she recreated her bronze sculpture in wood.		 nil WENDY KELLY 
Untitled. 2006 
70 cm x 50 cm Acrylic on Watercolour Paper 
Wendy found transition in the shift of her visual language from an earlier monochromatic surface to a more complex and looser approach.		 nil
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Etudes: Edges No 1.      2006
40.5 cm x 31cm Acrylic on Canvas
Magda examines how the edge is a point of transition, a space in which one becomes the other.		 nil VITA BEDER 
Quiver.      2006    Size Variable 
Silicon Rrubber Assemblage
Vita's assemblages interact with the viewer.  Her utilitarian structures have surrendered their function and metamorphosed to bowls that quiver with life.		 nil
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Pedestrian.      2006
Line of Way Series Acrylic on Canvas
Rachel transposes, synthesises and extricates the urban motif from a conventional depiction of actual local colour to free the work from the spell of the motif.		 nil MAXIENNE TRITTEN YOUNG
[detail] Transition No 2.     2006
76 cm x 56cm Mixed Media
Maxienne witnesses the quintessential transitions experienced within time over 4 years as it was being mapped out in the nowness.		 nil
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Avocado.     2006 
Size Variable     Photography
Maureen records the transition of her input into the environment over 20 years.		 nil ALOMA TRIESTER
Goleston Palace.     2006
152 cm x 100 cm 
Digital Print on Kodak Endura Paper
For Aloma, this show denotes the transition from one body of work to the yet unknown future development, in work which will still reflect her Middle Eastern background.		 nil
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The  Gift  2006
53 x 74 cm Acrylic, Collage & Photograph on Paper.
For Lillian, a transition takes place as she explores the pathways during her working process; a creative journey involving both intuition and considered judgement.		 nil TONI BUCKNELL
Snow for Transition No 2. 2006
40 cm x 50cm Oil on Linen.
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About the  2 Pi R  Artists.

The 2 Pi R Artists are a group of women artists who became friends in the 70s while studying art, as mature age students, at Caulfield Institute of Technology (now Monash University, Caulfield Campus). Some of the group moved on to further studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, RMIT and Latrobe University while others completed their Master of Fine Art degree at Monash University.

In 1998, with the desire to unite and celebrate their long-term friendship and creativity, the group began regular meetings where a name for the group was discussed. '2 Pi R' the symbol for the diameter of a circle, seemed an innovative reference in describing the circle of friends and so the ' 2 Pi R Artists' group was established. The proposal for an exhibition together was an early aim and this eventuated in October 1999 when the group held their inaugural exhibition at Span Galleries, Melbourne.

Art historian, Dr Juliet Peers, placed the 2 Pi R Artists in an historical context when she wrote the catalogue essay for this exhibition. She gave a succinct account of the societal influences in Australia in the 1970s and the impact of feminism as a force in an art world, where women artists were at the forefront. 

Since then the 2 Pi R Artists have pursued their professional careers with energy, determination and commitment. Individual members are represented in the collections of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, and in State, Regional, University and private collections.

In 2002 the 2 Pi R Artists exhibited again at Span Galleries in an exhibition entitled 'The Persistence of Memory'. This exhibition was later shown at the Maryborough Regional Gallery. 

In 2003 there was excitement as the group was invited to exhibit at the Monash University Campus in Prato, Italy. The exhibition, entitled 'Dialogue', was documented in both Italian and English. Some of the 2 Pi R Artists were there for the opening in the galleries of the historic Palazzo and reported that the exhibition created lively discussion. In 2005 the works from this exhibition were shown at the Red Gallery in North Fitzroy and again created interesting dialogue with the Melbourne audience. 

The 2006 exhibition is the group's 6th show together and demonstrates an ongoing commitment to exploring new themes.

2 Pi R Artists proudly supports Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
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