Fearless Textiles at Wangaratta Art Gallery

Published on 19 June 2024

Flossie Peitsch’s exhibition Fearless opens at the Wangaratta Art Gallery later this month. Peitsch’s textile practice is informed by the history of women’s craft, particularly the quilting traditions passed down through the matrilineal generations of her family. Her numerous small tapestry weavings and quilted assemblages offer tactile reflections on an ever changing world.

Fearless presents a body of work created over the past seven years, informed by her experiences as an educator in remote Indigenous communities and the close familial relationships of her large family. Peitsch’s artwork contrasts her lived experiences of struggle and transformation, weaving together the ordinary and extraordinary experiences of our contemporary lives.

Canadian-born, Victorian artist Flossie Peitsch says the exhibition is about tackling change both internal and external. She says:

“Through my work I encourage viewers to reorient and reshape their thinking about the ordinary and extraordinary traumas of our post COVID, post-postmodern lives. Themes of diaspora and displacement are considered with transformative, visceral outcomes which signify the struggle, the calm, and the veracity of ordering disordered lives.”

Wangaratta Art Gallery Director, Rachel Arndt:

“Flossie Peitsch’s work brings together a deep and spiritual connection to making that guides her life and her work. Her practice chronicles her life experiences and world conditions - her time spent in remote Indigenous communities and navigating the love, drama and demands of a large family. All are evident in her beautifully crafted tapestries and textile works.”

Exhibition Information

Fearless 29 June - 4 August 2024. Gallery 2, Wangaratta Art Gallery, 56 Ovens Street, Wangaratta. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Sunday, 10am - 4pm.

Artist Talk by Flossie Peitsch, Friday 28 June at 5pm.

Opening Reception Friday 28 June from 5.30pm, by Dr Lee-Anne Hall, Director, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. All welcome. To book your free ticket, please visit: www.wangarattaartgallery.com.au

The launch will also celebrate the opening of The Good in Gallery 1.

For further information, please contact Gallery Director, Rachel Arndt on r.arndt@wangaratta.vic.gov.au