Art Post Uki

A SURPRISING PLACE FOR SURPRISING ART

ART POST UKI is a gallery space dedicated to showing the work of artists from Uki and surrounding areas in what is a truly unusual venue, the 1909 heritage-listed Uki Post Office. The exhibitions are curated by an independent panel of artists including a local artist, with a mission to build community and engage visitors.

EXHIBITING NOW
‘Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow’

by Heidi Ledwell

In this delightful exhibition of 9 acrylic paintings, Heidi plays with the past of Uki. Each painting reflects a moment in time in the village’s history. Her painting style is colourful, playful with a touch of innocence.
In one painting she imagines the old A.S. Loder’s department store that stood where the present Uki grocery store is today. In the 1920s it was the biggest department store between Brisbane and Newcastle.
In another painting, a bullock team carting enormous logs passes in front of the old Uki pub.
The surrounding country side in many of these paintings is devoid of vegetation  showing only ringbarked trees revealing the environmental destruction.
Once Albert’s lyrebird was common in the Northern Rivers but due to the explosion of people settling in the region their status is now ‘vulnerable’.  Heidi reminds us of this environmental impact by hiding an Albert’s lyrebird in each painting. She plays a sort of ‘Where’s Wally?’ with the viewer.
The works invite the viewer to reflect on what has been, what is not and what might become.

Closes 10 September