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Regrettably, I announce the closure of Bapëa Art School and Studios.

peter — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:08:31 +0000

Dear prospective students,

Regrettably, I announce the closure of Bapëa Art School and Studios.

I thank you for your interest in our courses.

Bapëa will close at the end of term December 2018

Kind regards,

Peter Bok, Director

High Water 2 – Adelaide Festival Fringe

peter — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:32:45 +0000

The Watercolour and Pen & Ink Drawing students at Bapëa Art School present an extraordinary collection of works on paper. The subjects range from landscape through to still life as well as the occasional portrait. Compelling work often created independently of classroom sessions.

Opening 6.30pm Saturday 25 February

Gallery hours:

Wed – Fri 10am to 7pm

Sat & Sun 1pm to 7pm

Exhibition concludes Sunday 19 March

Desire 6

peter — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 02:56:36 +0000

Desire 6

An Exhibition of Students’ work at Bapëa Art School

Saturday 28 Nov. 6.30pm

Gallery hours:

Wed – Fri 10am to 4pm

Sat & Sun 1pm to 5pm

Exhibition concludes

Sunday December 13

The Art of Drawing – works on paper by Peter Bok

peter — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:53:14 +0000

“ In tracing the origin of draughtsmanship in any culture the road inevitably leads to the discovery of the bonds that join man’s imagination to his physical position in the universal order of things. And it is from this position that his own perspective is fundamentally conditioned.” Richard Kenin The Art of Drawing

The exhibition documents drawings and preparatory sketches spanning some three decades as well as more recently completed works on paper.

OPENING

6pm Saturday

8 August 2015

gallery hours: 10- 4pm Wed – Fri, 1-5pm Sat & Sun
Exhibition concludes Sunday 30 August

BAPëA ART CAFÉ

Sunday 23 August 2.30pm

PIANO RECITAL

Karen Grimmer

The Programme (approx. 80mins)

Beethoven ‘Waldstein’ Sonata,

Rachmaninov Prelude in B flat major,

Ravel ‘Boat on the Ocean’ from Miroirs,

Scarlatti ‘The Cat’s Fugue’ and

Prokofiev ‘Fantastic Dances’.

This is a fund raising recital and entry is by way of an online donation to a charity fund raising Team in Training event in aid of the Leukaemia & Lymphoma Society.

Drinks and nibbles provided.

Sunday 30 August 2 – 6pm

PIANO BAR

Brendan Fitzgerald & Ben Gatehouse

Artist Talk : Peter Bok

Free admission
licensed cafe: wine, tea, coffee and cakes

Good Sports – paintings by Kate Bower & Trent Chaplin

peter — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:04:22 +0000

Opens 6.30 Saturday 9 May

For these two Bapëa Art School students with a keen interest in portraiture and life drawing, sport has become a way to further explore gesture and character when representing the human form. Both artists believe that sport is also a fascinating way to combine figure painting with the depiction of landscape, narrative and history.

The subjects of this exhibition range from elite athletes to ordinary people ‘having a go’ and the action of competition and training is juxtaposed with moments of reflection.

Gallery hours: Wed – Fri 10am to 4pm / Sat & Sun 1pm to 5pm
51 Wood Avenue Brompton SA 5007
phone: 8346 2600

Exhibition concludes Sunday 24 May

Capture – Paintings by Bindi Amor and Chris Beasley

peter — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:45:45 +0000

Desire 5 – Student exhibition 2014

peter — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:40:55 +0000

Desire 5 Bapea Student Exhibition opens Saturday November 22 All 2014 Students are invited to participate.

Workshop : The Painted Print

peter — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:51:28 +0000

Workshop : The Painted Print

Presented by Mignon Clift

Sunday 19 & 26 October 2014

From ancient forms of woodblock printing of China and Japan along with modern techniques and materials, artists have been inspired to explore new methods of printmaking.

One such Artist is Australian, Cressida Campbell who combines her love and the disciplines of printmaking and the freedom of painting to produce one off hand painted block prints.

At the workshop

The process follows drawing the subject / design onto a block, simple carving before painting the block and finally taking a single impression.

Every print taken from the block will be unique.

Bring along your paints (oils) etc. and drawings for inspiration (Still Life is ideal)

Times

There will be 2 sessions over 2 weekends.

Both on a Sunday, 11am – 4pm – Sunday 19 & 26 October

Please consider bringing a plate of lunch to share!

Fees

$130 plus materials (approx. $30) including blocks, cutters and paper.

A $ 50 deposit is requested at time of registration with the balance payable by the date of workshop commencement.

* payment by cash, cheque or electronic bank transfer payable to Mignon Clift

Where

51 Wood Avenue, Brompton SA 5007, 8346 2600

Sala 2014

peter — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:37:26 +0000

Conduit Metropolis SALA 2014 An exhibition of recent paintings by Peter Bok Works from the stockroom are available for sales and viewing Exhibition concludes Sunday 24 August 10- 4pm Wed – Fri, 1-5pm Sat & Sun

Sala 2013

peter — Tue, 20 May 2014 02:57:54 +0000

SALA Festival 2014 presents another interesting exhibition of new work by Peter Bok as well as stock room access at Bapea.

Details will be posted shortly.

For the moment, last year’s Sala Exhibition 2013 is paraphrased below.

Via Dolarosa

With Via Dolorosa:The Way of the Cross, Bok explores the intersection of a personal history with the politics of religious estrangement. The title of the exhibition plays on the ambiguity of the word way directing the viewer to understand it as manner – the manner in which the Christian Crucifix has been deployed in numerous disguises to achieve political and social outcomes, usually with sorrowful consequences.

“The two explosions detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon lead me almost entirely without intention to consider the crucifix as commentary on this global quandary,” says Bok. While the point of departure is clearly expressed, it is predominantly the process of painting itself that defines the work. The crucifix features in all paintings yet often morphs into merely oblique references to it. The associations the crucifix evokes are intentional. At times, however, the sentiment of the series leaves us to contemplate only the resolve of the distilled image – a visual abstraction bringing about a change in perception. “In embracing the crucifix as my vehicle, I thought about a way of working with it to express cultural inflexibility and insensitivity. In doing so, it lead me to scrutinize its inherent design problem. It is either perfectly constructed and balanced or it is clumsy and uneasy.”

“Motivation precedes the image but it is the image that drives inspiration. My intellectual application requires accepting the process.”