A WORLD APART

Peter Daverington, Uncle Bob, 2012, oil on canvas, 91x61cm.

Peter Daverington, Uncle Bob, 2012, oil on canvas, 91x61cm.

A WORLD APART, ARC ONE Gallery (29 Jan - 1 March 2014)

Curated by Annabel Holt and Anabelle Lacroix

Reviewed in The Age, Arts and Entertainment, 'In the Galleries', 15 Feb 2014.

'A WORLD APART: The pliability of history, the body and the environment are central to ARC ONE'S first group show of the year.  Featuring works held in major collections or featured in major institutional shows - courtesy of gallery artists Julie Rrap, Pat Brassington, Anne Zahalka, Peter Callas, Peter Daverington, Rose Farrell and George Parkin - A WORLD APART offsets the performative with the visceral, the landscape with the surreal.  Daverington's Uncle Bob is a single work in three parts and three mediums. We're presented with a surrealist phizog painted in the artist's devastatingly meticulous manner, neighboured by an animated video work featuring the same character and a photographic print made from a video still.  Callas' chromogenic print, Japanese Uncle Sam, deals in a kind of cultural and historical mutation that invokes the cultural schema under-pinning an occupied post-war Japan.'

- Dan Rule


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NIKE SAVVAS

Nike Savvas, Sliding Ladder: yellow with blue pentagon (detail), 2012, wool, wood and steel, 219x231.5x382cm. 

Nike Savvas, Sliding Ladder: yellow with blue pentagon (detail), 2012, wool, wood and steel, 219x231.5x382cm. 

SPARKS
Nike Savvas
5 March - 5 April 2014

ARC ONE GALLERY, Melbourne 

ARC ONE is excited to present Nike Savvas’ first exhibition in Melbourne since her iconic installation Atomic: Full of Love, Full of Wonder at ACCA in 2005.  Sparks will showcase a new series of prints, like molten suns, and feature vibrant wall-vinyls.  The gallery will also be filled with large woven sculptures akin to those exhibited in Liberty and Anarchy, at Leeds Art Gallery, U.K. (2012 -2013).  Sparks will be immersive, humming and true to the masterful use of space for which Savvas is renowned. 

The work Sliding Ladder: yellow with blue pentagon (2012), from Savvas’ Sliding Ladder series inspired Sparks at a very particular moment in the artists’ journey.  Savvas reflects:

“The dynamic optical experience of this work coupled with its playful physical dimension and  immersive luminous shooting rays of yellow wool invoked something primal and poetic within me, as though the sky were giving birth to a million suns. Traumatized and devastated as I was at the time by tragic news, I felt I had metaphysically flat-lined. I had become momentarily lost, and overwhelmed by the powerful and emblematic motif of an exploding Sun, a Sun without limits - a boundless experience that came to embody a deep cathartic release.”

During Sparks, the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) will be unveiling a newly commissioned work by Savvas, Rally (18 March - 22 June 2014).  This large installation will be suspended above the ‘main street’ entrance court of the institution.  Rally, (to publicly protest - and individually, to come back fighting) will be one of the largest works to have ever been installed at the AGNSW.  With emersive colour and flickering movement, the work will comprise over 60,000 coloured plastic strips and be over 50m in length. 

Nike Savvas’ extensive career has developed internationally in tandem with a continued presence in Australia. Recently Savvas held a solo exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery, Liberty and Anarchy (2012-2013) and released  a monograph, Nike Savvas Full of Love Full of Wonder (Black Dog Publishing, London, 2012). Savvas has been included in group exhibitions in Europe, Australasia, the United States and Asia: notably the East International (Norwich, 2003), Visual Music (MoCA, Los Angeles 2005) and the Indian Triennale (New Delhi, 2005) where she won the Jury Prize. In 1998, Savvas’ work featured both in London’s New Contemporaries (Camden Arts Centre) and Sydney’s Primavera (MCA). Further awards include the Museum of Contemporary Art Primavera Acquisitive Art Award, ACT Creative Arts Fellowship and an Australia Council Fellowship. Savvas’ work is held in Australian and international collections, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Artbank Australia, Deutsche Bank, The British Library, Tate Gallery Library and Auckland Art Gallery.  Savvas has completed major commissions, including the AGNSW (2014 forthcoming), NIKE Inc (Nike Town, San Francisco, 2013), the MCA, Sydney (2013), the Westin Hotel (2011) ACCA, Melbourne (2005) and Deutsche Bank (2005).

For all enquiries, please contact Annabel Holt at mail@arc1gallery.com

PAT BRASSINGTON

Pat Brassington, Fathoms Deep, 2013, pigment print, 72x50cm

Pat Brassington, Fathoms Deep, 2013, pigment print, 72x50cm

BLOUIN ARTINFO Australia has selected PAT BRASSINGTON as one of Australia’s leading artists to collect in 2014.  The twelve artists were selected on their contribution to the Australian contemporary art scene in 2013.

Other artists include: Danie Mellor, Emily Floyd, Baden Pailthorpe, Ben Quilty, Bindi Cole, Sydney Ball, Alex Seton, Ricky Swallow, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Anthony Lister.

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JANET LAURENCE

Janet Laurence, installation image from the exhibition Avalanche (2012), at ARC ONE Gallery.

Janet Laurence, installation image from the exhibition Avalanche (2012), at ARC ONE Gallery.

JANET LAURENCE is participating in the group exhibition Australia: Contemporary Voices at The Fine Art Society in London, which has now been extended into February.  This exhibition brings together the diverse narratives that reflect Australia’s complex and evolving society, and will be on show from 12 November 2013 – 31 February 2014.

Other artists included are: Alexander Seton, Julia de Ville, Kim Buck, Maria Kontis, Sam Leach, Michael Zavros, Del Kathryn Barton, Adrienne Doig, Joan Ross, Sean Cordeiro and Clare Healy.

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A WORLD APART

Peter Callas, Japanese Uncle Sam, (Neo Geo Squareize Series), 100 x 100cm, chromogenic print edition of 10, 2003.

Peter Callas, Japanese Uncle Sam, (Neo Geo Squareize Series), 100 x 100cm, chromogenic print edition of 10, 2003.

A WORLD APART, ARC ONE Gallery, 29 JANUARY - 1 MARCH 2014

Curated by Annabel Holt and Anabelle Lacroix

Julie Rrap, Anne Zahalka, Peter Daverington, Rose Farrell/George Parkin, Peter Callas & Pat Brassington.

A WORLD APART is a group exhibition selected from the diverse ranks of ARC ONE’s artists, presenting key works across various media.

A WORLD APART plays at dissecting and re-representing reality, conceptually and aesthetically. Through this re-construction, attention is called to that which displaces our ingrained perceptions; the boundaries shift, a duality emerges, exploring the con­stant challenge between seeing and understanding.

Comprised of highly significant pieces, the works in A WORLD APART are all either included in large collections or featured in institutional exhibitions in Australia or internationally. For example, Farrell and Parkin’s Elastic Electromagnetic Waves (2010) is in the collection of The National Gallery of Aus­tralia (NGA), Canberra and their Unforseen Circumstances, Act Two (2004/05) is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, together with Julie Rrap’s Camouflage #4 (Eiko) (2000). One of Peter Callas’ video works from the Anti-Terrain series has been shown at the Museum of Art (MOMA), New York and Anne Zahalka’s The Cleaner (1986) is in the collection of the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA). Pat Brassington’s work The Wedding Guest is currently on show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), in the collections of Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Art Gal­lery of South Australia and the Horsham Regional Art Gallery.

TRACY SARROFF

Tracy Sarroff, Rooted No. 4, 2011, ballpoint pen on paper, 31.5 x 41.5 cm.

Tracy Sarroff, Rooted No. 4, 2011, ballpoint pen on paper, 31.5 x 41.5 cm.

TRACY SARROFF is artist in residence at Testing Grounds, Melbourne, from January 13 – 19. During this time, Sarroff will be working on a series of drawings and conversing with the public at the open-house event space. The drawings will be exhibited alongside other works in a closing event finissage on Sunday 19th, 2-4pm.

Testing Grounds is located at 1 - 23 City Road, Southbank, just behind the Arts Centre.

Testing Grounds is a free open-air art space. It is a place for experimentation and testing ideas, for public gatherings and educational opportunities in the heart of Melbourne's arts and cultural precinct.

For further information click here.

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO is opening a solo exhibition at Casas Riegner Gallery in Bogota, Colombia on December 14th 2013. The exhibition includes her Museum of Copulatory Organs, which was part of the 2012 Sydney Biennale. 

Exhibition dates: 15 December  2013 - 25 January 2014


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PETER DAVERINGTON

Peter Daverington, Victory, 2013, oil on canvas, 126 x 95 cm.

Peter Daverington, Victory, 2013, oil on canvas, 126 x 95 cm.

PETER DAVERINGTON is showing Victory as part of the group exhibition titled TGF Sports curated by Paul Brainard at the Lodge Gallery in New York, which explores aspects of self-discovery.

Artists: Paul Brainard, Chris Caccamise, Peter Daverington, TM Davy, Franklin Evans, Evie Falci, Dawn Frasch, Duncan Hannah, Kurt Kauper, Hyun Jin Alex Park, Jean Pierre Roy, Tom Sanford, Lane Twitchell, Eric White, Barnaby Whitfield, Kelli Williams

Exhibition Dates: December 13th, 2013 – January 12th, 2014 

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NIKE SAVVAS

NIKE SAVVAS has been included in a group exhibition at Piper Gallery, London.  The exhibition, titled The Edge of Painting is curated by Tess Jaray and will be on show from 29 November - 30 December 2013.

Other artists included are: Rana Begum, Martin Creed, Cathy de Monchaux , Tim Head, Tess Jaray, Tom Lomax, Onya McCausland, Sophie Michael, Cornelia Parker, Giulia Ricci and John Stezaker.

For more information go to: http://www.thepipergallery.com

LYDIA WEGNER

Lydia Wegner, Full Pink, 2013, archival inkjet print, 50x60cm.

Lydia Wegner, Full Pink, 2013, archival inkjet print, 50x60cm.

Congratulations to Lydia Wegner, awarded the Hill End Residency for November 2013. She will spend 4 weeks developing new works at the Haefligers Cottage and Studio in New South Wales.

The program is managed by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in partnership with the Department of Environment & Heritage, NSW Parks and Wildlife Service.

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MURRAY FREDERICKS

Photographer MURRAY FREDERICKS' was the Time-Lapse Specialist for the ABC's documentary First Footsteps, 2013, utilising his skills in capturing enormous expanses of land and sky as the light and conditions evolve, in remote and beautiful locations.

First Footsteps has just been announced as the 2013 Walkley Documentary Award winner.

More information
View and example of Fredericks' time-lapse here.

JULIE RRAP / PAT BRASSINGTON

Julie Rrap, Horse's Tale, 1999, cibachrome photograph, 120x120cm.

Julie Rrap, Horse's Tale, 1999, cibachrome photograph, 120x120cm.

JULIE RRAP and PAT BRASSINGTON are currently exhibiting in the touring Theatre of the World exhibition at La Maison Rouge, Paris.  

Theatre of the World is a collaborative group exhibition between the Museum of Old and New Art and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. 

The exhibition strikes relations, whether corresponding or contrasting, between the form or meaning of the works of different origins, where unexpected resemblances are brought to light through themes such as the eyes, body, "double" or war. Brassington’s, The Frog (1997) and Rrap’s Horse’s Tail (1999) are featured in the exhibition, currently showing and on until 12 January 2014.

LYDIA WEGNER

Lydia Wegner, Tab Red, 60x50cm, archival inkjet print, 2013.

Lydia Wegner, Tab Red, 60x50cm, archival inkjet print, 2013.

LYDIA WEGNER has been selected to participate in the National Gallery of Victoria's exhibition MELBOURNE NOW with the inclusion of her photographic works Tab Red, Yellow Sparkle and Full Pink. MELBOURNE NOW will be open from 22 November 2013 to 23 March 2014.

These works have also been acquired into the collection of the NGV.

MURRAY FREDERICKS

Murray Fredericks, Icesheet #0712, digital pigment print, edition of 7, 120x150cm.

Murray Fredericks, Icesheet #0712, digital pigment print, edition of 7, 120x150cm.

ARC ONE are pleased to announce Murray Fredericks’ latest series of photography is now on display in the exhibition Topophilia, 6 Nov - 7 Dec 2013, ARC ONE, Melbourne.

In the three years from 2010 to 2013, internationally renowned photographer Murray Fredericks made six journeys to the centre of Greenland’s Ice Sheet to create his latest project, Topophilia. Ten epic photographs from this series will be exhibited at ARC ONE Gallery from 6 Nov to 7 Dec 2013. 

In Topophilia, Fredericks continues exploring the subjects of ‘space’ and the ‘void’. Conveying ‘an emotional experience of space’, Fredericks describes an ‘inner’, rather than ‘outer’ landscape. Fredericks locates his projects in featureless, perfectly flat landscapes austerely defined by an unbroken and continuous horizon. Working in such minimal environments, temporal atmospheric phenomena and the subtleties of light become powerful elements that define the visual plane. Verging on transcendental, this view transports us beyond our culturally imbued recognitions of the geographical qualities of place. 

In these locations, moments with the potential to transcend the ‘literal’ present rarely. As a result, Fredericks’ projects extend over many years, with months spent in inhospitable places like Greenland’s Ice Sheet and Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, where the iconic series Salt was conceived. From the thousands of photographs produced, only a handful of images successfully convey this experience of space - where the landscape becomes merely the medium, rather than the subject. Whilst surviving in these locations (often solo) is a dangerous proposition, Fredericks says that the adventure is simply a by-product of the pursuit of a vision and an adherence to concept.

- Annabel Holt, November 2013 

Fredericks’ resulting large-scale photographs have been exhibited widely in Australia and internationally. Fredericks’ work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Artbank, Sydney; Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney; Sir Elton John Collection, London; Valentino Collection; ABN Amro Collection, Museum of Sydney Collection, Sydney and numerous prestigious private collections. Fredericks has produced two documentaries; the multi-award winning and widely acclaimed Salt (Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre) and more recently Nothing on Earth, filmed in Greenland whilst producing Topophilia.

For all enquiries, please contact Annabel Holt at mail@arc1gallery.com

EUGENIA RASKOPOULOS

EUGENIA RASKOPOULOS, alongside Peter E. Charuk and Garry Trinh are exhibiting in Summer Season 2014, opening Friday 29 November at The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. The night's proceedings will be opened by curator, Tony Nolan, followed by guest speaker Suhanya Raffel, Director of Collections at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The exhibition will be open from 30th November 2013 - 16th February 2014.

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO is part of an impressive survey exhibition on Colombian Contemporary art at the Kunstmuseum Bochum in Germany.

The exhibition, titled Aliento, includes Fernando Arias, Álvaro Barrios, María Fernanda Cardoso, Antonio Caro, Juan Manuel Echavarría, Oscar Muñoz, Pareja & Chavez, Miguel Ángel Rojas, Doris Salcedo, Liliana Vélez Jaramillo.

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Exhibition dates: 23 November – 2 February 2013

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO presents her 2012 Sydney Biennale work El Museo de Órganos Copulatorios during the Art and Science conference at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogota on Friday 15 November 2013. Cardoso's work is particularly concerned with the traditions of scientific illustrations and museology.