JULIA GORMAN's commission at the Geelong Art Gallery has been unveiled at the Douglass and Hitchcock galleries. Gorman's vinyl wall drawing Growth habits takes its inspiration from the free-flowing forms of garden succulents.
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JUSTINE KHAMARA
Justine Khamara, Orbital spin trick #4, 2013, UV print on hoop pine, 50x50x50cm.
PAT BRASSINGTON
Pat Brassington, Quiescent, 2014, pigment print, 106x96cm.
PAT BRASSINGTON
8 APRIL - 10 MAY 2014
ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne
Pat Brassington is one of Australia’s most highly respected and influential artists working in photo-media. Through her ongoing practice, informed by Surrealism, Brassington’s work delves into the uncanny and the curious effect ambiguity has on interpretation.
Seemingly innocent, her images open up like a flower, gorgeous and dream-like, then morph into a psychological Rorschach. Here, the endless possibilities of our complex inner states - narratives of sex, memory and identity - run quietly rampant.
Pat has said of her most recent works: ‘I aim to pitch my images just off the verge of normality, into those dense patches where the commonplace goes awry.’
This selection of works is classically provocative and ambiguous in nature; striking, beautiful and superbly loaded.
In 2013 Brassington won the prestigious Monash Gallery of Art Bowness Photography Prize. In 2012 she was honored with a major nationally touring survey of her work, A Rebours, by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA). Brassington’s work has also featured extensively in major exhibitions, including the Adelaide Biennale Parallel Colisions (2012); Feminism Never Happened at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2010); the Biennale of Sydney (2004); a major solo retrospective at the Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne (2002); World Without End - Photography and the 20th Century at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2000) and Fotokunst Aus Australien, Berlin (2000), curated by Bernice Murphy.
Selected recent solo exhibitions include Pat Brassington at Ten Cubed, Melbourne (2014); In search of the marvellous at CAST Gallery, Hobart (2013); a survey exhibition at the Lönnstrom Art Museum, Finland (2008).
Pat Brassington’s work is held in many public collections including the Art Gallery of NSW, Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Tarrawarra Musuem of Art and ArtBank.
For all enquiries please contact Annabel Holt at ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne.
GUO JIAN
Chinese Australian artist GUO JIAN will be appearing on Q&A's debut show in Shanghai on Monday April 7 2014 . The live broadcast will feature a panel including Dr. Geoff Ruby, former Australian Ambassador to China, and will cover a range of current political and cultural relations between the two countries.
Broadcast: 6:30-8:30 pm Monday April 7 2014 on ABC 1
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MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO
MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO's latest commission, Sandstone Pollen, will soon be unveiled at the new Darling Harbour precinct in 2016.
This major public artwork – a series of unique sandstone pollen sculptures – was inspired by the diversity of pollen microfossils that were found in Darling Harbour, and were later identified by palynionologist Mike Macphail.
Her ‘pollen morphologies’, combining scientific research and beautiful, complex forms, will be placed under and near a variety of tall trees along the Boulevard Walk, invoking conversation about the story of evolution, of sexual reproduction and the generation of formal beauty.
In collaboration with two local stone masonries, each pollen grain will be 3-D modelled using the latest digital software, then carved in sandstone using a computerized milling robotic arm.
Cardoso’s works will synthesise thought about the story of place and life as it was and as it is at Darling Harbour and Cockle Bay.
ROBERT OWEN
Robert Owen, Fallen Light A, 2012, stainless steel, 105x115x170cm.
ROBERT OWEN is participating in The Gathering II: A Survey of Australian Sculpture, at Wangaratta Art Gallery with his sculpture Fallen Light A (2012). The exhibition is curated by Dianne Mangan and opens on Saturday 15 March at Wangaratta Art Gallery.
Exhibition dates: 8 March – 11 May 2014
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PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT
Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Where There is No One, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm.
PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT has published an essay Catching the moment, one step at a time in a book titled Asia Though Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Boarders. Suwannakudt's essay expands on the artist’s experience during her residency at the Womanifesto International in Thailand in 2008.
The book is edited by Fuyubi Nakumara, Morgan Perkins and Olivier Krishner, and published by Bloomsbury Academic.
GUAN WEI
Guan Wei, Up in the Clouds No. 5, 2012, bronze, 52x32x24.
GUAN WEI is participating in The Gathering II: A Survey of Australian Sculpture curated by Dianne Mangan, with his sculpture Up in the clouds No. 5. The exhibition opens on Saturday 15 March at Wangaratta Art Gallery.
Exhibition dates: 8 March – 11 May 2014
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NIKE SAVVAS
NIKE SAVVAS has unveiled a huge installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Rally, 18 March to 22 June 2014. The 50m long work, rippling with colourful bunting, will span across the ceiling of the grand entrance court of the institution.
The exhibition's title, Rally, plays upon the physically immersive nature of a parade or protest. Savvas' work is inspired by the vibrant paintings of the post-Impressionists as well as the cheap exuberance of discount plastics and decorations. It consists of 60,000 strips of coloured plastic and stretches more than 50 metres through the ‘main street’ entrance of the iconic institution.
It is one of the largest individual works ever to be staged at the AGNSW.
To read the Sydney Morning Herald's interview with Savvas, click here.
DANI MARTI
DANI MARTI is currently exhibiting in the 2014 Adelaide Biennial, Dark Heart. His series of suspended sculptures are now on display in his installation Armour. These works, woven in synthetic rope, leather and industrial rubber, were inspired by the artist’s viewing of Samurai armour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Included in Armour are a selection of etchings from Goya’s Los Caprichos, provoking a dialogue between the two artists of Spanish descent and their engagement with the world in which they live.
The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art taps into the hearts and minds of the nation – probing the personal, political and psychological dimensions of contemporary Australia. It explores Australia’s cultural identity through the lens of some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists.
Dark Heart presents twenty-eight contemporary Australian artists and collectives, delivering their brave new visions in mediums that include photography, painting, sculpture, installation and the moving image. The issues and ideas explored by the artists encompass intercultural relationships, our ecological fate, gender and political power.
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Find a review of 'Dark Heart' here.
MURRAY FREDERICKS
MURRAY FREDERICKS has been selected for the 2014 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award with an image taken at in an abandoned missile detection station on a glacier in Greenland. Fredericks latest project in Greenland resulted in the exhibition Topophilia at ARC ONE Gallery in 2013.
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award is considered one of the most important annual surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice and a highlight of Gold Coast City Gallery’s exhibition program. Established photographers are showcased alongside emerging, resulting in a stunning reflection of contemporary practice that examines diverse themes and approaches.
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SAM SHMITH
Sam Shmith, Untitled (Plate Glass #3), 2013, 103.2 x 186 cm, Pigment print, baryta paper.
SAM SHMITH has been selected for the 2014 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award with his digital photograph Untitled (Plate Glass #3), 2013.
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award is considered one of the most important annual surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice and a highlight of Gold Coast City Gallery’s exhibition program. Established photographers are showcased alongside emerging, resulting in a stunning reflection of contemporary practice that examines diverse themes and approaches.
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NIKE SAVVAS
NIKE SAVVAS has been reviewed extensively in the wake of her exhibition Sparks at ARC ONE Gallery and her installation Rally at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Read some of them below.
Raven Contemporary, by Dan Rule.
Vogue Living, by Dijana Kumurdian.
The Melbourne Review, by Suzanne Fraser.
For further information please contact Annabel Holt at mail@arc1gallery.com
PAT BRASSINGTON
Pat Brassington, The flight of the Duchess, 2013, pigment print, 83 x 120 cm
A beautiful selection of PAT BRASSINGTON's work is currently on show at Ten Cubed Collection, a private collection, open to the public and situated in Melbourne's Glen Iris.
Pat Brassington is one of Australia's most highly respected, established and influential photo-media artists, with works in the collections of leading institutions across Australia. The exhibition includes recent works from Brassington’s practice, as well as the iconic work A Heartbeat Away, presenting an exquisite selection of her continuing aesthetic as informed by Surrealism. Brassington’s work delves into the uncanny and the abject, conveying an ever-present sexuality, ensconced in a cinematic dream-like state.
Ten Cubed Collection is a private collection, open to the public, where an evolving top ten selection of contemporary artists represented by Australian and New Zealand galleries are collected and exhibited in depth over ten years.
Address: Ten Cubed Collection, 1489 Malvern Rd, Glen Iris, Vic 3146
Exhibition dates: 18 February - 3 May 2014
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 4pm
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For all enquiries other than Ten Cubed, please contact Annabel Holt at mail@arc1gallery.com
NIKE SAVVAS
NIKE SAVVAS is exhibiting a newly commissioned installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) from 18 March to 22 June 2014.
The exhibition's title, Rally, plays upon the physically immersive nature of a parade or protest. Her work is inspired by the vibrant paintings of the post-Impressionists as well as the cheap exuberance of discount plastics and decorations. It consists of 60,000 strips of coloured plastic and stretches more than 50 metres through the ‘main street’ entrance of the iconic institution.
It will be one of the largest individual works ever to be staged at the AGNSW.
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PAT BRASSINGTON
Pat Brassington, Radar, 2009, pigment print, 80x50cm.
PAT BRASSINGTON: À REBOURS continues its tour around Australia, arriving next at the Horsham Regional Art Gallery (1st March - 27th April, 2014). This major retrospective, produced by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA, Melbourne) will continue on to Tasmania later this year.
For more information on Horsham Regional Art Gallery click here.
JUSTINE KHAMARA
Justine Khamara, Orbital Spin Trick, 2013, UV print and hoop pine, 50x50x50cm.
Congratulations to JUSTINE KHAMARA, who has been included in the Asialink/BLINDSIDE touring group exhibition, VERTIGO: chaos and dislocation in contemporary Australian art, curated by Claire Anna Watson.
Other artists include: Boe-lin Bastian, Cate Consandine, Simon Finn, Bonnie Lane, Kristin McIver, Kiron Robinson, Tania Smith, Kate Shaw and Alice Wormald.
Exhibition text:
"The artists interrogate contemporary life, exploring the fracture, chaos and dislocation that arises in the human condition and in a world which is imbued with flux and change. The experience of dizziness and a loss of perspective are explored within a world that is gripped by an acceleration of time and pace.
Presenting sculptural works, painting, neon, collage, drawing and video, the artists disrupt the ordinariness that can pervade life, building new narratives of human experience. By conveying feelings of anxiety and humour, or by using absurd gestures, the artists in Vertigo attempt to make sense of the world around them, with dizzying effects."
For more information and to view the catalogue, go click here.
ROBERT OWEN
ROBERT OWEN has unveiled an impressive installation for Qantas’ new Chairman’s Lounge at Melbourne Airport.
The news has been included in the Autumn 2014 issue of the Financial Review's Life & Leisure: the sophisticated traveller magazine, p. 35 (image credit to the magazine).
Titled Interlude, the work is the central feature of the space, composed of two large and dynamic architectural screens of coloured glass and brushed aluminium, dividing the lounge and dining areas. The colours of Interlude move kinetically within the sculptural form, reflecting and refracting light, responding and interacting with the spectator as they move past, or sit in contemplation.
"An interlude – as a breathing space, a rest or pause within the cadence of a musical composition – creates levels of feeling and movement akin to the shifting sequences of a journey. Whilst those who visit the Chairman’s lounge will rest and restore themselves during transit, Interlude continues and reflects the movement of travel, the spectrums of colour weaving in and out with shifting sequences of time and rhythm.
Interlude reflects Owen’s inspired way of fusing integral concepts and experiences into abstract forms, allowing an experience of the orders of sensation; that is, the affect of colour and rhythm on our senses."
- Annabel Holt, December 2013
PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT
PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT has been awarded a 2014 Asialink Arts Residency at Ne'-Na Contemporary Art Space, in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. This artist-run residency program promotes meaningful and enduring cross-cultural relationships between individuals and organisations in Australia and Asia. During her residency in Chiang Mai, Suwannakudt will realise the exhibition Retold-untold stories. The project will investigate local historical materials and the theme of natural disaster from women’s perspectives.
More information on Asialink Arts and the 2014 residents click here.
MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO
MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO is participating in a group exhibition at Blacktown Art Centre (NSW) titled Uncovered: Hidden Pleasures of the Day. Uncovered brings together three contemporary visual artists with connections to Blacktown. Each artist explores notions of the commonplace and everyday experience, often overlooked or left uncovered or unrevealed. They share a passion and love for intricacy and complexity in what at first sight might seem common and obvious.
Cardoso’s work with the Tjanpi Desert Weavers emerged from artists’ camps in Central Australia. The resulting exhibition, Kuru Alala, toured nationally and at Blacktown Arts Centre in 2011. Maria’s new artworks for Blacktown add to her project, the Museum of Copulatory Organs (MoCA) first shown at the Biennale of Sydney 2012.
For Uncovered, Cardoso has ‘undressed’ a variety of flowers, counted how many ‘wives and husbands’ each have, and then proceeded to photograph them ‘naked’.
The program for Uncovered also includes a workshop on Saturday 8 March between 10am to 1pm with Cardoso. In this workshop, participants will undress flowers and create small sculptures.
The workshop is $15 per person and includes workshop materials and lunch, followed by artist talks.
Exhibition dates: Thursday 27 February to Saturday 12 April 2014.