SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2022

Welcome to ARC ONE at SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY

From today will be showing a selection of major artworks from some of Australia's most significant contemporary practitioners, including PAT BRASSINGTON, LYNDELL BROWN / CHARLES GREEN, PETER DAVERINGTON, MURRAY FREDERICKS, JANET LAURENCE, HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT, DANI MARTI, JULIE RRAP, IMANTS TILLERS, GUAN WEI, CATHERINE WOO, and JOHN YOUNG. We are also proud to be presenting, for the first time, the work of internationally acclaimed artist DESMOND LAZARO.

Our booth is showcasing brand new artworks, alongside some of the most iconic works from ARC ONE Gallery, in celebration of these artists and their significant contribution to contemporary art in this country.

DANI MARTI features in upcoming exhibition 52 ACTIONS

DANI MARTI features in the upcoming exhibition '52 ACTIONS' with his series 'Visual diary part 1 - 3' opening at Penrith Regional Gallery today!

Curated by Artspace and premiering at Penrith Regional Gallery, 52 ACTIONS commences its national tour on Saturday 27 August.

IMAGES: Courtesy of the artist.

JANET LAURENCE features in the exhibition 'Earth Canvas' at The National Museum of Australia

JANET LAURENCE features in the new exhibition 'Earth Canvas' at The National Museum of Australia with her work 'Notes from the land: Biodiversity'.

"Earth Canvas showcases works by leading contemporary artists, developed in response to regenerative farming on properties situated between the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers in southern New South Wales.

The exhibition explores the creative experiences of regenerative farmers and the artists who spent time with them, their engagement with the land and their vision for a healthier world."

Janet Laurence, Notes from the land: Biodiversity, 2020, images printed on transparency floating about a mirror surface within an acrylic box.

CATHERINE WOO interviewed on The Art Show

A fantastic interview with CATHERINE WOO aired on The Art Show with Rosa Ellen last Wednesday 17 August.

"Enter the studio of nipaluna Hobart-based artist Catherine Woo, whose textural landscape paintings using natural minerals and elemental forces, show nature from a completely different perspective."

Have a listen through the link in our bio!

PETER DAVERINGTON selected as a finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize

Peter Daverington, Brodribb River Marlo—Looking North Toward the Snowy Mountains, 2022, Oil on linen, 46 x 61cm.

Congratulations to PETER DAVERINGTON for being named as one of 47 finalists in The Gippsland Art Galleries 2022 John Leslie Art Prize!

To see more of Peter's captivating work visit his most recent exhibition 'Chapter 22' available to view at ARC ONE Gallery until August 27.

Congratulations to ARC ONE Bowness Photography Prize Finalists!

CONGRATULATIONS are in order!

Janet Laurence, Cyrus Tang, Lydia Wegner, Honey Long and Prue Stent have all been shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Bowness Photography Prize.

The Bowness exhibition opens 29 September. However, if you can't wait that long, please visit ARC ONE where these fantastic artists are currently on display in our Viewing Room.

HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT at The Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022

Honey Long & Prue Stent, Drinking from the screen, 2020, single-channel video, stereo sound, 4 min, edition of 3, 1/3.

We loved seeing HONEY LONG & PRUE STENTS incredible film 'Drinking from the Screen' at the 2022 Gertrude Street Projection Festival on the weekend.

‘Drinking from the screen’ is a meditation on longing for the more than human world and our increasing dependency on computer screens as a means of connection. Intended as a massage for the eyes, the artists press their own bodies up against glass and try to connect to watery environs.

Fourth anniversary of IMANTS TILLERS retrospective at the Latvian National Museum of Art

Four years ago this month 'Imants Tillers: Journey to Nowhere' opened at the Latvian National Museum of Art. Celebrating the outstanding carer of IMANTS TILLERS. The retrospective presented 64 artworks spanning 50 years of practice, with an opening address given by Rupert Myer.

"The images that Imants creates for us are clearly not just for our visual appreciation...They are puzzles to be figured, maps to be decoded. The placement of words and expressions requires a high level of viewer participation. We linger on a phrase. Its position on the canvas matters. Its adjacency with another phrase or a graphic is a clue." - Rupert Myer.

JANET LAURENCE at Gippsland Art Gallery

Janet Laurence, Zylum Flow, 2022, C-Type Photograph, aluminum, 100 x 156 cm.

JANET LAURENCE features in Gippsland Art Galleries latest exhibition Fragile Earth: Extinction with her work 'Zylum Flow'.

Curated by Louisa Waters and Melanie Caple the exhibition draws together the work of 60 artists as part of a new series of biennial exhibitions that will each explore different aspects of our changing climate and its effects on life on earth.

Open until August 28.

CATHERINE WOO wins The Hadley's Art Prize Packing Room Prize

Catherine Woo, A Moment in the Day, 2022, Mixed media on aluminium, 120 x 120cm.

We are thrilled to announce that CATHERINE WOO has won The Hadley's Art Prize packing room prize with her mixed media on aluminium work 'A Moment in the Day'.

“The work aims to evoke a particular quality of light that occurs in the landscape. Scattered sunlight – reflected and iridescent: bouncing off rippling water, moving leaves, salt lakes, shards of quartz." - Catherine Woo

JULIE RRAP and Director Fran Clark featured in ART COLLECTOR

Artist JULIE RRAP and Director Fran Clark feature in the current issue of Art Collector, talking about the longevity of their friendship and professional relationship.

"Artists need to believe in their own vision of the world and a gallerist needs to be able to come on for the ride, but their input can provide invaluable guidance when the ride gets a bit bumpy." - Julie Rrap

"We share a respect that is underpinned by a great care for each other's way of working. Julie has always supported me with solid counsel." - Director Fran Clark

PAT BRASSINGTON recently acquired by ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Pat Brassington, The Long Goodbye, 2017, 90 x 72 cm, Pigment print.

Installation view of PAT BRASSINGTON’s work as viewed by ARC ONE Gallery Director Fran Clark recently at AGSA.

BRASSINGTON’S ‘The Long Goodbye’ now part of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s collection, has been curated by Director Rhana Devenport, into the extraordinary exhibition 'Robert Wilson: Moving portraits'.

The exhibition presents a series of video portraits of international celebrities, artists, ordinary people and animals, created by the New York artist, designer and director.

GUAN WEI and GUO JIAN at BENDIGO ART GALLERY

Guan Wei, Water view no. 15 2011, synthetic polymer paint on canvas. La Trobe University, Geoff Raby Collection of Chinese Art. Image courtesy the artist and ARC ONE © the artist. Photo: Jia De

GUAN WEI and GUO JIAN are included in the forthcoming exhibition ‘In Our Time: Four decades of art from China and beyond - the Geoff Raby Collection’ curated by Latrobe Art Institute.

Opening on 20 August, the exhibition features 70 pieces from the collection of Australian economist and diplomat Dr Geoff Raby AO, with works that address a range of themes from urban life, Chinese philosophy and cultural difference to social justice, human rights and nationhood.

JANET LAURENCE at TOWN HALL GALLERY

Janet Laurence, ‘Breath of the Forest’ from the ‘Theatre of Trees’ series, 2020, Silk Voile di-sublimation print, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist and ARC ONE Gallery.

JANET LAURENCE is included in the upcoming exhibition ‘Above the Canopy’ at Town Hall Gallery.

‘Above the Canopy’ is a major exhibition celebrating the rich and diverse beauty of the Australian natural environment.

Through hyperreal images of lush and verdant forests alongside detailed studies of insects, botany, birds and geology, the exhibition shows a deep appreciation for our majestic and awe-inspiring world.

JACKY REDGATE at HEIDE MoMA

Jacky Redgate, Light Throw (Mirrors) #7, 2009-10, silver halide Chromogenic photograph handprinted, edition of 3 + AP, 1/3,

JACKY REDGATE’s work ‘Light Throw (Mirrors) #7’, is included in the exhibition ‘Things that will not sit still’, curated by Melissa Keys.

Drawn from the Heide Museum of Modern Art collection ‘Things that will not sit still’ explores the shifting nature of perception, art and ideas. The exhibition addresses the way in which the selected artworks attend to, or, suggest movement—forward and back across time—shifts in focus, perceptual dissolution, forms of disruption and agitation.

The exhibition continues until 20 November 2022.

PRUE STENT & HONEY LONG performance at SCHOOLHOUSE STUDIOS

PRUE STENT & HONEY LONG performed in Coburg at Schoolhouse Studios with dancers Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Michaela Tancheff. Occurring within a giant inflatable sculpture, which viewers were able to enter, the choreography reflected on this semi-private space, questioning the divisions between the personal and the public, and the interior and the exterior.

This program was part of ‘Evidence of Life’ - a series of temporal activations across the City of Moreland.