Photographs all loaded and ready for sharing – sorry about the delay! As I mentioned in the last post, at last Katherine Wheeler and Abby Seymour have collaborated and the result is quite a beautiful exhibition ‘Hidden Facets‘. I’ve said before how much I respond to and love art that is created in response to other art, and an interdependent collaboration is a perfect example of that kind of approach and the resulting symbiotic relationship. [all photographs taken with artists permission; no images in this post are to be reproduced without permission of the author or artists, this differs from the general ...
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Last night saw the opening of the exhibition of jewellery by the lovely Katherine Wheeler (see my previous artist profile story, and her blog) and printmaking/drawing by the equally lovely Abby Seymour (tumblr), and pieces they’ve collaborated on. I had intended to share photographs with you today, however I am ‘en plein air’ (ie. gallivanting around the place) and failed to bring my camera connection thingy-whatsit. For now I share the gorgeous invitation, which gives an indication of the delicacy of the work. invitation; courtesy of the artists And I am very excited to say that I am now a proud owner a ...
Exhibition dates: 16th October – 28th February 2009 . “Curiosity is a vice that has been stigmatized in turn by Christianity, by philosophy and even by a certain conception of science. Curiosity, futility. I like the word however. To me it suggests something all together different: it evokes concern; it evokes the care one takes for what exists or could exist; an acute sense of the real which, however, never becomes fixed; a readiness to find our surroundings strange and singular; a certain restlessness in ridding ourselves of our familiarities and looking at things otherwise; a passion for seizing what is happening ...
Exhibition dates: 17th December 2009 – 28th February 2010 . “I draw from everything – from the National Security Archives collection to old material from the FBI’s website to postings by the ACLU. I concentrate on the content. It tends to be very rough material about what’s happened to soldiers in the field, about the good and bad choices they’ve been forced to make, and what has happened to detainees and civilians. I also go to material that’s almost completely gone, either whited out or blacked out, because that represents the issue. You don’t have to spill words when the page is ...
My friend invited me to join her visiting this exhibition at Craft Victoria. Exhibition media states: “Using techniques of sculptural assemblage and repetitive craft-based processes, Adam Cruickshank takes standardized objects produced from automated systems and reworks them into one-off totems or charms.“ I had that very morning been discussing the modern ‘charm’ and its disconnection from the original intent of talismans and ornaments worn on the body … it is so interesting that a single one idea can pop up unexpectedly in many places at the one time. photograph taken with gallery permission The key piece in the above image is the ‘Ikea ...
Exhibition dates: 22nd January – 18th April 2010 . You saw it first on Art Blart! Many thankx to Sue, Erin, Alison and all the crew at the National Gallery of Victoria for inviting me to the media opening (and for doing such a splendid job!) and to David Hurlston, Curator of Australian Art at the NGV, for allowing me to interview him. The photographs of the exhibition proceed in chronological order. There are a couple of lovely photographs using long exposure (especially the very last photograph one of my favourites). Enjoy! Marcus . . . . . . Ron Mueck ‘Dead Dad’ 1996-97 . . Ron Mueck ‘A girl’ 2006 installation photograph . . . . . Ron Mueck ‘A girl’ (details) 2006 . . Ron Mueck ‘Wild Man’ 2005 installation photograph . . . Ron Mueck ‘Wild ...
In a quiet month for exhibitions, the RMIT Gallery brings magnificent relief with the 9th annual ‘Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards‘. Sixteen postgraduate and twenty-six undergraduate students from RMIT Fine Art degrees have been selected for exhibition, and will be in the running for the various awards on offer. Below is my favourite piece from the exhibition: Jessica Wong ‘New World, Same History‘ [2009; woodcut, fineliner, pen on hosho paper; 46 x 190 x 60cm]. The colour is gorgeous, the handwriting evocative, and the scale engaging. Her site has some wonderful images of her other work; and more detailed images of ...
. Here’s my pick of the twelve best exhibitions in Melbourne for 2009 that featured on the Art Blart blog (in no particular order) – and a few honorable mentions that very nearly made the list! . . 1/ ‘The Water Hole’ by Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger at ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) . . Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger ‘The Water Hole’ 2009 . “The most effective bed has a small meteorite suspended in a net bag above it. The viewer slides underneath the ‘rock’ placing the meteorite about a foot or so above your face. The meteorite is brown, dark and heavy, swinging slightly above your ‘third ...
While at Guildford Lane Gallery visiting the RMIT Masters exhibition last week, I also visited the ‘Explorations 2009‘ exhibition sponsored by A&E Metals. photograph taken with permission I found this show disappointing. Not entirely due to the work itself, but mainly due to the sheer number of pieces and their presentation. The 244 pieces were shown in a handful of showcases; in my view they were too close to each other to do justice to each and to see each individually. It got all a bit overwhelming. photograph taken with permission There were a number of very good pieces here. The piece above, the ...
What would the Melbourne artisan/craft scene be without Craft Victoria! The 2009 edition of the annual ‘Fresh!‘ exhibition and awards is currently showing: ‘The freshest hand-picked works by graduates in the fields of ceramics, glass, jewellery, gold and silver-smithing, fashion, textiles, industrial and furniture design‘. installation view; photograph taken with gallery permission The design of the exhibition, the way the reasonably diverse elements are put together, is such that it welcomes you into the room as an observer. I mentioned last week that Michaela Bruton from RMIT was awarded the ‘Fresh 2009′ award. Her lovely collection is below (it looks a bit pink because ...
Continuing RMIT’s love affair with Guildford Lane Gallery, and why not I say(!), is the ‘Masters of Fine Arts Graduate Show 2009‘. This exhibition crosses all of the Fine Art disciplines at RMIT – gold and silversmithing, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, new media, and more. photograph taken with gallery permission The gold and silversmithing department was represented by (alphabetically): Katherine Brunacci – highly coloured enamelled and gem-set pieces, referencing the glamour of the 1940-50s Dougal Haslem [site; Pieces of Eight] – meticulously crafted pieces with mechanical references Simone Krok Christopher Earl Milbourne – image below; left to right: ‘Pyromid‘, ‘Intact Bulkhead Section [post-blast]‘, ‘Trinity Apartment Block ...
A huge congratulations to Michaela Bruton, honours graduate from RMIT, for being awarded the Craft Victoria ‘Fresh!‘ award for 2009 for her beautiful silver pieces! See Craft Victoria announcement: here. And Michaela’s profile: here. I’ll write more about this exhibition after I visit it – very much looking forward to that! Posted in City_CBD, Craft_Vic, Exhibition, Jewellery, RMIT
The graduate shows are always worth visiting, and ‘Fine Line‘, the exhibition of honours and 3rd year graduates from RMIT, is no exception. Sadly, I didn’t get to visit it until near the end of its run and it is now closed – super sorry about that! I still think it’s worth writing about, so you can keep an eye out in future for exhibitions involving these students. I have previously written about Chloe Valance’s work, and being an Honours graduate her lovely work was on show here. The other two honours graduates were Emma Benichou and Mitchel Brannan. I responded ...
As I mentioned in the quick calendar update earlier this week, the 2nd year group (oops, I initially thought they were graduates – sorry about that!) from jewellery at Box Hill Tafe, collectively ‘The Body Corporate’, have a exhibition ‘Peep Show‘ at Self Preservation. front window; photograph taken with permission Participating artists are (alphabetic order): Amber Crocker [blog] Alexandra Downes Puneet Jodhka [blog]; I particularly liked the ’spikey ring’ with scrolls of paper and an unusual shape (there is an image on her blog) Kate Marshall [blog] Karyn Nankivell; the polypropylene rings are expressive and effective Stephen Robb [blog] Misako Sakai [blog] Sarah Thomson [blog] Jane Walker [blog] It’s interesting that most ...
It's over, OMG what a relief. I had a lovely night, at least as lovely as can be, while feeling vaguely stressed and all over the place, mostly I was delighted to see so many loved ones. Thank you all for coming. We ended up back at our place with some people, a fire, many pizzas, smoky martinis and a double pronged assault from our crazy neighbours. I don't think I've mentioned our crazy neighbours here yet? There are many stories, but last night we had one stalking the roof freaking people out, and another one hovering at the pizza ...
Following on from the 1st and 2nd year show is the exhibition of the graduating group from RMIT Gold & Silversmithing: ‘Cornucopia‘ at Guildford Lane Gallery. installation view Participating exhibitors are (in alphabetical order): Helen Bowman Michaela Bruton* Catherine Da Costa Emi Fukuda Sam Horstman* [kit and caboodle]; the cuffs/bracelets are stunning and well developed Naoko Inuzuka; I really liked the enamelling used in the four brooches; and my favourite piece in the whole show is ‘Water Drop’ vessel – such fantastic soldering technique and patience must have been required for this! Claire McArdle Suzi Kyriakidis [site]; I liked the brooches referencing mapping Victoria Mathews Victoria Purves Fiona Simmons Roxanne Watts [site] Rochelle Woods Charles Wyatt [site]; the untitled ...
As mentioned in the previous story, Craft Victoria has a wonderful group of exhibitions currently showing; and in gallery 3 is Karin Findeis ‘sampler‘. Exhibition media: “In her latest exhibition sampler, Karin Findeis uses the intimate environment of jewellery to investigate the history of collecting. Findeis positions herself as a contemporary explorer, the jewellery she makes reflecting the environments within which she lives and travels. Findeis’s process references the collecting practices of the Enlightenment era where diverse elements were drawn together and categorised to create a semblance of order; the ‘real’ and the ‘ideal’ reconciled through representation and reinterpretation.“ exhibition media; photography ...
Craft Victoria has three fabulous exhibitions running at the moment. I visited last week and will write about the jewellery exhibition shortly, but would love to share with you the gorgeousness that is ‘A Key to Help Make Your Own World Visible‘ by Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison. photograph taken with permission There are watercolours, four-colour lithograph offset prints and artist books. For me though, the most lovely pieces are the ‘collaged books’ – old postcard books that have been drawn and pasted on to create fabulous artworks. Seriously wonderful! photograph taken with permission Exhibition text: “In Der Steppenwolf the ‘Magic Theatre’ is a ...
The RMIT Gold and Silversmithing 1st and 2nd year undergraduate show is ‘Found in Translation‘ at the RMIT School of Art Gallery. There are 109 pieces (according to the works list) of 31 artists. In my year there were only 12 students per cohort, but there seem to be more accepted into each year now – I understand one of the groups has 18 students, which is a lot! installation view The exhibition design is great – I liked the circular components and cluster groupings; I understand the white tops were laser cut to ensure perfect circles – fantastic attention to detail. ...
I visited National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) again on the weekend, in the hope that the jewellery collection had been rotated [sadly it hasn't, since April, which I'll write more about another time], and popped into the new Asian exhibition ‘Chinoiserie: Asia in Europe 1620-1840‘. cover of room brochure; NGV publication ISBN 9780724103119; needlework panel 1720-30, from NGV collection Exhibition media states: ‘Chinoiserie refers to a style in Western art which draws its inspiration from the arts of China, Japan and India. European fascination with exotic materials like lacquer, silk and porcelain, combined with a paucity of accurate information on the great ...
Following a tip from a comment left on a recent popular story, and the positive experience of an artistically inclined friend, I decided to see Marcos Davidson’s new exhibition ‘The House of Hallmarcos‘ at Until Never. Thankfully the gallery is open until 6pm on a Saturday, so I could fit a visit into an otherwise very busy fortnight. Walking into the gallery room above Hosier Lane was breathtaking. The natural light coming in through the huge warehouse window is lovely. The installation is to behold – I appreciate when an artist considers the presentation and physical context of the work as ...
This month has been so crazy that I didn’t make it to Gallery Funaki to see this show until the weekend. Carlier Makigawa is showing her new collection ‘October 2009‘ – and it’s just lovely. photograph courtesy of Gallery Funaki; used with permission Her previous botanically-inspired collection included round-section wire, in voluptuous curves. The new work uses straighter lines; the metal is thinner, more delicate. The fineness of the wire invokes something more expressive; thoughtful and pensive in the larger pieces, hard-edged and determined in some of the smaller pieces. photograph courtesy of Gallery Funaki; used with permission Of the twenty-six pieces there are: ...
Exhibition dates: 28th August – 21st February 2010 . . Max Pam born Australia 1949, lived in Brunei 1980–83 Road from Bamiyan 1971 gelatin silver photograph 20.1 x 20.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1979 . . Max Pam born Australia 1949, lived in Brunei 1980–83 My donkey, our valley, Sarchu 1977 gelatin silver photograph 20.1 x 20.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1979 © Max Pam . . Max Pam born Australia 1949, lived in Brunei 1980–83 Sisters 1977 gelatin silver photograph 20.1 x 20.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1979 © Max Pam . . Max Pam born Australia 1949, lived in Brunei 1980–83 Tibetan nomads 1977 gelatin silver photograph 20.1 x 20.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1979 © Max Pam . . ‘Long Distance Vision’ is a disappointingly wane exploration ...
If any of you northerners feel like checking out some contemporary jewellery pop into Gaffa Gallery for the Explorations 09 exhibition on until the 25th October.This years exhibition showcases the work of over 250 contemporary jewellers from Australia and New Zealand and includes wearable art and objects made from a number of precious and non-precious materials. For the first time this years show will also be travelling to Melbourne's Guildford Lane Gallery from the 4th - 12th December.Gaffa Gallery: 1/7 Randle Street ...
Exhibition dates: 16th October – 28th February 2009 . Hot off the press straight to you here at Art Blart! Photographs of the exhibition ‘Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur’ at the National Gallery of Victoria Australia, Federation Square. The photographs are in the chronological order that I took them, walking through the three spaces of the exhibition. A spare, visually minimalist aesthetic to the show, where every vanitas, every mark (in)forms the work as transcendent momenti mori. Review to follow. Many thankx to Sue, Alison, Jemma and the team for the usual excellent job and for allowing me to document the exhibition. . “I’ve always been interested ...
