Exhibition - Obscura gallery
The guys at Obscura Gallery invite you…
Exhibition - Found Line
Exhibition - Shanghai
March 7-11, 2010
Shanghai Art Museum
The Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center is proud to announce that from March 7 to 11, artist Caitlin Reilly and Xiao Hui Wang will be participating in the “Centennial Celebration of Women in Art—World Artists’ Exhibition” that will take place March 7 thru 11 at the Shanghai Art Museum in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day.
This event has been organized by the Shanghai Women’s Federation in cooperation with Consular Spouses Shanghai, Shanghai Artists Association and Shanghai Female Artists Association, as well as the Shanghai Art Museum. The exhibition will be curated by Mati Cuenca from MoCA.
Art Competition
Lethbridge gallery is running a “small scale” art competition for 2010.
Exhibition news
Simon Collins and Amanda van Gils got a good write up in the media recently for their show… great work guys, both were interviewed here first! 
To read the actual article check out Anthea Polson art.
Paradise Magazine - Gold Coast Bulletin
Weekend Bulletin
Author Marina Saint Martin February 20, 2010
Exhibition - Amelia Anderson
Amelia Anderson, an up and coming young photographic wizz. Check out her latest offerings on her website and at the exhibition at Oxide Gallery Geelong.
Exhibition - Group show
Obscura Gallery in East St Kilda Vic has a new show opening this weekend.
Exhibition - Hand held
Open studios - Drouin and District Vic Australia
KW Abstract Art
www.kerriewarren.com.au
Exhibition - Collins and van gils
Amanda van Gils and Simon Collins team up with Anthea Polson Art, to give us their unique views of the world in art. Both have been interviewed here and have great bios.
Gallery opportunity
Hi There
Latrobe Contemporary Gallery is calling for contemporary artists to submit proposals proposals for 2010 and as an extra incentive those wishing to exhibit before May will receive %10 off the cost of a 2 week exhibition, this is of coarse subject to availability.
Life Drawing
Will be held on Thursday the 18th of Feburary at 7pm till 9pm
at Latrobe Contemporary Gallery 209 Commercial rd Morwell.
Charcoal and paper provided along with tea and coffee.
Materials from home welcome.
please see attached form for more details on exhibiting and for further information regarding life drawing. competitions and movie nights please contact Latrobe Contemporary Gallery on 0403341664
or just drop in, opening hours are from 10am till 4pm Wednesday to Friday
and 10am till 2 pm Saturday and Sunday.
Please forward thais to anyone who may find this useful or simply wish to be on the mailing list.
Warm regards
Steph Shields
Latrobe Cntemporary Gallery
209 Commercial rd Morwell
Exhibition - Sharon Stelluto
Consciousness of Form
East West Living Gallery in NYC is hosting a closing reception for the current art exhibit “Consciousness of Form”, a presentation of works by Philadelphia Artist, Sharon Stelluto, on Feb. 20th, 2010 from 5:30pm-7:30pm. The show runs until March 1st, 2010
This show features spiritually inspired contemporary illustrations representing the energy within form and body and the interconnectedness of life.
East West Living
78 Fifth Avenue @ 14th Street
New York, New York 10011
212-243-5994
Subway-Two blocks from Union Square Station
http://www.eastwestnyc.com/
http://www.sharonstelluto.com/sharonstelluto/Home.html
Exhibition - Debra Luccio
Dancing in the light by Debra Luccio.
Exhibition - Kaye Green
Kaye Green is a prolific printmaker (interviewed here!) who spent some time in late 09 to do some work at the very famous Tamarind Lithography Institute, here is the invite to the exhibition so we can all check out what took place while she was there (lots…)
It’s at the Sidespace Gallery in Salamanca Place Hobart Tasmania. from Feb 25 - March 9 2010
Exhibition - Perdesi
The Australian High Commission Islamabad and Lahore Arts Council is pleased to invite you to an exhibition of paintings and prints by Damon Kowarsky
perdesi
The exhibition will be opened by a representative of the Australian High Commission Islamabad on Monday February 8 from 5 to 8 pm. The exhibition continues until February 22.
“In 2007 I spent six months living and working in Pakistan, teaching drawing and studying miniature painting at Beaconhouse National University Lahore. Over the last year I have translated these experiences into a series of prints and paintings.” Damon Kowarsky
Alhamra Art Gallery
The Mall, Lahore
The gallery is open 9am to 6pm daily.
Burning Desire Creates Field of view…
2010 will see many Visual Art events emerge, some large others small… However this one event has already etched it’s place in the artists taking part.
Fields of View is an exhibition featuring 5 Visual Artists all affected by the Black Saturday fires of Feb 2009, from directly fighting fires to save their homes, to standing on the edge of the firezones watching and waiting… then in the aftermath all counted their blessings, conferred various stories and carried on.
Only now with a renewed interest in the way their now changed lives had instantly become more precious, Artworks evolved, giving them a chance to explore and communicate the issues all had experienced.
Couple this with the fact all are passionate about the environment and their role as Environmental Expressionists and you have a fantastic mix of impetus and context with which to present their works.
Over the next few weeks I will have the opportunity to share with you some aspects of the exhibition and the way the Artists express their environmental concerns and inspirations.
When artists get together the collective power to obtain media interest is tangible… They called it ‘Artists respond to tragedy’ http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2010/01/25/2800651.htm take the link to hear the artists interviewed on the black saturday fires and see some of their work!
Here are some images from the first opening of the exhibition at Maffra Vic.
Update - Bruno Quinquet
Bruno Quinquet who I interviewed 12 months ago has had a great chunk of media attention with this feature article in the London Contemporary Photography magazine HotShoe, Some great photo’s!
http://www.brunoquinquet.com/pdf/HS163_pp08-19.pdf
Exhibition - Margaret Zox Brown
Ryan lights her own fire…
Leonie Ryan is a Victorian Artist with a passion for getting things done. Possibly her biggest project to date is the Fields of View traveling exhibition, coordinating five Visual Artists to explore a range of environmental issues and tie in with the environmental expressionism theme.
Lets chat to her and find out more..
How did this exhibition come about?
After touring an art exhibition with Warragul artist group ‘Wild Dogs from Down Under’ throughout Victoria including exhibiting in China for two weeks, I had a deep desire to tour an art exhibition through Regional Victoria.
I approached the ‘Wild Dogs from Down Under’ artist group first, though most of the artists focus was back on their solo careers. I commenced the Fields of View project in August 2008 with artists Kerrie Warren and Eileen Harrison both from ‘Wild Dogs from Down Under’. Our artwork was uniquely different from each other, though connected through our passion for nature and energy within life. I felt the small trio group required an extra artist and thought it would be interesting to continue with the feminie energy flow. I invited Ursula Theinert who was very pleased to be involved.
Like all projects Fields of View also has had its ups and downs. Unfortunately Eileen Harrison had enduring commitments and realised she could not totally commit to the Fields of View project at the time, therefore withdrawing from the project.
After some months of considering possible artists to invite into the project, the decision was made to invite artists Peter Biram and Werner Theinert on board. Both Werner and Peter’s works explore similar themes as Ursula, Kerrie and I.
All five artists involved in the Fields of View exhibition vary in medium, style and visual language, creating a diverse exhibition together with environmental unison and aspiration. This is the basis of how Fields of View touring exhibition was born.
Why a travelling show?
The purpose of a travelling exhibition to regional galleries is to reveal individual stories through the visual language creating a connection between place, time and people, throughout far reaching regions of Victoria and possibly beyond.
Tell us about organising the show, the challenges, the inspiration, getting galleries on board etc?
To organise an exhibition to tour Regional Art Galleries throughout Victoria is an interesting ambition. What compels me is my ambition and enthusiasm for my art practice, also my awareness and privilege of being a woman in the Western World in the twenty first century.
My inspiration is my love of life, living without regret, and the idea of when I’m 90 years old sitting in a rocking chair; I can say to myself “Yes! I really have lived a fulfilled life”.
My role in Fields of View is both as an Artist and Co-ordinator. Co-ordinating involves making many decisions, writing and re writing of exhibition proposals, gallery formalities, schedules, various associations, negotiations, budgets, emails, telephone calls and ensuring the artists are content.
In all honesty, a juggling act but also very satisfying. My philosophy is make a good plan, follow it through by then placing one foot in front of the other and then seeing what happens next.
Tell us about the works you have created for exhibition.
I am an installation artist which means I utilise whatever medium most appropriate for the design of my concept. My concepts mainly relate to the natural environment with themes exploring metaphysical, philosophical and universal connection.
For my Fields of View installation Organic Mechanism 102 I have made large cubistic blocks from recycled polyurethane and covered them with contoured and patterned wall paper. The surface is finished with terracotta coloured paint.
The large cubes represent geometric shape and form much like a cityscape with reference of man’s influence of construction within the environment. Juxtaposing the large cubes is the surface texture of contours and earthly colour.
Five abstract stainless steel mirror finished sculptures represent the natural environment in the form of symbols; Man in a key- earths guardian; Frog- the waterways; Triple energy spiral- universal connection; Mother Nature- spirit and energy of the natural environment; and Tree- the lungs of our planet.
Housed inside the centre of the cubistic installation is a video reviewing the 2009 bush fires which generates a foreboding and eerie sensation.
Mother Nature Leonie Ryan 2009
Stainless steel
Exhibition - Chloe Valance
Chloe Vallance’s new Exhibition ‘Step Lightly Between the Branches’ opens 14th Jan at Hand Held Gallery.
On display are Chloe’s miniature, finely detailed pencil drawings and paintings from recent travels.
Opening night Thursday 14th 6-8pm.
More details at Hand Held Gallery
Megan Herring
Hand Held Gallery
Suite 18(upstairs) Paramount Arcade
108 Bourke Street Melbourne, 3000
(03)9654 4006
www.handheldgallery.blogspot.com
Exhibition - Fields of View - opening dinner
Phone: 03 5623 1960 or Email: gary.blackwood@parliament.vic.gov.au
mail@kerriewarren.com.au
Exhibition - Rod Gray and associates…
Rod Gray is A Victorian Artist.
Exhibition - Laurie Collins
Laurie is a Victorian Sculptor
New year, new starts…
2010, the start to a new year brings lots of thoughts, trepidation, niggling doubts, annoyances and some what if moments meander though my head.
The galleries are soon to open again, will the year herald a few big hurrahs and some desperate wimpers this time round? Who knows, as often the wimpers can turn into roars and vice versa.
Of note, the Midsumma festival starts soon in Melbourne (go google your own links…) and Ricky Sweallow is on show and the Ian Potter gallery, although judging by the look on viewers faces yesterday it was all a bit blah, this coupled the $10ish entry made me say… hmmm nup.
It looks like a hot start to the year (temperature wise) and hopefully what’s on offer in the galleries will inspire and delight, we can only hope!
Have a great year, and let me know if you have a show on, an art event coming up etc….
Exhibition - Aljoscha
03.01.2010: Mönchenwerth on Rhine, Düsseldorf/Meerbusch.
bioism creatures exploring big world and meeting head of Joseph Beuys: “extend the definition of the art!”
Exhibition - Sharon Stelluto
East West Living in NYC is hosting “Consciousness of Form”, a spiritual and yoga inspired art exhibition featuring artworks by Philadelphia based artist, Sharon Stelluto, Jan16th- March 1st. Opening reception is January 16th, 2010 from 7-9pm. We look forward to seeing you!
East West Living
78 Fifth Avenue @ 14th Street
New York, New York 10011
212-243-5994
Subways: 2 blocks from Union Square station
Portrait Competition
Hey every one
Just a reminder that entries close soon for the Latrobe Contemporary Gallery’s portrait competition, please find the form attached with all the details, if your not thinking of entering then please come along to opening night and check out whats happening in 2010 at Latrobe Contemporary Gallery.
We have closed for christmas but will re-open on the 9th of january
Hope to see you there
Happy new year
Steph Shields
Latrobe Contemporary Gallery
209 Commercial rd Morwell
0403341664
Exhibition - Samantha Everton
Dickerson Gallery presents…
Exhibition - Workshop of the Hereafter
Workshop of Hereafter
diagrams, models and prototypes
Blyth Gallery Level 5 Sherfield Gallery
Imperial College South Kensington Campus
Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ
Open Mon - Sun 9am - 9pm
25th Nov - 18th Dec 09
Silke Dettmers Matt Franks Stewart Gough
Andrea Gregson Karen Henderson Rosie Leventon
Becky Shaw Paul Vivian Michael Whittle
Curated by Andrea Gregson
Workshop of Hereafter showcases nine artists whose practices involve the re-invention of meaning and function of objects, systems of work and spaces. Utilising drawing, sculpture and socially engaged practice, the works become potential projects growing out of the ruins of the current economic collapse. As banks, construction, manufacturing, art market and business decline, recession catapults us into a state of flux. The works become projects that deviate from profit and targets and are like small flickers of resistance. They evolve from this moment of chaos and could be both an antidote and irritant. The show places work within the narrative of a ’workshop’, as a place in which experiments can be made and where utopian ideas can be realised, igniting our re-invention. In this context, the works themselves are in different stages of formation and include abandoned proposals and prototypes made potent now with their content, raw half formed experiments with enormous potential, to more resolved ideas. True to the notion of the workshop as a narrative, Fine Art and Science students have been invited to make models and diagrams with the curator,these individual pieces are presented as a sprawling multiple artwork. The playful use of scale challenges the viewers perception, lingering as they do between actuality and fantasy, and touching upon new ideas to redefine the material world in this time.
Contact: Andrea Gregson andrea@gregland.freeserve.co.uk
Mindy Lee gallery@imperial.ac.uk
or Andrea Robins at Blyth Gallery 020 7594 9354 http://www.imperialcollege.ac.uk/arts/visualart/blythgallery
http://www.re-title.com/exhibitions/BlythGallery.asp
Exhibition supported by University for the Creative Arts & Imperial College
Silke Dettmers practice often involves the use of manufactured objects, or their re-making in a ‘foreign’ material or scale. Using metaphor and evoking narrative, her recent work has been concerned with the fragility of contemporary society and the sense of danger that underlies the idea of the ‘homely’. In ‘Fail-safe’ Dettmers presents us with a precarious scenario in which a house or shack is held in place by miniature actors. Whether they are preventing disaster or about to lend the final blow, the extended moment is imbued with a strong sense of fragility and unknowing.
Matt Franks work often references and juxtaposes high art and popular culture. ’Miniature Fooooom’ are a series of copies of a larger work, the original form being a gigantic cartoon cloud commissioned for the Economist Plaza in 2007. Franks states that, ‘The cloud is a combination of baroque theatricality with an appropriated cartoon puff of smoke and…it is a suggestion of the moment of inspiration and self-knowledge.’ The reduction of scale to a series of miniatures, mock any notions of grandeur, and in the context of the show, these highly compelling objects act like reminders of the transience of ideas.
Stewart Gough‘s sculpture is an assemblage of mass-produced objects. Dinner plates and food containers are held amongst pipe systems and machine parts, creating a distinct materially–merged–down space for a positively ironic sculptural investigation. Gough’s sculptures are temporary structures, formed by their component parts into complex structures, often referencing British Utopian Architecture of the 1960’s. Gough will also create a cabinet of experimental plastic curiosities, placing raw and half formed pieces within the context of a museum display case.
Andrea Gregson’s miniature installations, hidden inside long, stilted wooden boxes, contain sumptuous psychological spaces where events can be imagined and re-enacted by the viewer. They explore subliminal codes of behavior hidden in objects and design of manmade spaces. For this show, medical type vessels are meticulously drawn onto layers of paper as a diagram for a larger sculpture. One of the cabinets, will contain remnants from former works, “objects in waiting” and personal memorabilia to collide in contingent constructions with endless possibilities forming a hybrid world from work and life.
Karen Henderson’s work explores how architectural space is claimed and occupied.She is interested in how the built environment is used theatricality as a device to manipulate behavior. ‘Version 2’ a large model-like sculpture, re-frames its space, complicating and fragmenting the view. It appears provisional where elements can be rearranged and reorganised. In addition Henderson will premier a series of small scale models equally concerned with the reading and understanding of our built environment.
Rosie Leventon places her work ‘Sub-Text’ made from recycled children’s mobile phones within one of the cabinets as a possible prototype. Like an accelerated geological event, the layers are compressed and reformed into a pre WW2 incarnation. ‘Each phone can be seen in tortuous distorted detail compressed into two dimensions, but still identifiable as someone’s ‘personalised’ mobile saved from the landfill and preserved for ever’.
Becky Shaw’s presents an artwork responding to our post industrial age. Working with the site of Reckitt’s ultramarine factory in Backbarrow, Cumbria she created ‘The Manufacture of Ultramarine Blue’. It takes the end of the ‘blue’ production process- a mass of blue objects, nearly at the end of their lives for sale on car boot sale stalls, and re-energises the production cycle with leisure activities. Now, in the building once occupied by the factory, the Lakeland Hotel sells spa experiences and relaxation; a clear example of the way capitalism always finds the means to generate profit, even using the ruins of more productive times.
Paul Vivian is interested in how we read and manipulate materials at the periphery of our daily lives. The works represent reflective contingent responses in a post-capital world. They consist of found objects acting as containers for personal recollection; each one records a possible transient experience. In his work he adapts domestic materials utilising their found state as a starting point. These acts of ‘intimate economy’ aim to provide an unexpected legitimacy or improved purpose.
Michael Whittle’s drawings in their diagram like state reveal our implicit need to understand and order our world into systems. ’Whittle’s visual meditations centre on our tools of knowledge, such as nomenclature, classifications, perspectives, the stuff of science. They also dwell on the margins and aftermaths of our endeavors toward gaining knowledge, where they break down and fail’ (T. Horiguchi).
Exhibition - Laurie Collins
Victorian Sculptor Laurie Collins in his big show for the year.
