ONLY HUMAN An exhibition exploring contemporary figurative art through the work of 5 Australian artists. 7 – 25th May, 2018 COLLINS PLACE GALLERY Collins Place, 45 Collins St, Melbourne VIC KIM ANDERSON This series ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ is a deeply personal journey of intense psychological scrutiny, exploring the physical manifestations of a …
This publication celebrates 50 years of the Harold Wright and Sarah & William Holmes Scholarship, which every year is awarded to a print scholar from Australia or New Zealand, to travel to London and spend up to 12 months carrying out self directed study in the Prints and Drawings Department of the British Museum. I … Continue reading
A group exhibition exploring the surreal, cosmic and otherworldly through the eyes of eight artists. CONTACT Marguerite Brown: visualpursuits@gmail.com Continue reading
OUTSIDE / IN KAREN GRAY and JOHN SHEEHAN May 15 – 29, 2017 Collins Place Gallery Shop 19, Collins Place (near entrance to Sofitel) 45 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC Join us for Closing Drinks with the Artists: Saturday 27 May, 2.00 – 4.00pm Paintings and works on paper by two Melbourne based artists that explore … Continue reading
Restless Nature March 28 – April 24, 2017 Elizabeth Banfield, Eolo Paul Bottaro, Kerrie Cleverdon, Kyoko Imazu, Adam Nudelman, Bronwyn Rees, John Sheehan, Sophia Szilagyi Collins Place Gallery Shop 19 Collins Place, 45 Collins St, Melbourne VIC This exhibition brings together the work of eight contemporary Australian artists who each explore differing interpretations of the natural … Continue reading
GRIA SHEAD La Belle Epoque, Casinos and Cigars 10 NOVEMBER — 25 NOVEMBER 2016 Nanda Hobbs, Lvl 1, 66 King St, Sydney NSW 2000 Gria Shead has long practiced the art of poetic evocation in her sensitively rendered paintings and works on paper. This quality is further developed in her new exhibition La Belle Époque: … Continue reading
DAGMAR CYRULLA Moments 10 – 29 September, 2016 Wagner Contemporary, Hampden St, Paddington NSW In this new body of work Dagmar Cyrulla continues her ongoing exploration into the private lives of individuals played out behind closed doors. Cyrulla’s anonymous female figures take centre stage in these artfully constructed mise-en-scènes, and drive the ambiguous narratives that … Continue reading
I was delighted to speak at Carmel Wallace’s survey exhibition Printed in Portland at Portland Bay Press in south-west Victoria over the weekend. Exhibition is current until 2 October, 2016. Opening remarks below. It’s always fascinating to hear about an artist’s personal creative journey, and the pathways they have followed to find their artistic voice. … Continue reading
Kirra Jamison 09 August – 27 August 2016 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane QLD One of the most well known aspects of Kirra Jamison’s work has long been her fearless use of colour. Whether in pastel palettes or bold hues, Jamison arranges colours in seemingly infinite ways on the canvas, with a rhythmic sensibility that keeps … Continue reading
Catalogue essay for Caroline Rannersberger’s solo exhibition ILLUMINOUS, 19th July – 6th August 2016, Flinders Lane Gallery, 137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC Australia. It must be difficult for visual artists who live in Tasmania to not be affected by the spectacular natural environment that surrounds them. Maybe its something in the air, or perhaps its carried on the … Continue reading
Bavarian limestone, grease and water – these are the essential elements that alchemist of sorts Peter Lancaster has been using for 26 years to transfer imagery from stone to paper, through the magical process of lithography. Since 1990 Lancaster Press has operated as a small independent printmaking studio in Melbourne that specialises solely in the … Continue reading
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