Peter Daverington, From the Future with Love #2, 2013, oil on canvas, 122 x 91 cm
PETER DAVERINGTON’s paintings From the Future with Love #1 and From the Future with Love #2 are part of the group exhibition Render curated by Simone Hine, currently showing at Screen Space, Melbourne. Artists alongside Peter Daverington include Magda Cebokli, Warren Hine and Zac Koukoravas. The exhibition is on from 9 August – 13 September 2014.
Lyndell Brown/Charles Green, Jon Cattapan, Lesson Plan (The Second Attention), 2014, oil and acrylic on inkjet print on linen, 180 x 350 cm
LYNDELL BROWN/CHARLES GREEN and JON CATTAPAN's stunning exhibition, Spook Country: A Collaboration has been given a stellar review by Dan Rule in The Age.
"The lasting resonance of this work, which is rich in personal and historical references, is that of the sheer historical, social, spiritual, political and infrastructural complexity and repercussions of conflict on us all."
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Catherine Woo, Ebb, 2014, mixed media on aluminium, 120 x 120 cm
CATHERINE WOO’s 2014 painting Ebb is selected as finalist for the John Leslie Art Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious non-acquisitive prizes for landscape painting. This year the first prize recipient will be awarded with $20,000, made possible by the generous ongoing support of Gippsland Art Gallery’s long time Patron John Leslie O.B.E.
The opening and announcement of the winners is on Friday 19 September 6pm at the Gippsland Art Gallery and the exhibition is on show until 23 November 2014.
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Pat Brassington, Quiescent, 2014, pigment print 100 x 89 cm
PAT BRASSINGTON'S work Quiescent, from her exhibition in April 2014 at ARC ONE, is part of the 2014 CCP Fundraiser. Quiescent is an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs and is exclusive to the CCP fundraising event. Support will provide a context for the enjoyment, education, understanding and appraisal of contemporary photographic practice.
The event runs from 5 - 21 September 2014.
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Dani Marti, Mother (white) (detail), 2014, second-hand necklaces on aluminium frame, 170 x 170 cm
DANI MARTI's opulent wall sculpture, Mother (white) was a stand-out at this year's Melbourne Art Fair. A decadent layering of necklaces in hues of white and blue, this enigmatic work featured in Vogue Living's 'top picks' from the Fair.
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Tracy Sarroff, Mew Chip Gold, 2013, oil paint on Perspex, 56 x 83 cm
TRACY SARROFF'S painting Mew Chip Gold has been selected for the 2014 Sunshine Coast Art Prize in painting and drawing. Presented by the Sunshine Coast Council, the prize is among the nation's most significant regional art prizes. The exhibition will take place at the Caloundra Regional Gallery between 27 August – 26 October 2014. Queensland Art Gallery Director, Chris Saines will choose one winner at the opening event on 27 August.
Sam Shmith, View from the Dayvan, 2008, pigment print on luster, 50 x 50 cm
SAM SHMITH’S photograph View from the Dayvan is currently showing at the National Gallery of Australia, part of a new photography show, Gifted artists: Donations by Patrick Corrigan AM. The National Gallery holds one of the most extensive collections of Australian photographs from the 1970s to the present and the Corrigan gift has contributed to this holding in a significant way. SAM SHMITH’S practice depicts expansive composite landscapes, often as they are encountered in states of transit, taking us to places unrecognizable, yet strangely familiar. Digitally layered from an image bank of over 60,000 self-harvested photographs, Shmith choreographs a hybrid of images from his personal archives into each photo-work.
The exhibition runs from 15 August – 12 January 2015.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Emu next 5 Km, 2010-14
MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO is part of SOUTH, a group exhibition conceived as a shared response to the identity af the artists living and working in our colonised and relatively remote Southern part of the world. The work presented is personal, political and socially engaged and reflects the changes in our globalised society.
Exhibition opens: 6-8pm Thursday 7 August 2014
Exhibition closes: 6 October 2014
Location: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, 782 Kingsway Gymea NSW 2227
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Justine Khamara, Now I Am Radiant People 5 & 3 part of the exhibition Vertigo at POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea.
JUSTINE KHAMARA’s works are currently showing in Seoul at POSCO Art Museum, in the touring group exhibition VERTIGO: chaos and dislocation in contemporary Australian art, organized by Asialink and BLINDSIDE. The exhibition runs from 23 July to 27 August at POSCO Art Museum. Artists alongside Justine Khamara 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."
Phaptawan Suwannakudt in the studio working on a bust of her mother. (Image from belmoreitch.com)
PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT talks about her experience in Chiang Mai after winning an Asialink residency. During this residency she took part in making ceramics, a process that she was not previously familiar with, allowing her to form and develop new skills in ceramic art.
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Guo Jian, Untitled, 2007, oil on canvas, 152 x 213 cm
GUO JIAN is currently featured in Artist Profile magazine, discussing the inspiration of his paintings from his time in China’s military. Throughout his life Guo Jian has experienced China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), from being an army propaganda painter, then ten years later, removing bodies from the horrific scene at Tiananmen Square, after forces opened fire on him and his classmates on 4 June 1989. These experiences have provided him with a lifetime of propaganda inspiration that he documents in his paintings. In particular, he discusses the entertainment provided for army troops in ways to rouse them to their cause, including the visits of singers and dancers; with this subject matter highlighted in his paintings.
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