JOHN YOUNG

JOHN YOUNG has been commissioned by the City of Ballarat to create a major public artwork acknowledging and celebrating the historical and contemporary Chinese influence on the fabric of the city. 

The monument will consider this context as an open historical event, specific to Ballarat, and encourage future generations to relate to new understandings of this period in Ballarat's history. Construction of the monument will begin in July 2014.

A WORLD APART

Peter Callas, Japanese Uncle Sam, (Neo Geo Squareize Series), 100 x 100cm, chromogenic print edition of 10, 2003.

A WORLD APART, ARC ONE Gallery, 29 JANUARY - 1 MARCH 2014

Curated by Annabel Holt and Anabelle Lacroix

Julie Rrap, Anne Zahalka, Peter Daverington, Rose Farrell/George Parkin, Peter Callas & Pat Brassington.

A WORLD APART is a group exhibition selected from the diverse ranks of ARC ONE’s artists, presenting key works across various media.

A WORLD APART plays at dissecting and re-representing reality, conceptually and aesthetically. Through this re-construction, attention is called to that which displaces our ingrained perceptions; the boundaries shift, a duality emerges, exploring the con­stant challenge between seeing and understanding.

Comprised of highly significant pieces, the works in A WORLD APART are all either included in large collections or featured in institutional exhibitions in Australia or internationally. For example, Farrell and Parkin’s Elastic Electromagnetic Waves (2010) is in the collection of The National Gallery of Aus­tralia (NGA), Canberra and their Unforseen Circumstances, Act Two (2004/05) is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, together with Julie Rrap’s Camouflage #4 (Eiko) (2000). One of Peter Callas’ video works from the Anti-Terrain series has been shown at the Museum of Art (MOMA), New York and Anne Zahalka’s The Cleaner (1986) is in the collection of the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA). Pat Brassington’s work The Wedding Guest is currently on show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), in the collections of Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Art Gal­lery of South Australia and the Horsham Regional Art Gallery.

TRACY SARROFF

Tracy Sarroff, Rooted No. 4, 2011, ballpoint pen on paper, 31.5 x 41.5 cm.

TRACY SARROFF is artist in residence at Testing Grounds, Melbourne, from January 13 – 19. During this time, Sarroff will be working on a series of drawings and conversing with the public at the open-house event space. The drawings will be exhibited alongside other works in a closing event finissage on Sunday 19th, 2-4pm.

Testing Grounds is located at 1 - 23 City Road, Southbank, just behind the Arts Centre.

Testing Grounds is a free open-air art space. It is a place for experimentation and testing ideas, for public gatherings and educational opportunities in the heart of Melbourne's arts and cultural precinct.

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