PAT BRASSINGTON LIMITED EDITION OF 'FRED'

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PAT BRASSINGTON has generously donated her work Fred to support the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. You now have the unique opportunity to purchase a limited edition work by the legendary Brassington, at a smaller size than her gallery works.

Fred is a wonderful expression of Brassington’s signature photo-media work. You can purchase this work via the BIFB website, with proceeds contributing to Ballartat Foto’s future and helping to support artists and champion photography as an art form in Australia.

Artwork details: 

Pat Brassington,
Fred, 2014
Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308gsm, 100% archival cotton rag
15.8cm x 18.3cm
Limited edition of 30

CURATOR TALK AT JOHN YOUNG'S 'DIASPORA, PSYCHE'

On Thursday 1 July, join curator Penny Teale at Bunjil Place Gallery as she discusses JOHN YOUNG’s latest survey exhibition Diaspora, Psyche.

This exhibition brings together John’s History Projects and Double Ground Paintings to contextualise his recent focus on the history of the Chinese in Australia since 1840, examining how meaning is created through historic expressions of cross-cultural ethics, material and cultural exchange, and the effects of diasporic experience on the psyche.

The talk will be held at 12 noon on Thursday 1 July. Admission is free. Stay tuned for more talks, film screenings, a catalogue in various languages and AR guided tours related to this exhibition!

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JOHN YOUNG SURVEY AT BUNJIL PLACE

JOHN YOUNG’s new solo show Diaspora, Psyche opens at Bunjil Place Gallery today! This is a major survey of works spanning 17 years, from 2003 to 2019.

John Young, Three Worlds, 2004, (from the Double Ground Paintings: The Persian Paintings), digital print and oil on linen, 189.5 x 231.5 cm, Private collection

John Young, Three Worlds, 2004, (from the Double Ground Paintings: The Persian Paintings), digital print and oil on linen, 189.5 x 231.5 cm, Private collection

In the most comprehensive presentation of his practice since 2005, Diaspora, Psyche brings into dialogue two of Young’s most significant bodies of work: the History Projects (2008-2019) and the celebrated Double Ground Paintings (1995-2005). This pairing will contextualise Young’s recent focus on the history of the Chinese in Australia since 1840 within his four-decades long investigation into the condition of diaspora and the negotiation of bicultural ethics and perspectives.

This exhibition brings together, for the first-time, key paintings and installations to present an exploration of transcultural perspectives, examining how meaning is created through historic expressions of cross-cultural ethics, material and cultural exchange, and the effects of diasporic experience on the psyche.

Diaspora, Psyche will be supported by a selection of research and archival material that has informed these works to provide visitors with greater insight into the complexities of the artist's working practices.

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CYRUS TANG SOLO SHOW AT INCINERATOR GALLERY

CYRUS TANG’s new solo show Sky Orchestra is now open at Incinerator Gallery.

Sky Orchestra is a project exploring Confucian values of filial piety through the lens of Chinese history and pop culture, and how it relates to the artist’s experience within a Western context. Through Sky Orchestra, Tang delves into the history and legacy of a poem by a well-known Chinese poet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, whose words evoke the joys and sorrows of human existence from a Buddhist worldview.

Additionally, this project explores the power of music, which was believed to have great moral powers in ancient China. For Sky Orchestra, Tang revisits childhood memories and Confucian thought, with the resultant exhibition conveying themes of loss and renewal.

The exhibition will continue until 1 August.

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DANI MARTI'S WORK SUBJECT OF ESSAY FOR QUEER READINGS OF MUMA COLLECTION

DANI MARTI’s video work Time Is the Fire in Which We Burn and sculpture Time is the Fire (2010) are the subjects of an essay by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, published as part of MUMA’s new writing project: ‘Queer Readings of the Monash University Collection’.

‘Queer Readings of the Monash University Collection’ invites 20 LGBTIQ+ writers to make queer readings of artworks from the MUMA Collection, forming part of MUMA’s ongoing efforts to diversify writing on the Collection and launching alongside their 60th anniversary program in 2021.

Daniel Mudie Cunningham, curator, writer and Director of Programs at Carriageworks, Sydney, writes:

"Marti’s video practice borrows from the codes and questionable ethics of observational documentary. Naming the exchange established between artist and subject as Intimacy Porn foregrounds the arousal of sexual desire for a spectator of images trading in so-called reality. Watching Marti with John is like being at the end of their bed, positioned polyamorously as a viewer hanging on their every word like foreplay for an excised sex act.”

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Image 1: Dani Marti, 'Time Is the Fire in Which We Burn’ [still], 2009, video, colour, sound; 1 hour 8 minutes 4 seconds; Image 2: Dani Marti, 'Time Is the Fire’, 2010, stainless steel, galvanised iron and copper scourers and galvanised fencing, 220 x 200 cm

EUGENIA RASKOPLOULOS FINALIST IN PORTRAITURE PRIZE

Congratulations to EUGENIA RASKOPOULOS, finalist in the Martin Kantor Portrait Prize with her work Astro!

Named in honour of the late portrait photographer Martin Kantor, this prize is awarded for an exceptional photographic artwork of a significant, living Australian in the fields of art, letters, science, sport or politics. Finalists were carefully selected by judges Naomi Cass, Max Delany, Bill Henson and Fiona Sweet.

See all of the finalists in the one room at the 2021 Biennale this August.

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Eugenia Raskopoulos, Astro, 2013, digital print on archival paper, 100cm x100cm

Eugenia Raskopoulos, Astro, 2013, digital print on archival paper, 100cm x100cm

JANET LAURENCE SHOWING IN GERMANY

JANET LAURENCE’s video work Vanishing is on display at KulturForum Ansbach in Art from Elsewhere, an exhibition in real space of digital and video works from the Momentum Berlin Collection.

Art from Elsewhere focuses on global issues through video work and installation, reflecting on the environmental traumas we inflict on our planet and its creatures and exploring the (un)quiet poetry of the day-to-day.

Vanishing is Janet Lauence’s first video work, made during a residency at @tarongazoo. It shows close-up footage of threatened mammal species, and the rise and fall of their breathing flanks. Originally shown as a two-screen installation, this single channel version was specially released for the Momentum Collection.

Art from Elsewhere continues until 25 July.

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Janet Laurence, Vanishing, 2009. Installation view, Janet Laurence: After Nature, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2019.  Single-channel video, sound, 9 minutes (looped). Collection of the artist. Image courtesy the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist. Photograph: Zan Wimberley

Janet Laurence, Vanishing, 2009. Installation view, Janet Laurence: After Nature, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2019.  Single-channel video, sound, 9 minutes (looped). Collection of the artist. Image courtesy the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist. Photograph: Zan Wimberley

JANET LAURENCE SPEAKS ON JOHN OLSEN

Tomorrow Saturday 19 June at 2pm, JANET LAURENCE will speak at the National Art School exhibition John Olsen: Goya’s Dog.

Drawing on the central importance of critical dialogue, friendship and inspiration shared between fellow artists, the 'Artists x Artists’ talk series brings leading Australian artists into the NAS Gallery to talk about their interpretations, experiences and interactions with the work of Dr John Olsen AO OBE. 

John Olsen: Goya’s Dog is a powerful exploration of an extraordinary Australian artist – from his creative awakening in Spain, through the darkness that threatened to overwhelm him at times, and his ability to reach for the light, pursuing a long and acclaimed career.

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Image 1: Janet Laurence photographed by Christopher Pearce; Image 2: John Olsen, Reflections on Goya’s dog III (detail), 2021, acrylic on Belgian linen

JULIE RRAP CURATES 'THE OTHER PORTRAIT' AT UTS

Julie Rrap & Cherine Fahd, Give and Take [video stills], 2021, 4 channel video work;

Julie Rrap & Cherine Fahd, Give and Take [video stills], 2021, 4 channel video work;

Curated by Julie Rrap and Cherine Fahd, The Other Portrait has just opened across UTS Gallery and SCA Gallery.

Featuring new work by Julie Rrap, this exhibition brings together work by artists who have an established relationship to the concept and traditions of portraiture. Through existing and newly commissioned works, the exhibition provokes a new analysis of the self and the other and examines the ways artists draw on their bodies, families, communities, cultures and experiences to underscore the paradoxes of subjectivity. Located across two spaces – UTS Gallery and SCA Gallery – The Other Portrait proposes the self and the institution as sites in conversation.

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PANEL DISCUSSION
Join Julie Rrap, Cherine Fahd, Rachel Kent, Lee Wallace and Patrick Pound for an afternoon exhibition viewing and discussion moderated by Stella Rosa McDonald. 

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JULIE RRAP'S 'DOUBLE ECLIPSE' AT DARK MOFO

JULIE RRAP’s Double Eclipse (2015) is programmed at Dark Mofo, happening this week 16-20 June.

A great pair of eyes will begin to go blind, as if by solar eclipse – a metaphor for the power of the gaze, the blindness of desire, and a window to the mind of artist Julie Rrap.

The eyes are projected at 129b Bathurst St, in Dark Downtown.

Image courtesy of Darklab Media

Image courtesy of Darklab Media

LYDIA WEGNER AT GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY

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Opening today at @gippslandgallery is Middle Ground, an exhibition celebrating the contribution of female photographers to the Gippsland Art Gallery Collection, featuring LYDIA WEGNER.

Focusing on a snapshot of seven significant artists, this exhibition showcases the diversity of the works in the Collection and highlights the way these women have impacted the creative industry.

Middle Ground will continue until 1 August.

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PETER WEGNER WINS ARCHIBALD PRIZE

Wonderful news for the Wegner family, and ARC ONE Gallery's LYDIA WEGNER. Congratulations to Peter Wegner, winner of the 100th Archibald Prize with his portrait of 100-year-old artist Guy Warren.

Left: Peter is pictured here with his daughter and fellow artist Lydia Wegner.

Right: Peter Wegner, Portrait of Guy Warren at 100, oil on canvas, 120.5 x 151.5 cm