Robert Owen, Fallen Light A, 2012, stainless steel, 105x115x170cm.
ROBERT OWEN is participating in The Gathering II: A Survey of Australian Sculpture, at Wangaratta Art Gallery with his sculpture Fallen Light A (2012). The exhibition is curated by Dianne Mangan and opens on Saturday 15 March at Wangaratta Art Gallery.
Exhibition dates: 8 March – 11 May 2014
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Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Where There is No One, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm.
PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT has published an essay Catching the moment, one step at a time in a book titled Asia Though Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Boarders. Suwannakudt's essay expands on the artist’s experience during her residency at the Womanifesto International in Thailand in 2008.
The book is edited by Fuyubi Nakumara, Morgan Perkins and Olivier Krishner, and published by Bloomsbury Academic.
Guan Wei, Up in the Clouds No. 5, 2012, bronze, 52x32x24.
GUAN WEI is participating in The Gathering II: A Survey of Australian Sculpture curated by Dianne Mangan, with his sculpture Up in the clouds No. 5. The exhibition opens on Saturday 15 March at Wangaratta Art Gallery.
Exhibition dates: 8 March – 11 May 2014
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NIKE SAVVAS has unveiled a huge installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Rally, 18 March to 22 June 2014. The 50m long work, rippling with colourful bunting, will span across the ceiling of the grand entrance court of the institution.
The exhibition's title, Rally, plays upon the physically immersive nature of a parade or protest. Savvas' work is inspired by the vibrant paintings of the post-Impressionists as well as the cheap exuberance of discount plastics and decorations. It consists of 60,000 strips of coloured plastic and stretches more than 50 metres through the ‘main street’ entrance of the iconic institution.
It is one of the largest individual works ever to be staged at the AGNSW.
To read the Sydney Morning Herald's interview with Savvas, click here.
DANI MARTI is currently exhibiting in the 2014 Adelaide Biennial, Dark Heart. His series of suspended sculptures are now on display in his installation Armour. These works, woven in synthetic rope, leather and industrial rubber, were inspired by the artist’s viewing of Samurai armour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Included in Armour are a selection of etchings from Goya’s Los Caprichos, provoking a dialogue between the two artists of Spanish descent and their engagement with the world in which they live.
The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art taps into the hearts and minds of the nation – probing the personal, political and psychological dimensions of contemporary Australia. It explores Australia’s cultural identity through the lens of some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists.
Dark Heart presents twenty-eight contemporary Australian artists and collectives, delivering their brave new visions in mediums that include photography, painting, sculpture, installation and the moving image. The issues and ideas explored by the artists encompass intercultural relationships, our ecological fate, gender and political power.
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Find a review of 'Dark Heart' here.
MURRAY FREDERICKS has been selected for the 2014 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award with an image taken at in an abandoned missile detection station on a glacier in Greenland. Fredericks latest project in Greenland resulted in the exhibition Topophilia at ARC ONE Gallery in 2013.
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award is considered one of the most important annual surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice and a highlight of Gold Coast City Gallery’s exhibition program. Established photographers are showcased alongside emerging, resulting in a stunning reflection of contemporary practice that examines diverse themes and approaches.
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Sam Shmith, Untitled (Plate Glass #3), 2013, 103.2 x 186 cm, Pigment print, baryta paper.
SAM SHMITH has been selected for the 2014 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award with his digital photograph Untitled (Plate Glass #3), 2013.
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award is considered one of the most important annual surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice and a highlight of Gold Coast City Gallery’s exhibition program. Established photographers are showcased alongside emerging, resulting in a stunning reflection of contemporary practice that examines diverse themes and approaches.
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NIKE SAVVAS has been reviewed extensively in the wake of her exhibition Sparks at ARC ONE Gallery and her installation Rally at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Read some of them below.
Raven Contemporary, by Dan Rule.
Vogue Living, by Dijana Kumurdian.
The Melbourne Review, by Suzanne Fraser.
For further information please contact Annabel Holt at mail@arc1gallery.com
Pat Brassington, The flight of the Duchess, 2013, pigment print, 83 x 120 cm
A beautiful selection of PAT BRASSINGTON's work is currently on show at Ten Cubed Collection, a private collection, open to the public and situated in Melbourne's Glen Iris.
Pat Brassington is one of Australia's most highly respected, established and influential photo-media artists, with works in the collections of leading institutions across Australia. The exhibition includes recent works from Brassington’s practice, as well as the iconic work A Heartbeat Away, presenting an exquisite selection of her continuing aesthetic as informed by Surrealism. Brassington’s work delves into the uncanny and the abject, conveying an ever-present sexuality, ensconced in a cinematic dream-like state.
Ten Cubed Collection is a private collection, open to the public, where an evolving top ten selection of contemporary artists represented by Australian and New Zealand galleries are collected and exhibited in depth over ten years.
Address: Ten Cubed Collection, 1489 Malvern Rd, Glen Iris, Vic 3146
Exhibition dates: 18 February - 3 May 2014
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 4pm
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For all enquiries other than Ten Cubed, please contact Annabel Holt at mail@arc1gallery.com
NIKE SAVVAS is exhibiting a newly commissioned installation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) from 18 March to 22 June 2014.
The exhibition's title, Rally, plays upon the physically immersive nature of a parade or protest. Her work is inspired by the vibrant paintings of the post-Impressionists as well as the cheap exuberance of discount plastics and decorations. It consists of 60,000 strips of coloured plastic and stretches more than 50 metres through the ‘main street’ entrance of the iconic institution.
It will be one of the largest individual works ever to be staged at the AGNSW.
For more information click here.
