DANI MARTI

Dani Marti, Midden (work in progress), Newcastle Courthouse, NSW, 2013-2015.

DANI MARTI's public commission for the new Courthouse in Newcastle is taking form.

The work in progress, entitled Midden, is a large scaled concrete formwork wall that extends over 60 square meters and is constructed from dark grey concrete. The sculptural wall is informed by abstraction and simplicity with sensual curves contrasting with the glass wall entrance and rigid angles of the building.

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JANET LAURENCE

Janet Laurence, Deep Breathing: Resuscitation for the Reef (installation view), 2015.

JANET LAURENCE mesmerised audiences at the opening of the Paris International Contemporary Art Fair, 20 October 2015, with her major installation Deep Breathing: Resuscitation for the Reef. The work focuses on significant climate change issues directly affecting the Great Barrier Reef and includes photos, videos and natural marine specimens in laboratory glassware.

The immersive installation representing a resuscitation unit for the Great Barrier Reef will be on display until 14 December 2015.

Read about it in the press here:

Sydney Morning Herald

A Magazine

Kulture

JANET LAURENCE

Janet Laurence, Treelines Track, Bundanon, NSW (detail views), 2014–16.

JANET LAURENCE's work has been included in the winning essay for the new award supporting critical writing from MPavilion, Art Monthly Australia and the National Association for the Visual Arts.

Dr Julia Jones is the inaugural Writing Award Winner, whose winning essay appears in the 2015 October issue of Art Monthly Australia. On the 28th of October, at the MPavillion, Dr Jones will present a reading of the essay, A growing medium: The garden in art and design’.

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JANET LAURENCE

JANET LAURENCE is one of 14 artists who have been invited to participate in the initiative: Artists 4 Paris Climate 2015. She has created a site-specific installation, Deep Breathing - Resuscitation for the Reef, inspired by the crucial issues of the Paris Climate Change Conference / COP21.

From the 16 October - 25 November 2015 the installation will be presented at the entrance of Grande Galerie de l’Evolution at Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, which has loaned specimens for its realization. A video will also be projected at the Tropical Aquarium of Palais de la Porte Dorée. The Australian Museum will exhibit the work in 2016.

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Janet Laurence, Deep Breathing - Resuscitation for the Reef (project detail), 2015.

JULIE RRAP

Julie Rrap, Re-making the world: Artists' dreaming (video still), 2015, 20-channel HD video installation.

JULIE RRAP is featured in an article by Art Collector. The article, Remaking the World with Julie Rrap, gives insight into the role of the artist and creativity in the contemporary landscape. Rrap's practice is discussed in relation to her concern with the sense of risk that exists when shifting between thought and action in the creative process. 

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JACKY REDGATE

Jacky Redgate, Light Throw (Mirrors) #4, 2010-11, C-Type photograph (hand-printed from original negative) facemount to UV perspex, 126 x 158cm.

JACKY REDGATE is part of the UQ Art Museum's exhibition titled Light Play: Ideas, Optics, Atmosphere. The exhibition features the work of contemporary artists who employ light and related technologies, and examines their practice in relation to artistic precedents.

The exhibition continues until 15 November 2015.

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ROBERT OWEN

Robert Owen, Symmetria #37, 2015, painted stainless steel. 62.5 x 72.5 x 65.5 cm.

Congratulations to ROBERT OWEN, who has been awarded the 2015 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. The judges selected Robert's bold, painted stainless steel work, Symmetria #37, as the winning sculpture. This $15,000 acquisitive main prize will see the work enter the Woollahra Council Collection.

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The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize exhibition is on display at the Woollahra Council Chambers in Double Bay, Sydney, from Saturday 10 to Sunday 25 October 2015.

PAT BRASSINGTON / PETER DAVERINGTON / JULIE RRAP

Pat Brassington, Voicing, 2001, Digitial colour print, 93.4 x 127.4 cm. 

PAT BRASSINGTON, PETER DAVERINGTON and JULIE RRAP are included in the latest major exhibition at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia. Lurid Beauty considers the legacies of Surrealism in Australia and is on show from 9 Oct 2015 to 31 Jan 2016.

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PAT BRASSINGTON / JACKY REDGATE

Pat Brassington, Shadow Boxer, 2013, pigment print, 96 x 74cm.

As past winners of the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, PAT BRASSINGTON and JACKY REDGATE are featured in the Hall of Fame exhibition that is currently running alongside the exhibition of 2015 finalists.

Monash Gallery of Art are showcasing the winning works from each year of the prize to date in celebration of 10 years of the prize. Redgate's Light throw (mirrors) #4 (2011) and Brassington's Shadow Boxer (2013) are both included in the exhibition which will continue until 25 November 2015.

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