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Melbourne Art Fair 2012

If you are a collector or art lover or even an artist you should and must go visit the Melbourne Art Fair.  This year there is more than 900 artists that are represented by over 80 leading national and international galleries. Vastly different to the Sydney Biennale (which I will blog about) this is a conference style setup, directed mostly to collectors and museums looking to collect, there is a large range of collectible art. This show can also show you who the new up and coming artist are. Buy tickets here (Adult AU $30,Concession AU $22)

Melbourne Art Fair 2012
Royal Exhibition Building
Carlton Gardens Melbourne Australia

 

2 – 5 August 2012
Thursday 2 August 11.00am – 7.00pm
Friday 3 August 11.00am – 8.00pm
Saturday 4 August 11.00am – 7.00pm
Sunday 5 August 11.00am – 5.00pm

Images & info via Melbourne Art Fair

 

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4 shows to see this Weekend

So I have been a little slack with blogging (bad cold + working on my masters).  This will hopefully make up for it. I have been going to quite a few shows and these are my favourites…

1. Frames of Reference: 16th June – 8th July 2012
Langford 120 is a beautiful gallery and Frames of Reference is a beautifully curated show by Dr. Wilma Tabacco. The works in the show are vibrant and have collector appeal, reasonably priced works that I would love to own. (photo via Langford 120 webpage)

Langford 120
120 Langford Street
North Melbourne

 

2. Outline:  8th June – 29th June 2012 (I know last  day is Friday but this is a good show)

Carly Grace created this beautiful exhibition, playing with the illusion of space by drawing on the windows of the Platform. These photos don't do this show justice so you should see this in person.


Platform
Degraves Street Subway,
Melbourne (under Flinder street station)

 

3. There is no land (but the land): 26th May  –  8th July 2012
Beutiful scalptures by Benedict Ernst. It is worth the drive. Photo by  Nick Kreisler.

Gippsland Art Gallery
70 Foster Street
Sale

 

4. off the Kerb : 15 June – 6 July 2012
So off the Kerb is an Artist Run Initiative with three great shows, Direction Reflection by Jerome Rush, Hope and Optimism by Nick Ilton and Between these things and those things by Kubota Fumikazu

off the Kerb
66B Johnston St
Collingwood

 

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William Kentridge: Five Themes Review

William Kentridge: Five themes exhibition is an award-winning show. It is most toured contemporary exhibition ever; and Melbourne is its ninth and final stop.

Artist and film maker William Kentridge is best known for his charcoal animations which depict the political unrest in South Africa. Enter the magical dream like world of Kentridge’s genius mind by seeing the exhibition and experience the best of what he is famous for.

Whether you’re a fan of animation, film, theatre or art, this amazing exhibition will entertain you for hours. The exhibition is separated into 5 different themes: Ubu and the Procession, Soho and Felix, Artist in the Studio, The Magic Flute and The Nose. As it is a varied collection of films, drawing, prints and sculptures, you will be entranced by the playful nature of some of his work and then be moved to tears by his more emotionally poignant films.

The exhibition really deserves multiple visits as one visit is simply not enough, however if you are forced only to see three things in the whole show, you must experience the immersive and humorous projection room of the Artist in Studio inspired by Georges Méliès. It is simply a magical theatre model, with the mechanical puppets and projections as part of The Magic Flute. Last but certainly not least, the intriguing anamorphic film, What Will Come (Has Already Come).

This is the must see show of the year.

                     
William Kentridge: Five Themes
Curated by Mark Rosenthal

ACMI
Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC
Gallery 1

Thursday 8 March – Sunday 27 May 2012
Exhibition open daily 10am – 6pm

Photos by PANORAMIC+

*I don't normally cross post but I thought you guys would like this post too… I hope you all enjoyed it

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William Kentridge Media Conference at Acmi

The William Kentridge exhibition is an amazing show, and below is a video of the media conference at Acmi. It's a very long video but it is great for if you want some insight on Kentrigde's work. Kentridge is very eloquent.

William Kentriage: five themes Media conference conducted on the 7th of March 2012

00:00 INTRO: William Kentriage: Five themes
00:03 Introduction to the ACMI exhibtion by Tony Sweeney ACMI Director
05:50 William Kentriage talks about his work
10:36 Question and Answer (talks about erasure, drawing, uses of blue, advice for aspiring artist)
18:16 Acmi 8 March- 27th May 2012 Exhibition open daily 10am -6pm . More information at www.acmi.net.au
18:22 Credits: Video Brought to you by Art & Artists Blog and esperanto magazine 
18:27 Cedits: Filmed By PANORAMIC+

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Briony Barr: Art Experiment #1

On the 18th and 19th of February a group of people came together for Briony Barr's Art Experiment. Two days of fun, combining Art with Science in the beautiful South Melbourne Commons. It was really fun.

 

So with some tools, rules, a floor with some boundries and lots of explaining we created our own complex systems using people and tape.

  

  

  

It was like playing a game, goals, scores and prizes.

Above is an image of Elana person to reach the goal.

Keeping score, who whichever colour reached the goal more got paid more, how much? No idea. It really just made thing more interesting, however after a while I gave up on making the goal and tried to make the patterns look nice.


The pay packet above.

        

Above is a science that we learnt about complex systems, explained by Dr. Andrew Melatos of The University of Melbourne's Astrophysics Group.

        
Extra bits of fun and making of friends above.


Lots of group discussions and directions were made.

Than there was the undo-ing of all the tap. This is what happened…

    


The unplaned ball game…


The amazing food that was provided…

        
WANT TO JOIN IN?
Briony Barr going to do  to another Art Experiment , she is looking for around 30 people (Agents) to participate in 'Art Experiment #2'. The experiment is part of a project called 'Drawing on Complexity' which is a collaboration between myself and physicist Dr. Andrew Melatos. It is funded by a grant from the Australia Council for the Arts.

-The experiment will run from 10am to 8pm on Sunday April 1st. 
– There will be snack/tea breaks, as well as lunch and dinner times. Dinner will be served at 7pm so you have the option to leave then if needed. All food will be vegetarian and delicious. Thanks Tony, aka SOYALENT GREEN.
– We will be working on the floor with tape. All tools provided.
– No experience necessary. You DO NOT need to be a visual artist (or a scientist!)
– There will be lots of photo documentation.
– The location is the ROSINA AUDITORIUM at ABBOTSFORD CONVENT.

If you want to be involved please contact Briony :

brionybarr AT yahoo  DOT com

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