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by zhen - May 29, 2016

WE ARE HERE: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope

Today is the last day of this really wonderful exhibition which if you have time I encourage you to go see. I found this show very poignant and moving. Running from 6th to the 29th May 2016 at the Glen Eira City Council Gallery which is on the corner of Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads in Caulfield (Monday to Friday 10am–5pm, Weekends 1pm–5pm).

"Presented by The Contemporary Collective, this exhibition features photography; painting; sculpture; jewellery; video; mixed media; and installations by renowned artists Benjamin Armstrong, Irene Barberis, Godwin Bradbeer, Bindi Cole-Chocka, Carmella Grynberg, Linde Ivimey, Shoshanna Jordan, Jane Korman, Lillianne Milgrom, Victor Majzner, Hedy Ritterman, Avital Sheffer, Lousje Skala, Linda Wachtel and Guan Wei.

Curated by Dr Helen Light AM, this exhibition includes works by these artists who have responded to personal and collective histories and viewpoints regarding the trauma of war, and The Holocaust in particular. The artists' interpretation of contemporary portraiture further encourages a critical engagement with ideas around memorialization and representation. This exhibition honours post-war refugees who journeyed across the globe in order to establish new lives and families. Their stories are pertinent to current debates concerning refugees and asylum seekers." -Glen Eira City Council Gallery

Enjoy the following photos from the show.

Linda Wachtel,We are here, 2015, Pigment print on archival cotton rag, 100 x 1400cm

'WE ARE HERE: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope' gallery view. (Linda Wachtel & Godwin Bradbeer)

'WE ARE HERE: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope' gallery view. (Godwin Bradbeer, Lillianna Milgrom, Linde Ivimey & Lousje Skala)

'WE ARE HERE: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope' gallery view. (Shoshanna Jordan, Irene Barberis & Carmella Grynberg)

Shoshanna Jordan, Mir Zehnen Do, 2016, pigment print on acid free cotton paper 100 x100cm each

Guan Wei, up in the clouds, No.5, 2012, bronze sculpture, 52 x 32 x 24cm

Linde Ivimey, Heirloom, 2012, antique and vintage crystal, glass, silver, brass, water, electricity, 28 x 33 x 33cm

Jane Korman, Whistle While You Work, 2014, Video, 05:05min (Still Video)

'WE ARE HERE: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope' gallery view. (Hedy Ritterman, Avital Sheffer & Linde Ivimey)

'WE ARE HERE: An exploration of contemporary portraiture as a response to hatred and hope' gallery view. (Lousje Skala, Shoshanna Jordan & Hedy Ritterman)

by liam anderson - November 19, 2015November 19, 2015

Doomsday Song by Guy Mathews

Presented by Backwoods until the 22nd of November 2015 at Gallery 5 (5 Easey St, Collingwood VIC 3066).

Installation Photo courtesy of Backwoods Gallery.

Guy Mathews art combines dying art of signwriting and abstract expressionism with a good dose of the industrial design. The result is an engaging painterly body of work that straddles different stylistic traditions called bricolage. Guy experiences as an antique dealer had granted him a keen eye for interesting and quirky artifacts. This has allowed Guy to gather antique signs that would be rejected traditional as a transient object and transform them into lovingly crafted tablets with industrial inspired finish.

Make the Docks. 120x 90 x 5 cm

Another Network.120x 90 x 5 cm

Nursing Mother 120x 90 x 5 cm

Dark Key 120x 90 x 5 cm

A Despots Flag 120x 90 x 5 cm

Days Gone By 120x 90 x 5 cm

Volley of the Fox 120x 90 x 5 cm

Common Box 120x 90 x 5 cm

Persona Non Grata 120x 90 x 5 cm

by Emilia Martinez - November 12, 2015December 18, 2021

Waldemar Kolbusz – ‘Rudiment’

Last week I visited the Flinders Lane Gallery (137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000). The exhibition 'Rudiment' (13 Oct – 7 Nov 2015) features large gestural paintings of contemporary artist Waldemar Kolbusz. I really liked the spontaneous patches of paint and colour. 'This expressionistic project is abstract yet altogether unambiguous.' – Kate Britton.

Waldemar Kolbusz, Even Higher 2015, oil on linen, 91cm x 91cm

Waldemar Kolbusz, Frisson 2015, oil on linen, 122cm x 91cm

Waldemar Kolbusz, Looking 2015, oil on linen, 91cm x 91cm

Waldemar Kolbusz, West 2015, oil on linen, 140cm x 140cm

Waldemar Kolbusz, Popcorn 2015, oil on linen, 91cm x 76cm

Waldemar Kolbusz, Slippers 2015, oil on linen, 183cm x 122cm

by Emilia Martinez - October 22, 2015December 18, 2021

Koorie Heritage Trust: Wominjeka – A New Beginning

The Koorie Heritage Trust have a new home at Federation Square (Levels 1&3, Yarra Building, Federation Square, Corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne Vic 3000) and celebrate their 30th birthday with an exhibition 'Wominjeka – A New Beginning' (19 Sep – 22 Nov 15).

"The exhibition shows the work of five early career artists, exhibited alongside pieces from the Trust's collection that have been the muse for their own artistic expression and stories." The five artists are Aunty Marlene Gilson, Georgia MacGuire, Mitch Mahoney, Josh Muir and Raymond Young. "Working with mentors, these artists have created new works in response to selected items from our collections."

The Trust collection artists are Stephen Glassborow, Wally Cooper, Tommy McRae, Glenda Nicholls, Letty Nicholls, Vena Ingram, Mandy Nicholson, Kelly Koumalatsos, Brian Firebrace, Treahna Hamm, Dorothy Lovett, William Barak, and Darren Pattie-Bux.

Gallery shots of the exhibtion Wominjeka – A New Beginning, 2015

by zhen - September 28, 2015September 28, 2015

Anna Pappas Gallery: Simon MacEwan & Karyn Taylor

Recently I visited Anna Pappas Gallery (2-4 Carlton Street, Prahran, VIC, 3181). There are two wonderful artists showing; Simon MacEwan's 'The Floating World' and Kᾱryn Taylor's 'Immaterial Alchemy', both showing from 3 September 2015 to 3 October 2015.

'The Floating World' has wonderfully beautiful drawings created by a drawing machine which is also part of the exhibtion. 'Immaterial Alchemy' is a show which plays with light. The perspex artworks look like they are iluminated from within with lights, however it is actually the fluorescent coloured perspex inside creating this illusion.

Enjoy the images.

Simon MacEwan, Australian Dollar, Iron Ore Price 7-2014 – 7-2015, 2015, ink on 100% rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm (Image courtesy the artist & Anna Pappas Gallery)

Simon MacEwan, Bitcoin 2009 – 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm (Image courtesy the artist & Anna Pappas Gallery)

Simon MacEwan, Gold 1968 – 2001, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm (Image courtesy the artist & Anna Pappas Gallery)

Simon MacEwan, Gold 1968 – 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm (Image courtesy the artist & Anna Pappas Gallery)

Simon MacEwan, Silver 1960 – 2015, 2015, ink on rag paper, unique state mechanical drawing, 70x70cm (Image courtesy the artist & Anna Pappas Gallery)

Simon MacEwan, Floating World. 2015, Drawing machine Programing, and automation assistance, by Finn Roberston, 120 X 120 X 110cm

Simon MacEwan, 'Floating world', 2015

Karyn Taylor, Looped Equation II, 2015, Perspex, 40 x 64 x 6.5cm

Karyn Taylor, Shift, 2015, perspex, 42 x 30 x 2cm

Karyn Taylor, Time Loop In 2 Parts, 2015, Perspex, 70 x 42 x 6.5cm

Kᾱryn Taylor's 'Immaterial Alchemy', 2015

Karyn Taylor, Holographic Field Event II, 2015, Projected animation, gouache, Dimensions variable