The Portable Park
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaParks can be places of hushed silence until we allow them to speak to us. Until we halt and listen carefully to the poetry.
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“Meet Me Under the Clocks”
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaGrowing up, going into the city to catch-up with friends was always, “Meet me under the clocks” at Flinders St Station. Collins Street was ‘the Paris end’ and Federation Square was the Gas & Fuel building site.
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CUOROSENSA: A Reverse Archaeology
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaIn Cuorosensa, the artist’s bold, energetic and confident mark-making coheres into recognisable Luccio-esque themes — we see his Eiffel Tower, his Trojan Horse, his meditations on the myths and figures of classical antiquity — but closer inspection reveals a canvas of interlocking postcards with tantalising glimpses of the messages they once conveyed.
Spoken Word Circle
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoriafortyfivedownstairs presents Spoken Word Circle 22 April 2023: Saturday from 4:30 - 5:30 pm admission: Free ..An open mic night for anyone with pen or keyboard and a fire in their belly for words. All are welcome... fortyfivedownstairs Spoken Word Circle In the third week of April, fortyfivedownstairs continues the widely-enjoyed Spoken Word Circle happening for writers…
Gunga-na Dhum-nganjinu (The Stories we Hold Tightly) – Stationary Observation
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaThis exhibition looks at fundamental parts of the intergenerational oral history tradition. For a story to survive over time and distance it must have gravitas to these who retell it.
Primavera
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaThe works in Primavera are figurative paintings with themes of isolation, physical expression and sexuality. Some are abstract with representational aspects of subjects specifically to define a deep psychological connection with the pose and sense of the inner most private movements of a human being.
Orison
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaIn relating closely to the term ‘Barocco’ meaning disfigured or oddly shaped pearl, the artist feels that so long as we are living, mortal beings, the openings to inspire us closer into who we are, may require the light’s counterpart of darkness to never desist.
Fishtail
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaUsing algorithmic processes and generative techniques, the artist explore the intricate patterns and shapes that emerge from natural phenomena like the flow of water, the growth of plants, and the cold majesty of mountains.