The Portable Park
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaParks 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, Victoria, AustraliaGrowing 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.
Free
CUOROSENSA: A Reverse Archaeology
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn 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, Victoria, Australiafortyfivedownstairs 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…
Gunga-na Dhum-nganjinu (The Stories We Hold Tightly) – Stationary Observation
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis 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, Victoria, AustraliaPrimavera showcases a collection of figurative paintings exploring themes of isolation, physical expression, and sexuality.
Orison
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn 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, Victoria, AustraliaUsing algorithmic processes and generative techniques, the artist explores 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.
Act of Love
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA new solo show of contemporary abstract paintings by artist Shayle Flesser.
Spoken Word Circle
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAn un-ticketed evening open to anyone from the curious to the ambitious who have an interest in sharing or experiencing living, breathing literature.
Free
Voice Plains & Memory Depth Metres
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFocusing on a specific water system, the Murray River Floodplains network, Wagner explores a network of material and socially-engaged artworks that brings into view our individual and collective social and political memories of water.
Honne
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaKsenia’s work aims to open an intimate dialog that transitions the viewer from their daily chaos to a remote restorative space, inviting them to look within and find the connection to the wider world.
SEE BEYOND : Artwork by Women in Victorian Prisons
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis exhibition at fortyfivedownstairs is a selection of artworks collected over the many years of Somebody’s Daughter’s work with women in Victorian prisons.
Everything is Connected
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis series of paintings and drawings from night and day are a moment in time of being truly immersed and connected to nature.
Cadence
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia'Cadence' is a series of abstract artworks which began by delving into the allure and mysticism of indigo then moved into a brighter palette, evolving into a celebration of colour and rhythm.
Unsprung
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaUnsprung is a play on ‘spring’ and its connotations of hope, metaphor, new life, and new beginnings.
Take Up Space
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaUnapologetically present, Jemima's oil paintings explore the needlessly insistent sexualisation of the assumed woman’s form.
TRACCE – TRACES: Works 1992-2023
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis survey exhibition spans more than four decades of Michelangelo Russo's evolving practice.
our worlds, our words
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaWelcome to “Our Worlds, Our Words”: an extraordinary exhibition showcasing the creative talent of students across the Parkville College campuses.
A Home Among the Plum Trees
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaParental and institutional erasures of diasporic heritage, and its replacement with the values of Australian middle-class suburbia and professional status, were critically examined through this multimodal approach.
Take Up Space
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaUnapologetically present, Jemima's oil paintings explore the needlessly insistent sexualisation of the assumed woman’s form. They are inspired by women and non binary folk’s experiences with how they have been treated based on their bodies.
Near Sighted
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNear Sighted is an audio-visual installation comprised of six tiny interactive dioramas.
Don’t Start
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNumbering in the thousands and piled up in no particular order, this is the stuff of nightmares for conservators.
Lebenslust
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAn ambitious collaboration between artist an author, both inspired by time passing as revealed by movement.
One woman's memoir with the intention of not only setting a stage of life in post war Germany, but also of exposing the intergenerational secrets she has recognised in her family. The manuscript has been in development for the past decade, and the working relationship with artist Dena Ashbolt started as a result of their mutual enthusiasm for images of movement.
Uncommon Threads
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe exhibition showcases innovative works, using a range of materials and techniques that challenge and subvert traditional ideas of textile art.
Of Dingoes & Witch-Hunts
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia“Of Dingoes and Witch-hunts” is inspired by familiar stories of Australian women and their journey to equality; powerful metaphors of suppression, persecution and an evolving struggle that speaks to our history, our culture and values.
The Community Art Card Project
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRobert Lee Davis The Community Art Card Project 31 October - 11 November 2023 hours: Tuesday - Friday: 12pm - 7pm Saturdays: 12pm - 4pm admission: Free Playing cards are…
The House That Jack Built
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDarren Vukasinovic The House That Jack Built 14 November - 9 December 2023 hours: Tuesday - Friday: 12pm - 7pm Saturdays: 12pm - 4pm admission: Free ...a journey of outer…
Emerging Artist Award 2023
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA prestigious award and exhibition showcasing the best talent from emerging artists.