Paper Pusher
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaPaper Pusher explores bureaucracy, institutional power, and the influence of organisations on our everyday lives and our sense of self.
Paper Pusher explores bureaucracy, institutional power, and the influence of organisations on our everyday lives and our sense of self.
Wabi/Sabi is a series of photographs celebrating the ephemeral, freezing humans and nature in motion.
The third annual Emerging Artist Award showcases independent, experimental and thought-provoking art by some of Australia’s best emerging artists.
An exhibition exploring the notion of the monument, or monstrance, in relation to images of twelve saints from Alban Butler's Lives of Fathers, Martyrs and other Saints.
This life of accretion is an exploration of intricate and interesting processes, borne of a desire to push artistic boundaries.
An exhibition of visual poetry, objects from the everyday, simple moments.
Surfaces explores the relationship between the physical action of mark making, and the role of the unconscious mind that drives it.
An exhibition that grew from a fascination with the juxtaposition of urban and natural forms, and the ongoing attempts to reconcile our lives with our places.
This exhibition explores Australian and Asian landscape and cityscape in relation to concepts of emptiness and richness both physically and culturally.
Keringke Arts artists artist use pattern, color, shape and design to create paintings that depict their sense of country, culture and self.
An exhibition of new paintings exploring the vibrant markets of Cambodia.
Travel, transition, instability and small moments of stillness are the themes underpinning this body of mixed media works on paper.
Away From Home is a series of photographs that explore the dualities that surround the idea of home: between presence & absence, permanence & impermanence and belonging & displacement.
Mind the Gap is a somewhat dark and politically charged meditation on the gap between Australian cultures.
A collaborative exhibition promoting the art of young Melbourne talents through the unique medium of socks.
Twisted Tales is a series of surreal paintings expressing the dramatic dance between immense, sometimes disillusioning, ‘free will’ and our murky true nature.
Josef Brunhuber’s paintings and sketches explore the organised way we live our lives, and hint as to what may be happening behind this apparent orderliness.
Between the Lines features a selection of works from artists who have experienced issues associated with homelessness, a disability or other adversities.
With a background and interest in botanical art, Ailsa Campbell's exhibition seeks to celebrate observed detail in Australian natural forms.
Crossing: Beyond Baliseering presents Melbourne with a glimpse of the ever growing contemporary art scene hailing from Bali, Indonesia.
Freestone Printmakers create their own LORE with a group exhibition of prints.
A drawing based exploration of the historic narratives surrounding the fascinating Leviny Women who were resident at Buda Historic Home and Garden.
This body of work concentrates on the area known as Central Springs Reserve in the village of Daylesford, Victoria’s Central Highlands.
These recent works by David Mackie are largely inspired by the art of the past - a reflection of human ideas and stories across time and cultures.
Renowned Sydney photographic gallery, Black Eye Gallery comes to fortyfivedownstairs for an exciting pop up exhibition.
A program of three string quartets that offer a dazzlingly display of virtuosity and charming solos to be performed in the fortyfivedownstairs gallery.
New paintings by Cathy Drummond
New paintings by Bill Hay
New York Mythic sees Marco Luccio return to his favourite subject matter—the city of New York—from a new, aerial perspective.
Dreamscapes explores the relationship between light, space, visual perception, and imagination.
A body of work that Andrea Jenkins been developing over the past three years, connecting Melbourne city to her studio on the Mornington Peninsula.
A new Melbourne art event showcasing a series of curated exhibitions, talks and experiences at the top end of Flinders Lane.
Shot over a two-year period in cities including London, Sydney, Paris and Auckland, A City Unpolarised overlays urban streetscapes with fashion shopfronts.
The Coloured Girls presents high-fashion styled portraits accompanied by a response from each participant to the question, what do the words Coloured Girl mean to you?
The eucalyptus tree becomes a self-portrait and a barrier as Narelle Cridland explores cultural identity, influences and boundaries.