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SUMMARY:Don’t Start
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJames Hale\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nDon’t Start\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]3 October – 14 October 2023\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n..ranging from pop culture staples to totally obscure personal obsessions\, here they’re forced to mingle in what might accurately be described as the cocktail mixer from hell… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]James Hale // Artist Statement \nDon’t Start is a selection of drawings made over the past six years. \nThese works have been steadily accumulating in my studio\, filling bags\, boxes\, and suitcases. Numbering in the thousands and piled up in no particular order\, this is the stuff of nightmares for conservators\, but it suits me. \nLooking back over old work\, the earlier drawings are easy to spot. They are self-consciously “scrawled”\, an affectation I thought was artful and one I sensibly gave up after a short time. \nOther idiosyncrasies jump out. She/her pronouns for any and all persons described\, and the use of one obscenity in particular. Both are a link to the antiquated gay slang language of Polari and more specifically to the foul-mouthed lesbian icon and Soho drinking club proprietress Muriel Belcher – whose name alone should qualify her for celebrity. \nThroughout the drawings\, heroes\, villains\, and victims are name checked or referenced obliquely. Ranging from pop culture staples to totally obscure personal obsessions\, here they’re forced to mingle in what might accurately be described as the cocktail mixer from hell. \nDifferent friendships have inspired different works. The stories and observations my friends share get the James Hale treatment\, usually with enthusiastic approval. \nEven more profound an influence on my work are eavesdropping and plagiarism. Bad habits that have served me in good stead. \nSome works here I had forgotten existed. Others are embarrassingly bad. Others still were too cruel\, disgusting\, or libellous to be included in this exhibition. \nIt’s tempting to compare my work en masse to an avalanche or some other non-specific natural disaster. Perhaps an enormous din\, a thousand voices talking at once\, is more accurate. \nThis makes for\, in my humble opinion\, a perfect viewing experience.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text]James Hale is a text artist working in Melbourne. He makes colourful paintings and austere drawings in his Brunswick studio. His practice is rooted in the tradition of other queer text artists like Rene Ricard\, David McDiarmid\, Tracey Emin\, and David Robilliard. He was the winner of the 2020 Fifty Squared Art Prize and was a finalist in the 2020 Paul Guest Drawing Prize\, the 2021 Footscray Prize\, the 2021 M16 Drawing Prize\, and the 2022 Alice Prize.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:"Meet Me Under the Clocks"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nPamela Reid\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\n“Meet Me Under the Clocks”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]21 March – 1 April 2023\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n…these drawings are deliberately loose in outline\, abstracted to catch the motion of old-charm architecture that is squeezed or seemingly shrinking\, while its surrounding cityscape sways and towers… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The Urban Abstract series. \nFor many years\, I’ve walked daily around my Port Phillip neighbourhood and surrounds\, observing change\, not only in social history\, but the growing juxtaposition between heritage listed buildings against a backdrop of high-rise constructions. Often a visual “mish mash”\, but somehow quirky and appealing. Charming buildings are squashed between seemingly looming and swaying architecture. New buildings can bring fresh colour and character to their classic neighbours. In Melbourne CBD also\, dear old buildings huddle beneath an ever-rising background of soaring skylines  –  our urban landscape. \nLocally\, I’ve lived through times past of some recognisable faces\, remembering when The Ritz in Fitzroy St had drag and strip shows.  Nick Cave played at The George (later this building was rejuvenated by restaurant entrepreneur\, Donlevy Fitzpatrick). The Prince is Victoria’s oldest gay pub where theatre friends partied at Pokies\, and The Espy – it always rocked! \nGrowing 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. \nWanting to capture this new energy\, I sketched with ink pen\, working freely\, intuitively\, enabling movement to depict what I call my Urban Abstract works. Later\, I added a little colour with pencil or watercolour. \n– Pamela Reid / Artist St \nwww.pamelareid.biz\nInstagram: @pamelareidart[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text]A passion can be sublimated\, postponed\, pushed down and neglected. But eventually it demands to\nbe recognised and dealt with. A fervour for art and photography from childhood took back seat as\nPamela pursued a career in the advertising industry (both here and in UK)\, then for over 25 years in the\nEntertainment/Music industries in artist management\, concert touring\, event project management\,\nmarketing and publicity. \nPamela’s love of both performance and visual arts\, along with an ability to visualise and comprehend\ndesign and composition\, played an essential role in her day job\, while working with photographers\,\ngraphic designers\, illustrators\, film and theatre-makers informed the artist emerging in her personal life.\nMuch of Pamela’s artwork comes from the impact of light and the framework of life drawing\, those\ncreative responses to form\, gesture\, volume and tonal qualities. She works in a variety of mediums:\npastel\, charcoal\, Ink & watercolour\, acrylic\, collage and printmaking techniques. “There’s such\nindividuality in what evokes response. I don’t restrict myself to a single medium. Rather\, I work with what\nfeels right and the artworks evolve.” \nThree of her solo exhibitions\, “Pen to Paper” (2017)\, “Women in Love” (2015/2016) and “Light & Day”\n(2009)\, illustrated her shared passion for literature and art\, with all works being married to writings by\nfavourite authors and classic prose. \nWith a belief that ‘everybody is an artist’ and wanting to work with communities\, Pamela was successful\nin obtaining two local Arts & Culture Grants for projects titled: \nThe Village Artists – In the tradition of the Village Artist\, Pamela sketched and painted with the\nneighbourhood children and at the local primary school. The resulting exhibition represented both her\nwork and the young artists\, reflecting their creativity and contemporary village lifestyle within the historic\,\narchitectural backdrop of Middle Park. (The project was supported by the City of Port Phillip Cultural\nDevelopment Fund\, 2018.) \nThe Urban-Eyes Project – Pamela invited the people around Stonnington to paint; spontaneous\,\nunstructured. While they painted\, Pamela captured the essence of the community through her camera\nlens. From family birthday celebrations in the gardens\, to market shoppers\, dog walkers and the Principal\,\nstaff and students at Prahran High School\, these collaborate outcomes comprised the “Urban-Eyes” art\nand photography exhibition staged in both the foyer and mezzanine galleries at Chapel Off Chapel\,\nPrahran. (Project was supported by a City of Stonnington Arts & Cutlure grant\, 2019.) \nPamela also conducts ‘Introduction to Life Drawing’ workshops for those who lack the confidence or\nbelief that they can draw or create art. She devised this program using yoga poses and model to\ndemonstrate the foundations for capturing gesture and human form.\nShe sees her growth as an artist as continued ‘new beginnings’. Pamela has been accepted for an\nArtist’s residency at Arte Studio Genestrelle in Assisi (Italy) in June 2023.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Birdsong
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCarolyn Roberts\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nBirdsong\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8 November – 19 November 2022\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 6pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nTuesday and Friday evenings: 6pm – 8pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n..with each work I am thinking of how we are all part of nature\, of a moment in time and the passage of time; the changing seasons and the cycle of life…. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]\n	Page 1\n	Page 2\n	Next\n\n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Exhibition Essay” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text]A celebration of Birdsong. \nThis beautiful exhibition of 40 or so works by artist Carolyn Roberts\, bears traces of her previous work\, yet takes us somewhere compellingly new. In this exhibition\, Birdsong\, it is the birds that take centre stage. \nHere\, Carolyn invites us to experience the soundscape and landscape she has occupied these past few years. This is not simply an invitation for a stroll in the park—no matter how lovely her works may be—but a call to engage more closely with the details of our natural surroundings\, so that we may better learn to share the space. \nIn Birdsong\, we see an enduring theme of Carolyn’s work\, her close attention to the natural world and the plants and animals that kindly allow her to share their home. Carolyn also asks us to bear witness to the mutability of all living things. All things must pass\, as George Harrison put it\, reflected in this exhibition in the desiccated leaves\, the empty nest\, the dead bird\, alongside images of plants and animals in the first flush of life. All seasons of life are present in Carolyn’s work. \nThe birds we see and hear in Birdsong reflect the two lives Carolyn lives\, between two homes she shares with her husband\, in suburban Melbourne and in the countryside of Normandy\, France. Most of the works in this exhibition draw on her life in Normandy—the song thrush\, blackbird and robin that sing there. The parks and gardens of suburban Melbourne are given expression too\, by the magpie\, the sulphur crested cockatoo\, the kookaburra. Yet it is the tranquillity and birdsong of the Normandy countryside which most inspires and enables Carolyn’s practice. \nHeld in France over an extended period by the Australian policy of closed borders\, Carolyn witnessed for the first time the full cycle of the year in Normandy\, at the same time enduring profound grief over the long separation from family and good friends. This exhibition captures some of those very personal experiences of the positive and the negative dimensions of the pandemic. \nIn his 2020 book\, ‘Où suis-je?’ (‘Where am I?’)\, French philosopher Bruno Latour uses Kafka’s The Metamorphosis\, that famous depiction of isolation and social alienation\, as a metaphor to describe the experiences of this pandemic. Through her art practice\, Carolyn Roberts\, too\, poses the question ‘où suis-je ?’ as she navigates the natural worlds she occupies. In the works in Birdsong\, she answers this question most eloquently\, setting out the challenges and contradictions\, and the joys\, of an artistic life grounded in nature\, during the time of this plague. \nReferences\nHarrison\, George (1970) All Things Must Pass\, title of album.\nKafka\, Franz (1915) The Metamorphosis\, republished in English\, Bantam Classics\, 1972\, New York.\nLatour\, Bruno (2021) Où suis-je? Leçons du confinement à l’usage des terrestres\, Éditions La Découverte\, Paris. \nAnita Devos\, PhD\nArles\, France \n28 August\, 2022 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text]I live my life divided into two equal parts\, two hemispheres: I spend half my life in Melbourne and the other half in rural Normandy. \nMy work has always been subjective and has long been concerned with questions of time and place\, navigation\, dislocation and sense of place in the world.  These areas of interest continue as I experience my two different lives. \nAt the beginning of the pandemic I was unable to leave Melbourne.  Eventually I made my escape and then had to remain in Europe for 17 months.  Despite the anxiety caused by all of this\, I was able to see it as an opportunity to immerse myself in the landscape and to enjoy the experience of the full cycle of seasons. \nI prefer to examine the small rather than big picture\, so my works are concerned with the minutiae of the landscape – the little things that I find around me.  Informed by\, but not bound by the rules of botanical and scientific illustration\, I like to deconstruct my environment in order to better understand it. \nWith each work I am thinking of how we are all part of nature\, of a moment in time and the passage of time; the changing seasons and the cycle of life. \n– Carolyn Roberts\, Artist Statement[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Drifted
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAlison Russell\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nDrifted\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]16 August – 27 August 2022\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 12pm to 6pm\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nTuesday & Friday evenings 6pm – 8pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nEmerging subconsciously without directed thought or language\, Alison Russell’s graphite\, ink and pastel drawings go through an intuitive journey of addition\, subtraction and rotation. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Drifted One\, 2021\, ink\, pastel and graphite on paper\, 65.0 x 230.0 cm \nDrifted Nine\, 2021\, pastel and graphite on paper\, 130.0 x 90.0 cm \nDrifted Six\, 2021\, pastel and graphite on paper\, 90.0 x 65.0 cm  \nDrifted Four\, 2020\, ink\, pastel and graphite on paper\, 115.0 x 90.0 cm \nDrifted One\, 2020\, graphite and coloured pencil on paper\, 55.0 x 115.0 cm \nAlison Russell\, Drifted (Exhibition Installation)\, 2022.  \nAlison Russell\, Drifted (Exhibition Installation)\, 2022.  \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef” title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text]Dreams drifted me off\nReality left behind\nEndless freedom found\n(Demetrius Trifiatis) \nMy drawings are created without directed thought or language. They roam\, wander\, twist\nand turn. Starting with random mark marking\, they take on a momentum of their own until\nsemblances of images emerge. I use techniques as starting points to stimulate imagery\nfrom the subconscious mind. Continuous line drawing and doodling can encourage\nmeandering thoughts from which to build. Combining ink\, water and salt enables\ntransformations of found shapes and structures. Erasing graphite\, ink and pastel marks\nwith rubbers or water (if using yupo paper) leaves ghost prints to further develop. I see\nlines and I follow them; marks take on forms and I explore them as they lead me on an\nintuitive\, meditative journey. With the accompaniment of music\, a euphoric trance-like state\ncan be reached. \nRotation of the paper while working is an integral part of the process\, forcing the eye to\nsee in other ways. Numerous configurations in which to view diptychs and triptychs are\npossible. Which way is up? The excitement of resolving struggles to enable the work to\nreveal itself is addictive. \nThe consistent subject matter in my imaginary landscapes is triggered by an enduring\nfascination with textures\, patterns and life forms in the natural world. Although I don’t draw\ndirectly from nature or use references to create the works\, these worlds run parallel with\nmy art. Ambiguous macro scenes suggest forests\, subterranean and underwater worlds.\nSoft\, curved biomorphic forms merge internal and external worlds. \nDrawing has become my passion. As I come from a printmaking background where\nplanned and controlled processes were required\, it has been liberating to relinquish rigid\nmethods and embrace spontaneous exploration. \nThe works in this exhibition were made during the pandemic. As I worked on my art\, my art\nworked on me as a therapy\, providing comfort in times of stress and anxiety. I invite the\nviewer to engage with these works – to drift\, dream\, meditate and escape.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef”][vc_column_text]Artist’s Bio // Alison Russell \nEducation\n1989\nBachelor of Fine Art majoring in Printmaking\nMonash University\, Caulfield \nSolo Exhibitions\n2019\nAcufitz\, Melbourne\n2018\nCambridge Studio Gallery\, Melbourne\nGroup Exhibitions\n2019\nEmerge\nBrunswick Street Gallery\, Melbourne\n2018\nFinalist in Life Abstracted\nCambridge Studio Gallery\, Melbourne\n2008\nAlafia Gallery\, Melbourne\nGasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne\n2007\nGasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne\n2006\nGasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne\n1990\nLinden Gallery\, Melbourne\n1989\nCaulfield Arts Complex\, Melbourne[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:To The Promised Land
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMargaret Gold\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nTo The Promised Land\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]2 August – 13 August 2022\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 6pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nTuesday and Friday evenings: 6pm – 8pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nThey risk everything for a chance of freedom.  How many boats are never seen.  How many people are never fished from the sea. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Untitled 4\, 2021\, pen\, pencil\, synthetic polymer paint on Arches\, 70.0 x 56.0 cm \nUntitled 6\, 2021\, pen\, pencil\, synthetic polymer paint on Arches\, 70.0 x 56.0 cm \nUntitled  2\, 2021\, pen\, pencil\, synthetic polymer paint on Arches\, 70.0 x 56.0 cm \nUntitled   5\, 2021\, pen\, pencil\, synthetic polymer paint on Arches\, 70.0 x 56.0 cm \nUntitled  3\, 2021\, pen\, pencil\, synthetic polymer paint on Arches\, 70.0 x 56.0 cm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Artist Statement \nTO THE PROMISED LAND \nI have heard it said that we are the uninvited. We are the unwelcome. We should take our misfortune elsewhere. \n– Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini \nThey desperately fled the danger and horror of their homes\, now deserted. They left with longing and loss for those who had to stay behind\, for the promised land\, not their own\, far away and unwelcoming. The journey dangerous and frightening\, in the rubber boats into which they were crammed\, men\, women and their children\, whilst the waves mounted and their flimsy transport to freedom and safety\, disintegrated beneath them. One can die in many ways. They are asylum seekers. \nIn my work I have tried to represent the danger\, despair and lingering hope in the faces\, caricatures of humanity. \nI have chosen a combination of yacht sails with the rubber dinghies. At once symbols of lingering hope and creeping fear and despair. The hope remains in the sails as a propulsive force that with the wind\, which exits\, but cannot be seen. \nThey risk everything for a chance of freedom.  How many boats are never seen.  How many people are never fished from the sea. \nIn contrast to the imagery of asylum seekers we see in journalistic imagery presented through newspapers\, journals and the news\, this body of work presents my personal\, emotional expression. \nMargaret Gold \nSupport can be sort through:\nAsylum Seeker Resource Centre\nAustralian Red Cross\nFoundation House and the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project \n*The artist has pledged a percentage of sales from this exhibition to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre \n\nFounded in 2001\, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is Australia’s largest human rights organisation providing support to people seeking asylum.\nThe ASRC is an independent not-for-profit organisation whose programs support and empower people seeking asylum to maximise their own physical\, mental and social wellbeing.\nThey champion the rights of people seeking asylum and mobilise a community of compassion to create lasting social and policy change.\nThe ASRC movement is proudly supported by a community of committed volunteers and supporters and assists around 7\,000 people seeking asylum each year.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef”][vc_column_text]\nMARGARET GOLD C.V.\nBorn in Melbourne\, Australia\n1979 – 81 Studied at Richmond College in London\n1982 – 84 Fine Arts degree at the Victorian College of the Arts\, majoring in Sculpture and Painting \nSelected Solo Exhibitions\n2022 fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\n2018 fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\n2013 fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\n2010 fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\nSPAN Galleries\, Melbourne\nSPAN Galleries\, Melbourne\nAustralian Galleries\, Collingwood\nJudith Pugh Gallery\, Fitzroy\n1990 Arden Street Gallery\, North Melbourne \nSelected Group Exhibitions\n2019     Group Show – 45 Downstairs\, Melbourne 20 x 20 cm\n2018     Group Show – 45 Downstairs\, Melbourne 20 x 20 cm\n2017     45 at 45 – Exhibition 45 Downstairs Gallery\, Melbourne\n2014     WHO’s LOOKING AT YOU – Portrait Prize\, Cambridge Studio Gallery\n2011     Postcard Show – Linden Galleries\, St. Kilda\n2010     Exhibition – Chapman and Bailey Gallery – Belle Arti Prize\n2007     Group Show\, SPAN Galleries\nMelbourne Art Fair – Exhibition Building\n1998     Group Show – 45 Downstairs (anti-Grand Prix)\nFitzroy Gallery\, Fitzroy\nDrawing Exhibition – Raw Studios\n1988     Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial\n‘Sculpture ‘85’\, World Trade Centre\, Melbourne\n‘Graven Images’\, Art Gallery of Western Australia in association with Perth International Festival of the Arts\, Perth W.A.\nGroup Show\, Victorian College of the Arts\n1981     Orleans House\, London U.K. \nCollected in London\, Germany\, U.S.A.  and Australia \nPublications:  Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial ‘Graven Images’ Perth International Festival of Arts\, W.A.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:all / most / some / none
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMadeleine Joy Dawes\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nall / most / some / none\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]2 – 20 March 2021\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n…works that initially masquerade as digital prints are subverted from by subtle nuances and imperfections in mark making. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Madeleine Joy Dawes\, my sun and moon\, burnt to the ground (i’ll kill her)\, 2020\, pen on Somerset cotton rag\, 195 x 70.5cm \nMadeleine Joy Dawes\, my sun and moon\, burnt to the ground (i’ll kill her) (detail)\, 2020\, pen on Somerset cotton rag\, 195 x 70.5cm \nMadeleine Joy Dawes\, jon\, my beloved (once in a lifetime)\, 2020\, pen on Somerset cotton rag\, 195 x 70.5cm \nMadeleine Joy Dawes\, jon\, my beloved (once in a lifetime) (detail)\, 2020\, pen on Somerset cotton rag\, 195 x 70.5cm \nMadeleine Joy Dawes\, jon\, my beloved (once in a lifetime) (detail)\, 2020\, pen on Somerset cotton rag\, 195 x 70.5cm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933b608-7765″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Utilizing a system whereby the ruled grid becomes the vessel for a lexicon of hand-drawn symbols\, the principal theme in Madeleine Joy Dawes’ work is the utilization of iterative mark making as a temporal site to record measured and psychological time. This emphasis upon time and repetition informs Dawes’ work in a way that allows her to mediate rather than mirror the world; an attempt to coordinate thought and stabilize the disorder of the everyday. \nUnderpinned by the language\, tactility and intimacy of textile-based crafts\, works that initially masquerade as digital prints are subverted from by subtle nuances and imperfections in mark making. Dawes considers her practice as something of a solitary durational performance\, the completed works acting as the archive\, or documentation of the event. As such\, the resulting works exist not as a snapshot of time\, but as a continual processing and unfolding thereof. \nThrough surrendering to this outwardly mechanised appearing process\, Dawes is afforded the time to process loss\, grief and joy\, as is the case with this body of work that responds to the disintegration of a relationship that though laden with good intent\, ultimately found its foundations tempestuously built in fear.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933b608-7765″][vc_column_text]Madeleine Joy Dawes is a Melbourne based artist whose practise is primarily focused on durational repetitive drawing. Dawes holds a Bachelor degree with Honours from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology\, of\nwhich she completed in 2019. \nExhibiting regularly in Melbourne\, Dawes’ work has also been included as a finalist in a number of contemporary Australian art prizes\, most notably the resurrected Dobell Drawing Prize in 2019. Upon completion of her Honours year\, she was awarded an 8 week residency with Youkobo Art Space in Tokyo from her graduating body of work\, and has most recently collaborated with Australian fashion label Alpha60.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Exhibition Catalogue” tab_id=”1615260403437-85f38e3b-4f7a”][vc_column_text]CLICK HERE for the all / most / some / none exhibition catalogue.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191029
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SUMMARY:Mrs Larritt
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCatherine Pilgrim\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nMrs Larritt\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]29 October – 9 November 2019\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nWhat was life like for Maggie Larritt\, a colonial woman in the first years of her marriage? \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Untitled (Blue Chocolate Lily)\, 2018\, stone lithograph with coloured pencil\, 290 x 260mm \nMrs Larritt Blue #1\, 2018\, coloured pencil & watercolour\, 570 x 380mm \nUntitled (Murnong with Map)\, 2018\, stone lithograph with reproduction map\, 300 x 420mm (map - State Library of Victoria)  \nBulbine Lily on Shelbourne\, 2018\, stone lithograph layered reproduction map\, 280 x 200mm (map - State Library of Victoria) \nBulbine Lily (Blue)\, 2018\, lithograph with hand colouring\, 290 x 260mm \nMurnong\, 2018\, stone lithograph with hand colouring\, 290 x 170mm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933d7b5-7167″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Mrs Larritt presents the second iteration of Mrs Larritt in Upside-down Country – an exhibition of lithographs and drawings celebrating the caring role and early married life of Maggie Larritt (1835 -1908)\, wife of the first Surveyor of Bendigo.  This body of work acknowledges the singularly European view of the colonial migrants as they lived on Dja Dja Wurrung land. \nThis exhibition was originally presented at Dudley House\, Bendigo – once the Surveyor’s Office and residence – and home to Maggie and her family. \n(NB Upside-down Country – The name given by the Dja Dja Wurrung to their land desecrated by gold mining.) \nBuilding was started at Dudley House Bendigo in 1858. It was to be the Surveyor’s Office and residence. Perhaps there was some sense of urgency to have the building finished for Richard Larritt and his new bride Maggie? Their wedding was in April 1858\, although the building wasn’t finished until sometime in 1859. \nWhat was life like for Maggie Larritt\, a colonial woman in the first years of her marriage? Her husband was mapping the streets of early Bendigo and women were encouraged to be the ‘Angel in the House’ as per Coventry Patmore’s poem of that name. The poem was popular in the era\, espousing ideals of devotion grace and purity for women who would primarily remain in the domestic sphere. It is interesting to note that Virginia Woolf wrote later of ‘Killing the Angel in the House’. \nFlowers were seen as an appropriate subject for a woman to explore and while there is little information available about Maggie Larritt\, it is highly likely she was aware of Indigenous flowers. Yet it is unlikely that she appreciated their importance as a food source. \nWorks for Mrs Larritt have been made in consultation with Dja Dja Wurrung elders who provided information regarding food plants of significance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933d7b5-7167″][vc_column_text]Meticulous\, considered drawing is the basis for Catherine Pilgrim’s practice including lithographs\, drawings and textiles. Fastidious attention to detail is the work’s common element – fueled by curiosity and a commitment to accessible imagery. Absence\, contemporary still life\, personal and historical narratives influence much of the subject matter. \nCatherine has exhibited widely since 1994\, when she returned to Australia after studying lithography and drawing in Washington DC\, USA. In 2011 Catherine completed her Master of Fine Art (Research) at Monash University\, Melbourne. Her research was based on the subjective process of capture\, which occurs in making a representational image. \nCatherine has won a number of awards for her intricate works on paper including the Australian Print Workshop Collie Trust Award. \nThe artist’s works are held in public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia\, Geelong Regional Art Gallery\, National Australia Bank\, Perri Cutten and Castlemaine Art Museum. \nCatherine’s most recent solo exhibition titled Mrs Larritt in Upside-down Country was held at Dudley House Bendigo in November 2018. This exhibition was supported by Creative Victoria through a Regional Centre for Culture\, Local Makers Grant. Mrs Larritt at fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne is the second iteration of this exhibition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Talk Saturday 9 November” tab_id=”1572417280127-8c64ef63-62f6″][vc_column_text]\n\nSaturday 9 November\, 1.30pm\n\n\nfortyfivedownstairs\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\nFREE EVENT\, ALL WELCOME\nJoin us in the gallery on the final day of the exhibitions to hear Ella Whateley and Catherine Pilgrim speak about their current work and artistic process.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190908
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SUMMARY:Shop Talk
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAlex Zubryn\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nShop Talk\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]27 August – 7 September 2019\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n….ways to narrate suburban culture\, ethnicity and the process of gentrification. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Alex Zubryn\, Shop Talk\, 2017\, oil on linen\, 2520 x 3900mm \nAlex Zubryn\, Shop Talk 4\, 2015\, graphite on paper\, 42 x 59cm \nAlex Zubryn\, Shop Talk 7\, 2015\, graphite on paper\, 42 x 59cm \nAlex Zubryn\, Shop Talk 2\, 2015\, graphite on paper\, 42 x 59cm \nAlex Zubryn\, Shop Talk 3\, 2015\, graphite on paper\, 42 x 59cm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-09335cd1-ea60″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Shop Talk is a unique installation of drawings and painting focusing on process and repetition\, resulting in a large-scale painting filling an entire gallery wall. \nAlex Zubryn’s practice articulates meaning about community life and suburbia\, specifically through visually recording the streets in relation to still life/objects such as commercial products\, decorative artifacts\, edible objects and ephemera. \nIn recent times\, recognisable Melbourne urban locales have been significantly reconstructed. Vibrant individual shops containing objects representing diverse cultures are under threat from gentrification. Shop Talk explores artefacts from just such a shop. Viewed from the street\, the entire double fronted windows are filled with shelving structures with a random display of objects ranging from garden dwarfs to religious effigies. Decorative items stacked\, wrapped and facing various directions are relic-like forms waiting for interpretation. \nThe artist’s personal background and associations propelled him to rethink the focus for selected objects and to create different narratives about them. Looking through the dusty windowpane gives a sense of peering into old windows of an apartment block. Each decorative item has an individual temperament and appears as a character within its particular frame. The still life/objects and the expressive materiality of the mediums investigated sheds light on ways to narrate suburban culture\, ethnicity and the process of gentrification.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-09335cd1-ea60″][vc_column_text]After completing his degree at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1985\, Alex Zubryn was awarded a Study Grant to Europe and then exhibited in ‘A New Generation Exhibition’\, at the NGA\, Canberra. In 1998 he completed his Masters of Fine Arts at the VCA after which he received an Australia Council studio in Rome. Alex is currently an Associate Lecturer at RMIT in the School of Design and is completing a PhD in Fine Art at RMIT’s School of Art. \nThe following are some exhibitions activities in which he has participated: 1999 Deacons Graham and James Art Prize at the Ian Potter Museum Melbourne\, the Paris Art Fair in France in 2002\, ‘Other Cities’ at the Latrobe Regional Gallery in 2004\, and ‘Rome Academici’ in 2005 at the Monash University Faculty Gallery and at the British School in Rome. In 2008 he completed a commissioned painting for the MCC at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where it is currently on display. He exhibited in 2012 at the Italian Institute of culture in Melbourne and in 2013 his artwork was surveyed at the Deakin University Art Gallery\, Melbourne. In 2014 Alex exhibited in the John Leslie Art Prize at the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale and when participating in the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2016 was awarded the “People’s Choice Award”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190825
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SUMMARY:Meteorites from Earth
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nOliver Ashworth-Martin\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nMeteorites from Earth\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]13 – 24 August 2019\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n… investigations into the timeless and formless intelligence within nature… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Oliver Ashworth-Martin\, Augmented Immortal\, 2019\, bronze on marble base\, 420 x 420 x 420mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, Augmented Illuminations - eucalyptus\, 2018\, pastel on cotton paper\, 1830 x 830mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, Meteorite - Banksia\, 2019\, pastel and gold on cotton paper\, 1200 x 1200mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, Meteorite - Eucalyptus\, 2018\, pastel and silver on cotton paper\, 610 x 600mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, 37.8430'144.9457'\, 2018\, bronze and wood (marble base)\, 190 x 190 x 120mm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933560a-2f1a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Meteorites from Earth is an amalgamation of artist Oliver Ashworth-Martin’s fascination with space\, nature and science\, and his artistic practice. \nThe native seed pods of Australia have become a central theme Ashworth-Martin’s work. Not only do they house and protect the multitude of new life\, they also symbolise nature’s continuous cycle of renewal and growth. These forms represent an endless flow of life coming into form\, moving through form and leaving form. \nMoving beyond traditional botanical studies my work transcends the everyday/mundane natural objects that we find scattering the land\, and re-awakens a fascination with our natural world. When we become aware and mindful of our environment we see that what has always seemed so natural reveals how wondrously supernatural it really is. \nThrough a process of magnification\, abstraction and a clear human intervention upon the native pods\, the artist invites the viewer to engage in a deeper contemplation of these natural forms and see the hidden fractal order present within all life. Both his sculptural and two-dimensional practice are investigations into the timeless and formless intelligence within nature\, the ghost in the machine. No matter what is removed there will always be another layer of truth waiting to be revealed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933560a-2f1a”][vc_column_text]Oliver Ashworth-Martin grew up in the Cotswolds\, UK\, and has been inspired and enraptured by nature from a young age. His artistic practice is intrinsically linked the the natural world\, often using found natural object within his work or magnifying and abstracting these organic forms in order to offer his audience a new way of seeing their environment. For the artist when we become aware and mindful of our environment we see that what has always seemed so natural reveals how wondrously supernatural it really is. \nAfter completing a Fine Arts degree at Cardiff School of Art and Design\, UK\, in 2008\, Ashworth-Martin went on to work as production manager for Tom Price Studio’s in London until 2014. The artist now lives and works as a full-time artist in Melbourne\, Australia. His studio sits among the native trees and plants of Australia where he sources a lot of his seed pods. \nThe award winning artist’s previous exhibitions include Nothing Lost at Westend Art Space\, Form-Formless at Tacit Gallery\, Bonaza (winner of the Contemporary Sculptor’s Association Award 2017) YSG Melbourne\, Scenic World Sculpture Trail (receiving a Highly Commended Award\, 2018)\, From Nature (winner of the judges prize for his piece Connections\, 2018)\, and Sherbrooke Gallery where he received a Highly Commended Traditional Botanical Award\, Melbourne.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Talk Saturday 24 August” tab_id=”1564553640394-d1848188-9143″][vc_column_text]ARTIST TALK \n\nOliver Ashworth-Martin: Meteorites from Earth\n\nSaturday 24 August\, 11.30am\n\n\nFREE EVENT\, ALL WELCOME\n\n\n \n\n\nJoin artist Oliver Ashworth-Martin for a fun and informative talk about his exhibition\, his artistic practice and the otherworldly objects he has created.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180828
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SUMMARY:Hyperrealism and Improvisation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJames Yuncken\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nHyperrealism and Improvisation\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]28 August – 8 September 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nThere is no one way in creativity. Different ways not only serve different purposes\, they can inform one another. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9efcfb4-801e” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Hyperrealism and Improvisation are two ways artist James Yuncken has been working the last years. Two quite different modes of expression fit for different purposes. \nHyperrealism for the series of landscape paintings from a trip along the Oodnadatta Track. \nHyperrealism denotes a realistic treatment of a scene\, an inventory of detail\, but at the same time something more\, an attempt to give a sense of the experience of the place – or at least his experience of it: The vastness\, the sense of geological time\, of grand and overwhelming natural forces slowly and inexorably at work\, the struggle facing life in an extreme environment. \nIt’s a landscape shaped by heat and dryness\, also by water that now and again inundates it and\, because of its flatness\, floods all over\, turns the earth soft and erodes it. \nThe Improvisations are drawings done in Yuncken’s residency at St Vincent’s Hospital. \nThat began almost at the same time as his trip along the Oodnadatta Track. In his once-weekly visits to St Vincent’s Caritas Christi studios\, Yuncken would attempt to fill as many sheets of paper as quickly and spontaneously as he could. \nPerhaps a respite from the paintings determined by the world without\, these are genuine improvisations\, determined by the world within. No prior plan\, only the spontaneous expression of a state of mind. The game was to try to make each mark lively and interesting and then the next likewise in relation to the marks gone down before. If a subject matter arose along the way\, then good. If not\, no matter. \n“There is no one way in creativity. Different ways not only serve different purposes\, they can inform one another. Operating these two modes in parallel has\, I believe\, made me better at both.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9efcfb4-801e”][vc_column_text]James Yuncken is a Melbourne based artist\, working from a studio on Smith Street in Fitzroy. \nJames has exhibited frequently in Melbourne and Canberra since 1989. \n  \nSELECTED EXHIBITIONS \n2018                Improvisations\, St Vincent’s Residency: Drawings from Caritas Christi\, St Vincent’s Gallery\, Fitzroy \n2017                Represented 45 at 45\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2015                The Drawing Room\, Prints\, Drawings and Bas Relief\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne  \n2014                Places Nearby\, More Inner Melbourne fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2012                Walking to Work\, Melbourne\, Inner East fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2011                Vox Pix\, Voices and Images Together Centre for Theology and Ministry\, Parkville \n2010                Travelling North\, Journey to Cape York fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2008                Abstraction and Space\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2005                Formal Considerations\, 257 Church St\, Richmond and On-line \n2003                Sense of Place\, SPAN Galleries\, Melbourne \n2001                Presence/Absence\, SPAN Galleries\, Melbourne \n2000                Represented 8 x 8\, Roar Studios\, Fitzroy \n1999                Represented 8 x 8\, Roar Studios\, Fitzroy \n1998                Represented 3rd Annual Summer Show\, Galerie helengory\, Richmond \n1997                First Steps\, Galerie helengory\, Richmond \n1996                Represented A Four Art 19 ninety-six\, Westspace \n1995                Studio Landscape Exhibition\, Smith Street Studio\, Fitzroy \n1993                Represented Swan Hill Print and Drawing Show \n1992                Represented Studio One’s ’92 Pressing Annual Show\, Spiral Arm Gallery\, Canberra \n1990                Represented Sun\, Smoke and Steel\, Studio One touring exhibition Canberra\, Sydney\, Newcastle \n1989                Images in Different Genres\, Dorette’s Bistro\, Canberra[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:As you are
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nStephanie Howden\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]30 January – 10 February 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n…an exploration in the subtleties of physical expression through body language\, attitude and sartorial choices. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Stephanie Howden\, Liam \nStephanie Howden\, Bec and the Fox \nStephanie Howden\, Daniella \nStephanie Howden\, Surani \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1f2e3-6651″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]As you are is an exploration in the subtleties of physical expression through body language\, attitude and sartorial choices. Taking visual cues from street fashion photography\, the collection of life-size portraits aims to capture the feeling of presence through the illustration of everyday Melburnians. \nOur bodies are our connection to life. They’re what link us to the world. The way we dress\, stand and hold ourselves tells a story about this relationship. I think this is what makes a portrait so interesting. Not intense beauty or striking features\, but the subtleties in expression\, posture\, stance\, that both hide and reveal at once. It’s this quiet tension between the internal and external that gives away who we are\, and what I have aimed to capture in my work. \nAs you are is a collection of portraits of people I know. They’re everyday people\, dressed as they would be on any day of their lives.  It may be true what they say about the eyes being the window to the soul\, but I think the door\, lawn and mailbox say something too. And so it was important to me to capture their full body. I chose to remove them from their surroundings and place them in a completely white world so they could be transported anywhere. This\, along with the life-size scale of the work\, gives the sense of presence – that they’re standing here in the room with us. \nEach portrait has been rendered in fineline pen and black pencil. In contrast to the simple composition\, the drawings themselves delight in the detail. In many ways\, As you are is about the craft of drawing itself. It’s an exploration of time\, patience and repetition\, of the discipline and commitment required to achieve mastery. With each piece taking between 50 – 100 hours to complete\, they inadvertently tell a personal story of my battle with perfectionism\, and relentless desire for excellence.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1f2e3-6651″][vc_column_text]I’m a fresh new artist living and working in Melbourne.  I may not have been to art school\, but innovation\, creativity and conceptual exploration have always been a fundamental aspect of both my education and adult working life. \nIn the eight years I spent working in advertising I was influenced by some of the most brilliant minds and charismatic personalities\, inspired by the work they produced and motivated by their passion.  While I was never really able to find creative satisfaction from my role in this world\, it gave me the energy and ambition to create something of my own. \nI use black pen and pencils on paper to produce simple compositions with intense detail.  I love street fashion photography and spend more time on Instagram and Tumblr than I care to admit. The frivolousness of my favorite pastime plagues me with guilt\, and yet continues to be my greatest source of inspiration. \nWhile this inspiration may have served as a starting point\, my most recent work is not about fashion at all\, but rather takes cues from this style of photography to explore themes of attitude\, body language and the unique way that people find connection to everyday life through the expression of their body. \nAs you are will be my debut exhibition. \n– Stephanie Howden[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/as-you-are/
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SUMMARY:45 at 45
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\npresented by fortyfivedownstairs\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8-19 August 2017\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nAn exhibition of 45 artists at fortyfivedownstairs to celebrate our fifteenth birthday! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]45at45 Design by Zac Fay \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de190b3-58ff” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]As a result of our unique mission as an unfunded and not-for-profit organisation supporting independent\, experimental and thought-provoking art forms – striving to make money for artists\, not from them – the past fifteen years has seen fortyfivedownstairs develop treasured relationships with a broad community of artists and makers. This August\, 45 artists who have contributed to the reputation of the gallery over the years will be joining us once again for 45 at 45. \nFeaturing artworks from 45 artists\, each with a unique connection to fortyfivedownstairs\, 45 at 45 will provide a snapshot not only of the creativity and innovation that has filled our gallery over the past decade and a half\, but of the network of artists who have supported\, and been supported by\, fortyfivedownstairs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”List of Artists” tab_id=”1501043305438-d5b0f272-0037″][vc_column_text]Abby Storey \nAndrea Jenkins \nAngela Cavalieri \nAnna Taylor \nBill Hay \nCatherine Pilgrim \nCathy Drummond \nCathy Scott \nChristopher Beaumont \nChristine Larsen \nDavid Frazer \nDavid Hirst \nElla Whateley \nGavin Brown \nGay Hawkes \nJanice Gobey \nJanno McLaughlin \nJeff Raglus \nJames Yuncken \nJudy Holding \nKate Durham \nKip Scott \nLisa Sewards \nMarco Luccio \nMargaret Gold \nMark Ogge \nMegan Evans \nMichael Pearce \nMichael Vale \nMorganna Magee \nNobby Seymour \nPaul Blackman \nPhilip Faulks \nPrudence Flint \nRichard Stringer \nRobert Lee Davis \nRobyn Base \nRobyn Rich \nSteph Bolt \nStephen Nova \nSusan Stamp \nTerry Swann \nTim Jones \nTimothy James Webb \nTomboyBill[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:ATTENTION TO DETAIL
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nAilsa Campbell\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]7 – 18 February 2017\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nseeks to celebrate observed detail in Australian natural forms… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Ailsa Campbell\, Australian Seeds\, 2012\, ink on paper \nAilsa Campbell\, Australian Seeds\, 2012\, watercolour and ink on paper \nAilsa Campbell\, watercolour on paper \nAilsa Campbell\, Australian Seeds\, 2012\, watercolour and ink on paper \nAilsa Campbell\, watercolour on paper \nAilsa Campbell\, Australian Seeds\, 2012\, watercolour and ink on paper \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de14267-5467″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Recent Works on Paper \nWith a background and interest in botanical art\, Ailsa Campbell’s exhibition seeks to celebrate observed detail in Australian natural forms; seeds\, plants and rocks\, and to represent them in a semi abstract way\, drawing on the Indigenous art traditions of Australia\, Japan and India. \nThe Northern Territory artworks reflect the influence of Aboriginal art on Campbell’s work\, including the use of ochre and charcoal. \nThe Beach and Kelp series’ use sand collected on site by the artist\, while the Norfolk Island Pine and the Sydney Seed Pods reflect the simplicity and beauty in humble found objects. \nThe Australian Seeds were inspired by Campbell’s years of drawing seeds using microscopic techniques\, and her subsequent study of textile printing and design where she created repeat patterns using original drawings\, simplifying and abstracting them. \nSmaller ink drawings of seeds are an homage to the botanical artists throughout history as well as Campbell’s personal tribute to the mostly unseen beauty of the humble seed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de14267-5467″][vc_column_text]I have been painting for over twenty years\, initially studying under watercolourist Alan Rawady and botanical artist Jenny Phillips. Having participated in several group exhibitions including Eltham Wiregrass Gallery and The Herbarium\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, Melbourne\, I had a successful retrospective solo exhibition at the Smith Street Gallery in Fitzroy in 2007. \nUsing a binocular microscope\, I spent six years doing ink drawings of seeds and cotyledons for a book on raising small Australian plants from seed\, working under the direction of microbiologist\, plant researcher\, gardener and great friend Judith Barker. \nI continue to run workshops at VINC (Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Cooperative) on how to draw native seeds in pencil and pen\, using a binocular microscope. \nAilsa Campbell\, 2016[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/attention-to-detail/2017-02-07/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:43 Miles South as the bird flies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nAndrea Jenkins\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]30 August-10 September 2016\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nthe anticipation of seeing something that you may have been blind to before… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]andreajenkins_Window_750x540_web \nandreajenkins_7kirkslane_750x540 \nandreajenkins_coolart_stable_110x150cm \nandreajenkins_capeschanck_150x300cm \nandreajenkins_dayoff_webhero \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de11eae-7401″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]43 Miles South as the bird flies is a body of work that artist Andrea Jenkins been developing over the past three years\, connecting the city to her studio on the Mornington Peninsula. \nMelbourne city has long been the inspiration of Jenkins’ work. From the alleys and laneways to the architecture\, the food culture and street art\, the buzz and hype\, the energy and the anticipation of seeing something that you may have been blind to before\, are all part of the heart of the city. \nSt. Kilda sits just south of the city. Travelling over the bay to the artist’s studio on the Mornington Peninsula\, there is an obvious beauty of the landscape\, the ocean\, the bays and the country side. However\, this is not what Jenkins is drawn to. She has discovered aspects not for their immediate beauty\, but for their intrigue and finding magnificence that is less apparent: in the structure\, their form and symmetry\, or the changes in surface that have developed over time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de11eae-7401″][vc_column_text]Andrea Jenkins is a Melbourne-based artist. \nWorking mainly in the mediums of painting and drawing\, her studio on the Morning Peninsula and forays into the city are a source of constant inspiration. \nJenkins has exhibited widely in Victoria\, Australia\, and is represented in private collections in Australia\, Japan\, Switzerland and Scotland.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/43-miles-south-bird-flies/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160802T110000
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SUMMARY:WHAT JUST HAPPENED
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nBen Fennessy\, William White & Peter Ivor Wilson\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]2-13 August 2016\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nThe fierce individualism these three artists have demonstrated over the decades comes together in this show… 150 years of shared experiences. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]William White Brains in a Jar\, mixed media\, 2015 \nWilliam White Robotomicradius\, mixed media\, 2015 \nBen Fennessy\, Basalt Cliff\, 2015 \nBen Fennessy\, Deen Maar Caldera\, 2015 \nPeter Ivor Wilson\, 64 into 1\, mixed media\, 2015 \nPeter Ivor Wilson\, Harmaa\, mixed media\, 2015 \nPeter Ivor Wilson\, 64 into 1\, mixed media\, 2015 \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de17681-4228″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]A friendship spanning almost 50 years. Growing up in the same neighbourhood. Studied at three different art schools. Founding members of the legendary and original alternative band Rock Granite and the Profiles. \nThese three have at last agreed to exhibit their work in the same place at the same time. And it’s big. \nThe fierce individualism these three artists have demonstrated over the decades comes together in this show. A display of mutual respect and affection for each other’s work is evident. Such disparate approaches come together in WHAT JUST HAPPENED. \n150 years of shared experiences.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Biographies” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de17681-4228″][vc_column_text]Ben Fennessy \n“I’ve been painting for 50 years; think I’m getting the hang of it.” \nBorn in Melbourne. At fourteen\, Ben took art lessons from Bill Coleman – George Bell Art School. He won a scholarship to study painting and drawing at the National Gallery Art School. Ben has lived\, painted and taught art in Western Victoria for 40 years. \n  \nWilliam White \nAfter more than 30 years in advertising studios of major agencies\, William White has been liberated.  \nWilliam is no longer tied to the ‘Client Brief’. He now allows himself the freedom to interpret and transform mundane objects and events into pieces that display his unique humour and gravitas in equal measure. \n  \nPeter Ivor Wilson \nA Duchampian sensibility executed with gestural muscularity. \nPeter has not deviated from his chosen artistic path in close to 50 years\, constantly developing and refining his work. These works are a manifestation of all that has gone before\, and a kernel of what is to come. Peter has exhibited extensively over the years and taken part in many group and solo shows\, and is represented in many private collections.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/what-just-happened/2016-08-02/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160607T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160607T170000
DTSTAMP:20250821T060024Z
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SUMMARY:Configurations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nPietro Capogreco and Augustine Dall’Ava\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]7 – 18 June 2016\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nPietro Capogreco and Augustine Dall’Ava come together in their exhibition Configurations… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Pietro Capogreco\, What do I know\, 2015\, 240 x100.5cm \nAugustine Dall'Ava\, Fortieth Dialogue\, 2012\, 63x143x33cm \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1347d-985d” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]\nArtists Pietro Capogreco and Augustine Dall’Ava come together at fortyfivedownstairs to exhibit a series of drawings and sculptures in their exhibition Configurations. \n“The image of the human body dominates our lives\, its visual legacy starts with the first human artistic endeavour and exists in all cultures all over the world. Yet it remains for modern humans uncomfortable\, the media has appropriated it and trivialized it\, but it is fundamental to the vision of who and what we are.  It is interesting to descend in to a silent world through the making of a picture and its ambiguous meaning. The mystery in the language of the human body\, every shape and gesture communicates\, and that is unbearable.” – Pietro Capogreco \n“Dall’Ava’s aesthetic embraces that of Dada and Surrealism\, adopting the techniques of chance and the processes of collage and assemblage as a way of transforming both the meaning and the context of the original\, into new and fantastical forms. For Dall’Ava these surrealist techniques provide a methodology for integrating disparate elements and ideas into a perverse and poetic coherence” – Penny Teale[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/configurations/2016-06-07/
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