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SUMMARY:Bird Call
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMike Nicholls\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nBird Call\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8 – 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]\nreverence\, Mother Earth\, piece\, conscience\, nurturing\, and nesting… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]\n	Page 1\n	Page 2\n	Page 3\n	Next\n\n[/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 works in Bird Call reflect humanity’s social conscience regarding the natural environment\, and the impact we collectively impose on the ecosystem and the self through ignorance and greed. \nTo Mike Nicholls\, the idea of the bird – and the cycle of life associated with it – is rich in metaphors for reverence\, Mother Earth\, peace\, conscience\, nurturing\, and nesting. \nNicholls references these subtle messages to explore the concept of the primal being. It is with a primordial lens in mind that Nicholls strives to sculpt universal concepts\, and the emotional impact of our existence.[/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]Born in 1960\, Mike Nicholls grew up on a dairy farm at Narre Warren North on the out skirts of Melbourne\, where he still has a studio-gallery and maintains the family property. \nHe majored in sculpture at the Caulfield Institute of Technology receiving a high distinction in his final year for his fabricated steel sculptures. \nFrom the formal training in abstraction\, where he concentrated on line\, balance\, movement and gesture\, Mike migrated to Fitzroy in the early eighties becoming a founding member of Roar Studios\, his work influenced by the fellow artist’s of Roar\, made a shift to expressionistic figuration. \nBy the mid 1980’s the artists eye sought to simplify his previously visually busy works\, Nicholls has slowly cultivated his quietly methodical practice; paring it back and reducing it to an elemental visual diary. \nMike has sought to incorporate an Australianness within his art; much of his reference has been visually and culturally sourced through travelling on plien air painting trips for months at a time\, spending time on relatives cattle stations in central Queensland and visiting remote areas within Australia. Mike has held woodcarving workshops in remote aboriginal communities of Cape York and the Torres Strait\, ass well as extensive over seas travel. \nHe has developed a deeply personal vocabulary of motifs\, striving to create a sense of feeling and or place\, focusing on his ultimate goal of imbuing his work with expression\, soul and a reflection of the human spirit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Programming” tab_id=”1667547468743-eb814861-1a2f”][vc_column_text]Opening Night: Tuesday 8th of November from 6pm – 8pm \nYou are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the opening of ‘Bird Call’\, a reflection onto the human’s consciousness of the world that surrounds us. \n  \nArtist Talk with Mike Nicholls: Saturday 12th of November 3-4pm \nPlease join Mike Nicholls for a free event where the public can gain insight into his impactful and inspired work. \nPlease RSVP to this free event by contacting communications@fortyfivedownstairs.com  \nWe can’t wait to see you![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Bird as totem
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nMike Nicholls\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]6-17 March 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…a metaphor to comment on issues affecting our lives\, war\, the environment and the higher being. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de12c46-4c5b” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]An exhibition of sculpture\, drawings and prints. \nHumanity for all our technological advances is still a society based on tribalism. \nFor 30 years\, Mike Nicholls has based his art practice on this concept\, drawing reference from the indigenous culture and art of the oceanic region. \nIn this exhibition\, Nicholls has created his own personal iconography based on the totem of the bird\, as a metaphor to comment on issues affecting our lives\, war\, the environment and the higher being.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de12c46-4c5b”][vc_column_text]Born in 1960 Mike Nicholls grew up on a dairy farm at Narre Warren North on the out skirts of Melbourne\, where he still has a studio-gallery and maintains the family property. \nHe majored in sculpture at the Caulfield Institute of Technology receiving a high distinction in his final year for his fabricated steel sculptures. \nFrom the formal training in abstraction\, where he concentrated on line\, balance\, movement and gesture\, Mike migrated to Fitzroy in the early eighties becoming a founding member of Roar Studios\, his work influenced by the fellow artist’s of Roar\, made a shift to expressionistic figuration. \nBy the mid 1980’s the artists eye sought to simplify his previously visually busy works\, Nicholls has slowly cultivated his quietly methodical practice; paring it back and reducing it to an elemental visual diary. \nMike has sought to incorporate an Australianness within his art; much of his reference has been visually and culturally sourced through travelling on plien air painting trips for months at a time\, spending time on relatives cattle stations in central Queensland and visiting remote areas within Australia. Mike has held woodcarving workshops in remote aboriginal communities of Cape York and the Torres Strait\, ass well as extensive over seas travel. \nHe has developed a deeply personal vocabulary of motifs\, striving to create a sense of feeling and or place\, focusing on his ultimate goal of imbuing his work with expression\, soul and a reflection of the human spirit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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