Truth in the Shadow
Sandra Dean
An exhibition of visual poetry, objects from the everyday, simple moments.
Events
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This life of accretion
Taryn Lee-SteereThis life of accretion is an exploration of intricate and interesting processes, borne of a desire to push artistic boundaries.
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45 at 45
presented by fortyfivedownstairsAn exhibition of 45 artists at fortyfivedownstairs to celebrate our fifteenth birthday!
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Journeys Through Landscape
Terry SwannThis series of visceral contemporary watercolours capture in vivid abstraction the essence of Australia’s ancient and unspoilt landscapes.
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Duality
BailerA series of paintings and sculpture traversing the liminal states of being and exploring the ever-changing states of the human condition.
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Save me
Anna TaylorAn exhibition exploring the minutiae of landscape replicated in the aerial view, documenting the exquisite mirroring of detail, pattern and line. Both a celebration of our earth and it’s incredible
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Thousand kisses deep
Lisa SewardsA new body of work connecting the materiality of prints and the fluidity of paintings with imagery emphasizing illusory maritime parachutes.
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Daily Encounters
Robyn RichAs part of an artist residency at fortyfivedownstairs, Robyn Rich will present an exhibition of paintings that explore life through the eyes of the artist.
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A life seen through cut outs
Kerry ArmstrongA series of large scale paintings finding figuration through means of abstraction.
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MAXIMUM minimal
Andrew ScolloThe first solo exhibition of an architect/artist exploring the materiality of line and colour in painting.
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Darker Places
Caroline WallsDarker Places, a new series of paintings and drawings by Caroline Walls, is an extension of her art practice where the female is the central focus of consideration.
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Hyperrealism and Improvisation
James YunckenJames Yuncken presents a series of paintings and drawings; both landscapes in a traditional and non-traditional sense.
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Manhattan Dreaming
Marco LuccioA new collection of paintings and drypoints capturing Manhattan's lines, angles, moods and movement, with a spontaneity bordering on instinct.
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The Far North
Allan Wolf-TaskerIn this most recent exhibition, Allan leaves his studio in Daylesford for the vastly different Far North of Australia, an area he has visited with his wife Alla since the 1970s but never before captured on his canvas.
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The Power of Pattern
Gavin BrownGavin Brown presents a body of new paintings exploring the surreal, the unimaginable and the unexpected.
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Complex Life
Catherine Hearse & Glenn MurrayTwo friends and artists use their artistic processes to explore their positions in the world, both in a physical, environmental and emotional manner.
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E lascia dir le genti
John MezziniE lascia dir le genti, captures fragments of social interaction. The moment when inhibitions are dropped, and subjects are exposed in their most raw and vulnerable state, where we are confronted by the beauty of the immediate.
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After the Archive: Park Life
Amanda JohnsonAmanda Johnson’s paintings question the fate of the public garden in a context of global warming. How has our physical and cultural encounter with the public garden changed?
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Since You’ve Been Gone
Penelope MetcalfA series of oil paintings that are based on locations around the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, focusing on old homes, gardens and trees. It won't always be like this.
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Shop Talk
Alex ZubrynA unique installation of drawings and painting exploring community life and suburbia through the interpretation and recreation of quirky and vibrant shop front windows.
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Stiff Upper Lip
Cally LotzAn analytical still life painting project that explores complex psychological states such as containment, austerity and isolation.
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A Pilgrim’s Progress
Nel ten WoldeA series of paintings and digital collage works exploring the discarded and lost clothes that crossed the artist's path on the pilgrimage trails she has covered throughout Europe, especially Spain.
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Retreat
James GrantAn exhibition of paintings exploring local landscapes and private domestic environments which have become increasingly important spaces of both refuge and of tension over the last year.
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Things Fall Apart
Mike LutzThe works in this exhibition by Mike Lutz rise out of the disquieting period from which we are emerging. Each painting considers an aspect of confinement and release.
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M A D: Mutually Assured Destruction
Mike GreenMutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and security policy where a full scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the annihilation of both sides. It is based on the theory of deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against the enemy prevents the enemy's use of those same weapons. As ridiculous as such a thing sounds, it is still today the modern deterrence of such an event
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Can’t See for Looking
Oliver BradleyThe view becomes a window when a fly hits the glass; the next thought is which side is the fly on.
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The Portable Park
Gretchen KayeParks 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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Primavera
John MezziniPrimavera showcases a collection of figurative paintings exploring themes of isolation, physical expression, and sexuality.
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Act of Love
Shayle FlesserA new solo show of contemporary abstract paintings by artist Shayle Flesser.
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Honne
Ksenia ShinkarenkoKsenia’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.
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Everything is Connected
Sophie PerezThis series of paintings and drawings from night and day are a moment in time of being truly immersed and connected to nature.
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Unsprung
Janno McLaughlinUnsprung is a play on ‘spring’ and its connotations of hope, metaphor, new life, and new beginnings.
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Lebenslust
Dena Ashbolt and Gudrun Ilana GurielAn 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. -
Of Dingoes & Witch-Hunts
Sharon Monagle“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.
