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SUMMARY:A Home Among the Plum Trees
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nKelvin Lau\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nA Home Among the Plum Trees\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]19 September – 30 September 2023\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Thursday: 12pm – 7pm\nFriday – Saturday: 12pm – 4pm\n(including Victorian public holiday Friday 29 October) \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n..what emerged through this work eventually revealed my own identity(ies) and cultural position(s) to be more complex\, nuanced\, and unexpected… \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]A Home Among the Plum Trees is an exorcism of hauntings that resonate across family generations into my past and current life. During 2020\, a confluence of critical personal events motivated me to re-evaluate how I saw myself as an individual\, the identifications that others projected upon me\, and my relationship with others in Australian society. Guided by the photo therapy framework of Jo Spence and Rosy Martin\, in conjunction with a material engagement informed by Karen Barad’s agential realism\, I approached this self-reflection by engaging with a diverse range of photograph-centred practices throughout 2021 and 2022. Parental 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. \nI began work on this project with preconceived ideas about recovering some form of lost Hong Kong-Chinese heritage – or perhaps reconnecting with a forgotten community that I was separated from during our family’s diasporic trajectory. What emerged through this work eventually revealed my own identity(ies) and cultural position(s) to be more complex\, nuanced\, and unexpected. \nKelvin Lau // Artist Statement[/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]\nKelvin Lau / Lau Wing Kei CV\nLast updated: May 2023 \nEducation\n2023 MA (Photography)\, Photography Studies College\n2017 PhD\, University of Melbourne\n2013 MPH\, University of Melbourne\n2006 FRACGP\, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners\n1997 BSc(Med) MB BS\, University of New South Wales \nSolo exhibitions\n2023 Painted Ghosts\, Sol Gallery\, Melbourne \nGroup exhibitions\n2023 Through Time and Space\, Museum of Chinese Australian History\, Melbourne\n2021 STAGES Life in Lockdown\, Monash Gallery of Art\, Melbourne\n2020 Bowness Photography Prize\, Monash Gallery of Art\, Melbourne\n2014-2020 Salon\, Centre for Contemporary Photography\, Melbourne\n1991 ArtExpress (1990)\, Art Gallery of New South Wales \nAwards\, grants\, residencies\n2023 Creative Residency\, Centre for Contemporary Photography\, Melbourne\n2021 Finalist\, Australian Photography Awards\n2020 Finalist\, Bowness Photography Prize\, Monash Gallery of Art\, Melbourne \nCollaborations\n2022 Consultant\, Unknowing Madness project by Thembi Soddell for The Big Anxiety Festival\, Melbourne\n2016 Co-facilitator\, Exploring Emotion Through Photography\, youth program with headspace Collingwood\, Centre for Contemporary Photography\, and ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions \nPublications\n2017 Understanding mental distress in young people from a migrant background in Australia through photo-interviewing\, open access thesis\, University of Melbourne \nDeclared fields of interest\nReflexive photographic practice\nAutoethnography\nQualitative research methods\nVisual social research\nArts/health\nHealth/illness lived experience\nPrimary healthcare[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Off the Well Worn Path
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nRyley Clarke\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nOff the Well Worn Path\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]21 February- 4 March 2023\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n..his personal work proposes to illuminate light on issues which require further understanding… \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]A few months ago\, my mother sold her childhood home. It’s been an overwhelming and exhausting journey to clear the place. Originally built by my Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother\, over time it has quietly decayed away. Once loved\, the dust took over. Books\, unopened boxes\, and hoarded objects filled the rooms and hallways. \nRestoring a place that is filled with so many memories\, bright and dark\, melancholic and vibrant\, has tested my mother’s perseverance. Despite that\, in the midst of a pandemic\, the devotion I witnessed to give this home some kind of new meaning in its next life has made her true strengths shine. And I couldn’t be prouder. \nThroughout the years we spent working on clearing the rooms bit by bit\, I occasionally pulled out my camera to make photographs of the ever precarious moments that symbolised the end of its journey for my mother and our family. Focusing on the process\, transformation and experience of clearing and restoring my mother’s childhood home\, we encounter familial possessions once thought lost and reminisce about moments from here and there. \nObserving the relationship of the human condition\, time\, family and place Off the Well-Worn Path seeks to connect the past and present through inheritance and regeneration. It seeks to explore an open dialogue that seeks to exchange the ever-increasing tension internally and externally of a childhood home\, losing its relationship with its kin. Yet through this time\, finding solitude and healing.[/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]Ryley Clarke (b.1999) is an emerging photographer and director living and working in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. \nRyley weaves together evocative\, introspective and cinematic photographs. Often seen with a camera in his hands or around his shoulders\, he creates with spontaneity\, natural tendency and direction. His earliest memories of making photographs and films in his youth have led him to capture a diverse range of visual subjects. From his vibrant\, soulful vision of the Australian live music scene to his personal\, introspective visual projects\, his work encapsulates a spirited\, creative and visionary approach to storytelling. \nIn his effort to explore complex dialogues\, his personal work proposes to illuminate light on issues which require further understanding. Suggesting an exchange that is often contemplative\, he seeks to abandon traditional ways of seeing\, to question what is being observed without passivity or judgement. Whether he is spending the day on long-term visual projects or working commercially in the studio\, he often creates sequences that open up imaginative\, contemplative and rhythmic dialogues. \nIn 2020\, Ryley was awarded the Baillot and Balfour Endowment for his ongoing visual narrative and self-published photobook\, As Memories & Time Entwine\, A Hanging Branch Connects Us. His visual and written work has been extensively published in Savage Thrills\, The British Journal of Photography\, NME\, Beat Magazine and has exhibited his photographs at SunStudios\, Centre for Contemporary Photography\, Bluethumb Art Gallery\, MGA and FortyFiveDownstairs. Often presenting his work in various solo and group exhibitions\, his work takes form in publications and installations. \nRyley would like to acknowledge\, with deep respect\, the sovereignty of the Wurundjeri people as the first custodians of the land on which I work and live. I pay my respect to Elders past\, present and emerging and extend this respect to all Indigenous Australians nations. Always was\, always will be\, Aboriginal land. \nWebsite: www.ryleyclarke.com \nInstagram: www.instagram.com/ryleyclarke[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:GARDENS OF EVIL
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]o[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nVenus Virgin Tomarz\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nGARDENS OF EVIL\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]24 May – 4 June 2022\n\nhours:\nTues – Fri: 11am-5pm\nSat: 11am-3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n..It all started with art and heart.\nA growth through the wonders of the free mind.\nVenus always saw the pinnacle of acceptance would come from those who adore the oomph of the new and wonderful…. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Venus Virgin Tomarz\, SPACE MONKEYS\, 2019-22\, collage\, 91cm x 122cm. \nVenus Virgin Tomarz\, Temptation Time\, 2019\, collage. \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093309a6-495c” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Venus Virgin Tomarz invites you to examine modern day conflicts through a series of exploratory collages. The works take you through the development of technology\, climate change\, and the increase in world population\, waste/rape of the land resources\, disease/illness and the impacts of these changes to our planet\, society\, ethics and values. \nThe project aims to link historical understanding of eco-systems of nature and the biblical reference (GENISIS) of the Garden of Eden to our current crisis the world/Globe faces\, using cyphers / metaphors and set constructs to establish a central theme connecting the artist interpretation/view of a garden. \nArtist Venus takes the audience on a journey through time and space\, telling a traditional ancient story in the hope within the present and hope for future generations to take the opportunity to reflect\, review and rectify their individual and collective impact on Earth. \nThe need to explore and find a new planet to call home. Or is that to be to rape and pillage the resources to fix Earth…as PEAK is drawing near. \nThe project planning & preparation began in early 2018\, with specific image items collected\, some items photographed then printed to create the visual / narrative.  As the series developed and world events such as the Coronavirus came into play\, each scene electrified the significance of the message. \nThe artist began creating this body of work in solation during the COVID-19 lockdowns. \nThis body of work is collage on large canvas to be sold as an original piece at gallery exhibition. \nPrints of the series will also be available in various sizes (unframed only).[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093309a6-495c”][vc_column_text]There’s no glimmer with our glamazon.\nShe’s the glambassador of intersexuality.\nThe land of zoom where all creatures are fun and wise.\nWhere did this artsexual come from? \nThe gutter would be fashionable\, but that’s not it. \nYou could say Venus came from Cool City. And you’d be right.\nShe’s been chilling in Cool City until the eggs of genius hatched.\nAnd we love a smart chick. \nIt all started with art and heart.\nA growth through the wonders of the free mind.\nVenus always saw the pinnacle of acceptance would come from those who adore the oomph of the new and wonderful. \nShe is the product of a rampant imagination that found itself applying to all areas of beauty\, business and enterprise. There was something missing though. She found it in the wardrobe of deluxe fabrication. The wow factor made her whole. Her fate was to be a femme. The proper use of the femme fatale if the truth be known. \nOut of the shell came Venus. The fashionistic. \nAnd with such impact. She has rocketed to the galaxy of untold glamour and panache. \nNever has an emergence been quite so fun and phallic. Riding a rocket\, the glamazon … you do the math. \nIn the distance behind this rocketing star are strewn her huge careers in music\, design\, fashion\, make-up\, hair and all the other dazzlers. \nEnter now\, please\, the Glamazone. \nVenus Virgin Tomarz has eclipsed everything. \nThe glamburger with the lot. \nEat. \nAuthor – Ian Buckland 2016 ©\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Venus Virgin Tomarz
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nRobert Earp & Venus Tomarz\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]VENUS VIRGIN TOMARZ[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]24 May – 4 June 2022\n\nhours:\nTues – Fri: 11am-5pm\nSat: 11am-3pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n..Nothing is as it appears but\, once you metaphorically scratch the surface\, these very analogue methods come together to pose profound futuristic questions that affect us all (whether goddesses or otherwise). Where are we going and how are we getting there? Will we be able to accept each other in whatever guise we appear?.. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Robert Earp & Venus Virgin Tomarz\, Venus on a rocket\, 2016\, fine art glicee print\, 146.5 x 96cm. \nClash of two worlds\, 2016\, fine art glicee print\, 155 x 96cm. \nRobert Earp and Venus Virgin Tomarz\, Dynamic Duo\, 2016\, fine art glicee print\, 72 x 96cm. \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933dec4-222e” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The audacious and electrifying conceptual photography of Robert Earp focuses on the ‘surreal realness’ of transgendering with Venus Virgin Tomarz – Named after Earp’s ‘divalicious’ collaborator and muse. \nThe true story of Venus Virgin Tomarz is told in hyper-colourful composite photographs that recall the sci-fi kitsch of yesteryear. “Venus’s idea of taking 1960s sci-fi as the metaphor of her story of transgender\, I just thought that was brilliant\,” says Earp. \nIn Earp’s images\, entire galaxies and epic encounters have been created in minute detail\, using everyday household items as their building blocks\, the stars are bicarbonate soda or a sprinkling of chalk dust; the moon is a swirling pour of beer; a Kitchenaid blender whips up tornadoes; and the flesh of alien robots comes from the fish in Earp’s own tank. \nNothing is as it appears but\, once you metaphorically scratch the surface\, these very analogue methods come together to pose profound futuristic questions that affect us all (whether goddesses or otherwise). Where are we going and how are we getting there? Will we be able to accept each other in whatever guise we appear? \n“Behind it all\, the narrative is about equality\, really\,” admits Earp. “It’s also about that fight between Venus and Mars in the classic sense from literature – you know\, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. That fight is in everybody.” \n“Congratulations. Welcome to the world of art\, clarity and invention. These are the only things that move humanity forward. Even technology follows them. And remember Equal is not just a drink sweetener\, it’s how everything must be.”\n                                                   – Ian Buckland[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933dec4-222e”][vc_column_text]Robert Earp / Photomaker \nHaving honed his craft as a student in the ‘film era’\, a young Rob found himself exhibited in the National Gallery of Victoria with a shot from his third roll of film. \n“At art school\, my mentor John Cato\, explained that there are two kinds of photographers – there are ‘takers’ and there are ‘makers’. Takers are your photojournalists\, documentary and reportage photographers\, whereas your makers are the ones that make a photograph from scratch. Say by building a set or finding the perfect location. It starts with a conceptual idea and is built into something. I immediately recognised what I was. I was a maker.” \n“I’ve always loved the magician’s trick where there’s a woman floating. The magician is putting a ring around her to prove she is actually floating. You know in your head there are strings attached but you still feel as though she is really floating. I strive to bring this ‘magic’ to my photography – to give it gravity. Even if it’s something that is totally surreal\, it creates a sense of realness.” \nRobert took his ‘magic tricks’ into the commercial space where he became known for and sought after a world of creation and making the unreal seem real.  Feeling the pull to once again tell his own stories\, Robert decided to return to his natural home of fine art photography.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Road Works
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMike Reed\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nRoad Works\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]26 April- 21 May 2022\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/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-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-09339c42-5cd9″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Mike Reed dabbles in the gravel and raises his sights from quirky street photography to an artful view of “Road Photography”. \nMany a time in his travels he has reclined observing the ever-changing sky and its clouds and recalled seeing the phenomenon called Pareidolia which is a type of illusion of light\, shadow and form representing something clear and distinct. For example\, in the discolourations of a burnt slice of toast\, one might see the face of the Messiah. Or perhaps the image of Vladimir Putin in the soapy scum of a shower curtain. After finding some obscure images of an elephant and alien figure\, the artist gave up staring at the road… it was quite dangerous too and so he turned to a more fleet-footed graphical approach. \nThese graphics from the tarmac have been enhanced and the colours have been accentuated to a strident surrealism. Hong Kong\, Paris\, Tokyo\, London\, Rome\, New York\, Melbourne and Sydney and one photograph from Cairns Airport! \nMike Reed presents to you\, not so much “forty miles of bad road” but graphical and colourful sections of road on the gallery wall and much more in an exclusive innovative book\, certainly a desirable collectors edition. \nThe artist will also display in the smaller gallery a collection of his street photography in a salon style showing Recently Mike’s work was selected by the Editor of Life Framers in their ‘Street Life’ theme\, commenting on the “humourous visual narrative that Mike conjures through sharp timing and a clean composition”. \nTo view the complete catalogue\, please click here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-09339c42-5cd9″][vc_column_text]\nIt is hard for friends and colleges to understand Mike Reed in any way other than what he did day in day out … and nights too. \nHe has been film editing for 42 years\, yet photography has always afforded him his only private creative outlet for all those years. \nPhotography was portable\, instantaneous and satisfying in his short breaks from the screaming schedules (editing and running the business was soaking up his concentration 60-100 hours a week). \nHis camera was always there as he roamed his backyard and afar\, eyes alert for something that would catch his attention. \nHe’s always been a hoarder\, all things rusty\, crusty and novel. Photography is a further collection of moments. Quirky and delicious. \nEditing trained his eye to detail\, decision and dialogue. Culture\, creativity and cooking are also amongst his other pursuits. \nSo now retired from the maddening advertising affray\, he is armed with his cameras and visual diary passionately pursuing his love of the world around him. \nmikereedphotography.com\n@mikereedphoto[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Programming” tab_id=”1651128036895-b6d7a1ed-4755″][vc_column_text]Artist Floor Talk: Saturday 7th May 12pm – 1pm \nPlease join Mike Reed as he shares stories about his artistic journey and how and why he made the photographic series Road Works. \nFind out more about this graphic work from the tarmac that has been enhanced\, with colours that have been accentuated to a strident surrealism. The artist travelled to Hong Kong\, Paris\, Tokyo\, London\, Rome\, New York\, Melbourne\, Sydney and even Cairns Airport to realise this exhibition. \n  \nFree event – RSVP to communications@fortyfivedownstairs.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Installation Shots” tab_id=”1651711780312-0cb31d62-a93c”][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Water Bending Off A Rock
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJACK TAR and Company\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nWater Bending Off A Rock\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]10 – 28 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…remedy for a melancholic castaway madness\, in its simplicity and beauty… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Water Bending Off A Rock (2017) \nFreshwater 1 (2018) \nFreshwater 5 (2018) \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-09336cdb-3309″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]A seafarer by definition\, Jack Tar and Co. embodies both the sailor that once was and the support of the ship’s company afar although eternally close to heart. With three decades of evolving an enigmatic relationship with water\, Jack Tar and Co. has been immersed by the depths and embraced by the shallows of water since infancy. \nHaving explored much of the Australian Eastern seaboard through surfing\, and taken to diving in the Royal Australian Navy\, photography became a pursuit to learn how to capture the romantic dance between liquid and light through photography at the University of Wollongong. Furthering this knowledge through the RMIT Master of Photography program\, Jack Tar and Co. welcomes you to a soft and subtle style that is untethered from the inherent sharpness of foundational photographic principles. \nWater Bending Off A Rock remains a work in progress that appears to be the only remedy for a melancholic castaway madness\, in its simplicity and beauty – all a reflection of an escape into the natural world. This series of photographs represents the endless flow of the water cycle and how water continues on a path\, always adapting to its surrounds on its endeavours. Jack Tar and Co. embarks on journeys to find the romance of liquid and light through weirs and river bends beneath cascading waterfalls. It is set to remind us of the value of water as a natural commodity and its limiting supply. It often reminds us of the present and how our time with water is now limited. Capturing these images remind us how beautiful nature is in its uninterrupted state. \n  \nWater Bending Off A Rock is presented in three chronological chapters; Water Bending Off A Rock (2017)\, Freshwater | Saltwater Study (2018-2019)\, and As Above So Below (2019). The works explore the dance between liquid and light through subtle colour tones and a dullness in clarity.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/water-bending-off-a-rock/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190929
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SUMMARY:Sex of Nature
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nThomas K Lee\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nSex of Nature\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]10 – 28 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…invokes feelings of loneliness and awe… \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-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093391bd-b7fd” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Sex of Nature is a photographic series exploring areas of wilderness\, seemingly untouched by human beings. The stark and isolated landscapes of Thomas K Lee’s work invokes feelings of loneliness and awe\, and the notion that the natural environment is harsh and unforgiving. \nThe series contrasts the differing geographic elements and landscapes of Mustang\, Nepal\, and Tasmania\, Australia. The ensuing photographs capture the essence of nature in both Nepal and Tasmania. \nLee captures the wide and deep ancient forests of the Tasmanian landscape\, conveying a feminine energy. The Mustang land of Nepal is mountainous\, bare and dry\, carrying more of a masculine energy. \nThe overall series is an exploration of the many different surfaces and moments that are situated on earth at any time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093391bd-b7fd”][vc_column_text]Thomas K Lee is a South Korean photographer based in Melbourne. \nIn 2008\, Lee moved to Tasmania. Having observed the untouched beauty of the state\, he was inspired to preserve the ancient forests\, alpine ranges\, pristine coastline and serene lakes in his photographs. Through his work he seeks to share and protect the images of the pure\, natural environment. \nIn 2014\, Lee decided to pursue photography in a professional capacity. He moved to Melbourne with his family to formally study photography at RMIT. \nLee is currently undertaking a Master of Photography at RMIT\, while working as a commercial photographer. His photography captures the essence of nature. He aims to raise money selling fine art images and photo books of the Tasmanian landscape\, donating funds to preserve the wilderness. \nThomas K Lee is always on the hunt to distill the essence of wilderness in all its majesty\, into a single shot.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/sex-of-nature/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190811
DTSTAMP:20190718T024513Z
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SUMMARY:TERRAFORM
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJosh Dykgraaf\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nTERRAFORM\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]30 July – 10 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…unreal\, surreal\, and wondrous worlds within worlds. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Josh Dykgraaf\, Ourea\, 2018\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \nJosh Dykgraaf\, Noctua\, 2019\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \nJosh Dykgraaf\, Drogedy\, 2019\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \nJosh Dykgraaf\, Nanook\, 2019\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \nJosh Dykgraaf\, Karkardann\, 2019\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \nJosh Dykgraaf\, Tatanka\, 2019\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \nJosh Dykgraaf\, Daramullum\, 2018\, digital photo manipulation\, editioned print\, dimensions variable \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093351e2-154a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Terraform: to shape the earth. \nTerraform is a photographic manipulation experiment representing the culmination of countless hours of exploration\, both literal and artistic. While travelling the world\, artist Josh Dykgraaf\, built a photography bank of thousands of landscapes and textures. In Terraform\, he breaks down and rebuilds the earth into familiar fauna. \n“I enjoy being able to create a sense of wonder. My work comes from a curiosity about the world and enjoyment of creating things\, playing with perspective and illusion. The conceptual development of this series as being a lot like staring at clouds in the sky and seeing all kinds of shapes and forms. technically\, I work with the idea that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” \nHis works explores scale and the spiritual relationship between life and environment. It asks the question: where do we end and where does the fabric of the earth begin? His pieces feature imagery shot in North America\, Scandinavia\, Central Europe\, Africa and around Australia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093351e2-154a”][vc_column_text]Josh Dykgraaf creates imagery that will transport you to unreal\, surreal\, and wondrous worlds within worlds. Josh’s work features manipulations of his own photography and plays with scale and illusion\, creating new realities from textures that make up both built and natural environments. \nHe is a mixed-media Photoshop artist and illustrator based in Melbourne\, Australia\, who has trained in photography and graphic design and has been working as a commercial illustrator for seven years. He draws on influences such as MC Escher and futurist architects such as Eero Saarinen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Talk Saturday 3 August” tab_id=”1563417619100-e57d0029-b549″][vc_column_text]\n\nJoin us for two artist talks from exhibiting artists Josh Dykgraaf and Amanda Johnson.\n\n\n \n\n\nSaturday 3 August\, 1pm\n\n\nfortyfivedownstairs\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\n\n\nRefreshments provided\n\n\nFREE EVENT\, ALL WELCOME\n\n\n \n\n\nFirst up\, Josh Dykgraaf will speak about his exhibition TERRAFORM\, his artistic process\, and the literal and artistic exploration that led to the exhibition.\n\n\n \n\n\nAfter a short break\, Amanda Johnson will be in conversation with art historian Associate Professor Alison Inglis (the University of Melbourne) about her exhibition After the Archive: Park Life.\n\n\nJoin the Facebook event here.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/terraform/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190728
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SUMMARY:The Last Days of Summer
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nPeter Hyatt\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nThe Last Days of Summer\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]2 – 27 July 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…a poetic insight into ways of seeing and experience. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Aisle 17\, 2019\, fine art giclee print on rag paper\, edition of 5 + A/P\, dimensions variable \nThe Last Days of Summer\, 2019\, fine art giclee print on rag paper\, edition of 5 + A/P\, dimensions variable  \nThe Great Caves\, 2019\, fine art giclee print on rag paper\, edition of 5 + A/P\, dimensions variable  \nEnchanted\, 2019\, fine art giclee print on rag paper\, edition of 5 + A/P\, dimensions variable  \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933800f-7b65″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Peter Hyatt’s latest series\, The Last Days of Summer combines sublime photographic imagery and digital art to create a richly invented tableaux. Familiar yet dreamlike\, his work captures the collision of people\, places and nature\, frequently as disparate forces. Light and shadow are critical in the texture of antiquity and nature challenged by indifference\, commercialism and tourism. Hyatt’s limited-edition prints offer a poetic insight into ways of seeing and experience. \nAn overriding ambition throughout my commercial career as a photographer\, writer and documentary maker has been to bring out the art in even the most mundane or unlikely situation. Reading a room\, city or wider landscape\, involves an observer’s prism to bring into focus selective elements and nuances that can create a compelling narrative. Personality\, behaviour\, ironies of circumstance and chance encounters all contribute to inform these artistic endeavours – most notably my most recent digital art work. \nIn the process of writing and photographing eight books on architecture and design I have never omitted the importance of people as players and protagonists. This is just one of the reasons why The Last Days of Summer is so important to me – It’s a holistic endeavour of photography\, digital art\, supporting text and soundscape to create an immersive\, absorbing experience for visitors.  \nJournalism\, architectural photography\, documentaries all contribute to a watchful eye developed over more than four working decades. These experiences all cross-reference each other in the process of making art. \n– Peter Hyatt \nVimeo link to Last Days of Summer: https://vimeo.com/330921375[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933800f-7b65″][vc_column_text]Peter Hyatt is a fine-art and commercial photographer\, writer and documentary-maker. His practice has evolved with his own strong artistic vision. Hyatt’s experience includes almost four decades documenting and interpreting Australian architecture. More recently he has created several photographic series informed by this work. These include Incandescent (2016) and Tattooed City (2017/18). \nHis photography and digital art features extensively in eight internationally distributed books on architecture and design as well as on-line and printed design media. \nHe has also directed and produced more than two dozen short documentaries on architecture. These include the work of luminaries such as Pritzker prize winning Australian architect\, Glenn Murcutt\, Sir Norman Foster\, Sir Richard Rogers\, Jean Nouvel and Christoph Inghenhoven.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”ARTIST TALK SATURDAY 13 JULY” tab_id=”1560914812950-e2df33ca-cde7″][vc_column_text]Artist Talk: Peter Hyatt\nSaturday 13 July\n11.30am\nFREE EVENT\, ALL WELCOME \nJoin artist Peter Hyatt as he discusses his exhibition The Last Days of Summer\, his artistic practice and the evolution of digital art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/the-last-days-of-summer/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190702
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SUMMARY:A Dangerous Smile
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nRowan Chanen\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nA Dangerous Smile\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]2 – 13 July 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]\nYears of unrest were still reverberating across Tibet\, yet the minutiae of daily life continued unabated. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Rowan Chanen\, Untitled (detail)\, 1998\, pigment print from original 35mm negativeRowan Chanen\, Debate (detail)\, 1998\, pigment print from original 35mm negativeRowan Chanen\, Untitled (detail)\, 1998\, pigment print from original 35mm negative[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9efdaae-df53″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]In 1998\, an air of trepidation hung over the Jokhang Monastery. Years of unrest were still reverberating across Tibet\, yet the minutiae of daily life continued unabated. Since 647\, this holiest of temples has been at the religious\, social and political epicentre of Tibetan life. Devotion\, meditation and prayer have always constituted the very core of every single monk\, pilgrim and worshiper. \nA Dangerous Smile not only documents a life that has been lived for centuries\, but also reflects upon the very modern point at which the pursuit of inner peace intersects with the pursuit of politics. Tibetans have always managed to combine a healthy mix of genuine happiness and resolute pragmatism in the face of adversity. One can only guess at the plots\, schemes\, hopes and dreams carefully and deliberately hidden within.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9efdaae-df53″][vc_column_text]A long career in global advertising has afforded Rowan Chanen a unique opportunity to explore and document some of the most intriguing corners of the world. His primary photographic interest is in exploring the duality that surrounds us. \nUnseen forces often compete and conspire to obscure truth and conceal reality. Sometimes those forces hide in plain sight; sometimes they lie deeper within. By seeking to reveal them\, the camera compels us to find new meaning and understanding in what we might otherwise take for granted. \nHaving lived and worked around the world\, Australian-born Rowan is currently residing in Singapore.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/a-dangerous-smile/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181216
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SUMMARY:BLACKANDBLUE: Coral or Coal
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nThe Light Collective\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nBLACKANDBLUE: Coral or Coal\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]4 – 15 December 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am – 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nHow do we meet our growing energy needs and still act responsibly towards the environment? \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Ignacio Palacios\, 2017 \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef3d7a-d2d4″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The first chapter ‘Red’ in the greater RGB project by The Light Collective presented a refreshing interpretation of one of the great natural wonders of the Australian interior Kati-Thanda – Lake Eyre. With the second chapter ‘Blue’\, The Light Collective initially set out to capture the immense beauty and grandeur of the largest living organism on earth and one of the great natural wonders of the world – the Great Barrier Reef. A global icon of pure(st) blue. \nHowever\, the reef has suffered catastrophic loss in recent years from recurring bleaching events caused by rising sea temperatures\, and after deeper discussion\, it seemed almost socially irresponsible not to address this. So The Light Collective present to you – BLACKANDBLUE: Coral or Coal. An artistic and symbolic exploration of the modern relationship between the extraction and consumption of old world resources (fossil fuels) and the well-being of one of our world’s great natural ecosystems. \nCan they co-exist? In this instance The Light Collective have chosen the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent coal mining industry as symbols for this larger global conversation. The degradation of the reef presents us with one of the most tangible\, topical and undeniable illustrations in the world today of the kind of impacts global warming holds for us. \nThe Light Collective don’t profess to be experts on the complex issues involved in global warming and recognise the causal elements are both multileveled and are still being refined and debated\, but either way they are passionate about the conservation of wild places and are happy to use their artistic abilities to bring awareness\, thought and inspire action towards more sustainable management of our energy needs and the protection of our unique natural ecosystems. The Light Collective’s intention is not to point fingers but to create meaningful conversation. \nCoral or Coal. How do we meet our growing energy needs and still act responsibly towards the environment?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The Light Collective” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef3d7a-d2d4″][vc_column_text]The Light Collective is a group of Australian based fine art landscape photographers who have come together to inspire each other to push the boundaries of their craft. By combining their considerable resources and abilities they are able to take on much larger and more ambitious ventures such as the RGB Australia Project. \nFirst formed in 2014\, the visual artists involved are becoming leaders in their field and are renowned for their progressive\, interpretive and artistic approach to image making. As a collective they seek to expand the boundaries of modern landscape photography by embracing the full creative capacity of the digital realm. \nA more noble purpose behind their imagery is to inspire and empower a deeper connection and relationship with this country’s incredible natural landscapes and awaken a greater sense of ownership and responsibility for their conservation. \nThe artists that make up the group are Adam Williams\, Luke Austin\, Ignacio Palacios\, Ricardo Da Cunha and Paul Hoelen. \nthelightcollective.com.au[/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
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:I AM.
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nKeren Dobia\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nI AM.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]20 November – 1 December 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]\n…depicting the diverse nature of those in the creative industry in a cinematic and stylised form. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Keren Dobia\, The Permaculturalist \nKeren Dobia\, The Filmmaker \nKeren Dobia\, The Artist \nKeren Dobia\, The Fashion Designer \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef70b3-bcc5″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]I AM. is a photographic portrait series of Australian creatives\, exploring and depicting the diverse nature of those in the creative industry in a cinematic and stylised form. \nThese larger than life portraits are a feast for the eyes\, inviting you to jump into the rabbit hole that is Keren Dobia’s “more is more” portrait style.  Learn and discover the personalities that make up some of our thriving artistic community.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef70b3-bcc5″][vc_column_text]Keren Dobia is a photographer and visual artist from Melbourne\, Australia. Late last year Keren was named the 2017 AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the year and 2018 Victorian Portrait Photographer of the Year\, with images from her I AM. portrait series. \nKeren’s background in painting\, drawing and fashion design allow her to create intricate environmental portraits\, that often blur the line between photography and illustration. Keren’s creativity extends to the design and fabrication of costumes and sets. With a natural attention to detail and her industry recognised postproduction skills\, Keren moulds her inspirational work from concept to completion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180814
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SUMMARY:Virtually Embedded in the Landscape
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nNarelle Cridland\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nVirtually Embedded In The Landscape\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]14 – 25 August 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 18 August 12pm to 4pm\,\nSaturday 25 August 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n…an intrinsic part of our being and our identity as an Australian. \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-b9eff578-7ac9″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Virtually Embedded In The Landscape authenticates a father’s and daughter’s connection with the picturesque Australian landscape of South Australia\, Flinders Ranges and the romantic mobility of the British icon four-wheel drive vehicle\, the Land Rover. \nThe exhibition documents the artist’s family’s personal exploration of the Flinders Ranges through a series of pictorial photographs recorded by her father\, Terry Cridland (1947-) in the mid 1970s. \nOriginally photographed on slide film\, the photographic slides have been digitally customised to a print and hand manipulated by etching the surface of the photographic paper by hand. The final image is a collaborative piece and validates an intrinsic part of our being and our identity as an Australian.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9eff578-7ac9″][vc_column_text]Narelle Cridland \nb. 1971\, Melbourne\, Australia \n  \nAcademic Achievements\n2011 Graduate Diploma In Art History\, Adelaide University\, Adelaide\, Australia\n2007 Master Of Visual Arts (Painting)\, Monash University\,  Victoria\, Australia\n2003 Bachelor Of Teaching (Primary)\, University of New England\, NSW\, Australia\n1993 Bachelor Of Arts – Photography with Distinction\, R.M.I.T\, Melbourne\, Australia\n1990 Advanced Certificate In Art And Design\, Frankston Tafe\, Victoria\, Australia \n  \nSelected Solo Exhibitions\n2017      BOAB\, ARO Gallery\, Darlinghurst\, Sydney\n2017      Gum Trees – Retrospective\, Visual Arts Centre\, Hong Kong\n2016      Mother Land\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2015      Living China\, Fringe Club\, Hong Kong\n2013      Living China\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2013      Recent Works\, Higher Ground – Adelaide Fringe Festival\, Australia\n2009      My Journey of Life – BSG\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2006      Centre for Women’s Mental Health\, Royal Women’s Hospital\, Melbourne\,   Australia\n2006      Recent Paintings\, Vanguard Gallery\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2004      Safari\, Fringe Gallery\, Hong Kong\n2003      Chinese Slippers\,  Le Zinc\, Adelaide\, Australia\n2002      Kondanani – Om Gallery\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2002      Fringe Gallery\, Hong Kong\, \n  \nInstallation\n2016-2017      ‘Cordons’\, Carlton Library Lightboxes\, Carlton\, Australia \n  \nSelected Group Exhibitions\n2012      Kodak Salon – Centre For Contemporary Photography\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2010      Group Exhibition – Pottery Workshop\, Central\, Hong Kong\n1997      Kodak Salon – Centre For Contemporary Photography\, Melbourne\, Australia \n  \nFinalist\n2017      Pro Hart Outback Art Prize\n2016      Scope Galleries Art Award Art Concerning Environment\n2015      Voices of Women Competition\, Hong Kong\n2009      The 6th Prospect Portrait Prize – Adelaide\, Australia \n  \nSelected Public Collections\nState Library Victoria\, Australia – Cairns Memorial Church\, East Melbourne\, B&W photographs \n  \nPublications And Reviews\n2017      Pick Me Up: Your Guide to Arts\, Culture and Events in Yarra\, City of Yarra\, Cordons By Narelle\nCridland\, Carlton Library Light Box Program\, January – June 2017\,  Front/Back cover and Pg.6.\n2016      Sai Kung Clearwater Bay Magazine\, Art Is All Around\, March 2016\, p.28\n2009      Art Collector Magazine  – September\n2006      The Mail\, Insite\, Arts & What’s On\, Artist takes Narrative Journey\, February 1\, p.16.\n2006       MX\, MXNightlife\, Watch Out for Narelle Cridland\, January 27\, p 18\n1998       RT3HK-AM567\, Hong Kong\n1997       Herald Sun\, Art & Entertainment\, From Straight to Bizarre\, 12 February\, p.42[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre: Interpretations from the air
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nThe Light Collective\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nKati Thanda-Lake Eyre: Interpretations from the air\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]5 – 16 June 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nN.B. closed Saturday 9 June\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nThere’s no easy way to describe what it is like to be present in a geological feature so vast and all encompassing that when you stand in the middle of it the horizon simply blends into the sky no matter which direction you turn. \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-b0b3b748-1af0″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]There’s no easy way to describe what it is like to be present in a geological feature so vast and all encompassing that when you stand in the middle of it the horizon simply blends into the sky no matter which direction you turn. Seemingly immeasurable in scope\, this ancient lake literally sinks into the heart of the land well below the level of the sea and holds tenure to being the deepest land point in Australia. \nThe sun bakes its clay surface and shallow waters with such a fierce intensity that the resultant cycle of evaporation forms layer upon layer of salted crusts. Such a harsh environment can appear largely devoid of life\, yet on occasion it can be transformed by one-off local weather events or heavy monsoonal rains that travel for months down the drainage basin from as far as South East Queensland. \nWater begins to fill the shallow bays and arid inlets. Life blooms where cracked earth once stood. Richly coloured algae’s flourish\, fresh vegetation bursts forth and vast flocks of migratory birds arrive from the world over to bathe in its uniqueness. \nWe were lucky enough to experience one of these events. \nDue to its massive breadth and limited vehicle access\, taking to the air was both a logical and aesthetically beautiful choice in how best to capture and experience the lake’s many intricacies. \nWhen you take to the air its true complexity\, variety and immensity is breathtakingly revealed. Salt deposits\, eroded channels and inlets\, layers of sediment and algal blooms provide endlessly subtle variations of texture\, lines\, pattern and colour. \nThe dreamtime story of the Arabana people tells of how the lake was formed from the skin of a kangaroo where it was laid down in place after being hunted and killed. \nYou can almost imagine this as you witness the immense array of worn\, dried and wrinkled folds in the terrain. \nA strong sense of spirit seems to emanate from this land. Mysterious shapes and outlines reveal themselves as you pass over them\, speaking to you in quiet whispers of perhaps more than what can be seen. \nWe invite you to travel through this sensual visual narrative and reflect on our interpretations of the deeply captivating and somewhat mystical landscape that is Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre. \nthelightcollective.com.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The Light Collective” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3b748-1af0″][vc_column_text]The Light Collective is a group of Australian based fine art landscape photographers who have come together to inspire each other to push the boundaries of their craft. By combining their considerable resources and abilities they are able to take on much larger and more ambitious ventures such as the RGB Australia Project. \nFirst formed in 2014\, the visual artists involved are becoming leaders in their field and are renowned for their progressive\, interpretive and artistic approach to image making. As a collective they seek to expand the boundaries of modern landscape photography by embracing the full creative capacity of the digital realm. \nA more noble purpose behind their imagery is to inspire and empower a deeper connection and relationship with this country’s incredible natural landscapes and awaken a greater sense of ownership and responsibility for their conservation. \nThe artists that make up the group are Adam Williams\, Luke Austin\, Ignacio Palacios\, Ricardo Da Cunha and Paul Hoelen. \nthelightcollective.com.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The RGB Australia Project” tab_id=”1519275511313-344b502b-f5db”][vc_column_text]The Red Green Blue Australia Project is a large scale and long-term venture by The Light Collective intending to explore and interpret a significant expanse of the immense visual tapestry of landscapes that Australia holds within its island confines. \nThese colours symbolise three simplified bands of landscape type flowing from inward to outward geographically. Red symbolises the vast desert country at the heart of this great land\, green the richly forested and mountainous areas that arise around its edges and blue the vast ocean and coastline periphery that encircles it all. The map presents a visual illustration of this concept. \nThe colours Red\, Green and Blue are iconic primary colours that hold both cultural and aesthetic significance within these landscapes and also form the bedrock of the digital photography and printing world. The Light Collective has completely embraced the digital realm and its capacity to support a wide latitude of creative expression and interpretation. \nThe larger RGB project is being approached by selecting one unique location at a time. Each area is thoroughly researched and an intensive\, targeted itinerary designed for the entire Light Collective to focus their creative vision on at any one time. \nKati Thanda–Lake Eyre is the first of such areas.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/kati-thanda-lake-eyre-interpretations-air/
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SUMMARY:Hands All Over
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nSerap Osman\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nHands All Over\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]10 – 21 April 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]\n…I was determined to show that plastic can be reused or recycled and serve purposes other than as single use packaging. \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-b0b38d64-8f45″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Hands All Over is a comment on how convenience\, industrialisation and modern materials are impacting the natural world. \nIn today’s world\, it is virtually impossible to live without plastics. As a photographer\, I am acutely aware of the fact given the materials used in contemporary lenses\, cameras\, computers and so on invariably contain more and more plastic. The transition away from metals and more traditional construction materials has happened in plain sight\, yet seems to have somehow crept up on us. Perhaps this simply reflects the apathy out there in the community. \nGiven the relatively recent invention and mass production of plastics\, virtually every piece of plastic ever made still exists in one form or another. Plastics can take 500 – 1\,000 years to degrade\, meaning the litter found in these otherwise pristine landscapes will likely outlive the natural aspects of the landscape\, and indeed ourselves. \nItems like plastic bags\, plastic containers and coffee cups are typically disposed of after being used only once. Sadly\, a huge proportion of this waste from our plastic addiction finds its way into our rivers\, streams\, oceans and nature reserves. It is estimated that by 2050 that the amount of plastic found in our oceans and waterways will vastly outweigh that of the fish and coral. \nWhile shooting the series I was determined to show that plastic can be reused or recycled and serve purposes other than as single use packaging. Inspired by the years I’ve spent working in the fashion industry\, I started to create garments out of plastic waste products including a pompom dress made using plastic shopping bags\, a dress made from bubble wrap and a wearable sphere made from discarded milk bottle tops. All of the items worn in the photographs have been painstakingly made by hand.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b38d64-8f45″][vc_column_text]Serap Osman is a fine art photographer based in Melbourne\, Australia. She began her formal education at Gazi University in Ankara\, Turkey where she studied radio\, television and cinema\, graduating in 2000. \nUpon moving to Melbourne\, Serap undertook further study\, graduating from the RMIT BA Photography program in 2006. RMIT’s program equipped Serap with the photographic techniques and image editing skills to help her realise her own unique vision. \nHer early work was the realisation of film and digital capture and utilised photomontage and layering techniques to produce images that were intimate and beautiful. \nSerap has exhibited internationally in group shows and has been awarded for her black & white and landscape work. Her recent work has focused on abstract landscape and objects in the landscape\, culminating in the work being exhibited today. \nPlastic and the impact it has on our natural environment has been a particularly strong theme throughout 2017 and 2018. Not satisfied with simply making a statement about man’s impact on the natural environment\, Serap combined her loves of landscape and fashion to create a series of garments out of discarded plastic packaging materials. \nHands All Over is her first solo exhibition in Melbourne.[/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:Nili Kotoka
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nMark Chew & Archie Chew\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]5 – 16 September 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]\n…an attempt to understand how despite the most desperate circumstances\, community is fundamental\, music permeates all aspects of life and above all\, education is cherished. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Mark Chew 1 \nMark Chew 2 \nMark Chew 3 \nArchie Chew 2 \nArchie Chew 3 \nArchie Chew 1 \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1f5a9-3bb1″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Over three million people live in the slums of Mukuru and Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi. In terms of land area to population\, they are perhaps the most crowded places on earth. Extreme poverty\, malnutrition\, HIV\, cholera and sexual abuse are prevalent. But dignity and perseverance abound. \nNili Kotoka\, (Swahili meaning “where I come from”) is a two-part exhibition featuring the work of photographer Mark Chew and videographer Archie Chew. The exhibition is a series of large photographic prints by Mark and a separate video art installation by Archie. The pair captured the content for this exhibition during their visit to the Nairobi in June 2017. They spent most of their time documenting the education systems and social structures that surround Nairobi’s informal settlements. \nNili Kotoka is an attempt to understand how despite the most desperate circumstances\, community is fundamental\, music permeates all aspects of life and above all\, education is cherished.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Biographies” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1f5a9-3bb1″][vc_column_text]Mark Chew \nOriginally from England\, Mark Chew moved to Australia in 1985 having undertaken an apprenticeship in London with some of the leading advertising photographers of the time. Since then his work has taken him all over the world with assignments in places such as India\, Vietnam\, Laos\, Fiji\, Papua New Guinea\, USA\, Indonesia\, Vanuatu and New Zealand. \nAlthough Mark is a commercial photographer who has relied on his craft to make a living for the past 30 years\, he is now spending more and more time\, trying to rediscover the spark of anticipation and excitement on first seeing a silver gelatine image emerge in a bath of developer under a faint red light in the 1970’s. He believes good documentary photography treads a fine line between being an unemotional record of what happened and a subjective and inherently biased account of the subject in front of the lens. Somewhere in the middle of these extremes meaningful work appears. \nPrevious Exhibitions\nOne Point One was exhibited at Blueboat in Melbourne in 2010 following an extensive trip to Southern India.\nUnlucky for Some was first shown at Blueboat in 2012 with the images made over the previous two years.\nMr. Modi’s Inheritance was exhibited at fortyfivedownstairs in September 2015. \n  \nArchie Chew \nArchie Chew is currently studying philosophy at the Australian National University while also working as a videographer\, editor and director. He has worked on films in the Tiwi Islands\, Central Australia and India. As well as this exhibition piece\, he has also produced a short documentary during his time in Nairobi on sustainable urban farming.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/nili-kotoka/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170903
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SUMMARY:Convenire
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nMichael Sibel\, Rhonda Baum & Jamieson Miller\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]22 August – 2 September 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]\n…an exhibition of sculpture\, photography and works on paper by three renowned Melbourne artists. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Michael Sibel \nMichael Sibel \nRhonda Baum\, Mind\, white conte and ink\, 300gsm on cotton rag paper\, 300mm x 200mm \nRhonda Baum\, Sebatu\, archival print\, canson photographique rag\, edition of 5\, 900 x 700 mm \nJamieson Miller\, Perforated Path\, 2015\, wood\, 370 x 600 x 240mm \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de11713-5231″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Convenire is an exhibition of sculpture\, photography and works on paper by three renowned Melbourne artists. \n  \nThe anthropomorphic forms in my figurative sculptures explore the dynamics between the primitive impulse and modern life. This grouping of sculptures presents the figure in all its expressive form\, like a wanderer through a landscape\, the figure inhabits another world. The interaction between the sculptures and the space was a careful consideration. \nMichael Sibel 2017 \n  \nThe backstory to this body of work is my own ongoing struggle with producing art that has something to say but is not loud about it – talking not shouting.\nThe text is strictly analogue. Intimate scaled pieces give grammatical breaths within the installation of wall-based works both photographic and paper-based mixed-media. Text based works appear as abstract mark making—the script is not legible by viewing and is not meant for deciphering—it has become an abstract field. The vertical format of a horizontal text produces veils that descend; the words fall and structure dissolves—intention/ sentiment is evoked. My art practice is rarely about total resolution.\nRhonda Baum 2017 \n  \nThe art strives for a concise statement. Interest and exploration is anchored in the notion of ‘less’. I attempt to produce work that is engaging whilst minimizing its activity — expression is a response to our convolute complex society. Political double talk\, fake news\, bureaucratic overload all combine to congest and obscure clarity. I look for patterns\, rhythms\, markings and processes that exist both within our corporeal and biological worlds as a catalyst to ignite my investigations. Movement in nature\, listening to heartbeats. I look at paradigms where within expansion and contraction exist. At times I am unaware from where my art derives its impetus.\nJamieson Miller 2017[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Michael Sibel” tab_id=”1498108742047-28cbdd6c-475e”][vc_column_text]Michael Sibel holds a Bachelor of Fine Art Honours (Monash University\, 1998) and Graduate Diploma of Education (University of Melbourne\, 2006). Between January 2007 and 2010 Michael was a resident artist of Gasworks Arts Park in Albert Park\, Melbourne where he was leading community and education projects. \nIn 2013 Michael was the winner of the Deakin Small Sculpture Award and in 2008 he won the University of Western Sydney acquisition award for his work Carousel. His work was also seen in Gathering 2 a Survey of Australian Sculpture\, 2014\, and Contempora 2008 – 2016(Docklands precinct\, Melbourne)\, Montalto Sculpture Award (Red Hill\, Victoria)\, Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi\, NSW). Other shows include Inner Circle at the Stephen McLaughlin Gallery (Melbourne). \nCommissions Include\, Portholes\, Gasworks Arts park\, Tree of life\, King David School\, Screen\, Fitzroy Apartments. \nMichael is represented in collections; Artbank\, Margaret\, Stewart Collection\, University of Western Sydney\, King David School\, Magid Campus\, Deakin University\, Monash University\, and Various Public and Private Collections.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Rhonda Baum” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de11713-5231″][vc_column_text]Rhonda Baum holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (Monash University). Rhonda is an educator and has been a gallery director/ committee member with various artists run initiatives in Melbourne. \nRhonda has had fourteen individual exhibitions across multiple platforms. Collaborations are an important part of her practice. Most recently in 2016 with Yoko Ono project ‘Arising’\, Reykjavik Museum\, Iceland and with ‘Cross Gallery’ in Bundaberg\, QLD. \nRhonda Baum’s work is represented in collections both nationally and internationally and is a published author of her own writing and poetry.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Jamieson Miller” tab_id=”1498108762382-77383bd6-951e”][vc_column_text]Jamieson Miller holds a Bachelor of Fine Art\, (Monash University 1987) and a Post Graduate Diploma\, (Monash University 1991). \nJamieson has had nine solo shows in Melbourne and Sydney over the last 25 years. He has shown in numerous art prizes and group exhibitions\, including Montalto Sculpture Prize 2011\, Sculpture by the Sea\, 2011\, Aqueous Bloom\, 2009 and The Situation Now\, La Trobe University 1995. \nIn 1991 Jamieson won the Tina Wenchter sculpture Prize. \nCommissions include: Trenerry Mews Apartments\, Abbotsford Melbourne; The Melburnian Apartments\, Melbourne; The Great Western Tiers Sculpture trail\, Deloraine Tasmania and Swinburne University\, Melbourne. \nJamieson is represented in various collections that include Baillieu Myer\, National Bank of Australia\, Monash University\, Shire of Kyneton\, City of Glen Eira\, La Trobe University\, Council of Adult Education\, Standard Roads and various other private collections.[/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: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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SUMMARY:Away From Home
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nTammy Law\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]4-13 April 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]\n…themes of migration\, belonging\, place and notions of home. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]awayfromhomepromo_tammylaw_web \nshelterpromo_tammylaw_web \nkarenstatepromo_tammylaw_web \ninternallydisplacepromo_tammylaw_web \nzonecpromo_tammylaw_web \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de173f0-ecc6″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]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. The project engages in the lived experiences of liminality from the perspectives of the transnational diaspora from Burma. \nAway From Home investigates themes of migration\, belonging\, place and notions of home. Drawing on the ‘ordinariness’ of interactions across familial divisions the exhibition combines typologies\, images of stateless environments and domestic and psychological spaces to comment on feelings of statelessness within the transnational lives of the people involved. The significance of the diasporic transnational network needs to be further elucidated\, not only in terms of the political and peacemaking contexts that exist but also through ethnographic studies that investigate the multifaceted identities and sense of belonging in transnational communities. \nThese works aim to develop new understandings of the multidimensional complexities of being a refugee – both home and away – and expand on longstanding traditions of documentary photographic practice. At a time of increasing displacement and familial upheaval\, it is important we take notice of how people get on in transcultural familial situations or how difference is lived on the ground.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de173f0-ecc6″][vc_column_text]The work of Brisbane based photographer Tammy Law explores stories that stem from lived experiences. Reflective and evocative\, her work expresses a fragile kind of belonging in how she addresses themes of migration and home. Law’s images have been showcased in national and international publications such as The Saturday Paper\, Asian Geographic and The Big Issue. Law is the Asia Pacific Ambassador for FotoVisura and produced the FotoVisura Spotlight Grant exhibition at the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2015. She was a finalist in the 2016 Lethbridge 10 000 Art Award\, 2016 Head on Landscape Prize and a semi finalist in the 2016 Head On Portrait Prize. Since 2007\, her work has been exhibited throughout Australia and Europe. Law is currently in her final year of a PhD in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/away-from-home/2017-04-04/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161025T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161025T170000
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SUMMARY:Pop Up Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nBlack Eye Gallery\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]25 October – 5 November 2016\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nOPEN ON MELBOURNE CUP DAY 11AM-5PM\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nBlack Eye Gallery comes to fortyfivedownstairs for an exciting pop up photography exhibition! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Sandro Miller\, Pierre et Gilles Jean Paul Gaultier\, 2014 \nRobyn Beeche\, Sonia II\, 1980s\, photographic print \nFrank Ockenfels \nFrank Ockenfels\, David Bowie \nSandro Miller\, Dorothea Lang\, Migrant Mother Nipomo California 1936\, 2014 \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1cc8c-a429″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Renowned Sydney photographic gallery\, Black Eye Gallery comes fortyfivedownstairs for an exciting pop up exhibition! \nThe exhibition will include full works from the famed Sandro Miller’s (US) “Malkovich\, Malkovich\, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters”\, a diverse portrait series by Frank Ockenfels (US)\, as well as pieces from the late Robyn Beeche’s Fade to Black\, Tom Evangelidis’s Façade\, Mclean Stephenson’s Extracts\, and more. \nFor the first time\, Miller’s 2013 Malkovich\, Malkovich Malkovich series\, which honours the men and women whose photographs shaped his career\, will be shown in Melbourne. After selecting forty images to emulate\, Miller contacted John Malkovich\, who instantly agreed to participate and iconic images such as Irving Penn’s portrait of Truman Capote crouched in a corner; Bert Stem’s photographs of Marilyn Monroe; Dorothea Lange’s image of a migrant mother during the Great Depression; Robert Mapplethorpe’s self-portrait with a gun; Annie Leibovitz’s image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono shot for Rolling Stone Magazine\, among others were born. Malkovich\, Malkovich\, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters pays homage to photographic history through the genius of a photographer and his muse. \nLos Angeles-based portrait photographer Frank Ockenfels believes that rules do not have a place in photography. Decades have been spent harnessing his feverish imagination as a photographer and director resulting in a wealth of fantastic imagery that\, by his own intention\, defies any one style. Ockenfels’ unorthodox philosophy permeates his entire process\, from his tactile experimentation in his journals\, to his eclectic collection of lenses – often embracing their defects as points of difference in is work – to the range of personalities he captures\, including high profile subjects such as Barack Obama\, David Bowie\, Hilary Clinton and George Clooney. Ockenfels’ style is both unexpected and provoking\, he approaches each subject with the same respect\, along with the intent to create images that are well crafted\, sometimes beautiful\, sometimes bizarre\, but never boring.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Black Eye Gallery” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1cc8c-a429″][vc_column_text]Black Eye\, a gallery for contemporary photography\, is committed to representing the photographic art form and all lens based media. They represent both established and emerging artists from Australia and abroad. Black Eye Gallery also stock publications by Australia’s leading photographers. \nBlack Eye Gallery comes to fortyfivedownstairs from Sydney. \nblackeyegallery.com.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/pop-up-exhibition/2016-10-25/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160818T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160818T180000
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SUMMARY:FLAIR Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nFLAIR Melbourne\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]18-21 August 2016\n\nhours:\nThursday – Friday 11am to 6pm\nSaturday 11am to 5pm\nSunday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n\nA new Melbourne art event showcasing a series of curated exhibitions\, talks and experiences at the top end of Flinders Lane.\n\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-6de1bf53-be2e” title=”FLAIR Events”][vc_column_text]\nA Melbourne art event 18-21 August 2016 showcasing a series of curated exhibitions\, talks and experiences at the top end of Flinders Lane.\nPresented by ARC ONE Gallery\, Craft\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Arts Project Australia Collins Place Pop-up (supported by NKN and Gandel Philanthropy)\, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins and Global Art Projects. \nfortyfivedownstairs events: \nMEET THE ARTIST // LISA MINOGUE \nWHERE: 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, VIC \nWHEN: Friday 19 August \nTIME: 11am-6pm \nCOST: Free \nMEET THE ARTIST // STEVE GREENAWAY \nWHERE: 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, VIC \nWHEN: Saturday 20 August \nTIME: 11am-12.30pm \nCOST: Free \nPANEL DISCUSSION // THE FINE ART OF SURVIVAL \nJoin artists Steve Greenaway\, Lisa Minogue and Morganna Magee for a discussion about living and working as practicing photographers\, and the consolidation ‘fine art’ aspirations with necessary commercial endeavours. \nWHERE: 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, VIC \nWHEN: Saturday 20 August \nTIME: 12.30-1.30pm \nCOST: Free \nFor information regarding events across the other FLAIR venues\, please see flairmelbourne.com \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”FLAIR Keynote” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1bf53-be2e”][vc_column_text]\nKEYNOTE // MICHAEL LYNCH CBE AM: RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA AND HOW IT IS TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST IN 2016\nMichael Lynch has recently returned to Australia after many years working abroad. He is Chair of the Sydney Community Foundation and Chair of Circa based in Brisbane. He has been the CEO of West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong\, Southbank Centre in London\, the Australia Council\, Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Theatre Company. He also served on the Board of the ABC\, The Myer Foundation and Film Victoria. \nWHERE: Arthur Streeton Auditorium\, Level 1 Collins Place\, 25 Collins Street\, Melbourne VIC 3000 \nWHEN: Saturday 20 August 2016 \nTIME: 5-6pm \nACCESS: Wheelchair accessible \nCOST: FREE event. Seats must be reserved. \nBOOKINGS: Please email Dagmara.Bieda@sofitel.com or call Dagmara Bieda on (03) 9653 7730. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/flair-melbourne/2016-08-18/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160816T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160816T170000
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SUMMARY:A City Unpolarised
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nSteve Greenaway\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]16-27 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]\nBy uniting the reflections with the mannequins behind the glass\, artist Steve Greenaway transforms and transports them… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Steve Greenaway\, Auckland 01\, photographic print on Hahnemule Torchon paper\, 1030mm x 1250mm \nSteve Greenaway\, New York 01\, photographic print on Hahnemule Torchon paper\, 1030mm x 1250mm \nSteve Greenaway\, Paris 01\, photographic print on Hahnemule Torchon paper\, 1030mm x 1250mm \nSteve Greenaway\, Sydney 03\, photographic print on Hahnemule Torchon paper\, 1030mm x 1250mm \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1b07a-bfd6″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Shot over a two-year period in cities including London\, Sydney\, Paris and Auckland\, A City Unpolarised overlays urban streetscapes with fashion shopfronts. \nBy uniting the reflections with the mannequins behind the glass\, artist Steve Greenaway transforms and transports them\, redefining both the figure and the space. \nThe layers of light\, texture and familiar content allow the eyes of the audience to travel around the images\, and often discover something new that they didn’t notice upon first glance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1b07a-bfd6″][vc_column_text]London-born Steve Greenaway had his sights set on crafting stories from a young age. His dad\, a carpenter at the BBC\, often took him to work to see new film and television sets and it set the scene for his creative aspirations. \nSteve creates a narrative through imagery and captures intriguing moments in time that all-too-often go unnoticed. His compositions are unpredictable and often charged with a healthy dose of his trademark wit. \nSteve was a finalist in the 2014 Head On Portrait competition\, a four-time finalist in the Sydney Morning Herald’s ‘Shoot the Chef’ competition and his portrait entitled ‘Trudy’ made Capture Magazine’s distinguished ‘Best Portraits’ list in 2013. \nSteve’s commercial clients include Toyota\, Fujitsu\, 3M\, Bose\, Panasonic\, Visa\, Campbells\, Harley Davidson\, Canon\, Jim Beam and Vodafone.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/a-city-unpolarised/2016-08-16/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Coloured Girls
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nLisa Minogue\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]16-27 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]\n“Colours are beautiful\, different and unique in their own right. Not one shade is the same. Each colour holds special vibratory and spiritual qualities – just like people” – Sasha Sarago \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Lisa Minogue\, Zulfiye\, 2015\, digital photographic print \nLisa Minogue\, Ayah\, 2015\, digital photographic print \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1b741-35a3″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]“Colours are beautiful\, different and unique in their own right. Not one shade is the same. Each colour holds special vibratory and spiritual qualities – just like people”\, says Sasha Sarago\, a subject in Lisa Minogue’s exhibition\, The Coloured Girls. \nMinogue’s series\, 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? \nThe girl’s individual responses feature alongside their portraits in the exhibition. Minogue has powerfully addressed and brought to the fore\, the chronic social issue of inequality by playfully painting the faces of the girls to blatantly accentuate their individuality. This technique demands viewers stop and study the subjects faces closely to really see the women in the photographs. \nThe Coloured Girls is inspired by a conversation Minogue had with a model that was rejected by several agencies\, despite being told they liked her look. One agency reportedly said\, it was because they already had one of you. After querying\, one of what? – the model was told they already had a black model on their books. This story shocked Minogue. With 54 different countries in Africa\, it had never occurred to her that anyone might consider there is only one type of African look. \nThere are many diverse responses and yet many repeat themes evident in the messages from the participants of The Coloured Girls. “The colour of our skin should not be the cause of our separation as people of the world”\, says Achan. Minogue hopes that these strong messages can play a part in aiding education and healing the scars of inequality and racism. \nMinogue specialises in capturing\, supporting and promoting African Australian and multicultural models. In 2012\, she began volunteering at The Social Studio\, a fashion label\, shop and cafe on Smith Street\, Collingwood. The studio celebrates the style and skills of diverse cultures in Australia. Minogue has since photographed many of the images in the Social Studio’s May 2015 coffee table book and frequently works photographing their fashion label. \nJosephine Harkin \nJune 2016 \nhttp://www.liberationimages.com \nhttp://www.thesocialstudio.org[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1b741-35a3″][vc_column_text]Lisa Minogue is a Melbourne-based fine art and fashion photographer. \nSELECTED EXHIBITIONS \n2013                             End of Year exhibition\, NMIT \n2014                             End of Year exhibition\, Melbourne Polytechnic \n2015                             Graduate Exhibition\, Melbourne Polytechnic \n2015/16                       Solo Exhibition\, The Social Studio\, Collingwood \nAWARDS \n2014                           AIPP Victorian Epson Professional Photography Awards (VPPY)\, Silver Award\, Ayah\, 2015\, pigment ink on Fibre Rag \n2015                           VPPY\, Silver Award\, Audrey\, 2015\, pigment ink on Cotton Rag                         \n2015                           Melbourne Polytechnic\, Photo Imaging Student of the Year\, 2015 \n2015                           Melbourne Polytechnic\, Outstanding Student of the Year – Creative Arts   \nPUBLISHED BOOKS \n2015                             The Social Studio Book\, published by Melbourne Books. Author: Grace McQuiltan. Photographers: Morgan Brown & Lisa Minogue \nOTHER PUBLICATIONS \n2014                             Melbourne Weekly\, May 2014 \n2014                             Ascension Magazine\, Issue one \n2015                             Metro West\, February 2015 \n2016                             Collective Hub Magazine\, March 2016\, Issue #31 \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/the-coloured-girls/2016-08-16/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:MotherLand
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nNarelle Cridland\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 eucalyptus tree becomes a self-portrait and a barrier as Narelle Cridland explores cultural identity\, influences and boundaries. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Narelle Cridland\, 2015\, Arnhem Land Landscape with Termite Hills \nNarelle Cridland\, 2015\, Mapuru Basket with Gum Tree\, C-print Metallic paper\, 16x24 inches \nNarelle Cridland\, Above - The Cattle Station\, 2015\, C-Print Metallic paper\, etching\, 16x24inches \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de19e4d-c0a2″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The romantic portrait of the eucalyptus tree celebrates a sense of something that is uniquely Australian.  Its majestic and iconic image provides Narelle Cridland\, an Australian expat living abroad in an Asian destination with an Indigenous Australian heritage\, a sense of self-identity and a strong connection to the Motherland. The symbolic representation of the gum tree provides a cultural vessel and one Cridland uses to embark on a journey of self-discovery.  The eucalyptus tree becomes a self-portrait and a barrier as she explores cultural identity\, influences and boundaries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de19e4d-c0a2″][vc_column_text]Narelle Cridland \nSelected Solo Exhibitions \n2015       ‘Living China’\, Fringe Club\, Hong Kong \n2013       ‘Living China’\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\, Australia \n2013       ‘Recent Works’\, Higher Ground  – Adelaide Fringe Festival\, Australia \n2009      ‘ My Journey of Life’ – BSG\, Melbourne\, Australia \n2006       Centre for Women’s Mental Health\, Royal Women’s Hospital\, Melbourne\, Australia \n2006       Vanguard Gallery\, Melbourne\, Australia \n2004       ‘Safari’\, Fringe Gallery\, Hong Kong \n2003       ‘Chinese Slippers’\,  Le Zinc\, Adelaide\, Australia \n2002        ‘Kondanani’ – Om Gallery\, Melbourne\, Australia \n2002        Fringe Gallery\, Hong Kong\, \n2002        Adelaide Fringe\, Adelaide\, Australia \n1999       ‘One’\, Agfa Gallery\, Hong Kong \n1996       ‘ A Combination of Causes’\, Chapel Off Chapel\, Melbourne\, Australia \n  \nSelected Group Exhibitions \n 2012      ‘Kodak Salon’ – Centre For Contemporary Photography\, Melbourne\, Australia \n2010      Group Exhibition – Pottery Workshop\, Central\, Hong Kong \n1997      ‘Kodak Salon’ – Centre For Contemporary Photography\, Melbourne\, Australia \n  \nFinalist \n2015      Voices of Women Competition\, Hong Kong \n2009      Finalist In The 6th Prospect Portrait Prize – Adelaide\, Australia \n  \nSelected Public Collections \nState Library Victoria\, Australia – Cairns Memorial Church\, East Melbourne\, B&W photographs \n  \nPublications And Reviews \n 2009       Art Collector Magazine  – September \n2006       The Mail\, Insite\, Arts & What’s On\, Artist takes Narrative Journey\, February 1\, p.16. \n2006       MX\, MXNightlife\, Watch Out for Narelle Cridland\, January 27\, p 18 \n1998       RT3HK-AM567\, Hong Kong \n1997       Herald Sun\, Art & Entertainment\, From Straight to Bizarre\, 12 February\, p.42[/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:Insight: Children’s perspectives of literacy in northern Ghana
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\npresented by Brendan Rigby\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]24 May – 4 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]\nThis exhibition challenges viewers to think differently about what literacy means\, how it is used\, and what we know about it. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Brendan Rigby\, One of the children practising using a camera for the first time\, Botingli\, northern Ghana\, photographic print \nBrendan Rigby\, 5 of the participating children from Botingli\, northern Ghana\, photographic print \nFatahiya\, A selfie taken of her hand as she is writing in class\, Botingli\, northern Ghana\, photographic print \nYakubu\, The facilitator assisting Yakubu's classmate read a passage from their text book\, Bunglung\, northern Ghana\, photographic print \nBrendan Rigby\, Two of the participating girls presenting their favourite photographs at a community exhibition. Botingli\, northern Ghana\, photographic print \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de15320-4ad7″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]There are an estimated 58 million children around the world who are out of school. These children and their families are usually thought of as poor\, uneducated\, and non-literate. This exhibition challenges viewers to think differently about what literacy means\, how it is used\, and what we know about it. \nIt presents a small selection of over 4\,000 photographs taken by 10 out of school children from two rural communities in northern Ghana. The children are between the ages of 8-12 years\, with five girls and five boys participating. At the time\, they were also attending a semi-formal literacy and numeracy program that aimed to transition into the formal school system after nine months. Despite this enrolment\, they were still considered “out of school”. \nThese children participated in doctoral research undertaken by Brendan Rigby\, at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education. This exhibition is part of his research dissemination efforts\, using the photographs as a way to not only communicate the data\, but to involve a broader audience in its analysis\, interpretation\, and viewing. \nPhotography and photographs can go beyond contexts\, rematerialising digitally and physically around the world. However\, in academic research\, photographs rarely find their way beyond research articles and books. By recontextualising a sample of the children’s photographs\, this exhibition invites the viewer to think differently about what it means to be out of school\, and the extraordinary capabilities and literacies of young children around the world.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de15320-4ad7″][vc_column_text]Brendan Rigby is an international education specialist and researcher\, currently completing his PhD at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education. He co-founded WhyDev\, an Australian non-profit dedicated to getting international development right. Brendan’s research focuses on the use of participatory visual methods\, namely photography\, to document and explore out of school children’s literacy practices. \nHe has worked for UNICEF Ghana\, StartSomeGood\, and Macquarie University and has also been an education consultant for Plan International\, Engineers Without Borders Australia\, and UNICEF.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/insight-childrens-perspectives-literacy-northern-ghana/2016-05-24/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Abandoned India
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nKip Scott\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]10-21 May 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]\nA rare and evocative photographic portrait of India’s abandoned mansions and desert towns. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Kip Scott\, Joshi's Place\, chromira photographic print \nKip Scott\, The Abandoned Ballroom (detail)\, chromira photographic print \nKip Scott\, Ramgarh Ruin\, chromira photographic print \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de19b4c-e102″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]A rare and evocative photographic portrait of India’s abandoned mansions and desert towns. \nIt may seem strange that India\, the second most populated country on earth\, should be so rich in deserted buildings. Yet ninety percent of the mansions of Shekhawati are abandoned\, secured at best by the presence of a caretaker. \nAbandonment is a recurring theme in photographer Kip Scott’s work\, whether the disused factories of the West or the redundant institutions of Europe. In Shekhawati one feels a greater urgency to capture and preserve the past for fear it may disappear. \nFading frescoes adorning walls capture the spirit and humour of artists and original owners\, and the sense of a time of great wealth when the arts were patronised. The ghosts of the past are never far away even in images of silence\, of erosion and decay. For the past is never the past.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de19b4c-e102″][vc_column_text]Kip Scott is a Melbourne based photographer and video artist. A graduate of RMIT’s Bachelor of Arts (Photography) 2013\, his special interests are urban exploration\, architecture and video. His awards include San Pellegrino Cafe Society Photography 2013 and Dockland Summer Shorts Video Prize 2015. He has previously exhibited with Kat O’ Donnell at RMIT’s Field 36 Gallery. Abandoned India is his first solo exhibition and is accompanied by a publication of a photographic book of the same name (Transit Lounge 2016). \nkipscottphoto.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/abandoned-india/2016-05-10/
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