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SUMMARY:Bird Call
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMike Nicholls\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nBird Call\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8 – 19 November 2022\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 6pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nTuesday and Friday evenings: 6pm – 8pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nreverence\, Mother Earth\, piece\, conscience\, nurturing\, and nesting… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]\n	Page 1\n	Page 2\n	Page 3\n	Next\n\n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The works in Bird Call reflect humanity’s social conscience regarding the natural environment\, and the impact we collectively impose on the ecosystem and the self through ignorance and greed. \nTo Mike Nicholls\, the idea of the bird – and the cycle of life associated with it – is rich in metaphors for reverence\, Mother Earth\, peace\, conscience\, nurturing\, and nesting. \nNicholls references these subtle messages to explore the concept of the primal being. It is with a primordial lens in mind that Nicholls strives to sculpt universal concepts\, and the emotional impact of our existence.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text]Born in 1960\, Mike Nicholls grew up on a dairy farm at Narre Warren North on the out skirts of Melbourne\, where he still has a studio-gallery and maintains the family property. \nHe majored in sculpture at the Caulfield Institute of Technology receiving a high distinction in his final year for his fabricated steel sculptures. \nFrom the formal training in abstraction\, where he concentrated on line\, balance\, movement and gesture\, Mike migrated to Fitzroy in the early eighties becoming a founding member of Roar Studios\, his work influenced by the fellow artist’s of Roar\, made a shift to expressionistic figuration. \nBy the mid 1980’s the artists eye sought to simplify his previously visually busy works\, Nicholls has slowly cultivated his quietly methodical practice; paring it back and reducing it to an elemental visual diary. \nMike has sought to incorporate an Australianness within his art; much of his reference has been visually and culturally sourced through travelling on plien air painting trips for months at a time\, spending time on relatives cattle stations in central Queensland and visiting remote areas within Australia. Mike has held woodcarving workshops in remote aboriginal communities of Cape York and the Torres Strait\, ass well as extensive over seas travel. \nHe has developed a deeply personal vocabulary of motifs\, striving to create a sense of feeling and or place\, focusing on his ultimate goal of imbuing his work with expression\, soul and a reflection of the human spirit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Programming” tab_id=”1667547468743-eb814861-1a2f”][vc_column_text]Opening Night: Tuesday 8th of November from 6pm – 8pm \nYou are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the opening of ‘Bird Call’\, a reflection onto the human’s consciousness of the world that surrounds us. \n  \nArtist Talk with Mike Nicholls: Saturday 12th of November 3-4pm \nPlease join Mike Nicholls for a free event where the public can gain insight into his impactful and inspired work. \nPlease RSVP to this free event by contacting communications@fortyfivedownstairs.com  \nWe can’t wait to see you![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Imperishables: Sculptures and Paintings
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nFILIP TOTH\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nImperishables: Sculptures and Paintings\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]5 July – 16 July 2022\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 6pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nTuesday and Friday evenings: 6pm – 8pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nFilip’s sculptures are born out of a deeply personal iconology which resist interpretation in terms of simplistic symbolic equations. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Hector’s Mother\, 2019\, stainless steel & granite\, 95.0 x 15.0 x 15.0 cm \nProphet\, 2019\, stainless steel & granite\, 108.0 x 15.0 x 15.0 cm \nKhufu’s Boat\, 2020\, black steel & wood\, 31.0 x 15.0 x 101.0 cm \nNefertiti\, 2021\, stainless steel & bluestone\, 149.0 x 20.0 x 24.0 cm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]In Filip Toth’s recent line of work\, Imperishables: Sculpture and Paintings\, he is rediscovering the most intensive method of experimenting with volume as the material grips and segments in a three-dimensional body in a clearly defined mass. However\, in the course of the history of culture\, this sensory approach has more often been replaced by an intellectual understanding of the form of well-known objects. Thought\, content\, and illustration suppressed form; the description replaced the understanding. \nFilip’s sculptures are born out of a deeply personal iconology which resist interpretation in terms of simplistic symbolic equations. The major aim in creating his works is “to give to materials\, such as metal and stone\, a new identity – encoding messages of human emotion\, solitude\, and the inevitability of death within forms – all things that future generations will have to face as long as the planet Earth exists”. \nThe artist combines metal and stone forms\, suggesting the frailty of human existence\, or powerful monolithic shapes\, tarnished by the patina of time\, in an effort to indicate “visibly or invisibly” fragments of human existence. \nThis latest collection of sculptures visually examines the deep convictions of human experience. These emotions are often associated with struggle that we are all so familiar with. They are celebrated through simple abstract shapes and forms. The human figure is distorted to an elegant simple form creating tension and silent dialogue between the viewer and sculpture. The narrative of the characters contrasts with its hi-tech surface finish and colour further evoking their symbolism. They are all individual pieces and yet they share certain emotive and spiritual qualities that unite them all together. \nAbove all\, Filip’s sculptures\, project a sense of timelessness\, a concept of fragments from the past located now between the past and the future – with all the sense of mystery\, which this concept holds.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Greedy Pixiu
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nWilliam Eicholtz\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nGreedy Pixiu\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]25 May – 19 June 2021\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nSculpture that invites prosperity into your life after 2020? \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Social Media Moneybox\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $2525 \n70% Gluttons\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $4545 \n70% Gluttons\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $4545 \nStrawberry Thieves Pixiu\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $4343 \nStrawberry Thieves Pixiu\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $4343 \nWilliam Eicholtz\, Rural Masque\, 2020\, earthenware ceramic sculpture\, 60 cm high each. Photo: Ken Irwin \nInvasive Species\, 2021\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin \nOaken Pixiu\, 2021\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin \nPufnpixiu\, 2021\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $4545 \nCornucopia Pixiu\, earthenware ceramic sculpture. Photo: Ken Irwin. $2828 \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933f0df-cf26″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]\n \n  \nSculpture that invites prosperity into your life after 2020? \nAs a response to the global pandemic\, the ensuing racial stigma against Asian communities\, and the losses that people around the world have seen\, these ceramic Pixiu sculptures arrive at the gallery inviting prosperity and protection into viewers lives. \nPixiu is a hybrid creature with an insatiable hunger for gold\, jewels and money.  Playful and mischievous\, these mythical chimeras are one of the five auspicious animals of traditional Chinese culture.  Pixiu is particularly auspicious for those who have had a bad year. \nAs 2020 passed its wave of uncertainty through us all\, Pixiu came back from Eicholtz’s memories of travels through Asia.  Although not as well-known as guardian lions or foo dogs\, these playful figures offered new hope and stimulating possibilities.  Each Pixiu pair took on lives of their own as layers of contemporary Australian culture began to contrast with the insatiable consuming that we were suddenly denied.  Pixiu embodied the joyful folly and excess of a bygone prepandemic era… a world we are quickly returning to. \nAs anthropomorphic money boxes\, these lucky Pixiu gobble up good fortune and wealth for you and your home. All these creatures embrace our lucky multicultural country\, embrace its folly and look toward a brighter\, richer future… \nSupported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933f0df-cf26″][vc_column_text]William Eicholtz is a contemporary sculptor\, taking figurative art from its traditional lineage then reforming and placing it firmly in current artistic dialogue. Evoking classic themes\, his sensual sculptures rejoice in metaphor and the physical\, with a particular focus on the male nude. Eicholtz acknowledges\, in both theme and technique\, the figure’s place in the classical history of art\, then appropriates and translates it into a language infused with a humour and theatricality that embraces modern art. \n\n\n\nSelected Group Shows\n2016  Common Ground\, The Serendipitous Happenstance Project\, Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016-2017\, India\n2015  Deakin Small Sculpture Award\n2014  Courage and Light – Collingwood Gallery\n2014  In Your Dreams – Counighan Gallery\, Moreland\n2013  City of Hope – Peter Corrigan Retrospective\,Storey Hall\, RMIT\n2012  Art and Friendship at XYZ gallery\, 798 Arts area\, Beijing\, China\n2011  Grass\, Mud\, Flood – Blackall\, Queensland\n2010  McClelland Outdoor Sculpture Survey\n2009  Shelter; On Kindness\, RMIT University for Melbourne Festival 2009\n2008  Chaos and Revelery – Neo Baroque – Counighan Gallery\n2008  Idiosyncrasies – Johnston Gallery\, Perth\n2007  McClelland Outdoor Sculpture Survey\n2005  Helen Lempriere National Sculpture – Prize Winner\n2007  McClelland Outdoor Sculpture Survey\n2005  Woollahra Small Sculpture Show\n2002  Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi Beach\n2000  Becton National Sculpture Award – Gasworks Sculpture Park\n\n\n  \nSelected Solo Exhibtions\n2011  Gratuitous Garland\, fortyfive downstairs\, Melbourne\n2008  A Bucolic Folly – Maunsell Wickes Gallery\, Sydney\n2008  A Bucolic Folly – MARS Gallery\, Melbourne\n2007  Bounty – Melbourne Art Rooms\, [MARS] Australia\n2006  Rhinestone Pastorale – Michael Carr Gallery Sydne\n2000  Smyrnios Gallery Australia\n1998  Smyrnios Gallery Australia \nCommissions\n2017  Mullum Mullum\, the Owl\, City of Maroondah\, Victoria\n2016  The Late Edition\, City of Bayside\, Victoria\n2014  Courage\, City of Yarra\n2014  Record Requiem\, City of Port Phillip\n2012  Lights across the Sea film\n2011  Vincent Dowling and John Leahy busts\, Thargomindah\, Queensland\n2010  Solid Gold Miner\, Silverlake Resources\, Western Australia\n2009  “Towners Call” – Edgar Towner V.C. Memorial. Blackall\, Queensland\n2009  Harry Zachariah Bust\, Brighton Grammar School\n2006  Gippsland Wall of Recognition\, Bronze Figure\n2002  Lady of Justice – Victorian County Court\, Melbourne\, Architects Daryl Jackson and Associates\n2000  Army\, Navy and Airforce – Three Service Figures\, Australian National Korean War Memorial\n1999  Bradman Plaque – Sydney Cricket Ground\n1998  Farmyard Still Life – Government Pavillion\, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds\, Architects Edmond Corrigan\n1996  Poster Panels – Halftix Booth\, City of Melbourne\, Bourke Street Mall\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Exhibition List” tab_id=”1622430803104-657c0011-3215″][vc_column_text]CLICK HERE for the Greedy Pixiu exhibition price list. \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Seasons
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAngela Hayes\, Lauren Joffe\, Danielle Segal\, Ann Knights\, Pauline Meade\, Rosanna Caldwell\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nSeasons\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]2 – 12 February + 18 February 2021\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nThrough the ceramic medium\, we explore the concept of ‘Seasons’ as it relates to our individual life experiences and the shifts that seasonality and change presents. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Pauline Meade\, Poppies\, 2020\, H30 x W24 x D24 cm\, stoneware clay\, stains mixed with ash and glaze\, fired in oxidation \nAnn Knights\, Distant ranges\, 2020\, H27 x W44  x D19 cm\, stoneware\, oxides\, slips and glazes\, fired in oxidation \nAngela Hayes\, Quiet One & Quietly\, 2020\, dimensions variable\, earthenware\, fired in oxidation \nLauren Joffe\, Winter 1\, 2020\, 170Hx180Wx185D\, Stoneware\, slip\, oxide\, glaze \nRosanna Caldwell\, Spring Vessel 1 \, 2020\, 240mm H x 150mm W x 150mm D\, Mid-fire Stoneware\, slips\, glaze \nDanielle Segal\, (Left) Dry earth from above 2020\, 200mm h X  400mm w x 110mm d\, Brown stoneware\, slips (Right)  It’s cloudy today 2020\, 470mm w x 370mm h x 90mm\, Mixed stoneware\, slips \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093386ea-340d” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]\nMelburnians are familiar with the term ‘four seasons in one day’ to describe our famously unpredictable weather.  Despite this unpredictability\, we feel fortunate to live in a city that experiences seasonal change and are inspired by this dynamic and shifting environment.  Through the ceramic medium\, we explore the concept of ‘Seasons’ as it relates to our individual life experiences and the shifts that seasonality and change present. \nQuiet.  Amongst the seasonal fluctuations and chaos of life\, Angela Hayes crafts stillness and peace with form\, straight line\, and unadorned surface.  The angles and planar surfaces of her sculptures capture the dynamics of shifting light to provide simple and meditative delight. \nDanielle Segal’s work is influenced by the desert and its arid and demanding environment.  She marvels at the earth\, how it dries and cracks in the heat and shrinks away\, creating random patterns.  She is inspired to create faults and fractures as texture on her work to reflect the nature of the earth and the people who inhabit it. \nMargaret Olley was renowned for her painting of flowers\, the sheer joyousness of them\, their colour and light.  Pauline Meade’s own work draws on Olley’s palette and sensibility.  The forms are smeared\, stippled\, and dripping with colour.  Both bright and luminous\, they reflect the timeless ritual of bloom and decay. \nUsing stoneware and applying texture\, Ann Knight’s pieces evolve without firm intention and come from an innate observation of the landscape\, the beauty and forms seen in the world around her.  Seasons are reflected in mountains and their tapestry of trees and shrubs\, forests after rain or bushfire\, trees and their textured barks\, the sun setting on the horizon\, the beauty of rock formations against the ocean\, sea grasses waving on the seabed.   A contemplation of how nature puts together the perfect landscape combining colour\, texture\, and form. \nLauren Joffe has a particular interest in the surfaces of her pieces.  She uses a limited colour palette in a subtle gradation of tones in order to explore form through lines\, light and shade.  For Seasons she has created a series of work in which she has used a range of marks and patterns\, such as short\, hatched strokes\, stippling and a selective use of thickly textured glaze to convey the surfaces and forms of nature.  The act of mark making is a very slow and meditative process which results in a surface of distinctive irregularities\, textures and surface oxidization. \nThe arrival of Spring has always been a signifier of hope and renewal.  After what felt like a much longer and colder Winter than usual due to lockdown restrictions\, the arrival of Spring was much anticipated.  Walking the streets of suburban Melbourne and observing the vibrancy and growth in neighbourhood gardens has provided the inspiration for Rosanna Caldwell’s body of work. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Bios” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-093386ea-340d”][vc_column_text]\nAngela Hayes creates ceramic sculptures from her inner-city studio in Melbourne.  She studied Fine Arts – Ceramics at Queensland College of Art and later completed a Bachelor and Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Melbourne.  Her landscape Architecture design practice\, research and teaching has provided a deep understanding of landscapes which strongly influence her ceramic work.  Angela has received numerous awards for her designs.  Her most recent accolade was the Lizbeth Duncan acquisition award\, 2019 for ceramic sculpture.  She has exhibited her work interstate\, in China and at numerous galleries in Melbourne. \nPauline Meade is a Melbourne based ceramic artist who works from her own studio.  She completed a Diploma of Ceramics in 2010 and continues studio access and ongoing tuition at the School of Art and Clay (SoCA)\, Brunswick.  Pauline divides her practice in two directions\, sculptural work\, which has been selected for a number of awards\, winning first prize at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2010\, and developing a range of tableware which is sold through a number of retail outlets.  She hand-builds her pieces\, developing her own glazes and application techniques. \nDanielle Segal came to ceramics later in life.  She spent more than 25 years working in the computer industry\, before becoming a partner in a small business.  She has always had an affinity with craft and as her work life has eased\, she has pursued her long-time interest in ceramics.  Danielle studies at the School of Clay and Art (SoCA) and has participated in numerous exhibitions at galleries in Melbourne over the last two years. \nLauren Joffe studied at RMIT where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with Honours in gold & silversmithing.  Lauren works in ceramic\, metal\, and glass.  She is a recipient of several Australia Council for the Arts grants.  Her work has been acquired by the School of Art RMIT University & the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.  Her work has been exhibited throughout Australia and in Europe\, Japan\, South Africa\, and the United States. \nAnn Knights journey into ceramics began in 1974 with a short course in hand building.  In 1982 in Maryborough Qld 1982 she joined the Maitlia potters.  Twelve months later Ann returned to Melbourne and spent the following years starting up and managing various new businesses which included construction & event hire\, plant nursery and owner’s corporation management.  In 2016 the creative journey began in earnest with the School of Art and Clay (SoCA). Seasons is her first gallery exhibition. \nRosanna Caldwell is a Melbourne based ceramic artist and is currently establishing a studio on the Mornington Peninsula.  Rosanna studied ceramics at Holmesglen TAFE before completing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at RMIT University.  Since 2018 Rosanna has participated in the Studio Practice program at the School of Art and Clay (SoCA).  Having practiced as both a wheel thrower and hand builder\, her sole focus is now hand building and glaze development.  Rosanna is an active gardener and sees time spent gardening as an integral part of her ceramic practice.  Rosanna is also a member of the Bluestone Collection which is committed to supporting contemporary craft practice and encouraging a high standard of exhibition work within Victoria. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200315
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SUMMARY:Between Horizons
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJan Learmonth\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nBetween Horizons\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]3 – 14 March 2020\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…lashed\, knotted\, woven\, and welded into being with natural and found materials… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Hulk 3\, 2019\, metal\, paper\, cotton\, 35 x 55 x 32cm \nBearing North\, 2019\, metal\, wood\, cotton\, 39 x 36 x 37cm \nShadow 2\, 2019\, leather\, wood\, cotton\, 83 x 52 x 15cm \nShadow 1\, 2019\, wood\, metal\, 25 x 22 x 6cm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933f622-e3ab” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The delightfully peculiar small sculptures\, which constitute Jan Learmonth’s most recent exhibition\, Between Horizons\, are scale models of fantastical watercraft\, many with the appearance of mythical creatures. The works are lashed\, knotted\, woven\, and welded into being with natural and found materials gathered on Jan’s travels around Gippsland. Their scale and intricate detail give them an intimacy\, while their depiction of much larger objects suggests a degree of immensity. Each work appears to be in motion\, en route. However\, its purpose\, origin\, and destination are left tantalizingly unclear. None ‘travel’ with the speed or efficiency enabled by contemporary materials\, technology\, and fabrication techniques. Rather\, they float\, drift\, or trudge\, at a pace determined by their raw materials and the intricately patient detail of their making. All carry a cargo\, which both seems to adorn and burden the creature or craft. Some endure their load\, some are ensnared by it\, while others nurture their charge. When viewing the works\, the ambiguity of scale\, the uncertainty of location and purpose together compel a quiet inquiry and contemplation. They each convey the long walks and intricate processes that brought them into being. As such\, the works become a vehicle and platform for the artists thoughts and explorations of making\, time\, memory\, and landscape.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s CV” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933f622-e3ab”][vc_column_text]Jan Learmonth CV[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/between-horizons/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190825
DTSTAMP:20190731T063309Z
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SUMMARY:Meteorites from Earth
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nOliver Ashworth-Martin\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nMeteorites from Earth\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]13 – 24 August 2019\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 11am to 3pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\n… investigations into the timeless and formless intelligence within nature… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Oliver Ashworth-Martin\, Augmented Immortal\, 2019\, bronze on marble base\, 420 x 420 x 420mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, Augmented Illuminations - eucalyptus\, 2018\, pastel on cotton paper\, 1830 x 830mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, Meteorite - Banksia\, 2019\, pastel and gold on cotton paper\, 1200 x 1200mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, Meteorite - Eucalyptus\, 2018\, pastel and silver on cotton paper\, 610 x 600mm \nOliver Ashworth-Martin\, 37.8430'144.9457'\, 2018\, bronze and wood (marble base)\, 190 x 190 x 120mm \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933560a-2f1a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Meteorites from Earth is an amalgamation of artist Oliver Ashworth-Martin’s fascination with space\, nature and science\, and his artistic practice. \nThe native seed pods of Australia have become a central theme Ashworth-Martin’s work. Not only do they house and protect the multitude of new life\, they also symbolise nature’s continuous cycle of renewal and growth. These forms represent an endless flow of life coming into form\, moving through form and leaving form. \nMoving beyond traditional botanical studies my work transcends the everyday/mundane natural objects that we find scattering the land\, and re-awakens a fascination with our natural world. When we become aware and mindful of our environment we see that what has always seemed so natural reveals how wondrously supernatural it really is. \nThrough a process of magnification\, abstraction and a clear human intervention upon the native pods\, the artist invites the viewer to engage in a deeper contemplation of these natural forms and see the hidden fractal order present within all life. Both his sculptural and two-dimensional practice are investigations into the timeless and formless intelligence within nature\, the ghost in the machine. No matter what is removed there will always be another layer of truth waiting to be revealed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933560a-2f1a”][vc_column_text]Oliver Ashworth-Martin grew up in the Cotswolds\, UK\, and has been inspired and enraptured by nature from a young age. His artistic practice is intrinsically linked the the natural world\, often using found natural object within his work or magnifying and abstracting these organic forms in order to offer his audience a new way of seeing their environment. For the artist when we become aware and mindful of our environment we see that what has always seemed so natural reveals how wondrously supernatural it really is. \nAfter completing a Fine Arts degree at Cardiff School of Art and Design\, UK\, in 2008\, Ashworth-Martin went on to work as production manager for Tom Price Studio’s in London until 2014. The artist now lives and works as a full-time artist in Melbourne\, Australia. His studio sits among the native trees and plants of Australia where he sources a lot of his seed pods. \nThe award winning artist’s previous exhibitions include Nothing Lost at Westend Art Space\, Form-Formless at Tacit Gallery\, Bonaza (winner of the Contemporary Sculptor’s Association Award 2017) YSG Melbourne\, Scenic World Sculpture Trail (receiving a Highly Commended Award\, 2018)\, From Nature (winner of the judges prize for his piece Connections\, 2018)\, and Sherbrooke Gallery where he received a Highly Commended Traditional Botanical Award\, Melbourne.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Talk Saturday 24 August” tab_id=”1564553640394-d1848188-9143″][vc_column_text]ARTIST TALK \n\nOliver Ashworth-Martin: Meteorites from Earth\n\nSaturday 24 August\, 11.30am\n\n\nFREE EVENT\, ALL WELCOME\n\n\n \n\n\nJoin artist Oliver Ashworth-Martin for a fun and informative talk about his exhibition\, his artistic practice and the otherworldly objects he has created.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/meteorites-from-earth/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190616
DTSTAMP:20190607T021143Z
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SUMMARY:Complex Life
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCatherine Hearse & Glenn Murray\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nComplex Life\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]4 – 15 June 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]\nWe are united by our interdependence and similarities… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Catherine Hearse\, Community\, 2019\, crochet\, cotton\, wooden beads\, 2500 x 3500 x 4000mm \nCatherine Hearse\, installation image \nCatherine Hearse\, Threads of Communication (detail)\, 2017\, stitched collage\, paper\, thread\, 310 x 200mm \nCatherine Hearse\, Community (detail)\, 2019\, crochet\, cotton\, wooden beads\, 2000 x 300mm \nCatherine Hearse\, Eating the sea\, 2017\, mixed media\, 240 x 180mm \nGlenn Murray\, Full Moon and Wall\, 2019\, mixed media\, 2300 x 960 x 350 mm \nGlenn Murray\, Full Moon Over the Wall\, 2017\, mixed media\, 1300 x 620 x 240 mm \nGlenn Murray\, The Symbiotic Relationship Between an Ikea Stool and the Full Moon\, 2017\, mixed media\, 1340 x 630 x 530mm. Image: Matthew Stanton \nGlenn Murray\, Full Moon Over the Wall\, 2017\, mixed media\, 1300 x 620 x 240 mm. Image: Matthew Stanton \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef234b-368b” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Complex Life brings together the work of two friends and artists\, Catherine Hearse and Glenn Murray. Both artists use their artistic processes to explore the idea of interdependence and their positions in the world\, in a physical\, environmental and emotional sense. \nCatherine Hearse \nThrough my work I attempt to evoke a sense of oneness with the natural world\, something that is lost in urban life wherein undomesticated animals are seen as invaders and we rarely touch other life forms except to eat them. My works share concerns about our relationship with the biosphere\, whether destructive\, enthralled or compassionate. We are united by our interdependence and similarities\, so many of the pieces are human/plant or human/animal composites. \nGlenn Murray \nMy primary starting point is that of interdependence. A place where whether we realise it\, or not everything\, is interconnected and no one element can operate in isolation. It is like a web of connectivity. \nAs humans it is a constant balancing act to maintain our position and we are constantly prone to over-reach. In my work I try to make sense of my own balance and connectivity with the physical world and with the emotions that accompany this process.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Biographies” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef234b-368b”][vc_column_text]Catherine Hearse \nCatherine Hearse is known for her exquisite watercolours and for her extraordinary small sculptures that explore what it is to be a woman\, a plant\, a creature of the sea – or all three at once.  The fine crochet and wood sculptures she creates are personages of astonishing delicacy of expression. \nCatherine Hearse’s work is influenced by a great many things.  Of great importance are textiles.  Hearse has studied the Suzani fabric from Uzbekistan\, old European embroideries from the Victoria and Albert Museum\, London\, and chintz from India. \nCatherine Hearse CV \n  \nGlenn Murray \nGlen Murray’s work is increasingly the product of trying explore and understand his relationships to the world around him. This is done primarily using construction\, addition and subtraction\, with mainly discarded materials as they come loaded with history and associations which can be the catalyst for their new life. \nTimber has become his material of choice due to its organic qualities that he found lacking in metal as a medium. Interest in so called ‘outsider’ art and Buddhist philosophy inspires Murray to first explore thoughts and simple relationships. \nGlenn Murray CV[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181202
DTSTAMP:20181130T044437Z
CREATED:20180913T035036Z
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SUMMARY:Yenbena Lotjpa: Ancestors Speak Out
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nLee Darroch\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nYenbena Lotjpa: Ancestors Speak Out\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]\nThis is our shared history\, here reflected in these letters. \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-b9ef075d-659f” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Yenbena Lotjpa: Ancestors Speak Out is a contemporary installation documenting and exploring a series of the heart-wrenching letters and petitions written by the Ancestors to the Aboriginal Welfare Board\, missionaries\, managers of reserves\, governments and the Board of Protection of Aborigines in the 1800s and early 1900s. \nThe letters contain serious complaints by the Ancestors about forced separation from their children\, inadequate food\, inadequate housing\, inadequate medical care\, and punitive measures. \nWall text written by Lee summarises protest  letters and petitions of complaint addressed to the Aboriginal Welfare Board and Aboriginal Protection Board. A series of eight shields protect protestors as they always do. The impact of the oversized artefacts challenge the original unequal power dynamic. \nIt is timely to reflect on how this has reverberated through the generations and still affects black-white relations in Australia today. This is our shared history\, here reflected in these letters. Everyone must be aware of the past and its ongoing effects today\, in order to bring forth a new tomorrow. \nFor Treaty. For Sovereignty. For Recognition. For Justice.\nThe Ancestors have spoken out.\nHear them now.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef075d-659f”][vc_column_text]Lee Darroch is a proud Yorta Yorta\, Mutti\, Boon Wurrung woman who has lived for the past 31 years on Raymond Island. She is a renowned visual artist and leader of the cultural revival of traditional cultural practices across South-Eastern Australia\, in particular possum skin cloak making\, sculpture\, public art\, feather work and coiled basketry. \nLee’s artwork celebrates Aboriginal cultural heritage in many media including public art\, sculpture\, land art\, basketry\, possum cloaks\, feather work and pastel drawings. Lee teaches younger artists as well as running classes on arts and culture for school children. In recent years she has turned more to land art and sculptural installations as a means to express deep connection to the Land. This work is growing at this point in time as a way of paying homage to the Land. \nRecent major public art commissions include Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) possum skin cloak\, NGV\, Birrarung Wilam commemorative park at rear of Federation Square\, “Yenbena biganga\, Gaiyimarr biganga”\, Bidja Stone at Metropolitan Fire Brigade Training Centre\, Yorta Yorta Nations signage at many sites\, created a film and images for Department Health & Human Services and bus shelter images for City of Monash. \nMajor exhibitions include “Tribe\, Totem & Trade” solo at Koorie Heritage Trust\, Bunjilaka Redevelopment at Melbourne Museum\, “Biganga” at Melbourne Musuem\, “Gunya Winyarr” solo at Koorie Heritage Trust. Lee has exhibited in Greece\, Japan\, and Italy and New Zealand. She is the co-author of three books and other publications including: “Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak: the Tooloyn Koortakay story” \, Getty Institute of Conservation book “Refashioning and Redress” and AIATSIS book “Urban Representations”. \nHer artwork is in many public collections in Australia including a large body of work at National Gallery of Australia and at National Museum of Australia. She is represented in Flinders University Art Museum\, Powerhouse Museum\, National Gallery of Victoria\, Melbourne Museum\, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria\, Melbourne Grammar School\, City of Manningham Australia Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and various private collections. \nDarroch’s possum skin cloak commission is currently on display as part of “Designing Women” at NGV until 24th March 2019.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/yenbena-lotjpa-ancestors-speak-out/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180703
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180715
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SUMMARY:TOO-ROO-DUN
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]Curated by Lisa Waup and Baluk Arts[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nTOO-ROO-DUN\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]3 – 14 July 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]\nan immersive and imagined exhibition celebrating the Bunyip. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]HICSA Bunyip \nBaluk Arts Kelp Bunyip \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9efd1fa-d3f3″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Too-roo-dun is a Boonwurrung word for Bunyip\, and Bunyip is a word from the Wathawurrung language. \nTOO-ROO-DUN has brought together Victorian Aboriginal communities to create an immersive and imagined exhibition celebrating the Bunyip.  This has resulted in a re-imagining of the bunyips’ place of residence and offers a contemporary interpretation of cultural stories surrounding inner demons and monsters. The participants’ cultural connections through storytelling has reinvigorated Victorian Indigenous language place names and words. \nThe TOO-ROO-DUN project has fostered a strong sense of cultural identity\, connection and wellbeing for all involved through a collaborative community approach in various Indigenous communities in south east Melbourne. TOO-ROO-DUN has supported the transmission and development of Indigenous language\, knowledge and stories about bunyips and place\, encouraging connection to country\, culture and each other. This project has also supported participation and contributions by all Indigenous community members regardless of their arts experience or skills. \nThe materials used in the making of the bunyips are varied and include kelp\, oaten hay\, paper bark\, alpaca wool\, feathers\, fibre\, seeds\, teeth\, bones\, as well as a combination of traditional and contemporary materials\, such as chicken wire\, plastic bones\, linoleum tiles\, and even a repurposed outdoor umbrella stand.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”LITTLE BUNYIP WORKSHOP” tab_id=”1528419072374-791f06b9-4998″][vc_column_text]LITTLE BUNYIP WORKSHOP \nWork with two Aboriginal Artists to make your own little Bunyip out of hay and wool inspired by the Too-roo-dun exhibition. \nSuitable for ages 6+ \nDate:     Thursday 12 July 2018\nTime:    10am – 12pm\nVenue: fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\nCost:     $35 cash only on the day \nLIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE! Bookings essential. \nEmail communications@fortyfivedownstairs.com or call 9662 9966. \nPlease note the venue is down two flights of stairs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Baluk Arts” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9efd1fa-d3f3″][vc_column_text]BALUK ARTS \nBaluk is a local Boonwurrung word meaning a group of people. Baluk Arts is a non-profit Victorian Aboriginal arts organisation established in 2009 and based in Mornington.  Indigenous owned and governed\, the organisation represents Aboriginal artists from Frankston\, the Mornington Peninsula\, and greater Melbourne. Baluk artists belong to diverse Aboriginal language groups from all over Australia and their art reflect themes of identity in a contemporary cultural context. \nArtists:\nRebecca Robinson\nNeil Brew\nTallara Gray\nKaren Chaur\nLynette Pitt\nRobert Kelly\nSiohan Stephan\nLisa Waup\nBeverley Meldrum\nDominic Bramall-White\nKylie Clarke\nJadah Pleiter\nTallara Gray\nLisa Waup\nRebecca Robinson[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Winja Ulupna” tab_id=”1527133444789-c3792977-6d92″][vc_column_text]WINJA ULUPNA \nWinja Ulupna is the Yorta Yorta word for “Women’s Haven”.  The organisation is a 24 hour Residential Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centre for Koori women in need.  Winja Ulupna offers clients a safe and relaxed home-like atmosphere for their recovery. Clients are required to participate in a range of culturally relevant self-help and self-development programs and activities each day.The length of stay varies for each client; however\,clients are encouraged to stay a minimum of 3 months to allow them time to develop skills and strategies to support a healthy and meaningful life. \nArtists:\nSuzanne McGee\nDusty Moore\nTamara Rose\nAngela Dunrobin\nJemmes Clarke\nLizzie Bamblett\nJacinta Austin\nSonia Harrison\nCarley Rose\nNicole Warren\nBreanna Elston\nJoanne Kennedy\nSharnee Smith\nCarole Bence\nLisa Knott\nRoslyn Hines\nErika Kerr\nBelinda Atkinson\nAshleigh Atkinson\nMariah Andrews\nMadison Morgan\nTaylor Morgan\nBea Edwards (Manager)[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Mullum Mullum” tab_id=”1527133445674-50411975-d8fc”][vc_column_text]MULLUM MULLUM \nMullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place (MMIGP) is a community controlled Aboriginal Neighbourhood House based in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne. MMIGP is a community that is committed to promoting and strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural identity and provides a range of programs and activities to support its clients.  These include Lengthening life; Strengthening Children; Young people and Families; Cultural Integrity; and Safety.  The organisation strives to support and implement innovative community-based approaches and solutions; collaborative planning and decision-making based on community-driven priorities; and stronger partnerships between Aboriginal and mainstream services including government. \nArtists:\nAunty Daphne Milward\nAunty Irene Norman\nUncle Vincent Peters\nCora Green\nMichael Nichols\nAmanda (Gypsy) Wright\nTori Cassidy[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Willum Warrain” tab_id=”1527133446745-cdff25c3-6ad5″][vc_column_text]WILLUM WARRAIN \nWillum Warrain translates as ‘home by the sea’.  The organisation is an Aboriginal Association and is the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the Mornington Peninsula. The core strategic focus of Willum Warrain is cultural strengthening.  It is a gathering place where Aboriginal people come together to realize community aspirations and forge shared identity. Managed by an Aboriginal Board\, Willum Warrain is located in the coastal town of Hastings and provides information and referral services; charitable support; health and wellbeing programs; art and culture programs; and provides links between the Aboriginal community and the broader local community. \nArtists:\nAmanda Meric\nDebbie Clifford\nJeanette Kaindel\nBryony Delaney\nNola White\nAni White\nNia White\nShirley Slann\nDawn\nLogan Ross\nJanya Ross\nKen Beaumont\nTim Habel\nNeil Brew\nSteve Thornbury\nTrent Kennedy\nPeter Aldenhoven\nSteve Delaney\nTyrone Bloomfield\nShaydon Ritchie\nNoel Craven\nWenzel Carter[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Bunjilwarra” tab_id=”1527133447846-6e0ec09b-461e”][vc_column_text]BUNJILWARRA \nBunjilwarra is a 12 bed Alcohol and Other Drugs residential rehabilitation and healing service for Aboriginal young people (male and female) aged between 16 and 25 years.  It is a purpose-built\, state wide service situated on a 1.7 hectare site in Hastings\, Victoria. The Bunjilwarra service model is firmly placed in the context of an Aboriginal defined notion of healing and in a cultural framework.   The organisation is supported by trauma-informed practice; adolescent developmental frameworks; and therapeutic community and recovery frameworks. \nArtists:\nJericho Charles\nReggie Nodun\nCrystal Gay\nTianna Austin\nTre O’Brien\nRiley Briggs\nZak Christie\nNicole Sawyer[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”HICSA” tab_id=”1527133450872-fb06ed55-cdb3″][vc_column_text]HEALESVILLE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION \nThe Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association (HICSA) was established in December 2009 as a welcoming and culturally affirming place in Healesville.  The organisation provides a central point of contact for community members\, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous\, for information\, services\, and programs that are focused on building a healthy\, strong and skilled community.  The Association and its members are committed to working collaboratively and harmoniously to achieve their vision.  It primarily works towards the general betterment of Aboriginal people and specifically\, for the advancement of Aboriginal people in Healesville and the Yarra Ranges. \nArtists:\nJoyce Smith\nLeanne Henderson\nCheryl Newsome\nBrooke Wandin\nDel Knight\nJean Cuthbertson\nKim Oakes (Art Teacher)[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Casey Elders Group” tab_id=”1527133451865-946ecacc-28af”][vc_column_text]CASEY ELDERS GROUP \nCasey Aboriginal Gathering Place in Doveton is a community driven council facility\, developed with assistance from the Local Aboriginal Network and Casey City Council. The Gathering Place is a hub for people to come together and relax\, share conversation\, and engage in several programs and services developed with and for the Aboriginal community. Various activities operate from the Gathering Place through partnership and support of local Aboriginal organisations such as the Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-operative. Casey Elders Group gather weekly to participate in an art program in which all participants are enthusiastic\, creative and dedicated. It is a wonderful place for all Elders to come together and to gather inspiration from each other. \nArtists: \nAunty Fay Carter\nDoug Smith\nNorma Maynard\nLucille Boothey\nHelen Witzand\nHeather Kennedy\nBev Jennings\nVicki Church\nGreg Matthews\nPauline Love\nSolomon Havea\nCoral Oliver\nRhonda Smith\nDorothy Locke\nRobert Locke\nAnne Matthews\nKeith Begley[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/too-roo-dun/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Between Us
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nEde Horton\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8-19 May 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n It was my dream one day to come to Australia. The dream is gone\, now it is real. Now I ask what I can do for Australia. – Ramazan Ali Najafi \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-6de15775-bf6a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Ede Horton’s current work focuses on people who are part of her world\, and our community. Over a period of three years Horton has created a body of work that speaks about ordinary people who do extraordinary work in our community and other individuals who may do so in the future. \nBetween Us opens at Melbourne’s iconic gallery fortyfivedownstairs in May 2018. \nPeople make up the fabric of our community. As Ramazan Ali Najafi said: \n‘It was my dream one day to come to Australia. The dream is gone\, now it is real. Now I ask what I can do for Australia.’ \nHorton’s artistic subjects come from diverse backgrounds with different histories and life experiences. They are part of the glue that holding her community together\, informing the artist of her understanding and appreciation of difference. \nThe project Between Us began with family and friends sitting for Horton in her studio and extended to the wider community. These portraits tell a story of our place. \nMy innate desire and the driving force when sculpting a portrait is to portray the complexities of the human condition that reflects each individual’s character. Within the fragile medium of glass\, this essence evolves by a paring down of the form\, each layer revealing its purest structure and detail\, to expose the person within.  \n– Ede Horton[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de15775-bf6a”][vc_column_text]Ede Horton’s work is represented in many prestigious collections including Parliament House\, Canberra; The Jewish Museum of Australia; Nishida Museum\, Japan; Ebeltoft Museum\, Denmark; Queensland Art Gallery and a number of regional Australian galleries. Her work is represented in private collections located in Australia\, Europe and the United States. \nIn 2003 Horton completed a Masters of Visual Arts at the ANU Canberra School of Art\, culminating in a touring exhibition Memory Works. Horton has held solo shows at Span Galleries\, Melbourne; and Jam Factory\, Contemporary Craft and Design Centre\, Adelaide. \nHorton has received two Australia Council grants for her work. She has also been awarded the Judith Altman Memorial distinguished merit award (2003)\, as well as the Bullseye Glass Emerge Kilncaster Prize (Portland USA 2006). Two Thomas Foundation Artist in Resident Fellowships (May 2014 and 2015) have resulted in a new innovative collection of portraits utilising the blow mould technique.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/between-us/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180318
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SUMMARY:Bird as totem
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nMike Nicholls\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]6-17 March 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\n…a metaphor to comment on issues affecting our lives\, war\, the environment and the higher being. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de12c46-4c5b” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]An exhibition of sculpture\, drawings and prints. \nHumanity for all our technological advances is still a society based on tribalism. \nFor 30 years\, Mike Nicholls has based his art practice on this concept\, drawing reference from the indigenous culture and art of the oceanic region. \nIn this exhibition\, Nicholls has created his own personal iconography based on the totem of the bird\, as a metaphor to comment on issues affecting our lives\, war\, the environment and the higher being.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de12c46-4c5b”][vc_column_text]Born in 1960 Mike Nicholls grew up on a dairy farm at Narre Warren North on the out skirts of Melbourne\, where he still has a studio-gallery and maintains the family property. \nHe majored in sculpture at the Caulfield Institute of Technology receiving a high distinction in his final year for his fabricated steel sculptures. \nFrom the formal training in abstraction\, where he concentrated on line\, balance\, movement and gesture\, Mike migrated to Fitzroy in the early eighties becoming a founding member of Roar Studios\, his work influenced by the fellow artist’s of Roar\, made a shift to expressionistic figuration. \nBy the mid 1980’s the artists eye sought to simplify his previously visually busy works\, Nicholls has slowly cultivated his quietly methodical practice; paring it back and reducing it to an elemental visual diary. \nMike has sought to incorporate an Australianness within his art; much of his reference has been visually and culturally sourced through travelling on plien air painting trips for months at a time\, spending time on relatives cattle stations in central Queensland and visiting remote areas within Australia. Mike has held woodcarving workshops in remote aboriginal communities of Cape York and the Torres Strait\, ass well as extensive over seas travel. \nHe has developed a deeply personal vocabulary of motifs\, striving to create a sense of feeling and or place\, focusing on his ultimate goal of imbuing his work with expression\, soul and a reflection of the human spirit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/bird-as-totem/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180304
DTSTAMP:20250821T040222Z
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SUMMARY:Uncanny Life - artifact and identity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nJan Donaldson\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]13 February – 3 March 2018\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nThese objects serve as a bridge between our hidden and conscious worlds. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Jan Donaldson\, The Infant of Prague \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1fbf4-ee16″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]The Uncanny Life – artifact and identity exhibition is an extension of the research undertaken for Jan Donaldson’s PhD project and explores the doll/puppet as a cultural icon and artifact.  Including contemporary jewellery\, object and sculptural works\, the research investigates the doll as not just a plaything\, but as an object intimately linked to identity. \nDonaldson’s fascination with the uncanny includes experimentation with puppetry and masks and forms an important aspect of the project. These theatrical elements\, which include the ability to express identity through movement\, allow for the exploration of larger narratives\, alluding to the drama and folly of human existence. When inanimate objects are seen to be brought to life\, preconceived ideas about the boundaries between life and death blur. These objects serve as a bridge between our hidden and conscious worlds. \nSome of the works also reference folk tales and nursery rhymes. Donaldson seeks to recover a more sensual\, childlike world\, with all its attendant bafflement\, shock\, raw desire\, clumsiness\, illusion and disenchantment. Though re-interpretation and the re-telling of folk-lore\, contributions to new stories and myths are created and benefit their evolution\, culture and dispersion. \nThe works are displayed in a ‘built room’ installation. Donaldson’s intention is to create an intimate space\,  integrating notions of personal place and intimate themes/settings\, such as the tomb and the theatre\, associated with the prevalence of doll artifacts throughout history and across different cultures. \nIndividually and collectively the dolls reveal the intimate and the personal. Imbued with both historically generic as well as autobiographical associations – reliquaries of the artist’s own contemporary existence – they come together as a collection of individual artifacts that are at once ‘canny’ and ‘uncanny’ in their creation; objects to show our existence – a trace of self.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1fbf4-ee16″][vc_column_text]Artist\, jeweller\, maker and teacher for many years\, Jan Donaldson studied at RMIT University in Melbourne and holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Fine Art\,  Master of Arts (Fine Art)\, and a Diploma of Fine Art in Gold and Silversmithing. \nDonaldson exhibits regularly in Australia and internationally and is a recipient of many awards. Her work ranges in scale from jewellery to large sculptural works and she is known for my use of the figure and text\, as well as for her research into the relationships between objects and identity. Donaldson’s recent work explores the relationships between artifacts and identity\, provoking us to think more deeply about the doll as a cultural artifact. The research\, and her fascination with the uncanny\, includes experimentation into the theatrical narratives of puppetry and masks. \nDonaldson has been lecturing for over 29 years in Regional Victoria and Melbourne\, is a former President of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia (JMGA) Vic and past editor of Lemel Magazine\, the quarterly journal of the JMGA.  She has been an artist in residence and workshop instructor at numerous schools\, universities\, arts organisations and galleries. Donaldson is a former gallery director and also has extensive experience working on community arts projects.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/uncanny-life-artifact-identity/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180304
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SUMMARY:Save me
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]\nAnna Taylor\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nSave Me\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]13 February – 3 March 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]\nWithin a seamed rock held in my palm\, a river cuts through land. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Anna Taylor\, Dagze Lake\, Tibet\, Save Me Series\, photographed by Christopher Sanders \nAnna Taylor\, The Andes\, Peru\, Save Me Series\, photographed by Christopher Sanders \nAnna Taylor\, Gosse Bluff\, Australia\, Save Me Series\, photographed by Christopher Sanders \n[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Long drawn to the solace of landscape\, Anna Taylor’s work explores the paradox of the minutiae of landscape replicated in the aerial view. She documents this exquisite mirroring of detail\, pattern and line\, finding these echoes reverberate endlessly. \nThese recent paintings cover vast surface areas of earth as captured from space. Save me is both a celebration of our earth and its incredible beauty\, and a call to action to save it.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6″][vc_column_text]Anna Taylor has painted landscape for many years.  From 2006 she spent eighteen months travelling to and from Melbourne to Darwin by air\, living in the Kakadu area.  The observations made during this time have fed her work ever since. \nAnna observed the minutiae of nature\, a rock surface\, replicated what she saw from above. Cracks in the rocks became rivers or escarpments seen from the air. This morphing of perspective has fascinated her ever since. \nShe observed the decaying of huge leaves left a webbing\, a weaving perhaps\, replicating the ‘dilly bags’ created by the Yolngu people over many thousands of years. This began her vessel making\, knitting wire\, and receiving tuition in the traditional techniques from the Yolngu women. \nThe works at fortyfivedownstairs are a culmination of these many years of depicting these elements of nature.  The wire works are no longer vessels\, but rivers of bone eerily representing global warming.  Her paintings have expanded to encompass the incredible beauty of the earth’s surface and Anna is indebted to NASA and the Japanese ASTER (the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) program for the images she has worked with.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Talks” tab_id=”1519181044604-a6cc23fb-7710″][vc_column_text]Please join us in the gallery for two illuminating talks as part of Anna Taylor’s exhibition Save me. \nArtist Talk\nSaturday 24 February\n2pm \n‘Climate Action’\nDr Amaryll Perlesz (Darebin Climate Action Now)\nSaturday 3 March\n2pm \nNo RSVPs required.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/anna-taylor/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170903
DTSTAMP:20250821T040901Z
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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]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/convenire/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170820
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SUMMARY:45 at 45
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\npresented by fortyfivedownstairs\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8-19 August 2017\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nAn exhibition of 45 artists at fortyfivedownstairs to celebrate our fifteenth birthday! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]45at45 Design by Zac Fay \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de190b3-58ff” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]As a result of our unique mission as an unfunded and not-for-profit organisation supporting independent\, experimental and thought-provoking art forms – striving to make money for artists\, not from them – the past fifteen years has seen fortyfivedownstairs develop treasured relationships with a broad community of artists and makers. This August\, 45 artists who have contributed to the reputation of the gallery over the years will be joining us once again for 45 at 45. \nFeaturing artworks from 45 artists\, each with a unique connection to fortyfivedownstairs\, 45 at 45 will provide a snapshot not only of the creativity and innovation that has filled our gallery over the past decade and a half\, but of the network of artists who have supported\, and been supported by\, fortyfivedownstairs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”List of Artists” tab_id=”1501043305438-d5b0f272-0037″][vc_column_text]Abby Storey \nAndrea Jenkins \nAngela Cavalieri \nAnna Taylor \nBill Hay \nCatherine Pilgrim \nCathy Drummond \nCathy Scott \nChristopher Beaumont \nChristine Larsen \nDavid Frazer \nDavid Hirst \nElla Whateley \nGavin Brown \nGay Hawkes \nJanice Gobey \nJanno McLaughlin \nJeff Raglus \nJames Yuncken \nJudy Holding \nKate Durham \nKip Scott \nLisa Sewards \nMarco Luccio \nMargaret Gold \nMark Ogge \nMegan Evans \nMichael Pearce \nMichael Vale \nMorganna Magee \nNobby Seymour \nPaul Blackman \nPhilip Faulks \nPrudence Flint \nRichard Stringer \nRobert Lee Davis \nRobyn Base \nRobyn Rich \nSteph Bolt \nStephen Nova \nSusan Stamp \nTerry Swann \nTim Jones \nTimothy James Webb \nTomboyBill[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:This life of accretion
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nTaryn Lee-Steere\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]30 May-10 June 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…raised surfaces and striking colour evoke a meditative experience… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Untitled\, 2017\, encaustic sculptural painting\, 600x600mm \nUntitled\, 2017\, encaustic sculptural painting (detail) \nUntitled\, 2017\, encaustic sculptural painting (detail) \nUntitled\, 2017\, encaustic sculptural painting\, 600mm diameter \nUntitled\, 2017\, encaustic sculptural painting (detail) \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de18473-88c8″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text]This life of accretion is an exhibition of sculptural\, encaustic paintings. Artist Taryn Lee-Steere has developed this style of work unlike any other Australian artist. \nWhile the work is process driven\, Lee-Steere’s intent is to make lyrical work of visual beauty that entices the viewer to at once be intrigued by the process and moved to think about the intent. \nThe action of applying molten wax and reducing each layer by way of fusing\, to use the words of Bronwyn Oliver\, results in “a conceptual and physical process of building and taking away at the same time.” \nWith a brush as Lee-Steere’s primary tool\, the slow repetitive movements that encaustic requires allows her to focus closely on the precision of the work. The resulting raised surfaces and striking colour evoke a meditative experience that encourages us to look actively at the art and then back inwardly within ourselves\, revealing underlying concepts relating to time slippage\, memory and illusion. \nThe relief qualities make it a distinct hybrid – part painting\, part sculpture. The haptic quality makes this work not only dynamic and innovative but also lustful and sensual. This connects artwork and viewer\, mind and body\, thought and sensation\, idea and emotion. \nThe works in This life of accretion have a sublime quality. Thought provoking\, mysterious and abstract\, with a wide array of references\, both natural and cultural that are embedded in them. \nThis life of accretion will include sculptural encaustic paintings\, miniature resin casts of encaustic paintings\, as well as polyester and resin sculptural works.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de18473-88c8″][vc_column_text]This life of accretion is Taryn Lee-Steere’s third solo exhibition in Melbourne and a continuation of her exploration of intricate and interesting processes that are born of a desire to push artistic boundaries. \nBorn and raised in the North West of Western Australia and with a degree in Printmaking from Edith Cowan University in Perth\, Taryn has lived and worked in Melbourne since 1999. \nProcess is very important to Lee-Steere’s practice and the process is most often long. Time consuming\, laborious and often arduous. It is repetitive and continuous\, and not without frustration. Sometimes one must keep making the same marks\, doing the same actions\, without losing concentration\, enthusiasm or hope; this sometimes drudge\, in itself is a suitable life metaphor. Wherever she begins she invariably returns to her ‘signature’ marks and motifs. The soft sculptural curves/leaf/teardrop shapes that sometimes hinge (unintentionally) on being sexual have become a constant. They ooze like blood flow that will not be stemmed. Her hand returns to\, and makes these marks. She holds onto them and they hold onto her. They seem to be her pets. Her familiars. Her comfort. Her calm. While the imagery (or non-imagery\, as the case may be) has changed over the journey\, these motifs and shapes have remained and she attributes this to a kind of stability/characteristic that holds her steady\, often subconsciously\, through the highs and lows\, the dips and gullies of life.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Demonstration – Saturday 3 June” tab_id=”1496363942167-54bd04e7-90e5″][vc_column_text]Taryn will be giving a demonstration of her encaustic practice in the gallery. \nDate: Saturday 3 June\nTime: 1pm\nFREE\, ALL WELCOME![/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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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20161108T170000
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SUMMARY:Disfiguration: Sculpture from Italy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nDavid Mackie\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]8-19 November 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]\nThere’s a mischievous pleasure in trying to put my own stamp on a historic model… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Caliban\, 2016\, painted wood\, 45 x 42 x 13 cm \nDiana of Ephesus\, 2012\, painted wood\, 63 x 26 x 64 cm \nGoddess Head\, 2015\, painted wood\, 33 x 37 x 68 cm \nNebuchadnezzar\, 2012\, painted wood\, 44 x 80 x 37 cm \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de11e00-4eaa” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Disfiguration: Sculpture from Italy by David Mackie is inspired by the art of the past – a reflection of human ideas and stories across time and cultures. \nArtist Statement: \nThese recent works are largely inspired by the art of the past. That’s not really a deliberate choice\, but after many years of looking at art\, the stories and themes that resonate with me are often the ones I have found there. On one hand\, there’s a mischievous pleasure in trying to put my own stamp on a historic model\, but\, obviously\, it shows how well in tune with human experience the old masters were. The way visual art reflects our ideas of ourselves is fascinating\, and that it does so across time and culture is even more so. \nThe endeavour then is to try to embody something of the richness of the old artworks using the materials and techniques that are most familiar to me. \nI’ve always been a constructor of sculpture. A builder rather than a carver or modeller. Wood lends itself to this way of working. It permits quite a lot of scope for chopping and changing. The sculptures in this exhibition are all wood\, although I also work with steel.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de11e00-4eaa”][vc_column_text]David Mackie \nBorn 1962\, Melbourne\, Australia. \nStudied Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology\, 1979 – 1982\, BA (Fine Art – Sculpture). \nSolo Exhibitions: \n\nPinacotheca\, Melbourne.\n\n\nPinacotheca\, Melbourne.\n\nGroup Exhibitions: \n\nSpring Collection\, Rhumballaras\, Melbourne.\n\n\nCollettiva La Sfinge\, Palazzo Casali\, Cortona\, Italy.\n\n\nWith Sarah Miatt\, Palazzo Casali\, Cortona.\n\n\nCollettiva La Sfinge\, Palazzo Casali\, Cortona.\n\n\nHybrida Contemporanea\, Rome.\n\n\n10th Cortilone International\, Sorano\, Italy.\n\n\nWith Liz Graham-Yooll\, 54 The Gallery\, London\, UK.\n\nCollections: \nPrivate collections in Australia\, Italy\, UK\, USA and Canada. \nWebsite:    www.davidmackie.it[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/disfiguration-sculpture-italy/2016-11-08/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160607T170000
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SUMMARY:Configurations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nPietro Capogreco and Augustine Dall’Ava\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]7 – 18 June 2016\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday 11am to 5pm\,\nSaturday 12pm to 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]\nPietro Capogreco and Augustine Dall’Ava come together in their exhibition Configurations… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Pietro Capogreco\, What do I know\, 2015\, 240 x100.5cm \nAugustine Dall'Ava\, Fortieth Dialogue\, 2012\, 63x143x33cm \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1347d-985d” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]\nArtists Pietro Capogreco and Augustine Dall’Ava come together at fortyfivedownstairs to exhibit a series of drawings and sculptures in their exhibition Configurations. \n“The image of the human body dominates our lives\, its visual legacy starts with the first human artistic endeavour and exists in all cultures all over the world. Yet it remains for modern humans uncomfortable\, the media has appropriated it and trivialized it\, but it is fundamental to the vision of who and what we are.  It is interesting to descend in to a silent world through the making of a picture and its ambiguous meaning. The mystery in the language of the human body\, every shape and gesture communicates\, and that is unbearable.” – Pietro Capogreco \n“Dall’Ava’s aesthetic embraces that of Dada and Surrealism\, adopting the techniques of chance and the processes of collage and assemblage as a way of transforming both the meaning and the context of the original\, into new and fantastical forms. For Dall’Ava these surrealist techniques provide a methodology for integrating disparate elements and ideas into a perverse and poetic coherence” – Penny Teale[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/configurations/2016-06-07/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160510T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20160510T170000
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SUMMARY:Tango of the Minimal Surface
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]\nSarah Ceravolo\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]\n…explores the complexity of form and its realisation via the latest technology. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″]Sarah Ceravolo\, Banga-Bang-Bangle\, 2016 \nConvolo Design\, Geolace Bangle\, 2016\, 36mm x 119mm black nylon \nConvolo Design\, Geolace Bangle\, 2016\, 36mm x 119mm black nylon \nConvolo Design\, Hull Bangle\, 2016\, 110mmx35mm\, frosted resin \nConvolo Design\, Geolace Bangle\, 2016\, 36mmx119mm\, black nylon \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e290b1db-6de1d37f-3fec” title=”Description”][vc_column_text]Tango of the Minimal Surface explores the complexity of form and its realisation via the latest technology. \nThis exhibition opens a new chapter in the realisation of the design of unique and functional objects: 3D printing\, bringing liberation from traditional production methods\, showcases possibilities and scope. Even the most rigid of materials\, including steel and ceramics\, reveal almost infinite flexibility of design. \nEach object features intricate geometric patterns or sinuous curves; each has its own seemingly dynamic nature.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1451285630325-09def419-bb74b1db-6de1d37f-3fec”][vc_column_text]Known for her future forward approach to design\, Sarah Ceravolo has embraced computational design processes and fabrication methods in order to produce optimal and dynamic functional form. Sarah is currently based in Melbourne where she founded Ceravolo Design Pty Ltd after completing her masters of Architecture at RMIT University in Melbourne. \nOver the past years Sarah’s work has been exhibited in many spaces\, amongst those are; The Venice and Beijing Biennale\, she presented her space research project to members of NASA and other organisations at the 2012 Venice Biennale space symposium. More of Sarah’s work is soon to be exhibited in NYC at the Wanted Design Exhibition in New York in May 2016.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Talk” tab_id=”1463707100057-21b451e8-94f2″][vc_column_text]Sarah Ceravolo will be speaking about her practice and her exhibition Tango of the minimal surface in the gallery. \nDate: Saturday 21 May\nTime: 2pm\nAdmission: Free[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/tango-of-the-minimal-surface/2016-05-10/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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