Primavera
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaPrimavera showcases a collection of figurative paintings exploring themes of isolation, physical expression, and sexuality.
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Orison
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn relating closely to the term ‘Barocco’ meaning disfigured or oddly shaped pearl, the artist feels that so long as we are living, mortal beings, the openings to inspire us closer into who we are, may require the light’s counterpart of darkness to never desist.
Fishtail
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaUsing algorithmic processes and generative techniques, the artist explores the intricate patterns and shapes that emerge from natural phenomena like the flow of water, the growth of plants, and the cold majesty of mountains.
Act of Love
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA new solo show of contemporary abstract paintings by artist Shayle Flesser.
Spoken Word Circle
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAn un-ticketed evening open to anyone from the curious to the ambitious who have an interest in sharing or experiencing living, breathing literature.
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Voice Plains & Memory Depth Metres
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFocusing on a specific water system, the Murray River Floodplains network, Wagner explores a network of material and socially-engaged artworks that brings into view our individual and collective social and political memories of water.
Honne
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaKsenia’s work aims to open an intimate dialog that transitions the viewer from their daily chaos to a remote restorative space, inviting them to look within and find the connection to the wider world.
SEE BEYOND : Artwork by Women in Victorian Prisons
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis exhibition at fortyfivedownstairs is a selection of artworks collected over the many years of Somebody’s Daughter’s work with women in Victorian prisons.
Everything is Connected
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis series of paintings and drawings from night and day are a moment in time of being truly immersed and connected to nature.
Unsprung
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaUnsprung is a play on ‘spring’ and its connotations of hope, metaphor, new life, and new beginnings.
A Home Among the Plum Trees
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaParental 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.
Near Sighted
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNear Sighted is an audio-visual installation comprised of six tiny interactive dioramas.
Don’t Start
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaNumbering in the thousands and piled up in no particular order, this is the stuff of nightmares for conservators.
Lebenslust
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAn ambitious collaboration between artist an author, both inspired by time passing as revealed by movement.
One woman's memoir with the intention of not only setting a stage of life in post war Germany, but also of exposing the intergenerational secrets she has recognised in her family. The manuscript has been in development for the past decade, and the working relationship with artist Dena Ashbolt started as a result of their mutual enthusiasm for images of movement.
Of Dingoes and Witch-Hunts
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia“Of Dingoes and Witch-hunts” is inspired by familiar stories of Australian women and their journey to equality; powerful metaphors of suppression, persecution and an evolving struggle that speaks to our history, our culture and values.
Emerging Artist Award 2023
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA prestigious award and exhibition showcasing the best talent from emerging artists.