Robbie Rowlands, ‘The fountain be still’ Drawing Room, Rio Vista House – Mildura Arts Centre; 19 September to 10 November, 2013 Life is not lived in linear sequence but in harmonic echoes and repeated refrains. Reaching across the expanse of time and place, our memories mingle ephemeral recollections with material presence. The objects that surround … Continue reading
Zoe Brand Interviewed about Personal Space Project, a gallery in a bedroom At the art school that I attended, jewellers participated with the painters, the sculptors, the photographers and the video artists in all the theory classes and crit sessions, and there were no territorial controls dividing ‘fine art’ from ‘craft’ which I had come … Continue reading
‘Please allow me to introduce myself’ Liam Benson, Gregory Elms, Juan Ford, Anne Marie Graham, Joan Ross, Natalie Ryan Strange Neighbour Gallery, Fitzroy; 23 August – 21 September 2013 Curated with the precision afforded a well appointed garden, ‘Please allow me to introduce myself’ is a tightly choreographed collection of art specimens. The title itself … Continue reading
Tony Lloyd, Other Worlds Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy; 31 August – 5 October 2013 Mountains become portraits of self-reflection and horizon lines become pivot points in Tony Lloyd’s captivating images in paint. A bifurcation of gravity sets free dual realities and you’re left to ponder if they overlap or exist in isolation. This is the … Continue reading
Michael Vale, The Conquest of Space Five Walls Projects, Footscray; 4 September – 28 September 2013 Under acrid skies of orange, mauve and green, a population of carnivalesque characters launch rockets into the stratosphere. Alchemical experiments light the dusky evenings as their smoky entrails waft across a soupy atmosphere of fading hope. Scientists shield their … Continue reading
Jason Waterhouse Interviewed in the lead-up to his solo exhibition ‘Sticks and Bones’, at Stockroom Gallery in Kyneton Jason Waterhouse has been running a gallery for over 3 years with his partner Magali Gentric. They’ve both passionately represented the work of contemporary Australian artists and against all odds in the recent economic climate they’ve been … Continue reading
Andrew Goodman Interviewed in the lead-up to his solo exhibition, ‘Orgasmatron (spaces to make love in)’ at Blindside Gallery in Melbourne Kent: Your artwork has technology at its core, as a material and as a medium. How do you treat technology in your work – is it just another thing to be manipulated into form, … Continue reading
Nicholas Jones, To the islands Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton; 12 September – 6 October 2013 Nicholas Jones is a surgeon of sorts, slicing open bodies to reveal a topography of language – literal and symbolic. ‘To the islands’ is a beautifully crisp show, with a series of 12 modified books presented as specimens of art, craft … Continue reading
Cameron Robbins, Loggerheads Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton; 12 September – 6 October 2013 On a battlefield of white paper, the intent to mark squares off against nihilistic erasure. The background machinations of process are manifest as historical constructions feeding a line of driving desire. Cameron Robbins constructs systems that are at once sculptural outcomes – beautifully … Continue reading
‘The Lies of Light’, curated by Pandarosa MADA Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield; 28 August – 25 September 2013 Fragmentation and composition form a dancing duet to a soundtrack of playful deviancy in this carefully crafted show by Ariel Aguilera and Andrea Benyi (also known as art-design duo Pandarosa). The manifestation of the drip appears frequently … Continue reading
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