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Essays on Curating: Soft and Hard Approaches
There are a whole variety of ways to think about curating, of approaches and styles and methods and processes. Over a series of essays I will look at ways in which to consider curatorial practice, driven by my own experiences as a curator and consumer of exhibitions, as well as self-directed research into the field. … Continue reading
Ross Taylor, October 2015
Ross Taylor, Twice the first time Stockroom Gallery; 10 October – 27 November A scratchy and fractured psychedelia runs across an even-tempered array of petri-dish experiments in Twice the first time by Ross Taylor. Consisting of two sub-suites of pencil drawings in classical genres – landscape and still-life – this exhibition of pencil drawings blends historical references, contemporary documentation and improvisation. It is with an even-hand … Continue reading
Jason Waterhouse, Oct 2013
Jason Waterhouse, Sticks and Bones Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton; 31 August – 5 October 2013 Growth is a complementary colour to decay. If fallen twigs could utter last words, they would be thought bubbles of coloured resin. If the skeletal remains of the hunted and the farmed were allowed to decompose in polluted atmospheres, they would … Continue reading
Interview with Jason Waterhouse, Sept 2013
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
Nicholas Jones, Sept 2013
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, Sept 2013
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
Neil Malone, Feb 2013
Neil Malone, there/now/here/then Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton; 9 February – 3 March 2013 The secret door, the hidden room, the entrance to the villain’s lair. Remember those movies where someone felt along the wall, looking for the right block of stone to push in? The stone that would depress and open up a whole new space … Continue reading
SPAN, Stockroom Gallery, Dec 2012
This time last year (Dec 2011) I started at Stockroom in Kyneton, taking over as Gallery Director. Today, a full 12 months later, I’ve wrapped up my role there. Bookending my experience are the end of year open-entry shows that are fast becoming staple events for regional Victoria. Last year the gallery received 155 entries … Continue reading
Amelie Scalercio, Oct 2012
Amelie Scalercio, Altered States Stockroom Gallery, October 2012 what strikes me first about Amelie’s work is the playful nature of it. the waving mushroom man, the crumpled man-face with mascara and pencil mustache, the theatricality of the masks. in fact, the show reads like a masquerade of characters on the verge of coming to life … Continue reading
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