GRIA SHEAD La Belle Epoque, Casinos and Cigars 10 NOVEMBER — 25 NOVEMBER 2016 Nanda Hobbs, Lvl 1, 66 King St, Sydney NSW 2000 Gria Shead has long practiced the art of poetic evocation in her sensitively rendered paintings and works on paper. This quality is further developed in her new exhibition La Belle Époque: … Continue reading
Kirra Jamison 09 August – 27 August 2016 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane QLD One of the most well known aspects of Kirra Jamison’s work has long been her fearless use of colour. Whether in pastel palettes or bold hues, Jamison arranges colours in seemingly infinite ways on the canvas, with a rhythmic sensibility that keeps … Continue reading
Bavarian limestone, grease and water – these are the essential elements that alchemist of sorts Peter Lancaster has been using for 26 years to transfer imagery from stone to paper, through the magical process of lithography. Since 1990 Lancaster Press has operated as a small independent printmaking studio in Melbourne that specialises solely in the … Continue reading
Over the past year I have been working with Stag & Bow and The Framing Salon, two unique businesses in South East London that are all about reviving craft based skills from a grass roots level. Pascale Spall and Cyrus Colquitt founded Stag & Bow nearly five years ago at 8 Dartmouth Rd in Forest … Continue reading
Imprints of Place Limited edition prints from Australia and Ireland Current until 11th January, 2015 The Framing Salon 10 Dartmouth Rd, Forest Hill, London SE23 3XU @theframingsalon This diverse exhibition features over 100 limited edition prints, skillfully hand-crafted by artists working from three separate print studios in Australia and Ireland. Artists from Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne; PressNorth … Continue reading
“The artist produces scenes that are like sheets of stone, whether these be jagged cliff faces or crumbling stone structures. Ostensibly revealing broad vistas, Segers’ landscapes instead form a stony wall of impenetrable material, confounding view with picture plane. The viewer is not meant to enter these spaces.”[1] And yet enter we do, into Segers’ … Continue reading
Jon Eiseman Other Realities at Flinders Lane Gallery, 137 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Australia. 15th July – 2nd August 2014 This exhibition of recent sculptural work by Jon Eiseman and related photographic collaborations with Anne Conron, frequently employs the image of a solitary man, suitcase in hand, set upon a journey through strangely dreamlike surrounds. Here the representation of a … Continue reading
David Frazer is a born story-teller, imparting tales of love, loss, and humour in his exquisitely rendered and finely detailed prints. Working in the mediums of etching, linocut, wood engraving and lithography, Frazer embraces the craftsmanship required by these techniques, and has developed a technical mastery acquired through years of creative practice. His skilful manipulation … Continue reading
Last week emerging artist Katie Young launched an exhibition titled Magnum Linea at the Dome Gallery, Melbourne. This series of oil and watercolour paintings are largely based on the artist’s friends and contemporaries, and in the tradition of portraiture they bear a strong physical likeness to their subjects. Yet through the introduction of symbols and designs … Continue reading
Another day another existential crisis, with phrases like this embedded in her work it is impossible not to smile at the wit infused Dymo creations of Melbourne based artist Savina Hopkins. As part of a recent exhibition at Red Gallery for the Midsumma Festival, Hopkins created a suite of works from embossed vinyl Dymo labels, … Continue reading
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