ONLY HUMAN An exhibition exploring contemporary figurative art through the work of 5 Australian artists. 7 – 25th May, 2018 COLLINS PLACE GALLERY Collins Place, 45 Collins St, Melbourne VIC KIM ANDERSON This series ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ is a deeply personal journey of intense psychological scrutiny, exploring the physical manifestations of a … Continue reading
A group exhibition exploring the surreal, cosmic and otherworldly through the eyes of eight artists. CONTACT Marguerite Brown: visualpursuits@gmail.com Continue reading
OUTSIDE / IN KAREN GRAY and JOHN SHEEHAN May 15 – 29, 2017 Collins Place Gallery Shop 19, Collins Place (near entrance to Sofitel) 45 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC Join us for Closing Drinks with the Artists: Saturday 27 May, 2.00 – 4.00pm Paintings and works on paper by two Melbourne based artists that explore … Continue reading
Restless Nature March 28 – April 24, 2017 Elizabeth Banfield, Eolo Paul Bottaro, Kerrie Cleverdon, Kyoko Imazu, Adam Nudelman, Bronwyn Rees, John Sheehan, Sophia Szilagyi Collins Place Gallery Shop 19 Collins Place, 45 Collins St, Melbourne VIC This exhibition brings together the work of eight contemporary Australian artists who each explore differing interpretations of the natural … 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
Catalogue essay for Dagmar Cyrulla’s exhibition Reflection, 25 October – 19 November, 2014 Wagner Art Gallery, 39 Gurner St, Paddington NSW, Australia Also published on artshub.com.au 29th October, 2014 In this latest body of work by Dagmar Cyrulla, the artist creates atmospheric mise-en-scènes that frame her exploration into intrinsic relationships that bind people together. Relationships between … Continue reading
“The fact – and this will seem to many unbelievable – that his paintings by no means equaled his superb engravings did a lot to damage his reputation.”[1] Constantijn Huygens, 1630 The term ‘virtuosity’ rarely fails to surface when discussing the graphic oeuvre of Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617). Praised for his sheer technical brilliance, … Continue reading
Published in the University of Melbourne Collections, Issue 14, June 2014, pp. 46 – 50 Recently I had the opportunity to conduct in-depth research on an old master drawing from the J. Orde Poynton Collection, housed in the Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne (illustrated below). The focus of that 12-week research project was … Continue reading
Catalogue essay from Melbourne based artist Melinda Schawel’s new exhibition, Traverse April 4th – May 18th, 2014, Artspace Mackay, QLD Australia Melinda Schawel has always been drawn to the physicality of creative process, and allowed the non-rational act of making to guide the development of her atmospheric imagery. Previously this affinity for process has led her to … Continue reading
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