Art Almanac
September 2019 $6
Mel O’Callaghan The Abyss Wirrimanu: Art from Balgo
Art Almanac September 2019
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Deadline for October 2019: Friday 30 August, 2019.
We acknowledge and pay our respect to the many Aboriginal nations across this land, traditional custodians, Elders past and present; in particular the Guringai people of the Eora Nation where Art Almanac has been produced.
Force of feeling sweeps through this issue; whether that be connection and companionship with animals, the powerful magnetism created when concept and material collide, a metaphysical reality conjured by art from the heart or the transformative ‘act of doing’ that underscores performance work. Our writers canvas this idea around Australia, from Brisbane’s ‘The Abyss’ to ‘Wirrimanu: Art from Balgo’ on view at Art Gallery of New South Wales, in Melbourne we enjoy ‘Pets are people too’ and Sydney is the first to experience Mel O’Callaghan’s touring show ‘Centre of the Centre’ at Artspace.
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Mel O’Callaghan, Respire, respire, 2019, performance and installation, Confort Moderne, France Photograph: Clemens Habicht Courtesy the artist, Kronenberg Mais Wright, Sydney, Galerie Allen, Paris, Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon and Artspace, Sydney
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Sydney Contemporary The fifth edition of Sydney Contemporary will come to life at Carriageworks from Thursday 12 until Sunday 15 September with presentations from more than 90 Australian and international galleries, including special zones NEXT and FUTURE which showcase early-career artists and galleries, some offering work for under $5,000. Amongst the art spaces a collection of Australian art publications will be in attendance in dedicated media stalls, including Art Almanac at Stand M2! As well as the commercial arm of the fair, viewers will encounter unique performances selected by Jeff Khan and Katie Winten from the likes of Leila El Rayes, Archie Barry and many more, programs and 15 new site-specific installations from well-known artists curated by Dr Mikala Tai. Some highlights include – Movana Chen’s ongoing knitted work Deconstructing comprised of shredded magazines to represent the Hong Kong-based artist’s feeling about memory and its relationship to the body; Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro in collaboration with BondorPanel present a neo-medieval tower from which viewers can get a birds-eye view of the fair, and charge their phone; Joan Ross and Dr Josh Harle at Tactical Space Lab offer viewers a disturbing VR exploration of the landscape as a colonial woman. This year Kids Contemporary is welcoming Jason Phu in a maker’s space titled ‘Funny dumb weird haha cardboard box mask workshop’. The ticketed opening night party will host two exclusive premieres; Nell’s ROCK GATE and Tony Albert’s first Sydney performance, Confessions. sydneycontemporary.com.au Archie Barry, Hypnic, devised 2017, performance Photograph: Jacqui Shelton Courtesy the artist and Sydney Contemporary, Sydney
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On Artists Ashleigh Wilson
Melbourne University Press
About a third of the way into his essay ‘On Artists’ Ashleigh Wilson is deep in a list of the nefarious, violent and predatory acts of, mostly male, famous visual artists, actors, musicians and poets from the Renaissance to today. Then, he asks ‘how much weight should we give to the life when decoding the mysteries of the art?’ The author toggles between these charges and the achievements of each individual, drawing out how evil and excellence co-exist, and considers the dilemma of presenting the artistic output to the public. Do we erase, boycott or display with context – risking a perpetuation of misogyny and further harm to survivors? Wilson concludes ‘we can’t ignore the artist, but that doesn’t mean we have to forgive them either.’
Suburban Baroque David Waddleton M.33
Melbourne-based photographer David Waddleton presents a new series of work in ‘Suburban Baroque’. This book acts as a portal through time, transporting the viewer into intimate dwellings of post-war working-class immigrants in Melbourne whose homes were decorated in a mid-century modern version of the European Baroque style of décor and design. Waddleton’s photographs depict interiors drenched in bold floral and geometric pattern in shades of green, gold, brown and orange under the ambient glow of chandelier and pendant lighting often surrounded by kitsch artworks, objects and religious icons capturing times passed yet the sense of pride in culture and heritage remains. ‘This is a salvage operation brought to a book. This is a book of reminders,’ says writer and artist Patrick Pound. 26
Mel O’Callaghan Centre of the Centre Emma-Kate Wilson
‘Centre of the Centre’ by Mel O’Callaghan is a large black box installation with her new video work spanning a 16 metre-long wall at Artspace, Sydney. A dedicated performance space with glass sculptural pieces will be inhabited by O’Callaghan and a team of ‘mediators’ who will push the performers into a trance state, testing the limitations of the human condition. The glass sculptures are designed to amplify sound, made from a blend of metal and glass, which increases the resonance in the space. O’Callaghan shares, ‘it’s quite disorienting, as the performers are breathing, and hyperventilating, they also lose time.’ She adds, ‘the exhilaration was apparent within the performers, but I also saw that as a group, they formed a bond – outside of a group that sees each other every day.’ The work was inspired by the Orang-Sungai, an Indigenous group in Borneo, who collect bird’s nests by climbing up bamboo ladders 40–60 metres high. O’Callaghan couldn’t believe that they would climb these dizzying heights just for monetary value. After being invited to film the process, she realised, ‘the men put themselves under these very highly charged physical positions, it’s an endurance work… I witnessed them entering trance states and using ritual chanting.’ This theory was reflected in the studies of Felicitas Goodman, who had looked at ‘altered state of consciousness’ (ASC). Goodman had wanted to uncover the effects trances and rituals can have on the body. She had trialled the experiment on students, in the 1970s, and put their bodies in
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Marisa Ho Mother is She
Ladder Art Space Until 21 September, 2019 Melbourne
Marisa Ho presents a profoundly personal selfportrait in her exploration of Motherhood and the discovery of this new identity through still life, portraiture and performative photography in ‘Mother is She’. ‘This series is an expression of my feeling of loss of identity, and the sense of disquiet with the new identity that has been reassigned to me,’ says Ho. ‘This work captures the entangled mix of love, suffocation, connection, isolation, the loss of identity, and the general madness of my Motherhood.’
Self-Portrait #2, 2018, giclée digital print on Di-bond, 66.7 x 100cm Courtesy the artist and Ladder Art Space, Melbourne
They Shield Us Koorie Heritage Trust Until 29 September, 2019 Melbourne From emu feather skirts and headbands to possum skin cloaks and kangaroo tooth necklaces, the Koorie Heritage Trust Collection includes a wide range of contemporary and historic wearables; each woven, stitched, painted and sewn with cultural narrative. ‘They Shield Us’ draws on this body of items, on display with newly commissioned works and an immersive wallpaper installation of models wearing works of both past and new; demonstrating how acts of creating, sharing and wearing shape the identities of First Nation women.
Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Garter on left in background and Stiletto shoes on right in foreground, They Shield Us installation view Photograph: Christian Capurro Courtesy the artist and Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne
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Ken Unsworth
Sally Anderson
Maquettes and Small Sculptures
Blue You Sea Sky
Despite their minimal forms, Ken Unsworth’s maquettes and small sculptures – introduced into the artist’s oeuvre in the early 1970s – are conceptually complex objects; precariously propped, suspended, and on the fringe of calamity. These key themes of gravity, balance and apparent instability were prominent in Unsworth’s practice at the time, particularly his performance pieces of which documented photographs and video as well as a number of his kinetic installations are on display in this exhibition curated by Anthony Bond AOM.
Sydney-based artist Sally Anderson’s current exhibition ‘Blue You Sea Sky’ entrusts the colour blue to express meaning and reflect on past and present experiences of domestic life, the sea, motherhood, childhood, relationships and memory.
Wollongong Art Gallery Until 3 November, 2019 New South Wales
Five secular settings for sculpture as ritual and burial piece, 1975, photograph Courtesy the artist and Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales
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Edwina Corlette Gallery Until 18 September, 2019 Queensland
The paintings ‘deliberately dance between abstraction and representation, gesture and form,’ says Anderson while also noting ‘the still life elements housed within paintings act as souvenirs. They hold experience and speak of apologetic gesture, celebration and days of birth.’
Orange Lilies from Blue You with Blue Mountains, 2019, acrylic on linen, 137 x 168cm Courtesy the artist and Edwina Corlette Gallery, Queensland
Immerse Art in unexpected Places City of Knox 1 to 29 September, 2019 Melbourne
George Egerton-Warburton Heide Museum of Modern Art Until 20 October, 2019 Melbourne
Artworks in unusual places will be popping up across the City of Knox at Wantirna from September 7, Bayswater on the 14th and on the 21st in Ferntree Gully, with an energetic showcase of sculpture, performance, photography, painting, installations and murals by 44 artists. Among the exhibitions, talks and events is Jasmine Targett’s three-part spatial artwork ‘Vision Quest: A Portal Opens’, which explores how giving ourselves over to the natural environment opens the mind and dissolves the boundary between nature and self.
In this first major institutional show for George Egerton-Warburton, we find new paintings and photo-based assemblages and sculptures, which encircle the individual’s relationship to power. A particular focus for Egerton-Warburton is the impact of latecapitalism and its imposition of ‘inequality, exclusion, precarious employment and work stripped of meaning.’ The artist pursues these dark topics with wit, drawing parallels with truffle hunting to the human rat race, and linking the aesthetic of infirmaries to what he perceives as cultural ill-health.
Jasmine Targett, Vision Quest: A Portal Opens, 2019, spatial artwork Courtesy the artist and City of Knox, Melbourne
Truffle hunting (cortical), 2017, digital print, dibond, dog poo, artist frame, 47.6 x 62.9 x 3.8cm Courtesy the artist, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
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Artist Opportunities We have selected a few galleries and funding bodies calling for submissions for Art Awards, Artist Engagements, Grants, Public Art, Residency Programs, Exhibition Proposals and more. Enjoy and good luck! BRUNY20
Bruny Island Foundation for the Arts (BIFFA) has announced a new $75,000 Fellowship Program ‘BRUNY2020’, which will run next year between June and August. Three artists will be awarded a fellowship to participate in a residency for the development, creation and delivery of a new body of work in response to the theme of ‘identity and environment’. The artists will undertake research and fieldwork on the island as part of the program, and will return to Bruny in December 2020 to showcase their exhibition and/or performance work.
This new partnership between the BIFFA and brunyisland.com.au will offer valuable support and development for Australian artists working across artistic disciplines including the visual arts, music, writing, performance, film-making and inter-disciplinary fields. brunyisland.com.au is an organisation committed to caring for and preserving the natural environment of Bruny Island, situated off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania. Dr Caroline Rannersberger, Creative Director of BRUNY20 and a director of the Foundation, notes Bruny Island provides the ideal location for artists to respond to the brief, ‘We are delighted to offer artists the space and means to work in a dedicated and supportive environment over a period of six months, and in doing so, to help them develop and deliver a new body of work in response to their month of fieldwork and research,’ she said. Entries for BRUNY20 are open now and applications close on Thursday 31 October. At least one of the three artists selected will be Tasmanian-based. brunyislandfoundation.com
Glover Prize
Entries close 24 January 2020 The Glover Prize in its 17th year is calling artists from anywhere in the world to submit titled landscape paintings of Tasmania that stimulate conversation about the meaning and possibilities expressed in the words ‘landscape’, ‘painting’, and ‘Tasmania’. The winner will receive $50,000 plus a bronze maquette of colonial artist and prize namesake, John Glover, created by Peter Corlett valued at $5,000. johnglover.com.au
John Fries Award 2020
Entries close 30 September 2019 The annual $10,000 non-acquisitive John Fries Award is calling for artists to enter the 2020 prize. The award recognises the talents of early career visual artists from Australia and New Zealand. Artists working in any medium or style are encouraged to enter including painting, performance, installation, photography, web-based works and film. johnfriesaward.com
Arts Tasmania Roving Curator program
Helen Hyatt-Johnston, Dusk to Dawn, video detail (still), 2019 Courtesy the artist and Bruny Island Foundation for the Arts, Tasmania
Applications open 2 September to 14 October 2019 The Roving Curator program gives museums, galleries and collections access to Arts Tasmania’s museum professionals for up to 25 days for activities commencing after 1 March 2020 and is open to individual practicing artists or arts workers who have been a resident of Tasmania for six of the past 12 months, groups must have at least one Tasmanian member, and organisations registered under, or created by law. Eligibility criteria is available on the Arts Tasmania website. arts.tas.gov.au
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Southbank Sth Melbourne Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006. T (03) 9697-9999. W www.acca.melbourne Free admission. H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, SatSun 12.00 to 5.00, Mon by appt. To Sept 8 On Vulnerability and Doubt. Sept 14 to Nov 17, 2019 The ACCA International, Haroon Mirza: The Construction of an Act. The annual ACCA International brings to Melbourne an artist at a pivotal point in their career, often presenting to Australian audiences for the first time. This is the first solo exhibition in Australia by acclaimed London-based artist Haroon Mirza, which brings new commissions into dialogue with representations of the artist’s recent work. Mirza’s practice, encompassing sculptural assemblage, immersive installation and live performance, has its origins in music; in the rhythm, syncopation and sampling techniques informed by the artist’s early experience as a DJ. For The Construction of an Act, presented with Melbourne International Arts Festival, Mirza will consider ACCA’s vast architecture as a reverberation chamber in which a disparate body of works come together to form a conceptual and sonic whole. For this new commission Mirza has constructed a residency studio within the gallery, as a space for local and international collaborators to undertake week-long residencies, culminating in a live performance within the exhibition. Live performance: Oct 8, 6.30pm, with collaborators – Australian composer-performer James Rushford; award-winning London-based dance artist and choreographer Julie Cunningham; and Australianborn, London-based soprano Jessica Aszodi.
Australian Tapestry Workshop
262-266 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205. T (03) 9699-7885. E contact@austapestry.com.au W www.austapestry.com.au Gold coin entry. H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00. Guided tours Wed 11am and Thurs 2pm, $10 per person: bookings essential. During your visit you will have an opportunity to observe the ATW weavers at work on contemporary tapestries from our mezzanine, as well as look down into the colour laboratory where the yarns are dyed for production. The ATW has two galleries which feature curated exhibitions of tapestries, textiles and contemporary art on a rotating basis. Sept 24 to Dec 6 (opening Tues Sept 24, 6pm) Place Makers – eight artists who use textiles to investigate history, self, place and identity. Each artist identifies with a unique cultural heritage; their use of textiles serves as an anchor point for their personal histories and their contextualisation within the broader Australian milieu.
Buxton Contemporary
Cnr Dodds Street and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank T (03) 9035-9339. E buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au W www.buxtoncontemporary.com H Wed-Sun 11.00 to 5.00, Thurs 11.00 to 8.00. The new purposebuilt home for the Michael Buxton Collection of contemporary art. To Oct 20 Bauhaus Now!
Illuminate Gallery
156 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne 3205. T 0402-759-848. E hello@illuminategallery.com.au W illuminategallery.com.au Sept 5 to 15 (opening Thurs Sept 5, 5.30-7.30pm) Urbanscape by Jason Smith – a photographic series exploring colour and geometry found in the Urban Industrial Landscapes of Melbourne. See ad page 72.
Lynn Jaanz Art Gallery
Level 1, 216 York Street, South Melbourne 3205. T 0450-955-467. W www.yorkstreetartgallery.com Curator: Anne Ioannou. International artist Lynn Jaanz and guest artist advertised. Viewing by appt: email Curator@lynnjaanzartgallery.com
Margaret Lawrence Gallery
Haroon Mirza, Pavilion for Optimisation, 2013, installation view at Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2015 Photograph: Bettina Matthiessen Courtesy the artist, Museum Tinguely, Basel and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
72 Melbourne
40 Dodds Street, Southbank 3006. T (03) 9035-9400. E ml-gallery@unimelb.edu.au W mlg.finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au H Tues-Sat 12.00 to 5.00. Sept 6 to Oct 5 (opening Thurs Sept 5, 5.30pm) Conscious intuition presents new sculptures by Brisbane-based Eugene Carchesio and new paintings by Melbourne-based Diena Georgetti. Since they emerged in the 1980s, both highly influential artists have continued to make work that connects contemporary art, art history and human experience in profound ways. Often creating imagery within the formalist context of geometry and colour, intuition – the ability to understand something instinctively – plays a large part in each of their working processes. Curated by Dr David Sequeira.
Redfern Surry Hills Green Square Aboriginal & Pacific Art
1/24 Wellington Street, Waterloo 2017. T (02) 9699-2211. E info@aboriginalpacificart.com.au W www.aboriginalpacificart.com.au Director: Gabriella Roy (member of ACGA). H Tues-Sat 11.00 to 5.00. Sept 11 to 28 Ngarrgooroon Cowboys by Churchill Cann and Patrick Mung Mung. In association with Warmun Art Centre, Warmun, WA. See ad page 115.
MAY SPACE
409b George Street, Waterloo 2017. T (02) 9318-1122. E info@mayspace.com.au W www.mayspace.com.au H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 12.00 to 4.00. To Sept 15 Eliza Gosse, and Indigo O’Rourke. Sept 12 to 15 Sydney Contemporary. From Sept 18 The Square curated group show.
Michael Reid Sydney
Standard House, 105 Kippax Street (enter from Waterloo Street), Surry Hills 2010. T (02) 8353-3500. W www.michaelreid.com.au Directors: Michael Reid and Toby Meagher. H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 5.00. Sept 12 to 15 Sydney Contemporary, Booth E13 – Brett Weir, Marc Etherington, Alesandro Ljubicic, John Honeywill, Petrina Hicks, Polixeni Papapetrou, Joan Ross and Dr Christian Thompson AO.
Redfern Art Gallery
Churchill Cann, Spring Creek, 2015, natural ochres and pigment on canvas, 120 x 180cm Courtesy the artist and Aboriginal & Pacific Art
Artbank, Sydney
80 Redfern Street, Redfern 2016. T 0478-473-041. E gavin@redfernartgallery.com.au W www.redfernartgallery.com.au @redferngallery Director: Gavin Watkins. H Sat 10.30 to 4.30, Sun 10.30 to 12.30, or by appt. Specialists in collectable – but affordable – Australian art from the 1950s-1980s. Also midcentury-modern furniture, studio ceramics, art glass and lamps. Through Sept to Oct Neglected Australian Artists. Artists in stock: Judy Cassab, Ena Joyce, Jean Isherwood, Phyllis Waterhouse, Dora Toovey, Celia Perceval, Dorothy Atkins, John Rigby, Ross Tamlin, Tony Costa, David Marsden, Adrian Feint, John Firth-Smith, Warwick Fuller, Reinis Zusters, Sidney Nolan and David van Nunen.
222 Young Street, Waterloo 2017. T (02) 9697-6000. E enquiries@artbank.gov.au W www.artbank.gov.au H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00. A Commonwealth Government art leasing program for contemporary art. Supporting Australian artists.
Brett Whiteley Studio
2 Raper Street, Surry Hills 2010. T (02) 9225-1881. E brettwhiteleystudio@ag.nsw.gov.au W www.brettwhiteley.org Free admission made possible by J.P. Morgan. H The Studio is open to the public Fri-Sun 10.00 to 4.00. The Brett Whiteley Studio is managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Flinders Street Gallery
61 Flinders Street, Surry Hills 2010. T (02) 9380-5663. E info@flindersstreetgallery.com W www.flindersstreetgallery.com H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 6.00, or by appt.
114 Sydney
John Rigby, Road to Pomona, 1984, oil on linen, 65 x 65cm Courtesy the artist and Redfern Art Gallery
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Despard Gallery
Level 1, 15 Castray Esplanade, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6223-8266. E hobart@despard-gallery.com.au W www.despard-gallery.com.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 3.00, Sun 12.00 to 3.00. Aug 28 to Sept 22 Bay of Fires by Ken Johnson. Sept 12 to 15 Despard Gallery at Sydney Contemporary, Booth A02 – with Geoff Dyer, Patrick Hall, Sam Field and Todd Jenkins.
Art Mob
29 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6236-9200, 0419-393-122. E euan@artmob.com.au W www.artmob.com.au Director: Euan Hills. H Daily 10.00 to 6.00. Aboriginal fine art, including Tasmanian Aboriginal artists.
Bett Gallery Hobart
Level 1, 65 Murray Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6231-6511. E info@bettgallery.com.au W www.bettgallery.com.au Directors: Carol Bett, Emma Bett and Jack Bett. H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. To Sept 14 Transparent things by Alex Davern, and Shimmer in the Age of Stupid by Helen Wright. Sept 12 to 15 Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks. Sept 20 to Oct 12 STORMWORKS by Meg Walch, and The raked sea by Thornton Walker.
Colville Gallery
91a Salamanca Place, Hobart 7004. T (03) 6224-4088, 0419-292-626. E info@colvillegallery.com.au W www.colvillegallery.com.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Sept 10 Native Habitat by Kylie Elkington. Sept 13 to Oct 2 FLOW by Milan Milojevic.
Patrick Hall, A Gut Full of Longing (detail), 2018, spirit bottle, LED lighting, electrical cable, glass, plywood, 120 x 60 x 11cm Courtesy the artist and Despard Gallery
Handmark Gallery
Unique Tasmanian Art & Design, 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000. Also, 2 Russell Street, Evandale, 7212. T Hobart: (03) 6223-7895, Evandale: (03) 6391-8193. E Hobart: hobart@handmark.com.au, Evandale: evandale@handmark.com.au W www.handmark.com.au Hobart: Sept 9 to 23 Our Island Home – Diane Masters with Michaye Boulter, Katherine Cooper and Melissa Smith. Sept 27 to Oct 14 Annual Works on Paper Exhibition featuring Martin Rek. Evandale: Sept 1 to Oct 2 Black + White Exhibition featuring Handmark artists.
The Henry Jones Art Hotel
25 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000. E art@thehenryjones.com W www.thehenryjones.com Showcasing leading and emerging Tasmanian artists with a changing display of original contemporary artworks.
Milan Milojevic, Flow 7, 2019, edition of 10, archival inkjet print with woodcut overlay, 44 x 30cm Courtesy the artist and Colville Gallery
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Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Cultural Centre
Lot 3238 , Stuart Highway, Katherine East 0850. T (08) 8972-3751. E contact@gyracc.org.au W www.gyracc.org.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 3.00. To Sept 14, 44th Katherine Prize. Sept 20 to Oct 26 We Eat We Are, curated by Sarah Pirrie.
Darwin Charles Darwin University Gallery
Building Orange 12.1.02, Casuarina Campus, Darwin 0909. T (08) 8946-6621. E artgallery@cdu.edu.au W cdu.edu.au/artgallery H Wed-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00. Visit our website for programs and events. To Sept 28 Salon des Refusés 2019.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
19 Conacher Street, The Gardens, Darwin 0820. T (08) 8999-8264. E info@magnt.net.au W www.magnt.net.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To Oct 13 Smoking Pipes. To Nov 3, 36th Telstra NATSIAA. The Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards is Australia’s longest running and most prestigious Indigenous art award showcasing an inspiring breadth of work from emerging and established artists. To March 29, 2020 Between the Moon and the Stars. See ads pages 8 and 9.
Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, Yirrkala, NT, Lightning strikes, 2018, natural pigments and recycled print toner pigments on Stringybark Courtesy the artist, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre and Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
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Titus Nganjmirra, Gunbalanya, NT, Queen Elizabeth, 2019, synthetic polymer paint on Arches paper Courtesy the artist, Injalak Arts and Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA)
Vimy Lane, Parap 0820. T (08) 8981-5368. W nccart.com.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00, or by appt. Closed public hols. The Northern Centre for Contemporary Art delivers leading local, national and international contemporary art to Darwin. To Sept 28 White Man You are Surrounded a compact survey of the work of Alice Springs artist Rod Moss. For over three decades,
Rod Moss, Ascension, 2016, synthetic polymers and graphite on Stonehenge paper, 115 x 111cm Collection of the artist Courtesy the artist and Northern Centre for Contemporary Art
Brisbane Andrew Baker Art Dealer
26 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3252-2292, 0412-990-356. E info@andrew-baker.com W www.andrew-baker.com H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. Paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by leading contemporary Australian, Melanesian and Polynesian artists including: Lincoln Austin, Leonard Brown, Michael Cook, Karla Dickens, Marian Drew, Ruki Famé, Fiona Foley, Donna Marcus, Michel Tuffery, Katarina Vesterberg and William Yang. To Sept 7 The Black Captain by Teo Treloar. Sept 11 to 14 Spring 1883 – Lincoln Austin, Michael Cook, Karla Dickens, Simon Gende, Kenji Uranishi and Katarina Vesterberg.
Art from the Margins Gallery & Studios
136 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3151-6655. E aftm@wmq.org.au W www.artfromthemargins.org.au H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Sept 2 to Oct 5 National Biennial Outsider Art Awards Finalists Exhibition – the inaugural National Biennial Outsider Art Award, judged by Steven Alderton, Director and CEO, National Art School. Open to all Australian outsider artists. Award finalists will be exhibited at the AFTM Gallery & Studios in Brisbane.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
629 Brunswick Street, New Farm 4005. T (07) 3358-6555. E gallery@edwinacorlette.com W www.edwinacorlette.com Director: Edwina Corlette. H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. Aug 29 to Sept 18 Blue You Sea Sky by Sally Anderson. An exhibition of paintings, which explore definitions of blue in relation to intimate personal experience.
Graydon Gallery
Griffith University Art Museum 226 Grey Street, South Bank 4101. E qcagalleries@griffith.edu.au W www.griffith.edu.au/art-museum/whats-on H Tues-Sat 11.00 to 4.00. To Sept 28 The Abyss, curated by Naomi Evans.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3252-5750 F 3252-5072. E ima@ima.org.au W www.ima.org.au Free entry. H Tues-Sat 11.00 to 6.00. To Oct 26 IMA Belltower: Presence by Robert Andrew. Andrew expands on his kinetic installation practice to create a new physical landscape that combines programmable technological machinery, string, earth pigments, ochres, rocks and soil. Sept 10 to Dec 21 The churchie national emerging art prize. Sept 28 to Dec 21 Earwitness Theatre by Lawrence Abu Hamdan. The first solo exhibition in Australia by Beirut-based artist and ‘private ear’ Lawrence Abu Hamdan, a finalist in this year’s Turner Prize.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E info@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Sept 12 to Oct 19 Matches 6: Group Exhibition.
Graydon Gallery
29 Merthyr Road, New Farm 4005. T 0418-740-467. E graydongallery@gmail.com W www.graydongallery.com.au Two week hire space, for all art practice and artisans. One space available in late November and now taking 2020 bookings. Through Sept Joanna Davies, Warren Palmer and Susan Leway.
Robert Andrew, Country, Land, Soil, Time and Space, 2017, soil, aluminium, string, electro mechanicals Courtesy the artist and Institute of Modern Art
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