Art Almanac November / December 2020 $6
New exhibitions from Australia’s leading artists Victoria Reichelt ‘Archive’ Max Berry ‘Monument’ Judy Watson & Yhonnie Scarce ‘Looking Glass’
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November / December 2020
Letter from the Editor In our final issue for 2020, Art Almanac holds space for artists as they share personal and cultural stories about change, for better and worse. Art is often valued in posterity, so it’s our pleasure as publisher to play a role in anchoring these messages about then, now and the future in real time. Victoria Reichelt in ‘Archive’ observes objects in danger of becoming obsolete; pointedly for us, books. Her enigmatic work on our cover distils a complex and contemporary feeling – despair for climate change and also the transition of language to digital shorthand. Max Berry reflects on flux with contributor Dr Joseph Brennan, sharing that his practice evokes ‘time passing, time lost and the moment beneath the moment.’ Considering the inevitable in ‘One Foot on the ground, one foot in the water’ helps us to stay present, as Alice Dingle notes ‘Vita e morte, life and death; alpha and omega, beginning and the end.’ Melissa Peša considers the art of Gordon Bennett who made statements of resistance, occupying Australia’s colonial past and its postcolonial present, with the hope that one painting could change the world. Bennett said ‘I think to myself, what have I got to lose by trying?’ Jeremy Eccles highlights Yhonnie Scarce and Judy Watson, who call our attention to colonial massacres, Stolen Generations, Maralinga bomb tests and climate emergency through their intimate and poetic forms. Enclosed you will find a new ‘almanac’ if you will, of reader reflections. We have all had a different experience this year but agree that art has a positive and transformative power. Giving form to feeling requires reciprocity between creators, supporters and an audience; thank you to our Art Almanac community for being all three. Chloe Mandryk 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.
Cover Victoria Reichelt, Australian Landscape (smiley) 1, 2019, oil on linen, 42 x 42cm Photograph: Jon Linkins Courtesy the artist, Jan Murphy Gallery, Queensland, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne and Tweed Regional Gallery, New South Wales Read more on page 40. 5
art NEWS
Know My Name Recognising the gender disparity of their own Australian art collection, with only a quarter of the works by female artists, ‘Know My Name’ is the National Gallery of Australia’s (NGA) call-to-action initiative, part of the global movement to increase representation of women-identifying artists. The program celebrates the significant contributions of Australian female artists to our cultural life, as well as the NGA’s new guiding principles to ensure gender equality in their future programing, collection development and organisational structures. The NGA invites the arts and cultural industries and communities, both locally and internationally, to recognise and highlight the work of women, traversing a range of different artistic and creative practices. ‘Know My Name’ will deliver a vibrant program of exhibitions and events, with commissions, creative collaborations, publications and partnerships, that speak to the importance of women artists throughout history – to see their art, hear their stories and know their names. Brenda L Croft, Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra People; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish From 13 November, the Heritage, Matilda (Ngambri/Ngunnawal), 2019 exhibition ‘Know My Collection of National Gallery of Australia, purchased 2020 Name: Australian Women Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Australia, Australian Capital Territory Artists 1900 to Now’ will stage more than 350 works, featuring artists such as Destiny Deacon, Marie Hagerty, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Margaret Preston, Margaret Worth, Bonita Ely and Jill Orr. Highlights include a commission by the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, an installation by Justene Williams and a complete edition of one of Tracey Moffatt’s key photographic series. Coinciding with the exhibition opening, a three day conference will be held from 11 November, celebrating the role of women as artists, researches, mentors and activists.
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looking forward
Reader Reflections Hindsight is 20/20. So, we asked artists and people working in the arts how this year has fractured or evolved their approach to creative life and what they would like to see change for the better in the arts. Reflecting on the year that is, brings us into the present to plan for the future.
Agus Wijaya
Agus Wijaya, Procession, 2020
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I was working on this artwork for a show in Indonesia that was planned to happen sometime this year. It was to be my first in my home country, so already I was feeling contemplative. But, like many, it’s now postponed ‘indefinitely’. As things unfolded, the changes were perplexing and the uncertainty was disenabling. I paused making art to ensure I could keep my job for my young family. And when I continued, I cautiously changed it from a tricky installation to a digital image. It was a tense period, but it did give plenty of time to rest and digest. It allowed me to cherish the beauty of a slower pace and step into a liminal state. To appreciate what resides once everyday noise recedes into the background; to embrace the continual reconfiguration as we try to make sense of those that don’t; to keep going, one step at a time or even pause if we have to, but more slowly. I hope art will have more time to take better care of all its community members, especially the younglings and less observed ones; that it will bravely go slower and beyond snapping back to the old ways. 26
Anni Hagberg Artist
2020 has broken my practice and reassembled it as something I had never thought it would be. Researching material agency and the dynamic interactions between glass, clay and steel during a ceramic firing for my honours project while hiding away from a pandemic without a kiln or studio has been tricky, to say the least. But somehow, the constant existential crises and unrelenting hard lockdowns in Melbourne have pushed me and my work to evolve into something totally new and unforeseen. Not every cloud has a silver lining, and this year has been particularly tough, but art always seems to find a way to evolve and survive. These awful months in lockdown have taught me to look everywhere for inspiration and to constantly reimagine my own practice. I have now built myself a very sketchy little kiln and am exploring processes of uncertainty and learning to relinquish control over the final product. I would love to see some more funding and support for the arts, but the budget has once again proven that is of no importance to our current government. I am hoping these turbulent times will bring change, allowing artists and communities around the world to come together to realise and rethink the importance of art and creative thinking – especially in times of crisis.
Anni Hagberg, Uncertainty, 2020
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what’s on near me
Reko Rennie RECKONING
Pat Larter: Get Arted
STATION Until 14 November, 2020 Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales 14 November, 2020 to March 2021 Sydney
‘The title of the exhibition empowers the ongoing commentary I have through my work about royalty, rights, Original Aboriginal and acknowledgment of true Australian history,’ explains Reko Rennie. Rennie references the recent protests and the renewed interest on a global scale of Indigenous sovereignty in his iconic paintings, carved wooden panels, goldmirrored wall works and neons. A recurring motif throughout these works includes the ghosted outline of statues, signifying the need to call colonial histories into account and pay respect to traditional land owners.
‘Get Arted’ is the first solo presentation of Pat Larter’s oeuvre by a public institution and is drawn primarily from the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s National Art Archive. Cocurated by Lisa Catt and Claire Eggleston, the exhibition celebrates the performance art, film, mail art and painting of Larter who challenged conventions of female representation in a uniquely collaborative, humourous and provocative way; a transgressive practice which remains relevant today as we continue to think about progressing ideas of gender, the body and class.
OA RECKONING I-IV, 2020 Courtesy the artist and STATION, Melbourne
Pat Larter, Artart Actions: Stock Exchange Crash (still), 1987 The Pat Larter archive National Art Archive | Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of Richard Larter 1999 Photograph: Richard Larter © Estate of Pat Larter © Richard Larter Courtesy the Estate of Pat Larter and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Anne Zahalka
Yvonne Boag
Lost Landscapes
Travelling, Leaving, Settling, Scotland, Korea, Australia: Paintings, Works on Paper and Artists Books
queen Victoria Art Gallery, Royal Park 5 december, 2020 to 18 July, 2021 Tasmania Anne Zahalka turns her lens to the ‘lost landscapes’ of qVMAG’s historic dioramas for her ongoing series Wild Life (2006-), an investigation into how animal displays have shaped, and have been shaped by, our relationship with the natural world. Zahalka’s photographs bring into question the traditional display practices of museums and the position of authority they reinforce regarding knowledge, classification and collection. In reviving original dioramas and contrasting them with re-staged scenes, Zahalka offers alternative and contemporary ways to view these landscapes.
Self-Portrait with Lord Howe Island diorama, Australian Museum, 2019 Courtesy the artist
Cowra Regional Art Gallery 13 december, 2020 to 7 February, 2021 New South Wales
For more than 20 years, Yvonne Boag has divided her time between South Korea and Australia. The works in this survey exhibition curated by Akky van Ogtrop connect and emphasise the relationship between the painted surface of her paintings and the intimacy of her prints, drawings and artist’s books – all of which address her own personal experiences with migration, immersed in the deep links and multi-layered relationship she has with her changing landscapes.
After Gundagai, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 65 x 100cm Courtesy the artist, Turtle Lane Studios, Sydney and Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
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art & industry
Art & Industry For almost 50 years Art Almanac has served and been shaped by people who engage with art every day. Our practice supports the sustainability of our arts community in all its forms. We have experience as artists, in critical writing, working in galleries and festivals, design, teaching, digital media and the curatorial field. Art Almanac is more than a magazine.
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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! Helen Lempriere Scholarship Recipients Our congratulations go to Stephen King, Andrew Townsend and Jina Lee, the recipients of the 2020 Helen Lempriere Scholarships – awarding $30,000 to three artists at varying career stages, to foster and promote contemporary Australian sculpture. Gifted as part of the Helen Lempriere Bequest to further develop artistic practice through travel, study and the purchase of new equipment, the Scholarship also supports the recipients’ inclusion in Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.
Townsend is this year’s mid-career artist and together with his collaborator and partner, artist Suzie Bleach, they are renowned for their striking sculptures of animals and humans. Emerging artist Lee has produced sculptures for public spaces and private collections nationally and internationally, focusing on simplified organic shapes sculpted in a variety of stones. This year’s Scholarship recipients have previously exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi and Cottesloe – with King’s participation in the next Bondi program making him one of three artists to have exhibited at the show 20 times or more. sculpturebythesea.com
The Good Initiative Award We extend our congratulations to Dean Cross, the inaugural recipient of Goulburn Regional Art Gallery’s The Good Initiative. Launched in July, the biennale opportunity awards $20,000 for a major commission, making it one of the most generous prizes offered by a regional gallery in Australia. The first iteration was open to artists in the early stages of their careers, either local to or born in the Goulburn region. Cross is of Worimi descent and was born and raised on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country. As part of the initiative, Cross will present a solo exhibition of new work in 2021, which draws on his connection to the region. ‘Regional galleries are crucial to a vibrant visual arts sector,’ Cross says. ‘And I cannot wait to work closely with the team at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery to push the limits of my practice.’ Gina Mobayed, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Director, described Cross as ‘an artist whose work needs to be seen, considered and discussed now.’ Mobayed added, ‘The ideas in his proposal were a vital and fascinating commentary on who we are and what is happening in contemporary society.’ goulburnregionalartgallery.com.au
Stephen King, Gridlock Courtesy the artist and Sculpture by the Sea
Selected as the senior artist recipient, King works across sculpture, printmaking and painting. King’s life as a grazier based in rural New South Wales informs his practice, underpinned by our relationship with the environment and climate change, genetics and the continuum of life.
Dean Cross Photograph: Janelle Evans Courtesy Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
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Flinders Lane Anna Schwartz Gallery
185 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9654-6131. E mail@annaschwartzgallery.com W www.annaschwartzgallery.com Director: Anna Schwartz. H Thurs-Fri by appt, Sat 1.00 to 5.00. To Dec 19 Groups + Pairs 2016-2020 by John Nixon.
ARC ONE Gallery
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9650-0589. E mail@arc1gallery.com W arcone.com.au Directors: Fran Clark and Suzanne Hampel (member of ACGA). H Wed-Fri 11.00 to 4.00, Sat 11.00 to 2.00. To Dec 5 Touching Pool by Honey Long & Prue Stent. Dec 8 to Jan 30, 2021 Group show.
BLINDSIDE
Nicholas Building, 714/37 Swanston Street (enter via Cathedral Arcade lifts, cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9650-0093. W www.blindside.org.au H Tues-Sat 12.00 to 6.00. Online exhibitions: Through Nov Regional Research Art + Research Residencuis At Mooramong by Zoë Barry, Bonny Cassidy and Pia Johnson. Nov 1 to Jan 31, 2021 SATELLITE: working conditions \ conditions working by Juliette Pénélope Pépin. Curated by James Carey. Nov 5 to 14 B-Side Online | Artist Puzzles – BLINDSIDE’s annual fundraiser. Dec 9 to 19 2020 Emerging Curator Mentorship. Curator Abbra Kotlarczyk, Mentor Kyla McFarlane.
Flinders Lane Gallery
Level 1, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9654-3332. E info@flg.com.au W www.flg.com.au Director: Claire Harris. H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00. FLG presents their annual exhibition program both in-house and online via virtual tours. Their website also features an extensive, fully searchable online stockroom. Nov 4 to 28 Wet Paint by William Breen. Breen’s forthcoming exhibition presents a fresh series of his ever-popular urban landscapes. Focusing on the streets and laneways of inner Melbourne, Breen’s images are revered for their intricate attention detail, vivid colouration and surreal lack of human presence. This latest exhibition presents a series of smaller works on paper focusing on the streets of Fitzroy and seems particularly timely given the socially distanced impact Melbourne’s recent lockdowns have had on the city’s streets and normally bustling, much loved hospitality industries. Dec 1 to 23 Nocturne by Hannah Quinlivan. Quinlivan multi-disciplinary practice grapples with contemporary issues of human migration, currents of societal emotions and the fleeting nature of time through the ephemeral quality of spatial drawings and their shadows. Utilising the linear potential of drawing, painting, wire and LED sculptures and impermanent salt installations, Quinlivan’s work possesses an organic, lively quality that creates an immersive experience for the viewer.
William Breen, Madame Sousou, 2020, gouache on paper, 35.5 x 62cm Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery
Tax and Business Advice 58 Lynch St, Hawthorn 3122 (03) 9428 3855 www.giannarosica.com.au
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Toorak Sth Yarra Prahran Alternating Current Art Space
(map ref Melway 2L, K12) 248 High Street, Windsor 3181. T (03) 9528-2459. E info@alternatingcurrentartspace.com W www.alternatingcurrentartspace.com H Thurs-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To Nov 7 Nightshade by Wendy Catling. Nov 13 to Dec 5 G1: Broken Dreams by Nathan Larkin. G2: Being Me Again by Avan Anwan. G3: Unimaginable by Maria Fernandez. The Cupboard: Gossamer by Cathy Muhling. Dec 11 to 31 Love And Mixed Emotion by Elaine Batton.
MARS Gallery
7 James Street, Windsor 3181. T (03) 9521-7517. E andy@marsgallery.com.au W www.marsgallery.com.au H By appt only, contact Andy Dinan 0412-999-652. To Nov 16 Jurrukukini, Maymampi, Jarranga, Muputi, Yirikapaye (Owl, Magpie Goose, Buffalo, Fish, Crocodile) – features contemporary Tiwi works by Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri, Janice Murray and Chris Black from Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association. Curated by Hannah Raisin and William Heathcote. Nov 18 to Dec 16 Before & After Technology 2020 is the presentation of a new body of charcoal drawings generated by Simon Finn during the COVID lockdown. The artworks are a demonstration of pictorial exploration and physical immersion in nature with a revitalised practice void of technology. Dec 18 to Jan 26, 2021 Analysis (11) by Sophia Hewson stretches over 8 metres in length and is compiled of over 700 faces, statements and letters. Sourced over a two-year period, Hewson documents the experience of being a woman in contemporary Western society and the artist’s state of existence through a considered collecting practice.
Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri, Tjurukukuni (owl), 2020, locally sourced natural ochres on ironwood, cockatoo feathers, 44cm Courtesy the artist, Jilamara Arts, Northern Territory and MARS Gallery
Nathan Larkin, skin, 2019, inkjet print, 51 x 41cm Courtesy the artist and Alternating Current Art Space
Fletcher Arts
1/404 Malvern Road, South Yarra 3141. E info@fletcherarts.com W www.fletcherarts.com H Open by appt. From Oct 29 Response: A Response to an unsettling experience featuring Kim Guthrie, Paula Mahoney, Natalie Ryan, Pip Ryan and Richard Stringer. See ad page 89. 88 Melbourne
Scott Livesey Galleries
610 High Street, Prahran 3181. T 0412-868-666. E info@scottliveseygalleries.com W www.scottliveseygalleries.com H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 5.30, Sat 11.00 to 4.00, Mon by appt. Through Nov The Pleasure of Your Company by Kate Bergin. Dec 9 to 19 Group Exhibition.
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Newcastle Central Coast Finite Gallery
60 Caves Beach Road, Caves Beach 2281. T 0419-471-660. E info@finitegallery.com W FiniteGallery.com H Fri-Sun 10.00 to 4.00 and public hols, excluding Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Exhibiting fine art and crafts from the regions finest practitioners. Nov 13 to 29 Stillness – Annette Kelsey, Kim Wilson, Liz Cunninghame and Cheryl Van Oyen. With varying mediums and perspectives on the isolation 2020 brought to our shores, four artists have interpreted the theme of stillness. Works move from abstraction to the romantic with each bringing something fresh to these unprecedented times. Dec 4 to Jan 24, 2021 Patchwork 4 – exhibition and sale of 15 x 15cm collectable art by some of the region’s finest artists.
Annette Kelsey, Still Life 1 Courtesy the artist and Finite Gallery
The Lock-Up
90 Hunter Street, Newcastle 2300. T (02) 4925-2265. W www.thelockup.org.au H Thurs-Sun 11.00 to 3.00. To Nov 8 miyarnuwimanha by Nicole Monks. Nov 14 to 22 Trajectory Ensemble with artist Nat Randall. Presented by Tantrum Youth Arts. Dec 5 to Jan 31 HOW DO I KNOW MY PARROT IS HAPPY? by Rosie Deacon.
Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie
First Street, Booragul 2284. T (02) 4921-0382. E mac@lakemac.nsw.gov.au W mac.lakemac.com.au Facebook + Instagram @themacmuseum Free entry. H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.30, selected public hols 11.00 to 4.00. To Dec 6 YOUR COLLECTION: Past and Present.
Newcastle Art Gallery (NAG)
1 Laman Street, Newcastle 2300. T (02) 4974-5100. E artgallery@ncc.nsw.gov.au W www.nag.org.au Gallery Director: Lauretta Morton. H Tues-Sat, with two daily sessions at 10.00 and 2.00. Visit the website to book. Nov 14 to Feb 14, 2021 We Can Be Heroes: a backstage pass a group exhibition. Over the summer of 2020 Newcastle Art Gallery presents a behind the scenes tour seen through the lens of artists capturing intimate moments of Australian and international musicians. The exhibition puts the spotlight on individual stories that highlight similarities between international superstars and those seeking to achieve their dream of becoming heroes. We Can Be Heroes: a backstage pass celebrates the connection and relationship between the photographer and their subject, in this case the musician, through rarely seen touring images, backstage portraits and views from the stage that very few of us get to experience. See ad on back cover. Nov 28 to Jan 31, 2021 Domestic Bliss: functional works from the collection – this group exhibition brings together ceramic works of art by leading artists and a new generation of ceramic practitioners, including recent acquisitions to the Newcastle Art Gallery collection. Discover domestic and functional wares that represent many aspects of life – the flower vase for ceremony and remembrance, the platter shared in celebration and tea bowls representing tradition and custom.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG)
230 High Street, Maitland 2320. T (02) 4934-9859. E artgallery@maitland.nsw.gov.au W www.mrag.org.au H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00, café 8.00 to 3.00. Eleven exhibition spaces, Gallery Shop and a much loved cafe. Free entry, donations always welcome!
Sophie Howarth, Big Day Out Crowd Shot, photograph Courtesy the artist and Newcastle Art Gallery
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Northern Rivers Bank Art Museum Moree
25 Frome Street, Moree 2400. T (02) 6757-3320. W www.bamm.org.au H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 1.00. To Nov 14 Unveiled: Love, lace and longing. Visit website for full exhibition program.
Mist Gallery
Shop 3, 2-6 Pandanus Parade, Cabarita Beach 2488. T 0419-870-305. E mist.gallery.cabarita@gmail.com W www.mist-gallery.com.au H Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri 10.00 to 1.30, Sat 10.00 to 2.30. To Nov 15 Wild at Heart – Kate Debbo, Anne Smerdon, Bronni Krieger, Judy Oakenfull, Helen Otway, Narelle Hallam, Catherine Lane, Amanda Bromfield and others. From Dec 4 The Great Outdoors group show.
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Cnr Coff and Duke streets, Coffs Harbour 2450. T (02) 6648-4863. E gallery@chcc.nsw.gov.au W www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/gallery Free entry via online ticketing system. H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 4.00, closed Mon and public hols. Oct 30 to Nov 21 Unboxed 20:20 – an exhibition of the diverse work of creative industry graduates from Coffs Harbour TAFE. Not only an important milestone in their professional development, this year’s exhibition is an opportunity for TAFE students, as local emerging artists, to demonstrate their artistic tenacity in uncertain times. Nov 28 to Jan 16, 2021 Sites of Transformation: David Tucker. Familiar yet foreign, fleshy yet mechanical, David Tucker’s latest body of sculptural work traverses the fine line between the natural and the constructed through the medium of clay. Anne Smerdon, Maui 1, oil on board, 30 x 24cm Courtesy the artist and Mist Gallery
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
David Tucker, Coil, 2018, ceramic, 31 x 54 x 31cm Courtesy the artist and Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
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2 Mistral Road (cnr Tweed Valley Way), Murwillumbah South 2484. T (02) 6670-2790. E tweedart@tweed.nsw.gov.au W artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au Director: Susi Muddiman OAM. Free entry. H WedSun 10.00 to 11.30, 12.00 to 1.30 and 2.00 to 4.00, Pre-book online: artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au To Nov 15 Double Vision by Euan Macleod and Ron McBurnie. To Nov 29 Arm of the Sea and the Fertile Tree by Sally Anderson. To Jan 17, 2021 You are here: art of the region. To May 2, 2021 Margaret’s House – Margaret Olley | Nicholas Harding | Pam Tippett | Adam Pyett. Nov 13 to Feb 28, 2021 Mary Shelley – A Seditious Heart by Justin Ealand and Wendy Powitt. Also, ROCK FACE by Gabriela Soelkner. Dec 4 to May 10, 2021 Archive by Victoria Reichelt. See ad page 11. Gallery DownTown – Annexe of Tweed Regional Gallery: 1st floor, M-Arts Precinct cnr Brisbane Street and Proudfoots Lane, Murwillumbah 2484. W artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov. au/GalleryDownTown. H Mon-Fri, 10.00 to 3.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00. To Nov 28 Portals of the Inanimate by Chelle Wallace, and There is a Language, Little Known by Rose Watson & Caroline Wisler.
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Hobart Sullivans Cove Battery Point 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 Nov 14 Out of Darkness by Philip Wolfhagen, and REAL MEETS THE UNREAL by Joel Crosswell. Nov 20 to Dec 12 The Abacus Wars by Mish Meijers. Also, Hard edges and soft openings by Tricky Walsh. Dec 14 to 24 Stockroom hang.
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 Open by appointment only.
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 4.00, Sun by appt. Nov 11 to Dec 12 Replica solo exhibition by emerging contemporary photographer Micheila Petersfield. Petersfield’s practice centres on critiquing the idealised representation of women in popular media through transformative self-portraiture, destabilising the familiar aesthetics of popular feminine ideals through carefully choreographed narratives,image reconstruction and digital manipulation. Dec 16 to Jan 30, 2021 Despard Gallery Annual Summer Show – group exhibition from the Despard Gallery artist stable. A Despard Gallery tradition, our Annual Summer Group Show functions as a showcase to share new work, across multiple mediums and themes, celebrating the rich diversity of our talented artist stable.
Micheila Petersfield, Masque, 2020, digital print on archival paper, 120 x 80cm 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: Oct 30 to Nov 23 Peter Gouldthorpe. Nov 27 to Dec 14 Bruce Thurrowgood. Dec 18 to Jan 25, 2021 Summer Salon.
Salamanca Arts Centre
65-77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6234-8414. E info@salarts.org.au W www.salarts.org.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Nov 2 to 30 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Micro Mosaics by Donna Ritchie. Nov 4 to 15 Fluidity by Arwen Dyer and Wolfgang Glowacki. Nov 17 to 29 HIP Mini Print Exhibition & Sale 2020. Nov 25 to 28 Coronal Reflections : Marking Time – Maria Blackwell, Andy Hutson, Dexter Rosengrave and Jake Walker.
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