Art Almanac June 2022 $5
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Art in Australia Art news – Art Almanac team
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She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism – Kirsty Francis Daniel Boyd, Treasure Island – Emma-Kate Wilson An Alternative Economics – Louise R Mayhew 32 In the studio: Margaret Ackland – Dr Joseph Brennan In the studio: India Mark – Jaimi Wright 40 What’s on near me – Art Almanac team
Artist Opportunities and Awards 61 Submissions and Proposals 67 Materials 68 Services 69 Consultants and Valuers 72 Member Organisations 72 Training 73
What’s On Gallery Index 74 Melbourne 78 Victoria 103 Sydney 112 New South Wales 134 Australian Capital Territory Tasmania 148 South Australia 152 Western Australia 156 Northern Territory 161 Queensland 164 Artist Index 175
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Rising Rising presents art, music, performance, and ceremony across the City of Melbourne from 1 to 12 June, with a spectacular showcase of visual art exhibitions, dance, theatre, performance, music, video, and more. For a taste of what’s in store, from 1 June to 10 July, Melbourne-based installation artist Keith Courtney’s Kaleidoscope – 700sqm of glass, steel, mirrors and moving prisms at Arts Centre Melbourne’s forecourt will immerse audiences in a symphony of light, colour and sound through an illusory maze of corridors. Motion and gravity are distorted, and spaces fracture, surprise, and disorientate the senses at every turn. Rising also features leading artists such as Atong Atem, Paul Yore, Guan Xiao, and Patricia Piccinini, among others. Go online to view the full calendar. rising.melbourne Keith Courtney, Kaleidoscope Courtesy the artist and Rising, Melbourne
Resurrection Winter is coming, and with it, Dark Mofo. Tasmania’s emblematic mid-winter solstice festival re-emerges from the darkness of COVID-19 in this year’s iteration titled Resurrection, exploring ideas of rebirth, reincarnation, and new life through large-scale public art, food, music, fire, light, noise, and naked swims in Hobart from 8 to 22 June. View the work of over 100 Australian and international artists, including Bill Viola (USA), Doug Aitken (USA), and Hiromi Tango (Tweed Heads, NSW). Attend the Mona Up Late opening of three new major exhibitions: Jeremy Shaw (Canada), Fiona Hall (lutruwita/Tasmania) and AJ King (lutruwita/Tasmania bigambul/wakka wakka), and Robert Andrew (Brisbane Yawuru) at Mona, Museum of Old and New Art. Listen to the sounds of Sigur Ros’ Jónsi, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, UK space rockers Spiritualized and many more. darkmofo.net.au Bill Viola, Inverted Birth, 2014, video/sound installation, colour high-definition video projection on screen mounted vertically and anchored to floor in dark room; stereo sound with subwoofer, projected image size: 500 × 281cm, 8:22 minutes Performer: Norman Scott Courtesy the artist and Dark Mofo, Tasmania
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In the studio
Margaret Ackland “The closed world of a still life settles and calms me, allowing me to get lost in the tones and colours . . .” By Dr Joseph Brennan “When I was a student in the 70s watercolour was not even mentioned as a possibility, sneeringly considered a hobbyist preoccupation,” Sydney artist Margaret Ackland tells me when asked about a self-described present preoccupation with watercolour. “I had not used watercolour at all until I was given a Windsor & Newton set in 2011; a few years later I started using them, mainly because I was in danger of missing a deadline. I loved how immediate and easy they were, with the possibility to address both incredibly fine detail and accidental beauty as wet meets wet. I began a daily habit of painting a small response to the daily newspaper every morning. This became The Watercolour News and lasted for five years.”
Lemons and Lines, 2021, watercolour, 45 × 50cm
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Mary Maggic and Grace Gamage
Nicola Dickson
BioGym
Walking the Murray – in the steps of Blandowski
Contemporary Art Tasmania 10 June to 10 July 2022 Hobart
Beaver Galleries Until 11 June 2022 Australian Capital Territory
Featuring new work by Tasmanian-based artist Grace Gamage and Austrian-based artist Mary Maggic, BioGym explores how the boundaries between biology and culture are defined, crossed, and contested. Taking inspiration from spaces within a contemporary gym as a controlled environment that encapsulates the dream of humans attempting to tame and modify their own biology, Gamage and Magicc play with organic biology and bodily intervention using repurposed gym equipment and a chronobiological cake display. Curated by Lisa Campbell-Smith. Co-presented by Contemporary Art Tasmania and Dark Mofo.
Nicola Dickson explores the natural world and perceptions of identity with reference to Australia’s colonial history across painting, drawing, installation, printmaking, and ceramics. Retracing the steps of eighteenth and nineteenth century European explorers, naturalists and expedition artists to Australia, Dickson uses archival material from their voyages as a starting point for inspiration. “I was intrigued by the abundant birdlife and the sudden transition of vegetation from low desert mallee to verdant tangled strips of black box eucalyptus and river red gums that hugged the river,” Dickson shares.
Space for hope and wonder silvereye II, oil on linen, 55 × 38cm Courtesy the artist and Beaver Galleries, Australian Capital Territory
Grace Gamage, Pre-Post-Recovery-Sagra, 2022 Courtesy the artists and Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
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Continuum
Linda Brescia
JamFactory Adelaide Until 3 July 2022 South Australia
Penrith Regional Gallery Until 14 August 2022 Sydney
Continuum highlights the continuing practice and preservation of Indigenous art and culture through ceramic sculptural objects and vessels by Uncle Kevin “Sooty” Welsh, Alfred Lowe, Carlene Thompson, and Anne Thompson, who connect with their diverse cultural backgrounds, spanning from Arrernte Country in the Northern Territory, the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in north-west South Australia and Wailwan Country in north-east New South Wales. Featuring both hand-built and wheel-thrown artworks decorated using the sgraffito technique: scratching the slip-coated clay surface of a ceramic object to reveal a lower layer of contrasting colour.
A Girl Like You
Western Sydney artist Linda Brescia exhibits recent works that explore the complexities of what it means to live as a woman in our contemporary moment and highlight the history of resilience that exists within women artists and authors. Portraits of Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins – figures that to Brescia represent the varied experiences of women in the public sphere, as both fierce advocates for safety and representation, as well as figures for whom anonymity is not an option – are included in the show.
Artwork by Charlene Thompson Courtesy the artist and JamFactory, Adelaide
A girl like Grace, 2022, acrylic and embroidery on French linen, fabric, wool, 23k gold plated tampons, acrylics on dowel, raku clay Courtesy the artist and Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney
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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!
From July, Prowd will delve into themes of perception, voyeurism, and consent by exploring her relationship with her own body in a world not designed for her four-foot-tall stature in a six-foot world. The residency will culminate in a two-week season at Arts House in October. Mishka’s residency aims to demystify autistic art practices. From March to May 2023, sixteen autistic and non-autistic artists will examine stim vocabularies to develop a sensory and tactile performance with large-scale brain puppets, as well as a film installation with projection.
The Warehouse Residency at Arts House
The City of Melbourne’s Arts House has launched a five-year disability-led residency and commissioning program, which aims to support Deaf, Disabled, neurodiverse and chronically ill artists, curators, collectives, and their collaborating allies to develop their artistic potential through The Warehouse Residency. The inaugural residents are Catherine Dunn and Sam Martin, Leisa Prowd and Mishka, who will receive $25,000 towards artist fees and materials and $4,000 for access services, support, and consultation, as well as three-month access to a dedicated studio space, access to a mentor, equipment, production, and producing expertise, and opportunity to present residency outcomes. “The Warehouse Residency at Arts House will challenge what it means to create and produce accessible art – it will break down the barriers for artists and audiences,” says Dunn. Dunn and Martin worked with a group of Deaf artists from March to May with the vision to create a culturally safe space to explore storytelling beyond hearing-centric environments and spoken languages. Performances by these artists will be presented at Arts House in August.
Sam Martin Photograph: Angel Leggas
Leisa Prowd Photograph: Aaron Walker Images courtesy the artists and Arts House, Melbourne
The Warehouse Residency was co-devised by Arts House and six Deaf, Disabled and neurodiverse artists, with support from Arts Access Victoria, to ensure the program embraces self-determination, flexibility and risk taking, and enhances inclusion and participation. It extends a long history of Arts House programming and partnerships involving deaf and disabled artists, including Back to Back Theatre, Rawcus, Jodee Mundy Collaborations, Claire Cunningham and Chelle Destefano. The next call out for The Warehouse Residency at Arts House will open in October 2022. artshouse.com.au
City of Sydney Creative Hoardings Program
Applications close 11am, June 9, 2022 Expressions of interest for art and design concepts to be used as printed artwork on temporary protective structures (hoardings) at construction sites across the City of Sydney are open. The City of Sydney is calling for artwork proposals that will inspire, delight, and engage the public and showcase artistic excellence. Artworks may respond to any theme and may consider Eora Journey and LGBTIQA+ pride. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and designers are encouraged. Go online for details and to apply. cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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30 Royal Parade, Kenneth Myer Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010. T (03) 9349-2538. E info@daxcentre.org W www.daxcentre.org Entry by donation. H Wed–Fri 11.00 to 3.30, every last Sun of the month 12.00 to 3.00. The Dax Centre is a leader in the use of art to raise awareness and reduce stigma towards mental health issues. Through our exhibitions and educational programs, we seek to engage, inform and encourage community connections and conversations about mental health. The Dax Centre is the custodian of the Cunningham Dax Collection, one of only four collections of its kind in the world.
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E mail@magma.art W www.magma.art June 4 to 13 MAGMA Art Projects presents Christophe Stibio: WARNING: SEVERE WEATHER at Meat Market Stables, 2 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051. See ad page 85.
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CO.AS.IT Museo Italiano
199 Faraday Street, South Carlton 3053. W www.coasit.com.au/events/events-archive/840de-vries-2022 To July 30 Pellettiere (leather worker) textiles and photography – a collaboration between artists Lis de Vries and Sue Manski, with Vince Larosa, from Larosa Leathergoods, Pellettiere presents the practice and art of leather craft; the people, sights, sounds, and creations of makers, artists, and artisans.
Christophe Stibio, Worturpa Gorge 6:43pm, 2021, shredded classified documents and natural pigments on rice paper, 111 × 112cm Courtesy the artist and MAGMA Art Projects
Steps Gallery
62 Lygon Street, Carlton South 3053. T (03) 9662-3861. W miesf.com.au/steps-gallery H Visit website for open hours and upcoming exhibitions.
Lis de Vries, Sue Manski with Vince Larosa, Leather mini weave Courtesy the artists and CO.AS.IT Museo Italiano
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Badger Bates, Barka the forgotten river and the desecration of the Menindee Lakes, 2018 © the artist Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Art Gallery Road, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9225-1744, 1800-679-278. W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Admission charges apply to some exhibitions. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To June 13, 23rd Biennale of Sydney: rīvus – participants from across six continents and beyond the realm of the visual arts explore our connections, and disconnections, with water, and as a result, with each other. To Aug 28 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2022 exhibition. The annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are the most engaging art events of the year, eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike. The Archibald Prize for portrait painting is a who’s who of Australian culture – from politicians to celebrities, sporting heroes to artists. June 4 to Jan 2023 Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island – the artist’s first major exhibition to be held in an Australian public institution. Featuring more than 80 works from across his nearly two-decade career, the exhibition unpacks the ways in which Boyd holds a lens to colonial history, explores multiplicity within narratives and interrogates blackness as a form of First Nations’ resistance.
Level 1, 151 Castlereagh Street, Sydney 2000. T (02) 8228-3050. E info@cccsydney.org W www.cccsydney.org H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 1.00 and 2.00 to 5.00. Please check the website for exhibition information and updates.
Gaffa Gallery
281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD 2000. T (02) 9283-4273. E gallery@gaffa.com.au W www.gaffa.com.au H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun and public hols. Gaffa is an independent creative precinct, artist-run in attitude and execution. June 2 to 13 Gallery 2: As You Are by Gracie Edwards. Gallery 3: Between Dreams by Leanne Xiu Williams. Gallery 4: its never left my side by Sarah Cantania. June 16 to 27 Gallery 1: Gaffa Gallery Group Show. Gallery 2: Remote Control by Ronan Lane. Gallery 3: A Wicked Chapter by Simon Darling. Gallery 4: Metamorphosis by Ashlee Pham.
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81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra 2600. T (02) 6282-5294. E mail@beavergalleries.com.au W www.beavergalleries.com.au Directors: Martin & Susie Beaver (ACGA). H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Beaver Galleries is Canberra’s largest private gallery. Three spacious galleries, plus a dedicated print room, sculpture garden and gallery shop feature outstanding work by contemporary Australian artists. May 26 to June 11 Walking the Murray – in the steps of Blandowski paintings by Nicola Dickson. Also, Inside stories paintings and works on paper by Madeleine Winch.
needles and paintbrushes, assembled into complex installations. Supported by artsACT and the Australia Council for the Arts. Curated by Aimee Frodsham. Also, Glassworks Smokestack: On reflection by Kate Nixon. This new work is a continuation of Nixon’s series For Collection and will respond to the dramatic space and scale of the Smokestack. Nixon’s work is playful and painstaking. She is fascinated by the physical experience and repetitive nature of mosaic. Unlike traditional mosaic, Nixon does not rely on pattern and colour, instead she considers the threedimensional form and utilises the transformative properties of glass, mirror and light. Curated by Aimee Frodsham.
Canberra Glassworks
11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston 2604. T (02) 6260-7005. E contactus@canberraglassworks.com W www.canberraglassworks.com Entry by donation. H Wed–Sun 10.00 to 4.00. See website for updates. To June 5 Upending Expectations – Gabriella Bisetto, Cobi Cockburn, Nadege Desgenetez, Mel Douglas, Rose-Mary Faulkner, Nicholas Folland, Jonathan Jones, Kirstie Rea, Harriet Schwarzrock, Brendan Van Hek and Annie Cattrel. June 15 to Aug 14 Main Gallery: Quietly Spoken by Annette Blair – explores our perception and relationship with everyday objects and how they can hold memories and meaning beyond their function. A highly skilled glass blower and sculptor, Blair works with hot glass and enamels to recreate familiar everyday things; hand tools, used spray cans, knitting
Kate Nixon, work in progress, 2021 Courtesy the artist and Canberra Glassworks
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Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace (West End), Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8211-7505. E admin@aceopen.art W www.aceopen.art Free entry. H Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. South Australia’s leading organisation for contemporary visual art and artists. June 4 to Aug 13 Skin Shade Night Day by Allison Chhorn is the 2022 Porter Street Commission exhibition outcome, which explores the daily routine and rituals practised by the artist’s CambodianAustralian family.
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7 Mulberry Road, Glenside 5065. T (08) 8299-7300. E info@acsa.sa.edu.au W www.acsa.sa.edu.au H Mon–Tues 9.00 to 5.00, Wed 9.00 to 6.45, Thurs–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
Art Gallery of South Australia
Kaurna Country. North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8207-7000. W agsa.sa.gov.au Free entry. H See our website for latest information. To June 5, 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State – don’t miss the country’s longest-standing survey of contemporary Australian art.
Allison Chhorn, Skin Shade Night Day (video still), 2022, shadow of tree cast onto shadehouse, multi-channel video installation Courtesy the artist and ACE Open
Yayoi Kusama, THE SPIRITS OF THE PUMPKINS DESCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS, 2017 Photograph: Saul Steed © the artist Courtesy the artist, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai and Art Gallery of South Australia
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Fremantle Fremantle Arts Centre
will cover a range of mediums, including paintings on canvas and found objects, works on paper and woven Nganiyal (conical mats), from the Munupi Art centre in the Tiwi Islands and Bula’Bula Arts in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land.
Fremantle Arts Centre FREMANTLE Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
Artitja Fine Art Gallery SOUTH FREMANTLE
1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9432-9555. E fac@fremantle.wa.gov.au W www.fac.org.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To July 24 Revealed Exhibition: New & Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists – the Revealed Exhibition returns in 2022, celebrating the creativity, ambition, and diversity of contemporary Aboriginal Art practice in Western Australia. Featuring an art market, artist talks and workshops running alongside the exhibition, the Revealed program provides a unique opportunity to meet artists from all over the state, hear rich stories of culture and community, and support the next generation of artists by buying artwork to take home and cherish. The exhibited works range from highly traditional to cutting edge in a range of mediums, including painting, installation, textiles, photography, print, video, carving and sculpture.
Artitja Fine Art Gallery
South Fremantle, 6162. T 0418-900-954. E info@artitja.com.au W www.artitja.com.au Directors: Anna Kanaris and Arthur Clarke. H Open by appt. Established in 2004 by Directors Anna Kanaris and Arthur Clarke. June 3 to 26 LINES IN PARALLEL at EARLYWORK: 330 South Terrace, South Fremantle. An exhibition steeped in spiritual, ritual and historic narratives, the works on display
Dora Parker, Pukara (detail), 2021, acrylic on canvas, 110 × 85cm Courtesy the artist, Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia and Fremantle Arts Centre
Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
46 Henry Street, Fremantle 6160. T (08) 9432-9898. E richiek@fremantle.wa.gov.au W www.fac.org.au/about/moores-building H Daily 10.00 to 3.00. June 10 to 26 (opening Fri June 10, 6pm) International Watercolour Exhibition.
Billy Durbuma Black, Hunting Story, 87 × 61cm Courtesy the artist and Artitja Fine Art Gallery
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Outback Regional Gallery, Winton
Waltzing Matilda Centre, 50 Elderslie Street, Winton 4735. T (07) 4657-2625. E karens@matildacentre.com.au W www.matildacentre.com.au H Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 3.00. To June 25 Beforehand: The Private Life of a Portrait – a touring exhibition and program from the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Canberra. A new exhibition revealing the backstories behind iconic works from the NPG collection and the creative and social process of making a portrait.
Outback Regional Gallery WINTON EMERALD TAMBO Grassland Art Gallery
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Dogwood Crossing, Miles
81 Murilla Street, Miles 4415. T (07) 4628-5330. E dogwood.crossing@wdrc.qld.gov.au W www.dogwoodcrossing.com Free entry. H Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 12.00. Closed Sun. To Aug 20 John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery: 10 Artists: Chapter Two – Guy Breay, Megg Cullen, Kristen Flynn, Tracey Irvine, Kay Joyce, Sonia Miers, Leigh Nicholson, Bill Perry, Sharlene Smith and Meg Stevenson. An exhibition showcasing the stories of artists who live and work on the Western Downs. Curved Wall: Bury me in the Brigalow by Kieth Murray – an exhibition celebrating life in the Western Downs through image, sound and original poetry.
David Rosetzky, Jessica Mauboy, 2018 Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018 © the artist Courtesy the artist and Outback Regional Gallery, Winton
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Kieth Murray, Kobble Gum Creek, 2021, photograph, 33 × 50.8cm Courtesy the artist and Dogwood Crossing, Miles
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