Art Almanac March 2022 $5
Elizabeth Pulie Oceanic Thinking Lorne Sculpture Biennale
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Art in Australia Art News – Art Almanac team
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Roy Ananda, Andrew Purvis, Bernadette Klavins and Sean Williams – Kirsty Francis Elizabeth Pulie, #117 (Survey) – Kirsty Francis 24 Blue Assembly: Oceanic Thinking – Louise Martin-Chew In the studio: Te Kahuwhero Alexander-Tu’inukuafe In the studio: Susan Baird 38 What’s On Near Me – Art Almanac team
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Newcastle Art Gallery – Claire Albrecht, Simon Fieldhouse
Art & Industry Artist Opportunities and Awards 57 Submissions and Proposals 63 Materials 63 Services 64 Consultants and Valuers 68 Member Organisations 68 Training 69
What’s On Gallery Index 70 Melbourne 74 Victoria 96 Sydney 104 New South Wales 124 Australian Capital Territory Tasmania 136 South Australia 139 Western Australia 143 Northern Territory 148 Queensland 151 Artist Index 159
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ART NEWS
Artisans in the Gardens
Artisans in the Gardens is an exhibition of over 2,000 works by new and established artists and makers who are working across a diverse range of artistic practices, including sculpture, handblown glass, ceramics, photography, embroidery, weaving, textiles, and jewellery, which will be on display and for sale in the historic Lion Gate Lodge at The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney (RBG), and spilling out into the adjacent grounds of the beautiful iconic gardens. A share of the proceeds from all sales will go towards the Foundation & Friends of the Botanic Gardens’ continued support of horticulture, conservation, scientific research, and education programs across RBG, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan and Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah. On from 26 March to 3 April, 10am to 4pm. botanicgardens.org.au/artisans Nettie Sumner, Birds Nest with Egg Courtesy the artist and the Foundation & Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Arts Open Victoria’s Castlemaine region is home to a diverse community of artists and craftspeople working across a range of artistic practices. In celebration of their creative pursuits, over 100 local artisans will open their studio doors to the public. Over the weekends of 12, 13, 14 and 19, 20 March, locals and visitors to the district will have the opportunity to explore an art-packed trail from Castlemaine to Newstead through Maldon and Chewton; meet the makers, buy their work, and visit the galleries hosting vibrant group exhibitions of drawing, painting, printmaking, jewellery, sculpture, multimedia works, and more. In its sixth year, the biennial festival also includes a program of art walks, talks and creative workshops. artsopen.com.au Joel Sorensen, studio with works in progress, 2022 Courtesy the artist
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FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Elizabeth Pulie #117 (Survey) By Kirsty Francis
For over three decades, Sydney-based artist, writer, and teacher Elizabeth Pulie has been “making art about art” with a philosophical approach and conceptual practice, challenging the criticalities of “what art is?”. Since 1988, Pulie’s critical provocations have developed into three major projects: Decorative Painting, 1988–1989, Relational Art, 2002–2006, and End of Art, 2012–ongoing. In collaboration with curator James Gatt, Pulie brings a voluminous portion of her entire body of work to the walls of UNSW Galleries, Sydney, in the first survey exhibition of her arts practice. Titled Elizabeth Pulie: #117 (Survey), the outstanding showcase unifies the artist’s self-assigned conceptual projects as “one work”. In the gallery foyer, three artwork panels introduce each of Pulie’s projects. Moving to the spacious gallery adjacent, the Decorative Painting project emblazons the stark white gallery walls with an eye-catching burst of colour and motif rendered in expertly applied brushwork. Inspired by floral emblem, art deco, folk art, ornamental designs and other stylised repetitions, the small and large paintings, and a multi-panelled collage on the back wall (inspired by Pulie’s travels to Versailles), explore the idea of decoration as a piece of art. Pulie’s philosophical rationale for this project was to disrupt the art world environment with the highly decorative aesthetics of the work. These beautiful paintings are a visual delight. But “Is it art?” At the gallery, Gatt said, “Liz perceives this project as a failure because the art world readily absorbs these paintings.” Then in response to this revelation, he confides, “I’m not so convinced that it was a failure, I think that if you are working in a way that is affirming something that you are critiquing in the artworld, and it gets absorbed by it, then it illustrates the art world’s willingness to recycle those things. So, in the end I think Liz’s project was quite successful. I think it will still make people question the nature of art.” 24
IN THE STUDIO
Te Kahuwhero Alexander-Tu’inukuafe
With pen to paper, Aotearoa (New Zealand) artist Te Kahuwhero Alexander-Tu’inukuafe creates strong yet intricate lines, shapes, and connectors that form both an individual and familial narrative inspired by te ao tuturu (the natural world). Here, the artist describes her creative practice and the unique environment where she produces her work. “I am a Maori and Tongan artist from Te Tai Tokerau, Aotearoa (Northland, New Zealand). I am from the iwi (tribe) of Ngapuhi and the hapu (sub-tribes) of Ngai Tawake ki te tuawhenua, Ngati Rehia and Te Whiu. My art practice is underpinned by my connection to te ao tuturu (the natural world), in particular to the whenua (land), moana (sea) and rangi (sky). I have recently returned to Te Tai Tokerau to reconnect with my whanau (family), hapu and iwi. Observing te taiao (the environment) is an important part of my process. Throughout the day, I often go on walks around our rural property or visit the maunga (mountains), awa (rivers), and moana of my iwi. Each weekend, my whanau and I journey somewhere different in Te Tai Tokerau. I document my observations of te taiao through photography, and then use the photographs and my memories to inform my artwork. Although I have used other mediums in the past, I mainly work with pens and pencils on paper. I really enjoy creating work in series and will create drawing after drawing where there is a slight difference to the previous one.
Drawing Study 1, 2022, pen on paper, 10 × 16cm Courtesy the artist
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Emerging Contemporaries
Rising Futures
Craft ACT Until 19 March 2022 Australian Capital Territory
Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery 18 March to 29 April 2022 Western Australia
Emerging Contemporaries is the Craft ACT National Award Exhibition for early-career artists. It supports Australian emerging artists and designers on their journey towards professional practice, and places them in view of national cultural collecting bodies, industry, and audiences.
Ten artists working in the field of printmaking present an exhibition of works that respond to the nuances of the rapidly changing world in relation to developing digital technologies, and the ongoing saga of the pandemic that has radically altered the way we navigate our way through the world. Curated by Dr Sarah Robinson, Rising Futures shines a light on the medium of printmaking and its current innovations and presents an intriguing dialogue between the traditional and digital expressions featured throughout the show.
Artists include Sarah Barlow, Elliane Boulton, Noel Davar, Solomon Gates, Dom Gowans, Roz Hall, Brandon Harrison, Adeline Higgins, Abbie Holbrook, Tessa Hoser, Shen-Ju Hsieh, Ronnie Jordan, Alex Khoo, Daniel Licastro, Oliver Owens, Sue Peachey, Ailish Power, Kate Rice, Bronwyn Sargeson, Lucy Stackpool, Eliza Styles, Moea Vonsy, and Cathy Zhang.
Bronwyn Sargeson, Intravenomous, 2021 Photograph: Brenton McGeachie Courtesy the artist and Craft ACT, Australian Capital Territory
Daniel Kristjansson, Untitled (broken landscape), 2021, digital photographic collage on rag paper, 80 × 64cm Courtesy the artist and Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, Western Australia
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Lisa Sammut
Diana Baker Smith
FULL CIRCLE
The Lost Hour
Mosman Art Gallery Until 20 March 2022 Sydney
Contemporary Art Tasmania 19 March to 17 April 2022 Hobart
Drawing on historic astronomical diagrams, illustrations and manuscripts documenting the movements and appearance of comets, FULL CIRCLE loops between the earthly and otherworldly in an attempt to bring the human condition and cosmic forces into close relationship through speculative visual materials.
In 1974, the 24 Hour Concert performed by Australian dancer, choreographer, and artist Philippa Cullen (1950–1975) was cut short by an hour when clocks turned forward for daylight saving. In tribute to Cullen’s lost hour, Baker Smith reanimates the late performers work in her exhibition titled The Lost Hour. The project culminates in a series of collaborative works with dancers Wendy Morrow, Sofie Burgoyne and Brooke Stamp, artists Ella Sutherland and Samuel Hodge, and musicians Bree van Reyk, Miles Brown, and Jon Smeathers.
This exhibition questions the notion that life moves in a straight line, from here, in the present moment, out into the deep unknown. Like the cyclical trajectories of comets, the circular perspective presents an alternate view where a life is defined by a departure and a return.
FULL CIRCLE (detail), 2021 Courtesy the artist and Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
The One Hour Concert, 2021, single-channel video, 9’30”, performance Choreography: Brooke Stamp Courtesy the artist and Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
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ART & INDUSTRY
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! Marco Fusinato Venice Biennale commission
Australia Council for the Arts has commissioned contemporary artist and noise musician Marco Fusinato to represent Australia in the National Participation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, from 23 April to 27 November. Fusinato is a Narrm/Melbourne-based artist whose creative practice involves installation, photographic reproduction, performance, and recording; his overarching aesthetic combines allegorical appropriation with an interest in the intensity of a gesture or event. Fusinato’s musical output is motivated by his explorations of noise as music, using the electric guitar and mass amplification to improvise intricate, wide-ranging, and physically affecting frequencies.
Fusinato in the Australian Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2022, Venice. Fusinato paves the way for future artist presentations with this, the first ever, live durational performance at the Australian Pavilion. “desastres breaks from the traditional exhibition format. This is not a static exhibition, but an evolving work. We will be live for the entire 200 days duration of the Biennale Arte in Venice. 200 days, and every time an audience experiences the work, it will be unique. The intensity of the conditions in which this project evolved has allowed the work to be fully embodied as the complete disaster. The performance of the work isn’t about theatre but the act of labour and perseverance,” says Glass-Kantor. Drawing on his interest in noise/experimental music, underground culture, mass media images and art history, Fusinato developed desastres during extended Melbourne lockdowns, a work that embraces all the frustrations and turmoil of the global pandemic. “I’m interested in the tensions around opposing forces like noise versus silence, order versus disorder, the institution versus the underground, purity versus contamination. These binaries co-exist and in desastres it’s that friction I want to maintain – not eliminate. I feel like these tensions are always rubbing up against each other and the interesting thing is how one deals with these agitations, with the contradictions. It’s that in-between state that I want to occupy,” Fusinato explains. In addition to his evolving performance, Fusinato has created a Score using images from the desastres archive, which have been printed onto manuscript paper. “The images for the Score are part of a broader archive that Fusinato has been developing for many years,” says Kantor. Audiences can engage with the Score by tapping into the designated desastres Instagram page, where a new image will be posted daily. desastres is running in conjunction with Australia Council for the Arts’ professional development programs, which includes the Biennale Delegates Program and the Australian Pavilion Invigilation Program. labiennale.org @desastres_desastres
Alexie Glass-Kantor and Marco Fusinato Photograph: Zan Wimberley Courtesy Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
For the Venice Biennale commission, Fusinato has been working with one of Australia’s most highly regarded curators, Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney. Together the pair present the exhibition desastres, an experimental noise project that brings sound and image together and which will see the continuation of a 200-day performance by
Marco Fusinato, a page from the Score for desastres, 2022, facsimile on Edition Peters manuscript paper, 45.5 × 30.3cm Courtesy the artist, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
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MELBOURNE
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
Level 8, Room 16, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne 3000. T 0407-317-323. E st73599@bigpond.net.au W www.stephenmclaughlangallery.com.au Director: Stephen McLaughlan. H Wed–Fri 1.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00, or by appt. March 2 to 19 Warren Nichols. March 23 to April 17 Kendal Heyes.
Southbank Sth Melbourne Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006. T (03) 9697-9999. W acca.melbourne H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Closed Mon (by appt). To March 20 Who’s Afraid of Public Space? – continuing ACCA’s series of Big Picture exhibitions, inaugurated with Sovereignty in 2016–17 and followed by Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism in 2017–18, ACCA is developing Who’s Afraid of Public Space?, a major exhibition and research project exploring the role of public culture, the contested nature of public space, and the character and composition of public life itself.
Hannah Gartside, Bunnies in Love, Lust and Longing, 2015–19, found leather, suede and synthetic gloves, millinery wire, thread, weighted curtain cord, fabric, dimensions variable Courtesy the artist and Australian Tapestry Workshop
Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
40 Dodds Street, Southbank 3006. T (03) 9035-9400. E ml-gallery@unimelb.edu.au W finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/margaretlawrence-gallery H Tues–Sat 12.00 to 5.00. March 10 to April 9 Be My Once in a Life – Rachel Button, Nick Mullaly and Nabilah Nordin.
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. 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. Due to COVID-19, please check the ATW website for the latest viewing times. To March 11 Leftover Love – driven by a love of leftovers artists Carolyn Cardinet, Hannah Gartside, Carolyn Menzies and Helen Philipp, reuse, repurpose and remake found and discarded materials. March 17 to June 3 Mass Reduction – Eileen Braybrook, Aaron Billings, Elise Cakebread, Aphra Cheesman, Joanna Fowles, Blake Griffiths, Eloise Raap, RaasLeela, Reiko Sudo/NUNO and Lisa Waup. Mass Reduction presents the work of artists and designers who through playful transformation of textile remnants and interrogation of linear modes of textile consumption offer innovative creative design approaches to confronting textile waste.
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Rachel Button, Bellybutton, 2022, still from digital video Courtesy the artist and Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
Mystik River Gallery
Level 1, Southgate Restaurant & Shopping Precinct, 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank 3006. E mrsales@mystikriver.com W mystikriver.com.au A curated collection of Buddhist and Hindu statues, Mystik River offers an opportunity to experience the ancient tradition of Indian art. The gallery delivers exemplary works by artists from different states of India such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Many of them are receivers of prestigious awards, for they carry forward the legacy of Indian sculpting passed over generations. Deeply rooted in Buddhism and Hinduism, the collection reflects on spiritual beliefs of the Indo-Tibetan region.
VICTORIA
Gippsland South East ARC Gallery
19 Main Street, Yinnar 3869. T (03) 5163-1310. W www.arcyinnar.org H Thurs–Sun 12.00 to 4.00. March 19 to April 23 Big Space, Large Works; 40 Years of Making – a collection of works by ARC artists.
Geelong Art Space
89 Ryrie Street, Geelong 3220. E geelongartspace@gmail.com W www.geelongartspace.com H Online 24/7. Please check our website for opening times. March 11 to May 7 the little things – a group exhibition featuring works by local and regional, contemporary craft makers and artists together with those from further afield.
Gippsland Art Gallery
70 Foster Street, Sale 3850. T (03) 5142-3500. E galleryenquiries@wellington.vic.gov.au W www.gippslandartgallery.com H Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.30, Sat–Sun and public hols 10.00 to 4.00. March 5 to May 29 In Praise of Landscape: The Art of John Borrack.
Latrobe Regional Gallery
138 Commercial Road, Morwell 3840. T (03) 5128-5700. E lrg@latrobe.vic.gov.au W latroberegionalgallery.com H Daily 10.00 to 4.00. To March 20 Scent: LRG Collection. To April 3 Lean by David Cross. Also, Fibro Façade by Catherine O’Donnell. To April 10 Little Star by Todd Fuller.
Geelong South West Great Ocean Road Elizabeth Arthur Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden
35 Carmichael Street, Hamilton 3300. T (03) 5572-2851. E elarthur@bigpond.net.au Director: Dr Elizabeth Arthur. H Open by appointment.
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Dannye Radakovich, Reuben and Cherise, porcelain, 20 × 13 × 13cm Courtesy the artist and Geelong Art Space
Geelong Gallery
55 Little Malop Street, Geelong 3220. T (03) 5229-3645. E info@geelonggallery.org.au W geelonggallery.org.au Director: Jason Smith. Free entry, unless otherwise stated. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To March 6 Exhume the grave – McCubbin and contemporary art. March 5 to June 19 Barbara Campbell – ex avibus, and Dianne Fogwell – Prescience. March 19 to July 3 Sally Smart – P.A.R.A.D.E., and Ponch Hawkes – 500 Strong.
2022 Lorne Sculpture Biennale
W www.lornesculpture.com March 12 to April 3 Spirit of Place the 7th iteration of the Lorne Sculpture Biennale presents a new curatorial blueprint for the Biennale. Artists respond to 16 themes, which investigate Lorne’s histories and the beauty of its surrounds. Visit the website to view the full program of events. See ads inside front cover and page 10.
SYDNEY
S.H. Ervin Gallery
National Trust of Australia (NSW), Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks 2000. T (02) 9258-0173. E shervingallery@nationaltrust.com.au W www.shervingallery.com.au H Tues–Sun 11.00 to 5.00. To March 20 Destination Sydney: The natural world is the third in a series of exhibitions between Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Mosman Art Gallery and S.H. Ervin Gallery. The exhibition showcases artworks responding to the theme of ‘Sydney as a place of creative endeavours’, with a focus on the work of major Australian women artists, all connected by their concern for organic forms, nature and the environment. S.H. Ervin Gallery features the work of Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Juz Kitson and Bronwyn Oliver, whose art practices are synonymous with the natural world.
Chippendale Central 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
181-187 Hay Street, Haymarket, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9212-0380. E hello@4a.com.au W www.4a.com.au Gallery closed, re-opening March 26. Visit the website for 2022 program.
UTS Gallery
University of Technology Sydney, Level 4, 702 Harris Street, Ultimo 2007. T (02) 9514-1652. E utsgallery@uts.edu.au W art.uts.edu.au H Mon–Fri 11.00 to 4.00. To April 1 I will tell you my story – Christopher Bassi, Jess Bradford, N Breedon, Kevin Diallo, Jazz Money, Thea Anamara Perkins and Genevieve Felix Reynolds. Curated by Talia Smith.
White Rabbit Gallery
Juz Kitson, A lament for the wildfires, 2021, Scarva clay and stoneware, 78 × 55 × 44cm Courtesy the artist and S.H. Ervin Gallery
State Library of NSW
Cnr Shakespeare Place and Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9273-1414. W www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ galleries Free entry. Visit the website for open hours and exhibition program.
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30 Balfour Street (near Central Station), Chippendale 2008. T (02) 8399-2867. W www.whiterabbitcollection.org H Wed–Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To May 22 Big in China group show. What does it mean to make it Big in China? It is no easy feat to captivate the attention of over a billion wandering eyes and minds. How do we draw the focus of so many unique individuals and make them move in unison? The 12 artists in the exhibition show us that it is not simply brute force that drives a nation and its people. Rather, it is the grand and overarching narratives, outstanding creativity and unique art practices that have the power to move this population en masse.
NSW
Northern Rivers 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. H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Mon and public hols. To May 28 Complex Simplicity: Jan Allsopp – an exploration of the ‘extraordinary’ that is hidden in the ‘ordinary’. Allsopp, a happiness enthusiast, has learned that happiness is a daily choice. Her art is about sharing happiness, and reminding us of that choice.
Manning Regional Art Gallery
12 Macquarie Street, Taree 2430. T (02) 6592-5455. E art.gallery@midcoast.nsw.gov.au W mrag.midcoast.nsw.gov.au H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon. Please check website for updates before visiting. To March 19 Women in Colour. Also, With What Shall I Fix It?
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
2 Mistral Road (cnr Tweed Valley Way), Murwillumbah South 2484. T (02) 6670-2790. E tweedart@tweed.nsw.gov.au W gallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au Director: Susi Muddiman OAM. Free entry. H Wed–Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To April 17 Habitat: Megan Puls and Jo Norton. Also, SOS: Belle Raine, and A History of Forgetting: Alex Seton. To Aug 28 An artist’s view: Margaret Olley and contemporaries. March 18 to July 31 This is our machine: Arash Chehelnabi.
Southern Highlands Bowral Art Gallery
Jan Allsopp, From Now On, 2021, acrylic on wood panel, 20 × 20 × 3cm Courtesy the artist and Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Lismore Regional Gallery
11 Rural Street, Lismore 2480. T (02) 6627-4600. E art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au W lismoregallery.org Entry by suggested $5 donation. H Wed–Sun 10.00 to 4.00. Thurs 10.00 to 6.00. Closed Mon–Tues. To March 27 Lonesome for Love in the Garden of Eden: A little Operetta by Sandra Taylor. Also, I weave what I have seen: The War Rugs of Afghanistan, and We were made for these times by Kath Egan and Kate Rohde.
126 New South Wales
1 Short Street, Bowral 2576. T (02) 4861-4093. E office@bdasgallery.com W www.bdasgallery.com www.facebook.com/bowralartgallery H Daily 10.00 to 4.00. The Bowral Art Gallery, home of the Bowral & District Art Society and BDAS workshops. March 5 to 20 (opening Sat March 5, 4pm) Bowral Sculpture Prize exhibition. Sponsored by Dr Tony Emmett (see ad page 106). March 24 to 29 (opening Fri March 25, 6.30pm) BOCCA Art & Sculpture Prize exhibition (see ad page 123). Sponsored by Bowral District Children’s Foundation. March 31 to April 5 (opening Fri April 1, 6pm) Diverse Realities by Frank Hooke and Anthony Rofe.
Sturt Gallery & Studios
Cnr Range Road and Waverley Parade, Mittagong 2575. T (02) 4860-2083. E shop@sturt.nsw.edu.au W www.sturt.nsw.edu.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Closed weekday public hols. Visit Australia’s oldest design centre and cherished home of contemporary craft. To April 3 Beyond Ordinary: Contemporary Women Makers presents outstanding furniture design.
TAS
Hobart Sullivans Cove Battery Point 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. Check holiday opening times on our Google listing. Aboriginal fine art, including Tasmanian Aboriginal artists.
Bett Gallery
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 March 12 A Show of Strength – David Keeling, Helen Wright, Nicolas Blowers, Alex Davern, Mish Meijers, Kelly Austin, Amber Koroluk-Stephenson, Neil Haddon, Valerie Sparks, Irene Briant, Tim Burns, Jane Burton, Megan Walch, Barbie Kjar, Tom O’Hern, Matt Coyle, Belinda Winkler, Sue Lovegrove, Joan Ross, Pat Brassington, Rob O’Connor, Sara Maher, Caroline Rannersberger, Michael Schlitz, Irene Briant and Philip Wolfhagen. March 18 to April 9 To see the bones and tombstone at once by Raymond Arnold. Also, Amor fati by Alexander Okenyo.
Handmark Gallery
Unique Tasmanian Art & Design, 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6223-7895. E hobart@handmark.com.au W www.handmark.com.au H Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 12.00 to 4.00. March 10 to 28 Print Show – Celebrating Tasmanian printmakers.
Melissa Smith, Listen deeply – Lake Sorell, intaglio collagraph, triptych, 76 × 120cm Courtesy the artist and Handmark Gallery
Mona Museum of Old and New Art
655 Main Road, Berriedale, Hobart 7011. E info@mona.net.au W mona.net.au H Thurs–Mon 10.00 to 5.00. To April 18 Prototypes of Speculative Engineering by James Capper. To May 9 Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams.
Jean-Luc Moulène, Axe (Axis), 2016 Photograph: Francisco Kochen Courtesy the artist, Galerie Pietro Spartà, Chagny and Mona, Museum of Old and New Art
Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
37 Hunter Street, Hobart 7000. T (03) 6226-4353. E Jane.Barlow@utas.edu.au W www.utas.edu.au/ creative-arts-media/events/plimsoll-gallery H Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00 during exhibitions. Closed Sun, Mon and public hols. Visit website for exhibition program.
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WA
Linton & Kay Galleries Mandoon Estate
10 Harris Road, Caversham 6055. T (08) 9388-3300. E info@lintonandkay.com.au W www.lintonandkay.com.au H Fri–Sun and public hols 10.00 to 4.00, or by appt.
Mundaring Arts Centre
7190 Great Eastern Highway, cnr Nichol Street, Mundaring 6073. T (08) 9295-3991. E info@mundaringartscentre.com.au W www.mundaringartscentre.com.au Free entry. H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 11.00 to 3.00. Closed Mon and public hols. To April 3 It’s a Matter of How You Look at Things by Anne Williams and Louise Wells. Also, Tales from the Bush by John Eden.
Wanneroo Gallery
Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, 3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo 6065. W wanneroo.wa.gov.au/ wanneroogallery Free entry. H Wed–Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun and public hols.
Regional Bunbury Regional Art Gallery
64 Wittenoom Street, Bunbury 6230. T (08) 9792-7323. E artgallery@bunbury.wa.gov.au W brag.org.au Daily 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. To March 6 There Were Moments of Transformation.
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
24 Chapman Road, Geraldton 6530. T (08) 9956-6750. E artgallery@cgg.wa.gov.au W artgallery.cgg.wa.gov.au H Tues–Fri 9.00 to 4.00, Sat–Mon and public hols 9.30 to 1.30. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday
Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery
16 Edgar Street, Port Hedland 6721. T (08) 9141-0041. E hello@thejunctionco.com.au W thejunctionco.com.au/gallery-studio H Tues–Wed and Fri 9.00 to 4.00, Thurs 9.00 to 8.00, Sat 9.00 to 3.00. Closed Sun–Mon. To May 9 All the violence within this by Lana Hunt.
Louise Wells, Birds on the Wire (detail), 2021, recycled silk, rayon thread, 150 × 33 × 5cm Photograph: Josh Wells Courtesy the artist and Mundaring Arts Centre
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Brisbane artisan
45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3215-0800. E info@artisan.org.au W www.artisan.org.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. The artisan online store is open 24 hours. artisan is Queensland’s home of craft and design. Gallery, store and workshop space supporting and promoting contemporary craft and design practice for both makers and their audiences.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E art@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To March 19 Rosella Namok: Regrowth. March 26 to April 30 HARDWIRED: Laurie Nilsen, Lin Onus & Vincent Serico.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3252-5750. E ima@ima.org.au W www.ima.org.au Free entry. H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To April 16 This language that is every stone – Vernon Ah Kee, Robert Andrew, Daniel Boyd, Megan Cope, Manthia Diawara, Taloi Havini, Koo Jeong A, Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Phuong Ngo, The Otolith Group, Philippe Parreno, Raqs Media Collective, Khaled Sabsabi, Anri Sala, Yhonnie Scarce, Latai Taumoepeau and Shireen Taweel. This language that is every stone is the fourth iteration in a series of exhibitions conceived by Obrist and Raza that surveys the life and work of Martinique writer Édouard Glissant. Developed specifically within an Australian context, the exhibition explores cultural synthesis and permeability through the works of Australian First Nations and diasporic artists, with contributions from international counterparts. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Asad Raza, and Warraba Weatherall.
Daniel Boyd, Untitled (EOTAEIAOOTA), 2020, oil, acrylic, and archival glue on canvas, 58.5 × 82.5cm Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney and Institute of Modern Art
Jan Murphy Gallery
Rosella Namok, Unchii, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 40cm Courtesy the artist and FireWorks Gallery
152 Queensland
486 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3254-1855. E enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au W www.janmurphygallery.com.au Director: Jan Murphy. H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. March 1 to 19 Strange magic by Gerwyn Davies. March 22 to April 9 Emotions abstracted by Fred Fowler. Also, I have this obsession with repetition by Jason Fitzgerald.