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DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CONTEMPORARY SMALL SCULPTURE AWARD $10 000 ACQUISITIVE SCULPTURE PRIZE In its third year, this annual acquisitive award and exhibition is organised by Deakin University’s Art Collection and Galleries Unit, supported by the School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University.
EXHIBITION OF FINALISTS’ WORK 3 November to 10 December 2011
Robert Hague Trojan Hammer (200%) Bronze, 24ct gold powder cast and welded bronze with chemical and gold patina Winner 2010 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award.
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FEATURES (14)
HOW TO DRAW ON WALLS
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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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GREENWISH #1
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NOVEMBER SALON
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SYDNEON
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TASWILD
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Sydney is looking to stamp its name firmly onto the side of the street art bandwagon with the inaugural Outpost Project at Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour, from 4 November to 11 December. Massive effort has gone into the line up of artists who range from the towering-yet-stillso-street figure of Banksy, with his Oi You! Collection on display for the first time in Australia, to Brazilian artist Ethos, who “began work around the age of 15 with spray paint as well as ballpoint pen, which to this day serve as his primary tools.” 1 Ethos and Belgian artist ROA will create major new works onto walls on the eastern edge of Cockatoo Island during the festival. ROA, known for his giant murals of animals, is expected to draw inspiration from Sydney’s local wildlife. continued next page 1- artist bio
> Buff Diss, Aelous Storm.
OUTPOST / Joss Stick
ROA is most known for his naturalistic drawings, which oppose the usual graffiti ‘cartoon’ aesthetic. he typically chooses to depict animals that are native to the mural’s particular location, often piling their dead corpses atop one another or draping them across any unusual ‘found’ feature of the painting surface such as a ledge or window frame. Brooklyn Street Art reported ROA’s arrival in New York in May 2010 as “eagerly anticipated” and wasted no time in putting him to work “with a marathon 15 hours of painting of two walls in Brooklyn ... in the early morning hours of today.”1 It is a story that adds weight to ROA’s reputation of being a down-to-earth guy who “only wants to hit higher, more difficult walls than the last time, and he does.”2 Buff Diss is an interesting artist from Melbourne who specialises in creating works with masking tape. “A practice of composing large scale, free-hand imagery within urban contexts gives the artist a distinct approach” blurts his bio, before informing us that, in recent years Buff has taken his art to cities such as Tokyo, San Francisco, Florence, Paris and Berlin. Indeed, many of the lucky young products of street art’s success have become regular global itinerants. Witness two more stars who are participating in Outpost: Kid Zoom and Anthony Lister. Both artists were born here (in Perth and Brisbane respectively), and both are now living in New York. ... Not together, I presume. In any case, Zoom’s new, large-scale work is being hailed as one of the highlight works of the festival, to be unveiled on opening night. Themes of “homecoming and the artist’s suburban upbringing in Australia”3 are to be expected. continued next page 1 Winging It With ROA – FreeStyle Urban Naturalist Lands Feet First in Brooklyn, posted 5 May, 2010 - www.brooklynstreetart.com 2 ibid 3 Press release, October 2011.
OUTPOST / Joss Stick
But wait, there’s more ... Sydney artist Will Coles will reportedly lug a giant concrete fish-shaped soy sauce container onto the island, then hoist it as high as he can with a crane just so he can see how it looks when hung against the backdrop of a sparkling Sydney harbour. Indulgent? Who said that! Meanwhile, Melbournebased street art collective Everfresh Studio will create (and you may notice a pattern emergent) “a large-scale collaborative mural measuring 24 by 3.6 metres” according to the press release. It’s not just me is it? From sydney-based Sprinkles and the Gold Coast’s SHIDA, who will paint two “large-scale billboards” live during the festival’s first weekend, to Ben Frost, who has been a busy curator indeed presenting Pastemodernism 3, a one-room exhibition featuring over 100 local and international street artists that will reportedly be “the largest paste-up group show ever seen in Australia.” What is this obsession with the size of everything? It’s like the Disneyland of street art festivals. Even the free steak knives in Outpost take the form of four giant inflatable sculptures by Anthony Lister that will be placed around the island and hung from the eaves of buildings. Lister is planning to paint directly onto the (ahm) “large-scale inflatables” while they are onsite. As we all know, outside of adolescence and porn it’s not the size of the thing that matters, it’s how you use it, and Outpost has after all used this opportunity well in showcasing exceptional divergent global styles and techniques, while wisely relying on a home-grown artist base that has long been producing solid work in the field. In the last five years or so there has been massive growth in the value that most people place on street art, as opposed to tagging and general graffiti, and this change of perception or attitude has most noticeably resulted in street art going the way of pop, punk, grunge, the internet, rock n’ roll, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and just about every other vaguely bankable twinge that has happened in youth culture over time, probably since humans began – beware, this system has been monetised. But as we know from all of those other historic experiences, that ain’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s just different. Joss Stick is someone you have probably never heard of and may never hear of again. She works mostly in the night on projects mostly of interest to herself. < Ethos, artist pictured creating wall painting)
Minutes of Evidence
by Liza Dezfouli
Where does a play come from? In the case of Coranderrk, a work of theatre re-enacting a hugely significant moment in Victoria’s history, its wellsprings are in research by writer Giordano Nanni, working deep in the archives at Melbourne University. A few years on saw Nanni, in collaboration with “My initial assumption was that everyone knew about Coranderrk,” says Nanni, who was researching his PhD thesis on the history of colonialism in Victoria. “I learnt about this story from studying the original documents.” Briefly, towards the end of the 1800s, vested interests were pressuring the government to dismantle a highly functioning, thriving aboriginal reserve near what is now healesville.the Coranderrk community rebelled and the ensuing fight for justice, self-determination and the right to stay on their land culminated in a unique Government Enquiry into the management of the station. “The minutes of this particular enquiry contained the voices of the indigenous inhabitants of the station,” Nanni says. “In this document they were free to express local grievances and requests for self-determination. Other enquiries didn’t collect testimonies, or if they did, it was superficial evidence.” Nanni was struck by the individuality of the voices in the minutes and how the evidence seemed already to be drama in the making. “It seemed like a fantastic piece of theatre,” he continues. “I was laughing at times when I read it; it was almost perversely funny. I was experiencing all the emotions you feel from watching a play. It is a script in itself.”
playwright Andrea James (a member of the Koori heritage trust) and in partnership with La Mama and ILBIJERRI Theatre, put together a “condensed version of the script.” Coranderrk, The Minutes of Evidence Project is a meticulously considered work balancing the truth of the testimonies with the considerations of a piece of theatre. Nanni was always sure it would work as a play but obviously a great deal of editing was required. “I had confidence it would work only with the transcript, that we shouldn’t deviate from the verbatim theatre,” Nanni explains. “But the enquiry went for over four months.The play involved a lot of selection. I was keen not to mess it up.” Andrea James voices the challenge of bringing the story to the stage: “I was initially concerned that, because we wanted to be absolutely true to the court transcripts and the form of the commission (q&a), there would be a lack of drive and dramatic arc. however, the joy in watching the actors taking on the challenge to inhabit several characters is highly entertaining, and as an audience member you are never quite sure who is going to come up to the witness stand next and what he or she will say to add to the drama. It was a great revelation which makes the performances utterly compelling and deeply moving.” >
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> Nanni was determined the work should be impeccable academically and satisfy both historians and theatre-lovers alike. “It had to be theatrical, it had to be entertainment yet have enough historical weight so people couldn’t dismiss it as just another piece of theatre,” he notes. “We use the power of theatre to engage and open up people, but it has academic merit because this is what actually happened; it is based on the rigor of accurate research. Coranderrk tries to capture those two powerful elements together.” Last year saw a performance presented to descendents of the key players, aboriginal and non-aboriginal (including the station’s manager and community’s champion, John Green), on the land where Coranderrk station once stood. Nanni describes the performance on country as an emotional and historic event: “People were very keen. The descendents brought photos and the Koori heritage trust received phone calls; even people directly connected to the story hadn’t got the full picture.” Nanni notes a nice coincidence with this month’s production. “The enquiry was 130 years ago this year: september to December 1881. the play will be performed again at La Mama in November 2011, almost the same month.” James, whose work Yanagai! Yanagai! about the 2001 Yorta Yorta land claim, notes the resonances and implications of the Coranderrk story with events of today. “The commission into Coranderrk occurred in 1881/2 and it was alarming to see that some 110 years or so down the track non-Aboriginal people were using the same tactics and opinions to disown us of our lands in the Yorta Yorta land claim.” Nanni explains further: “Edwards Curr is very strongly featured in Coranderrk. he was a self-appointed ‘expert’ on aboriginal affairs, a member of the Board and one of the key people involved in breaking up the station. The things he said then provide the basis for the logic of the extinguishment of native title in 2001; he tries to justify moving people off the land by saying that people who lived here didn’t have ongoing attachment to the land. Justice Olney used Edward Curr’s words 100 years later – his words are quoted to extinguish native title.”
Collaboration between aboriginal and non-aboriginals has been essential to the development of Coranderrk, a crucial part of an ongoing process which not only brings the story to modern day Melbourne, but also creates and maintains powerful partnerships like those of a century ago. “It was always very fulfilling to feel that, in some way, the fact I was collaborating with a non-Aboriginal researcher/writer reflected the positive relationship between the Coranderrk people and (champions) Ann Bonn and John Green,” James says. “Initially I felt it necessary to negotiate an equal status in the project so that we could collaborate on an even par and Giordano very graciously understood the need for an equal playing field even though he initiated this project and is its driving force. What is most exciting to me is that aboriginal and non-aboriginal relationships continue to prosper in a creative project which helps us to understand and overcome the ravages of colonisation and its continuing effects.” James has high praise for Nanni’s work on Coranderrk. “his instincts and drive have always been very strong and his desire for the story to be told has been admirable,” she notes. “he is a dogged advocate for this story and he has absorbed these transcripts wholly. It was so nourishing to work with someone who has researched the material so thoroughly and knew the intricacies of the characters and case so freakishly well. On a mere mention of a moment, he would recall the page and item number of any given moment in the transcripts. he was amazing. so my instinct for dramatic structure, coupled with Giordano’s thorough research and past theatre experience has made for a perfect creative relationship.” Nanni is quick to emphasise the collaborative element intrinsic to Coranderrk. “A lot of people have helped make this possible. There has been Aboriginal representation at every stage. It is not based on old-fashioned consultative model; it’s more of a collaborative thing. That idea is key. And hopefully it will be a model for the future.” Nanni feels strongly that presenting this story in theatre has greater impact, over, say, telling it in a research paper or a book. “I am much more interested in presenting stuff to non-academic people. I want to get this story out to the public, not to people who are paid to read these things. I’m not interested in writing articles or papers for other academics.” >
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> “The Coranderrk people marched in delegation all the way to Spring St, more than 60 miles,” Nanni continues. “It’s different from writing a letter. The one thing that makes the Coranderrk story so special and so successful is that it was so unusual to have this enquiry at such an official setting. these are the actual words of indigenous people and of white people back in 1881. This is their victory, their platform to air their grievances and concerns. The indigenous voices are clear in their demands. They are understanding of justice and politics. You listen to it and wonder why they were not treated more decently.” James, herself a Yorta Yorta woman who has been working on Wurundjeri history in this project, notes how there have been people of various backgrounds involved along the way. “Both the Coranderrk mob and the Yorta Yorta had non-aboriginal champions and friends who supported us in our struggle for justice. It is heartening to see how people such as Ann Bonn and John Green were prepared to utilise their knowledge and positions of power to give the Coranderrk residents an opportunity for self determination. Great people like William Barak and Alice Grant, Uncle Wayne Atkinson and Monica Morgan continue to inspire and lead their communities towards self determination and justice. Coranderrk had residents from all parts of Victoria and there were Yorta Yorta people on this settlement, too. It’s so great to see Uncle Jack Charles read the transcripts of his Yorta Yorta ancestors.” James sees Coranderrk as offering inspiration to those engaged in current indigenous struggles as well as being a celebration of a shared past.“ I hope that this show will give aboriginal audiences an opportunity to hear how our people have stood up to oppression and injustice over the years and that this will inspire us to continue to speak out when needed. While some advances and concessions have been made, there is still a lot of work to be done. The production highlights the spectrum of non-aboriginal people’s attitudes towards aboriginal people, informed by both racism and respect/understanding. The most exciting aspect of this project is that the characters in the project live on through living descendants, both black and white, and in that way, there are still some opportunities for redress, justice, healing.”
“This is such an incredibly powerful story and its strength lies in its utter truth,” James continues. “It’s such an important part of Melbourne’s history and to see these characters and their passionate words brought to life once again, brings the story once again to the fore. Everyone who resides in Melbourne should have the opportunity to learn about this story.” Coranderrk is performed by the ILBIJERRI Theatre Company with guest actors including Uncle Jack Charles and La Mama’s Liz Jones. “It is brought to life by people who should be doing this,” concludes Nanni. Coranderrk, The Minutes of Evidence Project is proudly supported by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, La Mama, Vic health, Department of Education, ARC & Melbourne University, Arts Victoria and Koori heritage trust. Direction of this production is by Ivan Drandich.
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< Emile Antoine Bourdelle - Quiron: Dying Centaur (o Centauro Moribundo) (detail) 1914, bronze, Buenos Aires Photo: Paul hassall.
I was reading an article by David W. orr the other day, called ‘Beauty is the standard’ in which he states: “We must love our children enough to design a world which instructs them towards community, ecology, responsibility, and joy.” This got me thinking about our current built environment in this society, of ever-increasing housing sizes, more (and more congested) highways and freeways, our reliance on the car for transport, increasing degradation of the natural environment to meet our consumer needs, and the dominant paradigm of economic growth and development at all costs. Small wonder that we see so much apathy and anger in children and young adults today. As Orr says: “No society that loved its children would divorce them so completely from contact with soils, forests, streams and wildlife. No society that loved its children would create places like the typical suburb or shopping mall.” I grew up on a farm in Tassie, and thinking about these comments, I feel incredibly grateful that I had, as it seemed back then, endless space and multiple environments in which to explore, imagine, build, and play. Constructing minute dams and villages alongside creeks, building cubbies under hedges and bike-tracks in paddocks, watching sheep and cows give birth in the spring, imagining whole worlds under the willow trees along the creek, and climbing the giant oak tree in the old orchard connected my siblings and I to the seasons, the soil, waterways and animals in those environments in deep, powerful ways. It sustained us emotionally, physically and spiritually – until I reached my teenage years, when I couldn’t wait to get out of my gumboots and into some Doc Martens!
ROBYN GIBSON
Standard Beauty: an oxymoron? Teenage rebellion aside, this grounded education I had in experiencing the connections of things and the natural cycles of life as a child has informed my current work as a building designer. The built environment can nurture and provide solace, uplift, connect us with others, and inspire; or it can alienate, make us grumpy and tired, create physical and emotional dysfunction, or isolate us from our loved ones and fellow citizens. Good ‘ecological design’ as David orr calls it, creates places “in which the ecology of imagination and ecological attachment can flourish. these would be safe urban and rural places that included biological diversity, wildness, flowing water, trees, animals, open fields, and room to roam – places in which beauty became the standard.” In contrast, many of our, especially urban, landscapes are impoverished of aesthetic and ecological richness and diversity, thus providing less opportunity for children and young people to create connections and a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives. our affluence and technological advancements haven’t actually provided greater happiness or contentment, despite all the promises. What should we do in a landscape of such meaningless, commerce-driven blandness, and isolation from each other? As an imperative, I believe we need to take full responsibility for the impoverished landscape we live in, and transform how we see ourselves and our place in this landscape. The longer we ignore the facts and risk of global warming, the more we show disrespect to our children and their place in the world. By teaching them that it is alright to destroy old-growth native forests in order to produce bright
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white copy paper, construct buildings cheaply and without natural sunlight or air-flow, give precedence to cars over public transport, pedestrians and cyclists, or place the wealth of humans above the health of rivers, we further contribute to a society that not only becomes further disconnected from the ‘source’ of things, we create a generation that believes that the natural environment does not even figure in the scheme of things. our lives are now often so disconnected from life – think about the factories, feedlots, mines, industrialised farms, supermarkets, and landfill sites that are outside our everyday consciousness, and yet we rely on them to provide us with what we need to continue our affluent lifestyles. On the other hand, there is a possibility that we can create a world and places (buildings, public parks, streets, gardens, transport alternatives, squares et al) that derive from a care and deep respect for all users, for the natural environments and resources that contribute to these places, and therefore to our natural place in this larger scheme of things. As Orr says, “When we get the design of buildings and communities right, they will instruct us properly in how we fit within larger patterns of energy and materials. They will tie our affections and minds to the care of particular places.” When design comes from this perspective, we utilise local materials, products, skill and labour, we consider the effect of what we design on natural environments, the end users and the greatest well-being of both these, and we think about the long-term use and adaptability of the design so that it benefits the greatest number of people in that community.
Reference David orr, Beauty is the standard, from Resurgence Magazine Issue 210 (2002); www.davidworr.com Robyn Gibson is a printmaker, and partner of Lifehouse Design, award-winning sustainable building designers in Castlemaine, Central Victoria. Lifehouse Design is currently developing a unique flexible module-based house, called the LiFEhoUsE. see www.lifehousedesign.com.au and facebook. Patrick Jones is taking a break to complete his PhD. visit http://permapoesis.blogspot.com/
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NOVEMBER SALON 1. Kim GoRDoN, Earth, light, water, breath 2011, hand-dyed and printed cotton with wool batting machine embroidered on a domestic machine. Forest Threads by Australian Quilts in Public Places (AQIPP), Whitehorse Art space, Box hill town hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road Box hill (VIC), 11 November â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 21 December. 2. Paul WooD, Guardians of a goddess (detail) 2011, re-fired ceramics and glass, 240x120x210cm. Photo: siri hayes. HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, 415 Bourke street surry hills (NsW), until 8 January 2012.
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THIS SPREAD 3. Melissa SCOTT, Cock with Wings 2010, linocut. Emotional Cripple, CASPA (Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space) above Stonemans Bookroom, cnr hargraves and Mostyn streets, Castlemaine (VIC), 4 – 27 November. 4. oliver hoLMGREN, Deceptive Shadows (detail) 2008, digital print. Patterns - A Photographic Exhibition by Oliver Holmgren, Door 3 Gallery, East street, Daylesford (VIC), 4 – 6 November, & CASPA (Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space) above stonemans Bookroom, cnr hargraves and Mostyn streets, Castlemaine (VIC), 26 – 27 November. 4
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5. helen GRACE, Xmas dinner series (detail) 1979, framed photographs. Courtesy of the artist. A Different Temporality: Aspects of Australian Feminist Art Practice 1975-1985, Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA, Ground Floor, Building F, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, 900 Dandenong Road Caulfield East (VIC), 13 october – 17 December 2011. Presented in association with Melbourne Festival. 6. Dan o’DoNNELL, Straight Stretch (detail) 2010, acrylic and mixed media on paper. Courtesy the artist. Dan O’Donnell: Medley, Post office Gallery, University of Ballarat, Cnr Sturt and Lydiard Streets Ballarat (VIC), 2 – 26 November. NEXT SPREAD: Cara-Ann SIMPSON, Heidelberg Bridge over the Merri Creek: evening crickets 2011. the river Bundoora homestead Art Centre, 7-27 snake Gully Drive, Bundoora (VIC), 28 october – 11 December.
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LA TROBE UNIVERSITY VISUAL ARTS & DESIGN Honours Exhibition 2011 30 November – 22 December
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• National Gallery of Australia Now showing: Out of the West - art of Western Australia from the national collections. Out of the West is the first survey exhibition outside Western Australia to present a large sample of Western Australian art from pre-settlement until today. Works by established early artists, RobeRt DAle, thomAs tuRNeR, and KAthleeN o’CoNNoR, as well as those by more recent artists such as heRbeRt mCCliNtoCK, elise blumANN and RoDNey GliCK, will be shown, alongside significant works by many less familiar names. Coming soon: Renaissance – 15th &16th Century paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo. this unique exhibition offers audiences an unparalleled chance to see early and high Renaissance paintings by some of the greatest european artists. Raphael, botticelli, bellini and titian are represented among an amazing gamut of talent and creative splendour. more than 70 works on canvas and panel will be on display, made between 1400 and 1600 by painters in northern and central italy.open daily 10am - 5pm. Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra 2600. t: (02) 6240 6411, www.nga.gov.au..
cowra
• Cowra Regional Art Gallery 77 Darling street Cowra NsW 2794. tues to sat 10am - 4pm, sun 2 - 4pm. Free Admission. www.cowraartgallery.com.au
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• PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery 27 october to 13 November toNy steWARt: Moral Ambiguities; PAul lAu: Conquering Matildas - story of the 2010 Asian Women’s Cup. 17 November to 4 December eD WhAlAN: Bordertown (from the PhotoAccess Collection); KeRstiN styChe: Identity through our Eyes (PhotoAccess 2010 Cit Award exhibition). PhotoAccess huw Davies Gallery, manuka Arts Centre, manuka Circle Griffith ACt. tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, weekends 12 noon to 4pm. t: (03) 6295 7810; www.photoaccess.org.au
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• Art Gallery of New South Wales 12 November – 26 February 2012 Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. until 20 November KAthy temiN, My Monument: Black Garden. until 2 January 2012 One Hundred Flowers. until 5 February 2012 What’s in a face? Aspects of portrait photography. until 3 may 2012 New contemporary galleries featuring the John Kaldor Family Collection. Art Gallery Road, the Domain, sydney NsW 2000. t: (02) 9225 1744, www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
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• Hawkesbury Regional Gallery until 4 December: Man of the Series: FRANK NoWlAN. mon - Fri 10am - 4pm, sat and sun 10am - 3pm, (Closed tues and public holidays). Free admission. Deerubbin Centre -1st Floor, 300 George street Windsor 2756. t: (02) 4560 4441. F: (02) 4560 4442, www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
DATELINE: NOVEMBER 2011 by Bambam
The form of the young, fast and fresh dance talent that will be converging on Riverside Theatres Parramatta in the middle of this month looks promising for our city’s dancing future. Fast+Fresh Dance cultivates talent and performance by choreographers and dancers aged 21 and under. All works must be five minutes or less in duration. This inspires young performers to strive for ar tistic excellence and encourages active par ticipation in dance at all levels and styles including ballet, hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, tap, physical theatre and lyrical. This year, it has again drawn entries from schools and individuals all over Sydney and NSW regional centres. Winning performances from each heat on 16 and 17 November, selected by a panel of dance industry judges, proceed to the Final Showcase on 19 November to battle it out for rich prizes (including summer/ Winter Camp with Brent St Studios and a 2012 Project Secondment with youMove Dance Company and artistic director Kay Armstrong), as well as coveted awards including Best Male Dancer, Best Female Dancer, Most outstanding Choreography, Best New Talent and the Audience Choice Award. This year’s entrants present works about first love, the effects of idle gossip, living with Cerebral Palsy, a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth and overcoming barriers caused by deafness. Students from the Rose Bay Secondary College have joined forces to create a new age contemporary ballet titled What the Night
Calls the Day; henry steele (from Coniston) has choreographed a work, Abjuration, which will be performed by a group of young dancers from across Sydney. The University of NSW is also well represented in 2011 with works from current students Pia Wimmer (Sardines), and Robyn Masters, (7 Days). Brandon Atoui (winner Best New Choreography, 2010) will be returning to the festival in 2011 with a stellar new hip hop piece featuring some of the hottest local talent from AIPAh (harris Park). sYDNEoN continues in next month’s issue of Trouble. Thanks to Geoff Sirmai this month. We welcome your comments, party pics, performance and exhibition news, and invitations. Send to: sydneon@introuble.com.au IMAGE: Anya, Jasmine & Amy with Alex. Photo by Maylei hunt.
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devonport
• Devonport Regional Gallery 29 october – 27 November, opening Friday 28 october, 6pm main Gallery and little Gallery Local Colour, luCy bleACh: solo Commissioned exhibition. In Conversation with Lucy Bleach: saturday 29 october, 11am. open mon - sat 10am - 5pm, sun and pub hols 12 5pm. 45 stewart street, Devonport, tasmania 7310. e: artgallery@devonport.tas.gov.au t: (03) 6424 8296, www.devonportgallery.com
hobart
• Inflight ARI Suspended and Grounded mAARteN DAuDeiJ opens Friday 4 November 6pm. exhibition runs 5 – 26 Nov. Gallery hours: Wed-sat 1-5pm. 100 Goulburn st, hobart. www.inflightart.com.au • Inka Gallery Inc. Not-for-profit, artists’ run, original contemporary art. exhibitions 3-weekly. salamanca Place, hobart. hours 10am-5pm,t: (03) 6223 3663 www.inkagallery.org.au; www.inkagalleryhobart. blogspot.com
• MONA, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart Ancient, modern and contemporary art. Monanism becomes the permanent collection evolving over time. some pieces are moving or going, others are staying. Forever. like siDNey NolAN’s Snake (1970 – 1972). Wim DelVoye exhibition starts 10 December thru 2 April, 2012. expect more cloacae, Tattoo Tim, carved tyres, Delft-blue shovels. Fees: $20 adult for non-residents of tasmania. open 10am to 6pm, closed tuesdays. Food, bars, winery, microbrewery, accommodation, bookshop and library. 655 main Road berriedale, tasmania, 7011. t: (03) 6277 9900, www.mona.net.au • Salamanca Arts Centre 77 salamanca Place, hobart. t: (03) 6234 8414; e: info@salarts.org.au; www.salarts.org.au • Tassie Tassie Tassie Repetition is nine-tenths of advertising law, but it also gets boring really quickly. For example, did you realise that listings in Trouble cost only $4 per line? No? Well they do ... help me to stop this nonsense. e: listings@introuble.com.au for a quote ... NoW!
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DATELINE: NOVEMBER 2011 by Able Tasman
The news that Polly Harvey is coming to town for MONA FOMA in January has blown my expectant little socks off. Better than Santa Claus, PJ has promised to play tracks from Let England Shake – a near masterpiece of an album, made the way people don’t often make albums anymore.
In stark contrast perhaps will be Phillip Adams BalletLab performing a new work developed in association with The Australian Ballet and premiered during the Melbourne Festival. Aviary “takes its inspiration from French composer and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen’s colourful musical explorations of birdsong from his Catalogue d’oiseaux (1958), and builds links between music, choreography and staging to produce an experimental interpretation of his scores”1 – all sexy fouettés and flying feathers, so expect a good crowd at the Theatre Royal on Jan 14 – 17 for a performance that is cited on the MOFO site as “reminiscent of vintage gay porn.” Considering that the Tasmanian parliament recently voted (in September) to support gay marriage, it’s a positive call for the queers of Australia to ‘come on down’ and check out how good life might be on the other side of the sea. But all of that is a month away yet. We will have leisure in the next issue of this esteemed journal to delve further into the abundant wonders at MOFO. Around the galleries this month, Bett Gallery hobart has been celebrating in the wake of the hutchins Art Prize announcement recently that helen Wright, a regular of theirs, won this year’s $15,000 prize with her relief print The Exquisite Corpse of Seaweed Man. Trouble is celebrating 1 quote from: http://www.balletlab.com/works/upcoming/aviary
PJ harvey, isn’t she lovely? (sigh)
too at news that the gorgeous Natasha Dusenjko, who was once upon a time our listings department, has won the Judges Special Commendation with her mixed media print The Night Sky/Abyssinia 0.001 – 0.006. Well done tash! Finally, if you haven’t visited TMAG for a while the perfect show to catch before it disappears forever is Primavera 2010: Exhibition by Young Australian Artists, showing until 20 November. Primavera is the Museum of Contemporary Art’s popular annual exhibition by young contemporary artists, under 35 years of age, from across Australia. The exhibition features works by Akira Akira (sA), Julie Fragar (QLD), Agatha Gothe-Snape (NSW), Alasdair McLuckie (VIC), Jackson Slattery (VIC), Emma White (NSW) and James Newitt (TAS). See it.
tAsWILD continues in next month’s issue of Trouble. We welcome your comments, party pics, performance and exhibition news, and invitations. Send to: taswild@introuble.com.au
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box hill
• Alcove Art Shop Christmas A’fair, 22 November – 3 December. opening Night 21 Nov, 6.30pm. unique handcrafted gifts. Proudly sponsored by box hill Community Arts Centre and City of Whitehorse. more details www.alcoveartshop.org.au • Box Hill Community Arts Centre 4 – 13 November box hill Clayworkers Whacky Works; 15 – 20 November NiKitA buRt bhCAC Artist in Residence In Her Reverie; 21 November – 3 December Alcove Art shop Christmas A’fair. 470 station street, box hill t: (03) 9895 8888 www.bhcac.com.au • Chapel on Station Gallery Soliloquy, an intertextual collaboration between photographer, textile artist, painter and poet, exploring the interface between life and death. GRAhAm De smiDt, sARAh louise RiCKetts, heleN ANDeRsoN and JilliAN Kellie. Chapel on station Gallery, 10 – 23 November. opening November 11, 6-8pm. Corner ellingsworth Parade and station street, box hill. www.chapelonstationgallery.org.au • Whitehorse Art Space 11 November – 21 December Forest Threads by AustRAliAN Quilts iN PubliC PlACes (AQiPP). Celebrating the international year of the Forest, quilters from around Australia demonstrate their talent, skills and originality in interpreting the theme Forest Threads. Join the quilters for free demonstrations every saturday at 2pm. t: (03) 9262 6250. tues and Fri 10am - 3pm, Wed and thurs 9am - 5pm, saturday noon - 4pm. t: (03) 9262 6250, 1022 Whitehorse Road, box hill ViC 3128, www.boxhilltownhall.com.au
brunswick
• Brunswick Arts Space opening 18 Nov to 4 Dec, The Fluid Ink Project, group show by ARtstoP 21, and WORDS. COME. EASY by ANDy WeAR. 2a little breese street, brunswick. thu-Fri 2-6pm, sat-sun 125pm. brunswickarts is accepting applications for 2012, check out www.brunswickarts.com.au • Counihan Gallery in Brunswick until 6 November Gallery one: RushDi ANWAR poetic readings for material transformation; Gallery two: NiCole PoleNtAs and ChRistoPheR eARl milbouRNe. opening
17 November: Women’s Salon. (map ref 1-D) 233 sydney Road, brunswick 3056 (next to brunswick town hall). t: (03) 9389 8622, F: (03) 9387 4048, e: counihangallery@moreland.vic. gov.au Gallery open Wed-sat 11am to 5pm, sun 1pm to 5pm. Closed public holidays.
burwood
• Deakin University Art Gallery 2 November to 10 December Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award. in its third year, this annual acquisitive award and exhibition is organised by the Art Collection and Galleries unit and supported by the school of management and marketing at Deakin university. the exhibition will display the 39 finalists selected from 263 entries. Gallery hours 10am - 4pm tuesday to Friday, 1 - 5pm saturday. Closed Public holidays, Free entry. 221 burwood hwy, burwood 3125. t: (03) 9244 5344; F: (03) 9244 5254, e: artgallery@deakin.edu.au; www.deakin.edu.au/art-collection
carlton
• La Mama At la mama theatre, 205 Faraday street: throughout Nov - Explorations Season: dance, music, comedy, performance art, play readings and works-in-development by various artists. At la mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond street: 16 – 27 Nov, in assoc with ilbiJeRRi theAtRe Co & miNutes oF eViDeNCe PRoJeCt, Coranderrk - We Will Show The Country, by GioRDANo NANNi & ANDReA JAmes; from 30 Nov, Flight by miChAel heAly. bookings t: (03) 9347 6142 or www.lamama.com.au
dandenong
• Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre Salt and the Dress by lesley DiCKmAN; Goodnight and good will by yolANDA mAtlAKoWsKi and nightly Women in Shadow by NAsim NAsR. Artist’s Reception thursday 3 November, 6.30pm. Walker st Gallery, Cnr Walker and Robinson streets Dandenong 3175. hours: mon - Fri 11am to 5pm, sat 11am to 3pm, closed sunday and public holidays. t: (03) 9706 8441; F: (03) 9706 7651; e: walkerstreetgallery@cgd.vic.gov.au; www.greaterdandenong.com
DAtELINE: NoVEMBER 2011 by Courtney Symes
I received my first camera for Christmas from Santa when I was eight years old. It was a red olympus - the closest match santa could find to my requested ‘pink’ colour (or maybe it was just his favourite colour). My dog Coco was my favourite model. I filled a whole album with snaps of her, which was a good effort considering she was a reluctant subject that never sat still. however, I seemed to have more success capturing her than I did people. I became renowned for my skill of cropping heads, legs and other body parts from photos, realising from a young age that photographing people was no easy feat. This November NGV pays homage to several photographers with an enviable ability to photograph people effortlessly. Looking at Looking at NGV International features a varied selection of works, such as Bill henson’s compelling crowd shots and Ashley Gilbertson’s powerful war images from his Whisky Tango Foxtrot 2004 series. henson’s images of crowds from his Untitled 1980/82 series initially appear undefined, dark and blurred. however, time spent looking at each image is rewarded as individual faces emerge. The crowd is comprised of a diverse mix of people of different ages, from different backgrounds. The only commonality is that they are on their way somewhere and are waiting for something i.e. to cross the street. Their individual facial expressions – distracted, focused, happy, sad, (and everything else in between) are intriguing and captivating. Runs until 4 March 2012. www.ngv.vic.gov.au [continued page 56] Eolo Paul Bottaro, Summer Storm 2011, oil and egg tempera on linen, 140 x 182cm.
deer park
• Hunt Club Community Arts Centre Galleries 4 to 26 November Social Confessional featuring DAN bARClAy, Rob bARtolo, Demet DiVARoReN, tAmARA mARWooD, meReDith thomAs. Curated by Jo ely. A piñata. A red deer. A burning goblin effigy. Social Confessional presents an innovative body of new work by studio artists based in the heart of melbourne’s Western suburbs. Clever, playful and discursive, the exhibition explores consumerism, disposability and unbridled social media participation. opening night features a special series of performance works, a hostile takeover of the centre and its grounds. Presented as part of big West Festival 2011. Centre open mon-thurs 9am-7.30pm, Fri 9am-4.30pm, sat 9am-12.30pm. Closed Public holidays. 775 ballarat Road, Deer Park (melway 25, F8) t: (03) 9249 4600 e: huntclub@brimbank.vic.gov.au; www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/arts
doncaster
• Manningham Gallery Contemporary woven tapestries from the Australian Tapestry Workshop 2 – 19 November. manningham Gallery, 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108. open tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm, saturday 2 to 5pm. e: gallery@manningham.vic.gov.au; www.manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery
eltham
• Eltham Library Community Gallery 3 - 28 November Artists open studios curated by mARGARet summeRtoN. hours: mon-thurs 10am-8.30pm, Fri-sat 10am-5pm, sun 1-5pm. Panther Pl, eltham, melway 21 J5.
fairfield
• NMIT – Bachelor of Illustration A degree for those wishing to be a specialist in the creative industries. For information visit www.nmit.edu.au/illustration or call t: (03) 9269 8888
fitzroy
• Brooklyn Arts Hotel brooklyn is beautiful, friendly, quiet, interesting, quirky and personal, within walking distance of central melbourne. 48-50 George street Fitzroy. t: (03) 9419 9328 www.brooklynartshotel.com.au • Colour Factory Gallery Remote by leiGh bACKhouse. exhibition dates: 4 – 26 November. opening night: 3 November, 6-8pm. 409 - 429 Gore street, Fitzroy 3065. t: (03) 9419 8756, F: (03) 9417 5637. Gallery hours: mon - Fri 10am - 6pm, sat 1 - 4pm. e: Gallery@ colourfactory.com.au, http://www.colourfactory. com.au/gallery/
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footscray
• The Dog Theatre stay tuned - www.thedogtheatre.com • Magnani Papers Australia beautiful fine art papers for printmaking, painting and drawing. mention this Trouble ad and get 10% off! 40 buckley street Footscray 3011. t: (03) 9689 5660, www.magnani.com.au e: james@magnani.com.au
ivanhoe
• Banyule Arts Space Duality – The 2011 Banyule Award for Works on Paper, 11 Nov – 14 Dec; banyule Arts space: 14 ivanhoe Pde, ivanhoe. hours: Wed to sat: 11am–5pm. t: (03) 9457 9851
langwarrin
• McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park Australia’s leading sculpture Park and Gallery. 13 November 2011 to 5 February 2012: Double Vision. 13 November 2011 to 15 January 2012: the mary and lou senini Art Award 2011 for Ceramics. 390 mcClelland Drive, langwarrin (mel. Ref. 103 e3 only 45 min from st Kilda!) t: (03) 9789 1671. Gallery hours: tues - sun 10am - 5pm (entry by donation). mcClelland Gallery Café, tues - sun 10am - 4.30pm. Guided tours: Wed and thurs 11am and 2pm, and sat and sun sculpture Park at 2pm. Prior bookings highly recommended. e: info@mcclellandgallery.com, www.mcclellandgallery.com
• Blindside Artist Run Space 2 – 19 November (opening 3 Nov, 6-8pm): Slip Ages – tARA CooK; Sublime Artifice – PieRs GReVille. 23 November – 10 December (opening 24 Nov, 6-8pm): Curtain Call – hANNAh RAisiN, curated by ClAiRe ANNA WAtsoN. Nicholas building, 714/37 swanston street (enter via Cathedral Arcade lifts, cnr Flinders ln), melbourne. hours: tue to sat 12 - 6pm. t: (03) 9650 0093, www.blindside.org.au • fortyfivedownstairs A Stranger in Town, by ChRistiNe CRoyDoN and AliCe bishoP, 27 oct – 13 Nov, theatre; Gratuitous Garland: A Botanical Metaphor by GAViN bRoWN and WilliAm eiCholtZ, 2 – 12 November, sculpture and painting; Undercurrent by WeNDy Kelly, 15 – 26 November, mixed media; Resonance, CeliA bRiDle and APhRA PeRKiNs, works on paper; Bach Suites, ANAm, 16 – 19 November, classical music; Understanding Loss by miKe heWsoN, 29 November – 10 December, painting; Slow Decline by DAyNe tRoWeR, 29 November – 10 December, sculpture; Play readings, R.e Ross tRust, 29 November – 2 December, play readings. 45 Flinders lane, melbourne, 3000. t: (03) 9662 9966; www.fortyfivedownstairs.com • Matt Irwin Photographic Gallery urban street photography of melbourne canvas sale. open 7 days a week. matt irwin Gallery, shop 4, 239 Flinders lane (enter via scott Alley) t: 9663 2858 www.mattirwin.com.au
Jon Campbell, She’ll be right 2005, 13 parts – dimensions variable. Weavers: Rachel Hine, John Dicks, Milena Paplinska
melbourne
Contemporary woven tapestries from the Australian Tapestry Workshop 2 – 19 November 2011 Jon Campbell, Gordon Crook, Alan Davie, Merrin Eirth, Christine Johnson, David Larwill, Alun Leach-Jones, Ross Moore, Glenn Morgan, Mark Schaller and Arlene Textaqueen. Manningham Gallery 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster p (03) 9840 9367 www.manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery
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• RMIT Gallery 2112 Imagining the Future, exhibition dates: 2 December 2011 – 28 January 2012 tapping into general anxieties about an uncertain future and public concern about the consequences of climate change, 2112 Imagining the Future presents a range of images revealing how contemporary artists imagine the world might look in one hundred years time. hence the exhibition responds to recent artworks that gravitate towards the realm of science fiction, a genre that explores ideas about the future and is highly developed in literature and film, but has hitherto been regarded as fairly marginal in the visual arts. Artists: PhiliP bRoPhy, JustiNe CooPeR, Keith CottiNGhAm, thomAs Doyle, lesley DuXbuRy, KellyANN GeuRts, stePheN hAley, KiRsteN JohANNseN, sAm leACh, toNy lloyD, yVes mARChAND & RomAiN meFFRe, mARiKo moRi, hisAhARu motoDA, lyNDAl osboRNe, PAtRiCiA PiCCiNiNi, PhiliP sAmARtZis, RomAN siGNeR, suPeRFleX, Debbie symoNs, stePhANie VAleNtiN, DARReN WARDle, KeNJi yANobe, AND KeN + JuliA yoNetANi. Public program events bookings for all events essential. t: (03) 9925 1717. thursday 30 November 5.45-8.30pm Kaleide theatre, Rmit. Future Horror? screening of the cult 1979 Russian science fiction film Stalker, directed by ANDRei tARKoVsKy. includes refreshments and panel discussion with Philip brophy, linda Williams, and Kenji yanobe. Friday 2 December 12-1pm: From Organic to Atomic: curator linda Williams in conversation with lyndal osborne (Canada), Kenji yanobe (Japan). tuesday 6 December 12-1pm Painting the Future: tony lloyd and sam leach. Rmit Gallery344 swanston street, melbourne 3000. t: (03) 9925 1717 hours mon to Fri 11am-5pm, sat 12 noon-5pm. Closed sun and public holidays. Closed 24 Dec 2011 to 3 January 2012. e: rmit.gallery@rmit.edu.au; www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery. become a fan of Rmit Gallery of Facebook Follow Rmit Gallery on twitter@RmitGallery Director: suzanne Davies. • Silverspun box hill institute 2011 Graduates of Advanced Diploma of engineering technology (Jewellery), Wednesday 23 November – sunday 4 December, 2011. opening night: thursday 24 November, 6-8pm. Venue: 1000 Pound bend,
361 little lonsdale street, melbourne, 3000. Gallery hours: mon-Fri 10am-6pm, sat and sun 11am-5pm.
moonee ponds
• Incinerator Gallery Between The Lines: Contemporary Chinese Paper Art from 17 Nov – 3 Dec. Curator JADe yANG attending at official opening 17 Nov 6-8pm. opening hours: Wednesday to sunday, 11am-4pm. incinerator Gallery, 180 holmes Road, moonee Ponds ViC 3039. t: (03) 8325 1750, e: incinerator@mvcc.vic.gov.au, www.incineratorgallery.com.au
narre warren north
• Artgallop Gallery Shop November Competition Painted Pets. entries $10 by 1 Nov. Quaker barn 3a Reservoir Road. t: (03) 8790 4756. e: rosmead@gmail.com; www.artgallop.net
newport
• The Substation 15 – 27 November Dance, Sucker. a new media series by iloNA NelsoN (illyphotography.com) showing in the Larger Than Life exhibition as part of the big West Festival www.bigwest.com.au 1 market street, Newport ViC 3015 open 11am 5pm every day. www.thesubstation.org.au
northcote
• Arts Project Australia Movement & Emotion, opening Wed 19 oct 6-8pm, thu 20 oct – sat 26 Nov 2011. Curated by PAul hoDGes. expressive and unique, this exhibition explores the movement and emotion of people in everyday life. Featuring steVeN AJZeNbeRG, PAtRiCK FRANCis and bRiGiD hANRAhAN amongst others. JoDie Noble Solo, opening Wed 19 oct 6-8pm, thu 20 oct – sat 26 Nov 2011. Featuring a series of autobiographical and figurative paintings. Annual Gala Exhibition, opening Wed 30 Nov 6-8pm, thu 1 Dec – mon 19 Dec 2011. Arts Project Australia’s Annual Gala Exhibition will feature a broad survey of artwork produced in 2011 by more than 130 artists that are currently participating in the studio program. Drawing, painting, printmaking, animation and ceramicswill be showcased. Gallery hours: mon to Fri 9am-5pm, sat 10am-5pm. location and contact details: Arts Project Australia, 24 high street Northcote Victoria 3070. t: (03) 9482 4484 F: (03) 9482 1852 e: info@ artsproject.org.au; www.artsproject.org. au For artwork enquiries and appointments please contact Arts Project Australia gallery.
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prahran
• one hundredth gallery For everyone new to art. Dedicated to aspiring and emerging artists. Now taking applications. www.100thgallery.com
richmond
• The Warehouse ‘the Warehouse’ Art studios at 1/1 Kipling street, Richmond is an open plan studio, currently home to a mix of illustrators, sculptors, graphic designers, photographers, woodworkers and experimental artists. For enquiries, m: 0411 875 840 e: alicethefourth@gmail.com
southbank
• ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Power to the People: Contemporary Conceptualism and the Object in Art, 6 october to 20 November, 2011. Power to the People, created by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art for the melbourne international Arts Festival, presents works from over 15 Australian and international artists who have revisited, revised and revitalised the artmaking strategies of the 1960s and 70s. using Conceptual Art as its historical reference point, the exhibited works demonstrate a continued reconsideration and move away from the art ‘object’ into more performative, documentative, research and participatory modes of art making. Artists: PeteR FRieDl, olAF NiColAi, DoRA GARCÍA, RomAN oNDÁK, FioNA mACDoNAlD, JoNAthoN moNK, KiRsteN PieRoth, stuARt RiNGholt, JÁN MANČUŠKA, NATHASHA JOHNS-
messeNGeR, seth PRiCe, mARio GARCiA toRRes, GolDiN + seNNeby, luCAs ihleiN & iAN milliss, DeReK sulliVAN AND the Post PRoJeCt, AGAthA Gothe-sNAPe, mAttheW shANNoN. Duration: 10am-8pm daily until saturday 22 oct, then from tuesFri 10am-5pm, sat – sun and Public holidays 11am-6pm, mon by appt, until 20 November. www.accaonline.org.au for associated events. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 sturt street, southbank. Gallery hours: tuesday-Friday 10am–5pm. Weekends 11am-6pm. mondays by appointment. t: (03) 9697 9999. Admission: free. www.accaonline. org.au
st andrews
• The Baldessin Press and Studio Artists / writers retreats, workshops, studio access etc in tranquil bushland 50 kms from melbourne. t (03) 97101350, www.baldessinpress.com • Print Council of Australia Inc. Printmakers and print collectors stay in touch with print exhibitions, events and technical issues through imPRiNt magazine. members receive frequent email updates and information about opportunities (courses, forums, group exhibitions and competitions). subscriptions $65/year or $45 concessions see website: www.printcouncil.org.au or phone t: (03) 9328 8991 for membership details
RMIT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART
An Exhibition of 26 graduates working across a range of discipline areas from RMIT University School of Art’s Master of Fine Art Program 2011 Opening 30 November 5:30 - 7:30pm
MASTER OF FINE ART GRADUATE EXHIBITION
1 - 8 DECEMBER 2011 GOSSARD PROJECT SPACE RMIT BLD 49, 67 FRANKLIN FRANKLI ST MELBOURNE
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MELBOURNE
upway
• Burrinja Gallery mARy toNKiN: Home 2000-2010. the work is produced through a plein-air process, and sings with vibrant colour and sensuous gestural paint, from 19 Nov. stellA seiGeRmAN: Veils of Illusion until 27 Nov. Cnr Glenfern Rd and matson Dr. tue to sun 10.30am - 4pm. t: (03) 9754 8723. www.burrinja.org.au
wheelers hill
• Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) Brummels: Australia’s first
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photography, 22 october 2011 – 22 January 2012. TIM HANDFIELD: Deep skin 22 october 2011 – 22 January 2012. JOHN STREET: Slow photography: 22 october – 11 December 2011. monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully Road (cnr Jells and Ferntree Gully Roads), Wheelers hill 3150. Director: shaune lakin. tues - Fri 10am to 5pm, sat - sun 12 to 5pm, Closed mon. Gallery gift shop, lamp Café and sculpture park. t: (03) 8544 0500, e:mga@ monash.vic.gov.au; www.mga.org.au
BAY & PENINSULA
geelong
• Geelong Gallery 2011 Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, until 20 November. the o’Donohue & Kiss gift – International and Australian Prints, until 20 November. NICHOLAS CHEVALIER – Australian odyssey, 26 November to 12 February. shell arts – Geelong region artists program: Retrospective – DAViD tuRNeR, until 4 December. little malop street, Geelong. t: (03) 5229 3645, www.geelonggallery.org.au, Free entry. open daily 10am to 5pm.
• Geelong Performing Arts Centre 50 lt malop street Geelong. info and tickets online at www.gpac.org.au or phone t: (03) 5225 1200. Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/geelongperformingartscentre • Metropolis Gallery 5 – 19 November ADRiAN loCKhARt: Coastal. Recent drawings and prints. 64 Ryrie street Geelong 3220. t: (03) 5221 6505. Director: Robert Avitabile. www.metropolisgallery.com.au
CENTRAL VICTORIA
ballarat
• Art Gallery of Ballarat to 27 November Australian Modern Masterpieces from the Art Gallery of New South Wales over 60 of the best works of 20th century Australian art. exhibition entry Adult $12, Concession $8, Child Free. Also
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A Guiding Hand: prints and directors 1967 – 2011, highlights of the Gallery’s extraordinary print collection and the directors who built it up. 5 – 20 November Art by Wendouree, work by past students and staff of ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar school. Project video window to 13 November DAViD RosetZKy: Nothing like this and from 17 November Jill oRR: The sleep of reason produces monsters – Goya. Art Gallery of ballarat, 40 lydiard st Nth, ballarat 3350. e: artgal@ballarat.vic.gov.au t: (03) 5320 5858. W: wwwartgalleryofballarat.com.au Free entry unless specified. open daily. • Ballarat Arts Foundation Grants Rounds for emerging artists: 1 – 31 march and 1 – 30 september. Visit Downloads on www.ballaratartsfoundation.org.au or t: (03) 5332 4824 or m: 0409 352 268 • Gallery on Sturt 7 Nov – 5 Dec Earth & Sky DAWN WhitehAND and stRobe DRiVeR. Artwork by NoRmAN liNDsAy, lioNel liNDsAy and KeNNeth JACK. 421 sturt street, ballarat 3350 t: (03) 5331 7011 W: www.galleryonsturt.com.au
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• Her Majesty’s Wednesday 9 November, 8pm DAViD hobsoN & teDDy tAhu RhoDes; thursday 10 November, 7.30pm Straight to You, triple J’s tribute to NiCK CAVe; monday 14 November, 7pm The Kitchen (National theatre live); Wednesday 16 November, 7pm Anna Bolena (methD); Wednesday 23 November, 7pm Don Giovanni (methD); her majesty’s theatre, 17 lydiard street south, ballarat. box office/ticket sales: majestix t: (03) 5333 5888 box office hours - monday to Friday, 9.15am - 5pm and one hour prior to performance starting times. • Kirrit Barreet - Aboriginal Art and Cultural Centre Now exhibiting community works. 403-407 main Road. www.aboriginalballarat.com.au • The Known World Bookshop & Apartment Great s/h books, coffee bar and a boutique city apartment. 14 sturt street, ballarat. t: (03) 5332 8114 • Post Office Gallery Wed 2 – sat 26 Nov DAN o’DoNNell: Medley. Dan o’Donnell Artist talk: sat 19 Nov, 2pm. Post office Gallery, Arts Academy, university of ballarat. Cnr sturt and lydiard st ballarat. ViC. 3350. mon/tue by appt. Wed-sat 1-4pm. t: (03) 5327 8615, e: s.hinton@ballarat.edu.au www.ballarat.edu.au.
• Radmac Now showing” at the Radmac Gallery through November local Artists JosCie RAtCliFFe, lisA hAles and KAthy DiAmoND, Burnt Sienna a small group of regional Artists with varying styles. their exhibition titled Impressions and Expressions along with Neil hAWKiNs his exhibition titled Channeled Tribal Art created in acrylics on canvas, as well we have artists from Robyn Kittelty’s Art class (conducted here at Radmac) created in watercolour, acrylics, oils and mixed media, exhibitions not to be missed. Radmac Gallery, 104 Armstrong st (Nth) ballarat 3350. t: (03) 5333 4617, Gallery hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm mon - Fri, 9am to 12pm sat. entry Free. enrol now for art classes. Gallery and studio space available.
bendigo
• Artsonview Framing and Gallery expert custom framing by GeoFF sAyeR. Conservation and exhibition framing also available. Plus a small but interesting range of original artwork and photography. New ceramics by RAy PeARCe now in stock. Also on display, suZie o’sheA’s Frocks Out of Clay. 75 View street. t: (03) 5443 0624, e: sayer@iinet.net.au
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• Bendigo Art Gallery The White Wedding Dress: Two Hundred Years of Wedding Fashions, exhibition organised by the Victoria and Albert museum, london, until 6 November. The Lost Modernist: MICHAEL O’CONNELL, 26 November 2011 – 19 February 2012. A bendigo Art Gallery exhibition. Art & tea, 16 November, 10-11.30am. this month’s speaker is Professor harriet edquist. she will speak about the life and work of michael o’Connell. 42 View street, bendigo. t: (03) 5434 6088. www.bendigoartgallery.com.au • Bob Boutique Filled with the most amazing artworks and prints. gift hampers and pass the parcels. 17 Williamson street, bendigo. open sat and sun 11am-3pm, mon and tues 11am-3pm, Wed-Fri 11am-5pm. www.bob.net.au • Community & Cultural Development (CCD) www.bendigo.vic.gov.au - for arts, festivals and events info at your fingertips. select Council services, then Arts Festivals and events for events Calendar and Arts Register. the CCD unit is an initiative of the City of Greater bendigo. e: eventscalendar@ bendigo.vic.gov.au t: (03) 5434 6464 • El Gordo Cafe & Art Space The Forest Flaw handmade toys by RobyN helbARD, until 11 November; Alice in Monsterland paper crafts by KARA RiCe and photography by seAN bAtty 12 Nov – 9 Dec. open: mon-Fri, 8am-4.30pm and sat Nov 12, 9am-2pm. Chancery lane, bendigo. m: 0413 447 518. www.facebook.com/elgordobendigo
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• Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University Bendigo la trobe university bendigo Visual Arts & Graphic Design Present: The Chase, a group exhibition featuring exciting new work from graduating students. opening Night: 18 November from 6pm at the Phyllis Palmer Gallery, la trobe university bendigo. Closes 4 December. For more information, contact ltu_gecommittee@yahoo.com.au • La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre VAC Gallery: to 27 November JustiN ANDReWs Systems. 30 November – 22 December lA tRobe uNiVeRsity VisuAl ARt AND DesiGN PRoGRAm Honours Exhibition 2011. Access Gallery: 2 November – 27 November beNDiGo CReAteAbility eVeNts NetWoRK create20eleven. 30 November – 22 December tAmARA mARWooD and VeRity louGooN Dirty Denim. Gallery hours: tue - Fri 10am-5pm, sat - sun 12pm5pm. 121 View st, bendigo. t: (03) 5441 8724; W: www.latrobe.edu.au/vac • The Capital info and tickets online at www.thecapital.com.au. t: (03) 5441 6100 or visit 50 View street, bendigo. melbouRNe symPhoNy oRChestRA ChoRus, saturday 19 Nov, 8pm. Full list of shows at website.
castlemaine
• Art Supplies Castlemaine extensive range, art gift ideas, kids art materials, 10% art student discount, special orders welcome. tues - thur 9am-5pm, Fri 9am - 5.30pm, sat 9am-1pm. 25 hargraves street. t: (03) 5470 5291, e: artsuppliescastlemaine@gmail.com • Arts Pathway Course 11/11/11 eXhibitioN oPeNiNG at 6pm of the 2011 Art Pathways students of Castlemaine Continuing education. exhibition open over weekend. All Welcome t: (03) 5472 3299 • Arts Officer - Jon Harris Community Activity and Culture Unit Mount Alexander Shire Council Jon harris (tues, Wed, thurs, Fri) Po box 185 Castlemaine 3450. t: (03) 5471 1793, m: 0428 394 577, e: arts@mountalexander.vic.gov.au • Bent Ironwork Artist’s sculptural work, architectural and wrought iron work by steVe RoWe. 54 bagshaw street harcourt. m: 0400 538 344
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• Brian Nunan Studio & Gallery Visit the gallery of bRiAN NuNAN. Retrospective and new controversial artworks. open saturday and sunday or by appointment. 40 Campbell street Castlemaine. t: (03) 5470 6724. e: brian@briannunan.com • Buda Historic Home and Garden A property of national significance. home of the creative leviny family from 1863 to 1981, featuring authentic furnishings and arts and crafts collection. Wander around the heritage garden, enjoy the picture-perfect spring, and then buy your own buda plants in the Nursery. 42 hunter street, Castlemaine 3450. t/F: (03) 5472 1032, e: admin@budacastlemaine.org. open Wed - sat 12 - 5, sun 10 – 5. Groups by appointment. • CASPA Emotional Cripple – linocuts by melissA sCott. opening Friday 4 Nov 6pm until 27 Nov, 10am-5pm daily. Above stoneman’s bookroom, hargraves street. www.castlemainefringe.org.au/caspa • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum mARC ClARK – Prints, benefactors Gallery, 22 october – 27 November. Len Fox Painting Award, 5 November – 11 December. 14 lyttleton street Castlemaine, Vic. For full list of events and exhibitions log onto: www. castlemainegallery.com • Castlemaine Artists’ Market Central Vic artists, designers and makers, sunday 6 November, 10am to 3pm. located at theatre Royal brickyard Garden, hargraves street, Castlemaine - www. castlemaineartistsmarket.com.au
• Cherry Tennant’s Studio Gallery At any time view Cherry’s paintings, drawings, photographs, greetings cards and poetry books. 160 hargraves street (cnr hall st), Castlemaine. to ensure she’s there phone first. t: (03) 5470 6642. you may also contact her for tuition details. • Falkner Gallery until 27 Nov: CARole bulloCK, Shifting Place in the Landscape, paintings, drawings, etchings; DAViD FRAZeR, Half Way Home, etchings, wood engravings, lithographs. 35 templeton street, Castlemaine hours: 11am - 5pm thurs - sun t: (03) 5470 5858; e: falknergallery@tpg.com.au • greenGraphics: web and print Design, domain registration and web hosting. t: (03) 5472 5300, e: info@greengraphics.com.au www.greengraphics.com.au • Patterns - A Photographic Exhibition by Oliver Holmgren CAsPA Gallery, hargraves street, Castlemaine. opening night: 6pm saturday 26 November, 10am-5pm sunday 27 November. observing nature yields many tales, both informative and fascinating. having grown up immersed in permaculture and taught to read the landscape, oliver holmgren offers a unique view of the environment around us from large scale patterns to the intricate details. photography.holmgren.com.au • Phil Elson Pottery Fine hand thrown porcelain tableware and large porcelain bowls. 89 templeton street. t: (03) 5472 2814 www.philelsonpottery.com
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daylesford
• Patterns - A Photographic Exhibition by Oliver Holmgren Door 3 Gallery, east street, Daylesford. opening night: 6pm Friday 4 November, 10am-5pm saturday 5th and sunday 6th. For a taste see Red star cafe window gallery, hepburn during November. see details under Castlemaine listing. photography.holmgren.com.au
elphinstone
• Elphinstone Hotel Far Behind I Left My Country: collection by JAN PAlethoRPe until 7 November. Landscapes - Seascapes - Sandscapes: paintings by beN lAyCoCK on show 11 Nov – 11 Dec. opening 11 Nov, 5-7pm followed by big band jazz till late. CD launch: Thelauras by mARtiN myles - saturday 12 Nov from 3-5pm. ska fusion: KiNG stoNe performing live sunday 4 Dec from 4-7pm. elphinstone hotel, Wright street, elphinstone. t: (03) 5473 3199 • Gateway to the Goldfields Busking Festival Friday 11 Nov – sunday 13 Nov: Featuring twilight trash and treasure; opening exhibition; Children’s carnival, Vintage Car Rally, Cider Workshop, CD launch, live performances by tRACey CANDy, ZePtePi, DuNCAN GRAhAm, FAmily FARm and mcAlPiNe’s FusilieRs. locations throughout elphinstone. Visit the facebook page for more details or ring elphinstone hotel on (03) 5473 3199 • Sawpit Gully Food & Wine Festival sunday 13 Nov, 10am-3pm next to elphinstone Post office. huge array of local food and wine producers, regional artists, live music, free kids activities including jumping castle and face painting. Gold coin donation.
gisborne
• Phoenix mACeDoN RANGes ARt & CRAFt iNC, Exhibition and Sales 2010, old Gisborne Courthouse, hamilton street Gisborne. First Weekend in December – opening Night Friday 2 Dec, 7.30pm. saturday 3rd and sunday 4th l0am-4pm. Admission free.
kyneton
• Stockroom 12 Nov – 4 Dec Reflective Landscapes JeNNyFeR stRAtmAN; You must remember this tARA Gilbee; Wallflowers DeboRAh PARKeR. opening sat 12th at 4:30pm. 98 Piper street, Kyneton 3444. thurs mon 10:30 am to 5 pm. t: (03) 5422 3215, www.stockroomkyneton.com
lancefield
• MAD Gallery and Café to 10 November 2011 People & Places collaborative paintings by bill & heleN KemP; Softly, Nature Touches impressionist landscapes; flowers by JeNNiFeR mAttheWs. 11 November to 8 December 2011 Diversion 2 paintings by les mARshAll, opening 2-5pm, sunday 13 November. 27 November 2011 2-5pm: Sunday Sounds #27, open mic. music afternoon, free to all. Contemporary 2D and 3D fine art, new exhibition every 4 weeks. 19 high street, lancefield. t: (03) 5429 1432; e: art@madgallery.com.au, www.madgallery.com. au, Café and Gallery open daily 10am to 5pm.
newstead
• Dig Café Closed monday and tuesday. open Wednesday and thursday 9am-4pm, Friday and saturday 9am - late, sunday 9am-4pm. Cnr lyons and Panmure sts Newstead. t: (03) 5476 2744 • Karen Pierce Painter, illustrator, Art teacher, Community Artist. Quality prints and cards. t: (03) 5476 2459, www.karenpierceart.com • Newstead Press home of Trouble since 2004.
talbot
• The Corridor Art Gallery upstairs at london house, talbot. open weekends. m: 0408 596 524.
taradale
• Shelf Life Gallery at Taradale Wine and Produce Featuring: Christmas Art show including works by JeNNiFeR shARPe, KAtheRiNe sePPPiNGs, ANtoiNette De moRtoN, JeNNy NestoR, DRu PARRish, GWyNN JAmes and beN lAyCoCK, 2 December – 13 January. exhibition opening Friday 2 December 7-9pm. taradale Wine and Produce, 120 high street, taradale. Fri, sat and sun 11am-6pm. t: (03) 5423 2828 • Taradale Wine and Produce live local music sat 10 December 3-6pm. Come and enjoy live music in the sun, whilst enjoying a fine wine. Free admission, all welcome. taradale Wine and Produce, 120 high street, taradale. Fri, sat and sun 11am-6pm. t: (03) 5423 2828
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gippsland
• Cowwarr Art Space November G1: Painting RehGAN De mAtheR M N M L V M X M L G2: sculpture CliVe muRRAy-White. 2730 traralgon/ maffra Road, Cowwarr. Find us on Facebook or www.cowwarr.com • Kerrie Warren, Abstract Expressionist Artist Corporate and private collections. studio open by Appointment in Crossover, Victoria – m: 0411 480 384; www.kerriewarren.com.au • Gecko Studio Gallery Points of View - A group show by students of mANDy GuNN in a variety of media, until 15 october. Bulabil Boordup Djerrup Barboon Yinin Da Booyegigat Nonoongarrang Gananoonoon Mangkie Marrambin (“two good mates celebrate the creation of our thoughts with you”), KAte ZiZys (etchings and drawings) and miCK hARDiNG (wood artifacts and print overlaid with copic markers), until 19 November. open 10am-5pm, thur to mon. 15 Falls Road, Fish Creek, Vic 3959 t: (03) 5683 2481; e: framing@geckostudiogallery.com.au; www.geckostudiogallery.com.au • Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale to 13 November Australian Odyssey NiCholAs CheVAlieR (1828-1902) was one of Australia’s foremost colonial artists. Australian odyssey is the first ever survey of his Australian works, presenting over one hundred paintings, sketches and lithographs. to 11 December Averse (meaning ‘downpour’ in French) showcases the work of acclaimed
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French video artist DelPhiNe Reist. 19 November to 22 January New Romantics explores the resurgence of Romanticism in contemporary Australian art. 19 November to 8 January Unknown Pleasures - brings to light rarely seen treasures from the Gippsland Art Gallery’s collection. Gippsland Art Gallery, sale, 68 Foster street sale ViC 3850. t: (03) 5142 3372 F: (03) 5142 3373. open: mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, sat - sun 12 - 4pm. For public holidays hours visit our website. Director, Anton Vardy. e: gallery_enquiries@wellington.vic.gov.au www.wellington.vic.gov.au/gallery • Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale – Maffra Exhibition Space to 26 November Maffra, Portrait of a Country Town – Paintings by local artist KeN RobeRts explore different vistas, views, characters and places of this country town, maffra. maffra exhibition space, 150 Johnson street, maffra open mon and Wed - Fri 10am 6pm, sat 10am - 12pm, Closed tues and sun. enquiries to Gippsland Art Gallery, sale. t: (03) 5142 3372.
healesville
• TarraWarra Museum of Art until 12 February 2012 WilliAm DelAFielD CooK. A Survey. the first major survey exhibition by this significant Australian artist in over two decades, focusing on his landscape paintings from 1977-2011, with an emphasis on works epic in size, sensation and scope. A Gippsland Art Gallery travelling exhibition. JACQueliNe mitelmAN: Facetime. intimate in detail and classical in composure, mitelman’s portraits have both the stillness of icons and the intensity of the moment. this survey exhibition investigates the development of her portrait photography over three decades. From 19 November 2011 sAm leACh: The Ecstasy of Infrastructure. selected paintings of RAlPh bAlsoN and eDWiN tANNeR from the tWmA collection form the basis for sam leach’s fascinating new suite of works. through the recontextualisation of elements of the works of tanner and balson within his own painting practice, leach continues his ongoing exploration of the nexus between art, science and philosophy. For public programs and events at tWmA please visit website. tarraWarra museum of Art, 311 healesvilleyarra Glen Road, healesville ViC, 3777 www.twma.com.au
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mildura
benalla
• Mildura Arts Centre Still Life: The Food Bowl, KeN & JuliA yoNetANi, until 13 November 2011; venue: Rio Vista historic house, 199 Cureton Avenue, mildura. Indigenous Australians at war from the Boer War to the present, a shrine of Remembrance touring exhibition, until 24 November 2011; venue: leAP Project space, 39 langtree Avenue, mildura. mildura Arts Centre Regional Gallery is closed while the Centre undertakes an exciting redevelopment of mildura’s arts and cultural precinct. For details on mildura Arts Centre outreach projects, see our website for more information. 199 Cureton Avenue, mildura ViC 3500. t: (03) 5018 8330, F: (03) 5021 1462, www.milduraartscentre.com.au
shepparton
• The Art Vault Dual opening: 2 – 21 November, Gallery 1 ChRis eVANs Surface / Structure, Gallery 2 luCi CAlliPARi-mARCuZZo Presenza. in Residence: WeNDy stAVRiANos, CRAiG GouGh, miNi GRAFF, ANtoNiA AitKeN. 43 Deakin Ave, mildura, Vic. Wed - sat 10am - 5pm, sun - mon 10am - 2pm. t: (03) 5022 0013. Director: Julie Chambers. www.theartvault.com.au
• White Cube Mildura three micro galleries in three locations in mildura. November: Kim ChAlmeRs, PRue hobbs, tARA liDDel and moANA KiDD. stefano’s Café bakery, 27 Deakin Ave. Klemm’s Newsagency, 53 langtree mall. shugg Group, 126 lime Ave. e: whitecubemildura@gmail.com, www.whitecubemildura.blogspot.com
swan hill
• Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Jus’ Drawn: the proppa NoW Collective, 7 october – 13 November. A Nets Victoria touring exhibition developed by linden Centre for Contemporary Arts. Smoke and Mirrors: recent ceramic works by lyN RiCe, 25 october – 27 November. Big Fish – the best of VCe from the murray mallee region, 16 November – 11 December. Julie Chislett-DuFFus – recent works, 16 November to 8 January. horseshoe bend, swan hill 3585. t: (03) 5036 2430, www.swanhill.vic.gov.au/gallery
• Benalla Art Gallery The Masters of Collaboration JuAN DAVilA and hoWARD ARKley to 20 November; siDNey NolAN: Drought to 27 November ; 6th international Drawing biennale to 20 November; ANGeliCA ARRiAGADA 17 November – 11 December. bridge street, benalla, Victoria, 3672. opening hours 10am-5pm. t: (03) 5760 2619. e: gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au; www.benallaartgallery.com • Glasson’s Art World, High St Shepparton Art supplies, Graffiti Art Products, Artists Designer Gallery, Dookie Art Retreat, Archival Framing. e: info@glassonsartworld.com.au, www.glassonsartworld.com.au • Shepparton Art Museum The Drawing Wall #5: ViV milleR, until 15 November 2011. Sir John Longstaff: Portrait of a Lady, 18 February to 22 April 2012. 2012 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, 18 February to 22 April 2012. 2012 sidney myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award Applications open online 1 Nov 2011. shepparton Art museum, 70 Welsford street, shepparton ViC 3630; t: (03) 5832 9861; e: art.museum@shepparton.vic. gov.au; www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au Acting Director: Ryan Johnston. Free entry. the museum is closed for redevelopment until saturday 18 February 2012, please visit the website for details on the sAm launch Party and updates on the redevelopment.
wangaratta
• Wangaratta Art Gallery 8 oct – 6 Nov, JazzART Award and JazzART Next Youth Awards. Coincides with Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. Wangaratta Art Gallery. Director: Dianne mangan, t: (03) 5722 0865, F: (03) 5722 2969, e: d.mangan@wangaratta.vic.gov.au or gallery@wangaratta.vic.gov.au
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ararat
• Ararat Regional Art Gallery town hall, Vincent street. mon, Wed to Fri 10am – 4.30pm, w/ends 12 - 4pm. t: (03) 5352 2836 araratregionalartgallery.blogspot.com
• Customs House Gallery 85 Dawson street, hawkesdale Vic 3287. open by appointment. Director : Des bunyon. e: arthouse@aussiebb.com.au t: (03) 5560 7283; m: 0448 348 974
halls gap
horsham
• Mountain Grand Boutique Hotel enchanting getaway in halls Gap. Delightful dining in the balconies restaurant with fine local wines and live jazz on weekends. Conferences and functions are our specialty. if you have a longing for the way things used to be. your hosts Don and Kay Calvert. t: (03) 5356 4232 e: don@hallsgap.net www.mountaingrand.com
hamilton
• Hamilton Art Gallery Hamilton TOPS 4 – 27 Nov. includes the creative output of the VCe students from around the shire. 107 brown street, mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, sat 10am - 12pm and 2 - 5pm, sun 2 - 5pm. t: (03) 5573 0460, www.hamiltongallery.org
hawkesdale
• Horsham Regional Art Gallery 4 Nov – 18 Dec Desert Psychedelic: Jimmy PiKe. original prints, textile lengths and garments produced during the height of indigenous cultural renaissance. toured by museum and Gallery services Queensland. horsham Regional Art Gallery, 21 Roberts Ave, horsham. tues - Fri 10am - 5pm, sat - sun 1 - 4.30pm. t: (03) 5362 2888; e: hrag@hrcc.vic.gov.au; www.horshamartgallery.com.au
natimuk
• Goat Gallery A new show every month featuring the widely ranging skills of local artists. 87a main street. Weekends 1 - 4pm and by appointment. m: 0418 997 785 www.goatgallery.com.au
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stralian books with Jean-François Vernay
By living up to his reputation of being the enfant terrible of Australian fiction, Christos tsiolkas’ books are definitely not for the fainthearted. I remember when I first read Loaded, how provocative Tsiolkas was in expanding the bounds of grunge fiction into new territory with a subtle combination of graphic gay sex and ethnicity. This rather slim debut novel tells the story of a dissatisfied, nineteen-year-old gay Greek suburbanite filling the vacuity and spleen of his existence with music, drugs, sexual delight, and intoxication. Loaded has now achieved iconic status within gay culture, especially as it was further popularized by Head On (1998), Ana Kokkinos’ compelling film adaptation. The Jesus Man (1999), like many second works in the wake of an outstanding debut, fell into obscurity. Neither the freshness and sprightliness of Loaded (1995) nor the complexity and ambitiousness of Dead Europe (2005) will paper over the taboobreaking cracks that fill the pages of these novels, especially Dead Europe which reads like a Grimm/ grim fairytale with Gothic-laden aesthetics. No wonder Tsiolkas’ dark thoughts and themes (like vampirism, coprophilia, zoophilia, hustler sex, teenage prostitution, paedophilia, incestuous sex, racism and anti-Semitism) have a knack of casting a gloom over readers to the point of sometimes spoiling their appreciation of his novels. In Dead Europe, Isaac Raftis is a young and talented 36-year-old Australian photographer born of Greek parents, who has left his mother and gay ex-neo-Nazi partner behind in Melbourne to open an exhibition in Athens. Europe is, as the title puts it, metaphorically dead, if not quite, on the decline. Isaac’s travel to Greece is a perfect opportunity for
Who’s afraid of
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readers to witness the dramatic changes in postCold War Europe which has become a haunted and decadent land, corrupted by vice and plagued with cancerous evils. The Slap (2008), Christos Tsiolkas’ fourth novel, is clearly at odds with the offbeat rebellious voice, the narrative stamina, the hyperactiveness of his previous flamboyant characters and the confronting subject matters standing for the hallmark of his fiction. however, as most obsessions die hard, The Slap is yet again an indictment of contemporary society delving into the secret lives of sex-obsessed characters looking for cop-outs in a drug-infested Australian culture. Plotwise, the content and structure of The Slap smacks of soap opera culture which informs the narrative from cover to cover. the expository first chapter sets the scene for a family and friends get-together in a middleclass conservative Melburnian suburbia. Coincidentally, the crowd of merrymakers hosted by hector and Aisha showcases a carefully well-balanced sampling of Australia’s multicultural society. The party turns sour because a seemingly domestic incident – a non-family related adult has slapped hugo, a spoiled brat raised by an overprotective mother – triggers off a nonsensical psychodrama which is blown out of all proportion and climaxes in a far-fetched lawsuit. It probably felt like a slap on the wrist when Tsiolkas realized the heretical subject matter he copiously exploited in his earlier fiction prevented him from winning any major prize like the very much coveted Miles Franklin Award. To be able to write The Slap, this Melbourne-based author has bleached his dirty realism through a process I would call ethical cleansing – he expunged his manuscript from same-sex depictions, sexual deviances and other confronting subjects. And, amazingly, it has paid off given tsiolkas’ recent prize-generated fame (peaking in 2009 with the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize) and big commercial success. Now The Slap, a television series developed by ABC TV and Matchbox Pictures, currently airs on Thursdays on ABC1 at 8.30 pm. Jean-François Vernay is the author of The Great Australian Novel – A Panorama (Melbourne: Brolga, 2010).
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Photography fanatics will also enjoy As modern as tomorrow: photographers in postwar Melbourne at the State Library of Victoria. World War II prompted a number of talented photographers by Courtney Symes to immigrate to Australia and settle in Melbourne. continued from page 41 This exhibition features a selection of work from artists including Maggie Diaz, Norman Ikin, helmut Newton, Athol Shmith, Wolfgang Sievers, Mark strizic, Dacre stubbs and henry talbot during the Both Darebin and Merri creek are the source 1930s to 1960s in Melbourne. of inspiration for Bundoora homestead’s latest exhibition, The River. Until 11 December, These skilled artists were active in industries such as fashion, architecture and industrial photography, the exhibition explores the meaning of these waterways to Indigenous and contemporary as well as advertising. As companies such as artists - now and historically. Works from artists Shell, Kodak, the Australian Wool Board and such as Eugene Von Guerard, Clarice Beckett, numerous fashion brands experienced growth after the war years, they sought the talents of these Louis Buvelot, David Davies and Walter Withers are included in the exhibition to provide a historic photographers to promote their brands. Many of perspective and highlight the changes this area has the works (including images, books and corporate undergone. Contemporary artists such as Eolo publications) featured in the exhibition are from Paul Bottaro, Mary hammond, Katherine hattam, the Library’s collection and are on display for the siri hayes, Adam Nudelman Polixeni Papapetrou, first time. Runs until 5 February 2012. John Sheehan, Cara Ann Simpson and Sharon Also at the State Library of Victoria in the Cowan West will also feature in the exhibition, along with Gallery, Fine impressions: printmaking and artists’ Indigenous artists such as Jarrod Atkinson, Mandy books in Melbourne 1999–2010 is an exquisite Nicholson and Frances Gallagher. There will also collection of limited-edition books from twenty be an exhibition floor talk, The River: conflict and Melbourne printmakers and artists. The growing confusion on 24 November. popularity of artists’ books derives from a rebellion www.bundoorahomestead.com against mass-production publishing. Artists books are also an artform that appeals to numerous disciplines - writers, artists, printmakers, binders and letterpress printers can all showcase their work through the artists’ book medium. The exhibition is comprised of five display cabinets featuring work from artists such as Angela Cavalieri, Gracia haby, Louise Jennison, Inge King, Bruno Leti and Daniel Moynihan. By “working with both traditional and modern methods,” these artists “have drawn upon the primary elements of the book-design, typography, paper, binding – to create handmade, limited-edition works of art that reinforce the uniqueness and beauty of books”. www.slv.vic.gov.au
Egg by Darren Gilber t.
Jewels of the Wild is a contemporary art exhibition designed to showcase the natural allure of wildlife from around the world via two and three dimensional works from members of the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia. Some of the proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to The Nature Conservancy Australia. This organisation is committed to saving threatened Australian land and water for future generations. One lucky gallery visitor will also receive a gift from Michael Wilson Diamond Jewellers. Runs from 8 - 27 November at Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park. www.wildlifeartsociety.com
Monash University, RMIT and VCA. Exploring “the darker, more mysterious side of nature through the changing effects of light and shadows on the landscape”, Gribbin has used digital manipulation to form a series of landscape-inspired pieces. It is evident that Gribbin enjoys experimenting with the effect of light on her landscapes and comparing and contrasting changes in light levels throughout the day, i.e. dawn light vs. dusk. Runs 16 - 29 November. www.firestationprintstudio.com.au
I wouldn’t recommend visiting Natasha JohnMessenger’s room installation, Yellow 2003/11 if you’ve had a big night the night before. Like Learning to draw the human body is a life-long a dazed insect lured by the warm golden light, quest for many artists. Firestation Print Studio’s the unassuming room beckons one to explore weekly Life Drawing classes are designed to further. Once inside, carefully placed mirrors and enhance the skills of artists at any level. “There cut-out sections in the walls create a mini maze seems to be a lot more interest in Life Drawing that will mesh with your head. John-Messenger this year than in the past couple of years”, says is one of 17 Australian and International artists sue top (manager of Life Drawing classes and participating in ACCA’s latest exhibition, Power to exhibitions). “Our classes have been well attended the People: Contemporary Conceptualism and the and we have been getting very interesting models Object in Art. Curated by hannah Matthews, the to draw.” To showcase the high standard of work exhibition “focuses on contemporary practices that produced throughout the year, Firestation will host demonstrate a move away from the art ‘object’ their annual Life Drawing exhibition, That’s Life from into more performative, documentative, research 2 – 12 November. Works included in the exhibition and participatory modes of art making”. Pieces will be from artists who have attended the classes featured in the exhibition are varied and include throughout the year, as well as other artists who films, installations and performances, as well as wish to participate. Most works will also be for sale. static displays. Some of the other participating artists include Goldin+Senneby, Agatha GotheAlso at Firestation Print Studio, Kathryn Gribbin snape, Ian Milliss, Fiona Macdonald, Ján Mančuška, will present her first solo exhibition, Through a Jonathan Monk, Roman Ondák, Seth Price, Matthew glass darkly. Gribbin was the winner of last year’s Shannon, and more. Runs until 20 November. www. graduate Exhibition Award, which Firestation accaonline.org.au present annually to selected graduates from
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“Always was, always will be, aboriginal land.” www.occupymelbourne.org photo by Carl Scrase sent from my phone Find this article and more pics on facebook or www.introuble.com.au
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words and pics Ben Laycock
I took a little trip down to Lorne the other day to check out the Sculpture show. Not that I like Lorne (Victoria’s answer to Surfers Paradise), and not that I like sculpture particularly (I’ m a 2D man myself) but I do love The Great Ocean Road. In addition, I have just acquired a Honda CB 250, and to take it for a whiz on that iconic stretch of wiggly spaghetti famous for its stunning views was beyond tempting. Not that I noticed the stunning views so much, being glued to that little white line.
I did, however, give the entire sculptural extravaganza my undivided attention, and can humbly present you with a full report. The show is on to the 6th of November so there is still time to nip down there and take a squiz. There are literally hundreds of sculptures littering the foreshore, some quite an eyesore for sure, but a couple of them are actually quite nice. Especially those featuring birds, which oddly enough seemed to be most of them. I counted no less than three penguins, two blackbirds, a pelican, an owl, a cockatoo, a Galah, a canary, some hooded plovers, (thanks Forest) one egg (sunny side up), assorted feathers, a dying swan and half a budgerigar. (thanks Dave). And I can assure you they were not the only members of the animal kingdom immortalised. There were twelve rabbits, seven echidnas, five dogs, four cats, three blind mice, a lion, a horse, a dragon, a squirrel, a mermaid and one dead teddy bear. (thanks Jonathon). So for your basic animal lover it was a thoroughly enjoyable show. There were of course all manner of other indecipherable objects as well, thrown in to make up the numbers. Lots of rusty twisted chunks of steel, a perennial favourite. Some contraptions that went round and round and up and down and in and out for no good reason. A vast array of flotsam and jetsam, no doubt combed from the beach the day before. A couple of grey nomads were flummoxed as to the meaning of one particular assemblage of junk, so I suggested it was a manifestation of our society’s fixation with collecting crap, your average common or garden sculptor being the worst offender, being physically incapable to resist pocketing every single vaguely interesting item they
come across, to add to their burgeoning collections choking the backyard, the veranda and the living room. You see, unfortunately a preponderance of sculptors suffer from the now clinically diagnosed psychosis of ‘hoarding’. the sculptor is unable to discard even the smallest piece of broken plastic, always managing to find a place for it in his or her ‘artistic vision’. the only way to rid his or herself of this ever increasing pile of junk without tearing the heartstrings asunder, is to fashion it into some semi-recognisable form, give it a long and enigmatic title and a four figure price tag, then flog it off to some mug punter. sounds like a good lurk, I might just have a go at this sculpture caper myself. - www.benlaycock.com.au
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COVER: Ilona NELSON, See The See, 2009/11, inkjet print on hahnemuhle bamboo paper, edition of 5, 70 x 50 cm. Dance, Sucker, The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport (VIC), 15 - 27 November.. Showing in the Larger Than Life exhibition as part of the Big West Festival - www.bigwest.com.au Issue 85 November 2011 Trouble is an independent monthly mag for promotion of arts and culture, distributing to over 1,200 locations Nationally. Published by Newstead Press Pty Ltd, Po Box 177 NEWstEAD 3462. IssN 1449-3926 ABN 46 138 023 524 stAFF: administration Vanessa Boyack - admin@introuble.com.au | editorial & advertising Steve Proposch - art@introuble.com.au | listings listings@introuble.com.au CoNtRIBUtoRs: Mandy ord, Joss stick, Liza Dezfouli, Robyn Gibson, Jase harper, Bambam, Able tasman, Matt Bissett-Johnson, Courtney Symes, Jean-Franรงois Vernay, Carl Scrase, Ben Laycock, Ive Sorocuk. Subscribe to our website - www.introuble. com.au DIS IS DE DISCLAIMER! The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the publisher. To the best of our knowledge all details in this magazine were correct at the time of publication. The publisher does not accept responsibility for errors or omissions. All content in this publication is copyright and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without prior permission of the publisher. Trouble is distributed from the first of every month of publication but accepts no responsibility for any inconvenience or financial loss in the event of delays. Phew!
2011 DEGREE SHOWS SYDNEY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE SHOW Opening Tuesday 15 November, 6 to 8pm Exhibition continues to Friday 25 November
POSTGRADUATE DEGREE SHOW
Opening Wednesday 7 December, 6 to 8pm Exhibition continues to Wednesday 14 December
Exhibition Hours: Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm Saturday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm
CRICOS Provider Code 00026A
Find more information at sydney.edu.au/sca