…at .M Contemporary…
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Month: October 2015
Workshops of the World…
The brainchild of The Debster and Christine C (the gals behind CHEB), Workshops of the World is a wunderbar new website devoted to exploring workshops across the globe…
Gate 8, Adelaide.
They’ve only just got the ball rolling; submissions are welcome, so jump on board. It’s a cracker.
Check it out here.
Nicky at CMAG…
Already open, but on until December 13, Nicky’s latest exhibition – Close Encounters: the Voyage of Bruni D’Entrecasteaux – is just divine.
Nicola Dickson, Calao de lîle de Waygiou after Audebert (detail), acrylic and oil on linen
Gorgeous.
Nicky, meanwhile, has sent through some additional snaps…
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Loving it.
More details here. Catch it if you can.
CHEB roolz, okay…
We’re loving CHEB’s (aka Christine Cholewa and Deb Jones) new work at the Flinders University Art Museum…
Brilliant. Check out the website here.
Nige at the Drill Hall…
Fabulous (Uri Geller’s got nuthin’!) On for a good month, so no excuses!
Here’s a sneak peek to whet your appetite…
Nigel Lendon, Model: Whiteout 2015, marine epoxy on plywood
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Chick and Cobi at Fehily Contemporary…
By happy happenstance the Gang’s trip to Melbourne (Granny rehab) coincided with Chick and Cobi’s show, Ascent into Darkness: Culture, faith and ritual: from reverence to repulsion. (And we’re pleased to report that (conceptual aside) there was definitely none of the latter!) Great to see the jump across to the contemporary art scene – amps up the sophistication no end.
Very cool work and it’s fab to see a collaborative project from them; nothing like a bit of ying&yang to crank up the dynamism. Always, of course, with that signature deft subtlety…
Charles ‘Chick’ Butcher (r) and Cobi Cockburn (l), Set 7, kiln formed glass (Chick’s with wooden frame), 1150 x 950 mm
The work was paired into 8 sets but for the purposes of close-up snaps we took them singly (apologies to Chick and Cobi for the separation.)
Cobi Cockburn, from Set 2, kiln formed glass
Charles ‘Chick’ Butcher, from Set 7, kiln formed glass with timber frame
Cobi Cockburn, from Set 4, kiln formed glass
Cobi Cockburn, from Set 1, kiln formed glass
Charles ‘Chick’ Butcher, from Set 4, kiln formed glass with timber frame
Cobi Cockburn, from Set 7, kiln formed glass
Cobi and Chick
The exhibition is accompanied by the poetic insights of friend and poet MG Michael, all bound together in a very schmick publication. Noice.
Chrissie came along, and loved it big time…
And we ran into Blanchie and Marcus (of course – assiduous opening attendees that they are!)…
Cracker exhibition, check it out in the flesh if you can. Fehily Contemporary (Collingwood), on until the 31st Oct.
Tom at the NGV…
Serious treat ahoy – Tom Moore’s part of a stellar line-up in the NGV’s Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes, which kicked off yesterday.
Blurb from dianne tanzer gallery here.
There are curator/artist talks, ‘surrealist games’, yadda yadda on over this weekend. Promises to be a hoot. Additional scoop here.
Latest from Jas…
Philip Alldis: Residue
jas hugonnet gallery is pleased to be showing the work of Philip Alldis. In his current series Alldis explores the footy crowds associated with the 1970’s in relation to ideas of anonymity, image capture and mortality. Key components of the works are the formal aspects; the arrangement of the composition, the darks and lights and the division of space.
The medium for these works is compressed conté on canvas.This chalky medium clings to the warp and weft of the canvas and is then sealed in time by a thin layer of wax. Through this process Alldis softens the divisions between light and dark, where edges dissolve and shapes coalesce.
Upon seeing these works for the first time gallery director Jas Hugonnet stated ‘it seems like the works express a collective yearning where the subjects are facing a similar predicament whilst staring out into the unknown’.
To purchase works or for media images please contact the gallery via the website, or jas hugonnet gallery 0417 235 916
Image: Philip Alldis Residue 2015, conte on Canvas 56 x 56cm
Upcoming…
Major excitements for the coming week which, alas, the Gang is going to miss (we’re off to Melbs in the morning to look after Granny post her wrist op.) Our biggest ‘doh!’ comes courtesy of tomorrow’s opening of the swimming season at the Candelo Pool. Serious bummer dudes, can’t believe we’re missing it – not the least because we’re keen to start working off the winter pud. Ah well.
The other goodie will be the opening of Ken + Julia Yonetani’s exhibition, The Last Supper, at the BVRG next Friday night…
It’s a cracker of a show.
glass central canberra 