Art thoughts

Gatekeepers Cottage

Kari Henriksen
Artist books
Artist residency exhibition

September 3, 2023
Police Point
Point Nepean National Park in Portsea, Victoria

https://artsandculture.mornpen.vic.gov.au/police-point-artist-in-residence-program/

Kari Henriksen artist book

Kari Henriksen, open studio and exhibition

Kari Henriksen artist book

Gatekeepers cottage studio view

Kari Henriksen at Gatekeepers Cottage

Structured Visions

Cathy Blanchflower
Emma Langridge
Jane O'Neill
John Aslanidis
Louise Forthun
Marieke Dench

To September 2
cbOne Gallery
1C Marine Parade
Abbotsford

https://chapmanbailey.com.au/art-gallery/

Cathy Blanchflower

Emma Langridge

Jane O'Neill

John Aslanidis

Louise Forthun

Marieke Dench

Exhibition opening

The two of us

TJ Bateson

To August 19
Tacit Galleries, Melbourne
191-193 Johnston St, Collingwood

https://www.tacitart.com.au/

'The two of us' is a deeply, deeply personal body of work following Tim's lifesaving bone marrow transplant this time last year.

Installation image

Artist Houses Melbourne

Walter Withers, Charterisville near Eaglemont, c1980, oil on wood panel, 20.3 x 33.0 cm

Walking part the Heidelberg Artist Trail recently with Louise Blyton at Yarra Flats, I noticed a sign board with a painting by Walter Withers. My attention went to a home in the distance now called Clarendon Eyre (formerly Springbank) on the other side of the river in Bulleen.

So we set out again recently to discover Clarendon Eyre and the Bolin Bolin Billabong. We not only discovered the house but a short history of the area was shared by a generous neighbour who also guided us on our journey. The Bolin Bolin Billabong was an important gathering place for the Wurundjeri people and other tribes as far as Western Victoria. In the early days of settlement the area was known as 'the fruit bowl' of Melbourne until floods in the mid-1800s? destroyed the trees and it was converted to pasture (info local verbal knowledge).

Clarendon Eyre

Springbank was built by David Mitchell (father of Dame Nellie Melba) in 1879.

Bolin Bolin Billabong

Radioactive Anomalies

Tennant Creek Brio
To March 4
Niagara Galleries Melbourne

https://niagaragalleries.com.au/

Selected works:

Rupert Betheras, Field work 49 + 50, 2017, oil on chalk board, 107 x 107cm.

Rupert Betheras & Marcus Camphoo, Cool Maths, 2019-20, oil and enamel on chalk board 120 x 120cm.

Clifford Thompson, Family Gathering VII, 2022, enamel on drum lid, Diameter - 55cm.

Barbara Hepworth

In Equilibrium
To March 13
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Bulleen, Melbourne

https://www.heide.com.au/

'... Barbara Hepworth was one of the leading British artists of her generation and the first woman sculptor to achieve international recognition.' Heide website

Selected works

W-Hole

Curated by Melissa Keys
To February 26
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Bulleen, Melbourne

https://www.heide.com.au/

'Taking modernist sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s fascination with masses, voids, piercings and hollows as a point of departure, this exhibition explores the enduring interest that artists have in the phenomena of openings and absences.' Heide website

Selected artist's works
Lindy Lee
Robert Jacks
Gordon Matta-Clark
Annish Kapoor
Ricky Swallow

James Tylor