Jennifer Joesph



Time Now
To June 7
Niagara
245 Punt Road
Richmon
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A Little Less Conversation and a Little More Action Please 1, 2023,
acrylic, ink, black gesso, white gesso, charcoal, canvas, hessian 
and cotton on linen 122 x 90cm (irregular)



Installation image



We shall overcome, 2020,
acrylic and metal on wood 33.5 x 20.5 x 4.5 cm (irregular)



Installation detail



Installation detail



Installation detail



He said the time will come, 2021-22,
acrylic, ink, conte, pastel, charcoal,
 paper and cotton on paper 146.5 x 85.5cm.


Abstraction may have been the primary innovation of Modernism but it is an image methodology dating back to the earliest examples of human innovation.

There are echoes of others within Jennifer Joseph's works. It's an informed educated aesthetic. Late Modernists that came to mind included Tony Tuckson, Colin McCahon, Rosalie Gascoigne, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly.

Individually within the small works installation, each work is constructed with such finesse and suggestion that they evoked pure joy for the painter within me. Every work hovers on its own unique outcome. The speed of a brush stroke at the base of a composition, the proportions of what seems a found lump of wood with dribbles on the side that make the face of the painting work. It's a masterful collection.

Joseph works at night and the sombre light in her paintings cast a unique tone and mood over her personal iterations.

The two large works in the show are outstanding examples of Australian Abstraction. They are quite simply world class painting.


Lunjo Kngale

To June 7
Niagara
245 Punt Road
Richmond



Installation image


This is the first solo exhibition by Utopia Artist, Lez (Leif) Lunjo Kngale (1951-2012) hosted by Niagara Galleries.



Untitled (18-707), 2007 acrylic on linen 86 x 57.2cm.




Untitled (25-1007), 2007 acrylic on linen 80.5 x 33cm.



Untitled (30-407), 2007 acrylic on linen 118 x 59.5cm.


Five Walls Gallery

Four current exhibitions
To April 26, 2025

Louise Blyton 'Mulooning'
Adrian Corke 'Beauty and Foreboding'
Elisabeth Bodey and Mark Wingrave 'On Paper'
Ian Wells 'Blocked'

Level 1
119 Hopkins Street
Footscray
Wednesday to Saturday 12-5 pm



Selected installation images:



From 'Mulooning' Louise Blyton



From 'Beauty and Foreboding' Adrian Corke 


From 'On Paper' Elisabeth Bodey


From 'On Paper' Mark Wingrave


From 'BlockedIan Wells 



Molto Bello

Icons of Modern Italian Design
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Bulleen, Melbourne
To March 23


Prototype for the Sacco 1969, Zanotta, Italy. (beanbag)


`Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design showcases some of the most significant achievements in the history of twentieth-century Italian design spanning the sixty year period from the first Milan Design Triennale in the 1930s to the Memphis Group of the 1980s.'




Ghost Chair, 1987, Cini Boeri, Tomu Katayanagi.
Manufacturer Fiam Italia.



Pallade floor lamp, 1968, Studio Tetrarch.
Manufacturer, Artemide.



Timor perpetual calendar, 1967. Enzo Mari.
Manufacturer, Danese Milano.



Zodiaco Floor Fan, c1955 (designer unknown).
Manufacturer, Sangiorgio Elettrodomestici


Ron Robertson-Swann

Illusion and Gravity
1960s and 70s painting and sculpture from the artist’s collection

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Richmond, Melbourne

To March 29 


Installation view



'To see these works of a particular period brought together for the first time has been a significant experience for me and I sincerely hope for the viewers, too.

Three paintings in the exhibition are repainted versions of works that were damaged beyond repair some time ago by flood. These works were originally painted in London in 1963/64, before “The Field” exhibition that shocked the Australian Art World. They were a particular geometric design which I was able to repaint.

I am pleased to revisit these works in the exhibition after 60 years and seeing them stand up to the test of time.' Ron Robertson-Swann, February, 2024.



Union Henry, 1968, acrylic on canvas, 176.5 x 176.5 cm.



Crisp Light II (top) and Crisp Light, both, 1963 - 2024, acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 122.5 cm.



Hanging in the balance, 1964 - 2024, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 228.5 cm.

Minimal \ Reductive

Curated by Aaron Martin
To March 1
Five Walls Gallery
Footscray, Melbourne


Keisuke Matsuura

Exhibition details here: https://fivewalls.com.au/archives/12805




Selected images:



Keisuke Matsuura



Louise Blyton



Susan Andrews



PJ Hickman



Zhejun (Joyce) Huang



Sean Hogan

Mark Galea

Langridge Artist Colours

Wonderful to get an impromptu tour of Langridge Artist Colours factory in Melbourne.

Founded by David Coles in 1992

Visit the website: https://langridgecolours.com/

Thank you Louise Blyton


A batch of Titanium White just happened to be in the making...




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Aspects of Abstraction

Charles Nodrum Collection
Boroondara Arts
Town Hall Gallery
To Jan 18, 2025
Melbourne

Free admission

This is a great opportunity to see historic Australian abstraction in the real and close-up.


Installation shots:


















Personal favourites:

Brian Blanchflower



John Peart



Leonard Brown



Robert Hunter



Lesley Dumbrell




Jules Olitski



John Firth Smith




Tony Tuckson



Godfrey Miller




Ann Thomson



Roger Kemp



John Olsen