Art thoughts

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

Lindy Lee

Robert Jacks

Gordon Matta-Clark

Annish Kapoor

Ricky Swallow

James Tylor

Installation view

Kim Westcott

Chicane

To December 31

MAGMA Gallery
5 Bedford Street
Collingwood

https://www.magmagalleries.com/

Selected works

The Aviary

Group exhibition

Red Gallery
Ends December 11
157 St Georges Road
Fitzroy North

https://www.redgallery.com.au/

Selected art works by George Alamidis and Kate Gorringe-Smith

George Alamidis (Detail)

L: George Alamidis

Kate Gorringe-Smith

Kate Gorringe-Smith, installation

Installation

Magda Cebokli

Proximal

To December 3
Tacit Galleries, Melbourne
191-193 Johnston St, Collingwood

Selected images

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

Voices

TJ Bateson
Tacit Galleries
To May 28

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

A benefit exhibition to support TACIT while Tim undergoes life saving treatment. Art Thoughts wishes Tim all the best.

TJ Bateson, Voices, Tacit Galleries

Voices, Tacit Galleries

This space is created by Tim. What could be more symbiotic.

Five Walls

To May 14
Level 1, 119 Hopkins Street Footscray

Fiona Schoer Intimate Exchanges
Eva Stimson Clark The Unsolved Code
Fiona Morgan Pause
Christian Bok The Kazimir Effect
Stuart Gluth White monoprints as a guest of Christian Bok

Selected works