The biggest thing in Australian art right now! The inaugural opening of the new National Gallery of Victoria held 'The Field' exhibition in 1968. On the 50th anniversary the NGV is staging 'The Field Revisited'. In conjunction many Melbourne galleries are holding satellite exhibitions. Most notably Abstraction Twenty Eighteen. Curated by Stephen Wickham.
Marcia Hafif
“I’m just not painting a subject, other than the painting itself.” Marcia Hafif, 1929-2018, ArtNews
Black painting II, 1979. Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber on canvas, 84 x78” |
Marcia Hafif (R) 1960s |
‘Hafif, like many other female artists of her generation, was overlooked by most of the art world until recently.’ Ivy Olsen, The Art Newspaper April 19.
Eurovisions
The Abstract Project
Work from Paris
Elizabeth Bodey
Jan Handel
Alexandra Kennedy
11-21 April
Factory 49
49 Shepherd Street
Marrickville Sydney
Work made in situ or response to three residencies at Abstract Project, Paris, 2017.
Elizabeth Bodey
Jan Handel
Alexandra Kennedy
11-21 April
Factory 49
49 Shepherd Street
Marrickville Sydney
Elizabeth Bodey |
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski
Spatial Persuasions
22 March - 14 April, 2018
Charles Nodrum Gallery
An exhibition of shaped paintings inspired by Oblique theory and Brutalist architecture.
22 March - 14 April, 2018
Charles Nodrum Gallery
An exhibition of shaped paintings inspired by Oblique theory and Brutalist architecture.
Neon Crease (from the left) 2018, acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on wood, 111.50 x 156.50 x 17.00 mm. |
Irised, 2018, acrylic, iridescent acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Topcoat with UVLS on wood, 111.00 x 151.00 x 7.50. |
Excerpt from the exhibition essay by Kate Nodrum:
‘The specific inspiration for this series of works was a visit to the Church of St. Bernadette du Banlay, an example of Brutalist architecture built in 1966 and designed by Paul Virilio and Claude Parent. The founding principle of the design was the pair’s theory of the ‘Fonction Oblique’, whereby the convention of building on the horizontal or vertical is literally broken by sending the architectural lines of a building off the diagonal or by blocking them all together. The sense of sudden jarring or disorientation that this produces is exemplified at St Bernadette and translates directly into Samara’s existing practice of devising geometric formations that are themselves Oblique, fractured, and yet resolved. On her visit the artist studied and photographed the interior and exterior of the church throughout the day. These photos were converted into monochrome line drawings, then made into studies in aluminium sheeting; each line, fold and hole in the study referring to a wall, shadow or void in the building. For the final works, made of custom-cut plywood, the artist undertook a painstaking process of trial and error to select a colour and application technique for each plane of the composition that would produce just the right balance of movement and tension, but also harmony.'
Michael Cusack
New Works
April 5 - 29
Martin Browne Contemporary
Sydney
Michael Cusack has been exhibiting at Martin Browne Contemporary since 2004. This latest exhibition continues Cusack’s restrained exploration of shape and colour, representative, perhaps, of memory and relations. Poetry as both a formal reference and conceptual play informs the work.
Originally from Dublin, Cusack emigrated to Australia in 1982 and currently has a studio in Mullumbimby, NSW. He recently completed a Master of Visual Arts from Griffth University, Brisbane.
April 5 - 29
Martin Browne Contemporary
Sydney
Arena, 2018. Mixed media on board, 112 x 240 cm. |
Black Gate, 2018. Oil on board, 38 x 46 cm. |
Michael Cusack has been exhibiting at Martin Browne Contemporary since 2004. This latest exhibition continues Cusack’s restrained exploration of shape and colour, representative, perhaps, of memory and relations. Poetry as both a formal reference and conceptual play informs the work.
Originally from Dublin, Cusack emigrated to Australia in 1982 and currently has a studio in Mullumbimby, NSW. He recently completed a Master of Visual Arts from Griffth University, Brisbane.
Lee Kyo Jun
Universal space
solo exhibition at GALLERYDATE
solo exhibition at GALLERYDATE
Busan, South Korea
The exhibition will be on view until April 05 2018
The exhibition will be on view until April 05 2018
Lee Kyo Jun, Gallery Date |
Lee Kyo Jun, Gallery Date |
Lee Kyo Jun, Gallery Date |
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