Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2023 i Art Almanac

Art Almanac|April 2023

Letter from the Editor

This issue is filled with exhibitions that discover and re-discover contemporary and historical art through collections and archive-based exhibitions to interpret and re-interpret known histories and practices; reveal the lesser-known histories and practices; and bridge the gaps between artist and artwork, audience connection and understanding. Art collective Barabara Cleveland delve into their fifteen-year archive to present a commentary on female friendship, collaboration, and artistic labour. We look at the brief but influential oeuvre of Philippa Cullen that enacted a new synergy between dance, contemporary art, performance, and technology, as well as a new form of communication. And we break the divide between public and private to explore institutional and individual collections whose works are brought together in exhibition by a common theme, or the survey shows that invite us to…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

Blackwood River Arts Trail

Celebrating the arts in the heart of Western Australia's southwest, the Blackwood River Arts Trail features nearly seventy artists, including painters Miranda Free, Lori Pensini and Josh Windram, sculptor Kim Perrier, and wood-firing ceramicist Cher Shackleton, opening their studios and presenting group exhibitions in cafes, wineries, sculpture gardens, gift shops, and local galleries from 1 to 16 April. Discover local art and explore a multifaceted region. With rolling hills, forests, and the Blackwood River, the area is dotted with small villages and local food and wine experiences. A printed guide informs visitors about various art, sculpture and mural trails found in surrounding towns, as well as workshops to participate in during the event. Also, the Blackwood River Film Festival returns, presenting short films by Australian filmmakers and revealing the diverse…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

Metro Gallery > Lennox St. Gallery

After twenty-one years at 1214 High Street in Armadale, Melbourne, Metro Gallery are heading south to 322–324 Lennox Street in Richmond, with the move launching a rebranding as Lennox St. Gallery. The new name acknowledges the buzzy location in the heart of Richmond's arts precinct. The building's new façade pays homage to previous occupants Hellas Cakes' original Lennox Street frontage, while the gallery's interior will preserve original aspects such as a conversion of the former walk-in fridge into the director's office. Whilst honouring the past, Lennox St. Gallery also looks to the future with a planned 2023 exhibition program, presenting Ngintaka – Perentie 2023, recent paintings by Jorna Newberry until 14 April, online; and Dissimulation, an exhibition of aerosol works on paper by Luke Cornish (E.L.K), from 19 April to…

100 faces Monash Gallery of Art Until 28 May 2023 Melbourne 100 faces brings together three significant photographic collections to explore the many faces of the portrait and what it means to collect portraiture both publicly and privately. Through the lenses of over fifty artists from the 1860s to the present, including our cover artist Ruth Maddison, 100 faces encompasses a range of styles and approaches, including studio portraiture as well as street photography, posed and unstaged – from celebrities and cultural figures to anonymous individuals, the still and uncomfortable to the relaxed and candid, the well-dressed to the undressed. The strength of a portrait lies in the symbiotic relationship between the artist/s and their sitter/s. Yet, their roles are contested labels, as the true subject is the narrative within…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

Parrtjima

Parrtjima – A Festival in Light returns to Mparntwe/Alice Springs from 7 to 16 April, showcasing the oldest continuous cultures on Earth through the newest technology against the backdrop of the incredible MacDonnell Ranges – a 300-million-year-old natural canvas. This year's theme, ‘Listening with Heart', embodies the concept of coming together, meeting and taking the time to contemplate, reflect and heal. Festival highlights include the large-scale light and sound installation Listening with Heart depicting the Uluru-Ku Tjukurrpa (The Uluru Story); Grounded, an animated sequence of curated artworks projected onto the red sands of Alice Springs Desert Park; and a series of films, documentaries, performances and talks, as well as interactive workshops led by Central Australian art centres: the Hermannsburg Potters, Ikuntji Artists, Warlukurlangu Artists and Iltja Ntjarra “Many Hands” Art…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

Art Boards Australia

Art Boards Australia provides a surface for every artist. Located in Melbourne, Art Boards Australia was born out of frustration in 2012 when Scott Thompson's wife couldn't buy a decentquality art board. Taking matters into his own hands, Thompson began crafting Australian-made boards from his garage, first for personal use and then launching to the public. In 2015, together with his wife, they leased a small warehouse to run classes and build art boards, and then in 2021 moved into a bigger warehouse to house all their specialised equipment and dramatically expand production. Over the years, they have expanded their art board shapes and surfaces to include birch, aluminium, pine, primed MDF, and raw MDF. Plus, a range of floating frames made from Victorian ash, beech, and black painted timber,…

Artspace Mackay Civic Centre Precinct, cnr Gordon and Macalister streets, Mackay 4740. T (07) 4961-9722. E artspace@mackay.qld.gov.au W www.artspacemackay.com.au Free admission. H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 3.00. To May 7 Glen Skien: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. Also, Focus on the Collection: Great Australian Hoist, and Deanna Hitti: M is for Madraseh (School). To May 14 Davida Allen: Colourful Expressions. Cairns Art Gallery Cnr Abbott and Shields streets, Cairns 4870. T (07) 4046-4800. E info@cairnsartgallery.com.au W www.cairnsartgallery.com.au Free entry. H Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. To April 16 Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of APT. Also, Qavavau Manumie: Selected works from the 23rd Biennale of Sydney: rivus, and No Fear of Depths by Patricia Piccinini. To…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

Archiving the Ephemeral

Art news Archiving the Ephemeral, for the first time, brings together the completed bodies of work spanning over thirty years of performance artist Leisa Shelton's practice at Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, from 14 to 22 April. The major outcome of Shelton's residency at the multi-arts precinct, Archiving the Ephemeral provides an environment to reflect on the value and role of artists within our society, and the potential to create dialogue and action for the future. Archiving the Ephemeral will bring together five major works, MAPPING, ARCHIVE, and SCRIBE, addendum, and Performing the Archive featuring artists Jill Orr and STELARC, into an exhibition, series of live performances, and opportunities for audiences to participate by adding to each archive. Each of these responsive works focuses on the need for greater visibility, recognition and…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

SECCA opens

Bega Valley Shire Council in New South Wales unveils the new South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA), located on the traditional lands of the people of the Yuin Nation in the pristine landscapes of the state's South East region. This purpose-built contemporary art space opens on 29 April, following the completion of a major redevelopment and expansion of the thirty-year-old site formerly known as Bega Valley Regional Gallery. SECCA greets its visitors with a new façade while inside treats them to a multi-purpose project and workshop space, archive, and storage areas to house their expanding public collection displaying over 350 historical works and significant loans. The redesign also reveals new exhibition rooms such as the new Chamber Gallery featuring the iconic curved walls of the original building which will…

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Art Almanac|April 2023

Ken Unsworth 50 years of artmaking

Featuring a collection of twenty maquettes and small sculptures, Ken Unsworth has opened his studio in Alexandria, Sydney, with work spanning from the early 1970s to 2010. These historical pieces explore balance, compression, and tension using the mediums of stone, steel, and wood. Unsworth reveals drawing as a speculative act to capture or create and clarify ideas from the imagination and world around. His practice exposes a maquette as a drawing in space with potential for a stream of fanciful possibilities and endless variations – unlike a small-scale version of a large, fully realised sculpture, which is merely a single voice model. Drawing becomes a lifetime activity, and the maquettes define a way of thinking over the past five decades. On view until 30 April, by appointment only. Contact Chris…

Dogwood Crossing, Miles 81 Murilla Street, Miles 4415. T (07) 4628-5330. E dogwood.crossing@wdrc.qld.gov.au W www.dogwoodcrossing.com Free entry. H Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 12.00. Closed Sun. April 1 to May 20 John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery: Paper: All Stitched Up – a contemporary view of papermaking and paper art by 22 members of Papermakers and Artists Qld (PAQ), showcasing the experience and diversity of each artist's practice. Participating artists: Zela Bissett, Maxine V Cole, Fiona Dempster, Wendy Drake, Noreen Eyears, Joanna Faber, Fiona Garrett-Benson, Joolie Gibbs, Glenda Henning, Ann Huthwaite, Janina Liddell, Ngaire Macleod, Heather Matthew, Jan Pearce, Sandra Pearce, Liz Powell, Andrew Prince, Ruby Purple, Tricia Smout, Wendy Sonnenburg, Jo Taylor, and Michell Vandermeer. Curated by Sandra Pearce for Papermakers & Artists Queensland Inc. Curved Wall: The Cloth…

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