May 27, 2012 | Art, Artworks
These impromptu gatherings tie in with my current work for my Honours course. They are site specific collections of the residue I found in the Kings Cross car park, one level below where Alaska Projects is...
Apr 29, 2012 | Art, Work in Progress
Here are some happy snaps of my studio at CoFA and the mountain of hair that currently inhabits it. This work will feature in Alaska Projects in late May. Stay tuned for more...
Mar 30, 2012 | Art, Exhibitions
I swung by Kudos Gallery last Tuesday where I had the pleasure of experiencing Mad Object, another awesome show featuring the works of COFA SPI (Sculpture, Performance and Installation) students. Go check out this awesome show before it closes tomorrow! If you were too late, here are some shots of what you missed. Artists Included in the Show: Olivia Louella Lizzie Thomson James McDonald Jess Stewart Miren Zarate Harriet Robey Spider Redgold Madeleine Lesjak-Atton Zachariah Fenn Tamara Muzikants Joy Long Jaqueline Terrett Sophie Harvey Beth Dillon Samara Shehata Nick Fox Kyle Morgan Patrick Power Alexandra Ossington Claudia Bagnall Rosanna Davies...
Mar 20, 2012 | Art, Exhibitions
Recently on a trip to New Zealand I was taken to the Estuary Artworks an exhibition hosted annually by the Uxbridge Creative Centre, focused on conservation and environmental awareness. I was pleasantly suprised to see that the works were not only conceptually interesting but the quality of the pieces was a lot higher than I expected out of a small regional gallery in NZ. Though conservation is a theme done to death, the participating artists and curators had obviously made a conscious effort to showcase contemporary pieces with a range of different approaches and ideas. Here are some shots of the pieces I found interesting, a list of the artists involved follows. The artists included: Penny Lin (Winner) James Lawrence (Runner up) Aaron McConchie Emma Topping Ronald Andreassend Helen Holmes Bendon John Sellar Chris Dennis Bernie Harfleet John Ecuyer Beverly Rhodes Belinda Griffiths Jana Wood Kate Sellar Melody Brook Wendy Hannah Sarah Brill Lb Yap Donna Turtle Sarten Anna T McLeod Rosanne Elizabeth Croucher Katherine Kovacs Don Guy Sharen Watson Bev Goodwin Pamela Plummer Michelle Wilkinson Evelyn Dustan Mark O’Donnell and Daphne Simons Amber Brook Eleanor Glenton Ramon...
Feb 1, 2012 | Art, Work in Progress
During the quiet time I have before I start the madness of Honours, I’ve been working on an installation for Alaska Projects. I wont give too much away but here are some sneaky shots to keep you...
Dec 23, 2011 | Art, Exhibitions
So I’ve been hitting up the Graduation Shows at NAS, COFA and SCA with friends and fellow art workers to have a look at what the current students/future artists are doing of late. Each show was very different with defining features that come with each School. This post focuses mainly on the College of Fine Arts. About five months ago I heard through Facebook that the COFA Graduation exhibition would be held at the Roundhouse, a music venue at UNSW’s main campus in Kensington, Sydney. The responses from students, current and past was not happy. The Roundhouse is a venue that not only smells like yeast but has been the site of many toga and piss-up parties over the years. So one could imagine why students were so disappointed in having their major works squashed into this tiny smelly space for their graduation show. Let me just make clear that I don’t know the reasoning behind why the school decided on this venue (you could try asking them) I’m simply going to tell you what I thought. Overall the works themselves were of the quality you’d expect for a grad show. There were a lot of really interesting installations, a wide range of video and sculptural works, lots of photography and some interesting design pieces. However, for a show that consisted of so many large installations I have no fucking idea why the Roundhouse was even a logical consideration, let alone their final choice! The works were encroaching on each other, pushed right into corners and walls just to make enough room for there to be a pathway (yeah “pathway”) between the works. During my walk-through I even found...
