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Amber Wallis is a finalist in the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, current 10 August to 3 November at Geelong Gallery The 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize continues a long tradition of acquisitive award exhibitions presented by Geelong Gallery, through which the permanent collection has grown substantially. The first painting prizeโthe Geelong Centenary Art Competitionโwas held in 1938, and in the more than 80 years since, the Gallery has awarded acquisitive prizes variously for paintings, watercolours and prints, generously sponsored by individuals, philanthropic and corporate supporters committed to contemporary art. Image Amber Wallis ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐จ 2023 oil on…
Eleanor Louise Butt is a finalist in the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, current 10 August to 3 November at Geelong Gallery The 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize continues a long tradition of acquisitive award exhibitions presented by Geelong Gallery, through which the permanent collection has grown substantially. The first painting prizeโthe Geelong Centenary Art Competitionโwas held in 1938, and in the more than 80 years since, the Gallery has awarded acquisitive prizes variously for paintings, watercolours and prints, generously sponsored by individuals, philanthropic and corporate supporters committed to contemporary art. Eleanor Louise Butt ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ (๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ) 2024 oil…
Eleanor Louise Butt’s 2020 painting ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข (๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐) has been acquired by Gippsland Art Gallery Established in 1965, the first public art venue to open east of Melbourne, the Gippsland Art Gallery plays a vital role in the arts and culture of the region. Eleanor Louise Butt’s current exhibition ‘Slippages and Tensions’ opens 4 to 6pm this Saturday 22 June and continues to 6 July Image Eleanor Louise Butt ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข (๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐) 2020 oil on linen 200 x 179 cm Photograph Matthew Stanton
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SU BAKER NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ‘ART AND AUSTRALIA’
Art & Australia has a new home at the VCA. This follows the gift by previous editor and publisher, Eleonora Triguboff, of the journal and its extensive archive to the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne in December 2015. Art & Australia will re-launch as a research and publishing body that focuses critically on contemporary art, especially in its theoretical, socio-cultural and geo-political contexts. Su Baker is the new editor-in-chief and Edward Colless will be editor from 2016. In print since 1963 Art & Australia is the country’s longest running art journal.
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY IN ‘THE FINANCIAL TIMES: HOW TO SPEND IT’ BY DAVID PRIOR
“But it’s the trendy inner-city locales of Fitzroy and Collingwood that are now home to the avant-garde of art in the Antipodes, with galleries such as Gertrude Contemporary – house in a converted textiles factory – and the new eponymous space of pedigreed young curator Nicholas Thompson showcasing the true energy of a new wave of Australian art’. READ FULL STORY HERE: http://howtospendit.ft.com/destinations/99523-melbourne
SUZANNE ARCHER, LINCOLN AUSTIN, CHRISTIAN FLYNN & REW HANKS FINALISTS IN THE ‘GOLD COAST ART PRIZE 2015’
Now in its 47th year, the popular award provides an opportunity to showcase excellent contemporary art practice from across Australia. The prize is open to all Australian artists working in any art media except photography. There is a total of $30,000 for acquisitions. 2015 FINALISTS Tony Albert | Matthew Allen | Leonie Andrews | Suzanne Archer | Lincoln Austin | Bronwyn Bancroft | Min-Woo Bang | Yannick Blattner | Serena Bonson | Mostyn Bramley-Moore | Leonard Brown | Angela Cavalieri | Will Coles | Carley Cornelissen | Laurindo De Abreu Soto | Julia Deville | J Valenzuela Didi | James…
SUZANNE ARCHER EXHIBITION REVIEWED IN ‘THE AGE’
Though death’s ever-increasing proximity forms the unavoidable nub of senior painter Suzanne Archer’s new exhibition of towering, texture-stuttered oils and smaller watercolour and acrylic paintings, her gaggle of dancing, twirling, boogying skeletons (several of them resplendent in wide-brimmed hats and all of them complete with puppeteers’ strings) seem to cackle in the face of the ultimate end. There’s something very Peter Booth about these paintings, both in subject matter and application. Archer’s masterful use of dense layers of paint is certainly reminiscent of Booth’s handling of the palette knife, while her work’s existentialist crux frees itself from hopelessness with its…
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY IN ‘INDULGE MAGAZINE’ STORY ‘A WEEKEND IN MELBOURNE’ BY CHRIS HASSALL
“After a bright start at Philip Bacon Galleries in Brisbane, Nicholas Thompson worked at two Melbourne galleries before opening his own space this year. Nick represents a varied spread of emerging, mid-career and established artists, including Brisbaneโs Lincoln Austin and Christian Flynn.” http://indulgemagazine.net/a-weekend-in-melbourne/
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY, RHYS LEE IN ‘THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW’ ARTICLE ON SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY
“New at the fair this year are Melbourne’s Nicholas Thompson Gallery, which opened in March and is taking work by painter Rhys Lee” Link to article here:ย www.afr.com/…/a-lot-riding-on-the-success-of-sydney-contemporary-2015
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY & RHYS LEE FEATURED IN ‘ART COLLECTOR: SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY SPECIAL EDITION’
Bright Futures for Young Galleries …Nicholas Thompson Gallery, which opened in Melbourne early 2015 is one such gallery exhibiting in the Future Contemporary sector. “I am very excited to be involved with the fair, which is emerging as one of the most significant in our region”, says gallery director Nicholas Thompson ahead of the fair. “I am looking forward to presenting my new gallery to a new audience.” Thompson, who has over a decade’s experience working with several of Australia’s most prominent galleries, is showing work by artist Rhys Lee. Lee works with an unpredictable and intuitive freedom that is…
RHYS LEE IN GROUP EXHIBITION ‘LOVE MORE HOURS’ AT THE IAN POTTER MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Rhys Lee’s work is included in ‘Love More Hours:ย Contemporary artists and craft’ at the Ian Potter Muesum, University of Melbourne. Wednesday 22 Jul 2015 to Sunday 11 Oct 2015 Curator: Suzette Wearne More love hours brings together selected works by thirteen contemporary Australian artists who use craft media, techniques or processes in their practice. While the works reflect significant stylistic and thematic diversity, the exhibition demonstrates how artists use โtraditionalโ forms of creativityโceramics, embroidery, weaving, paper-craftโto express contemporary values and complex ideologies. More love hours than can ever be repaid is the title of a 1987 work by the late…
NICHOLAS THOMPSON INTERVIEWED ON ‘ARTS ABOUT’, RADIO PORT PHILLIP FM, DISCUSSES SARAH FAULKNER’S EXHIBITION ‘NATURE MORTE’
LINK TO AUDIO HERE: http://rppfm.com.au/show/podcasts/the-peninsula-arts-scene – PODCAST FILE 26 JULY 2015