Ben Minkley Semi Naked
Saturday 17th - Friday 23rd March
Constructing images on building materials.
layered with love over paint and pencil.
Falling into the essence of woman.
BENNETT Can We Fly
Saturday 4th - Friday 10th February 2012
‘Can We Fly?’ Is an introspective pop up exhibition of new artworks & installations by Sydney based contemporary artist BENNETT.
The show consists of mixed media works which are both insights into the development of the artist, as well as visual narratives and explorations of alternative reality and escapism for the audience to break down. Challenging values and questioning society and its ability to shape people physically and mentally are both strong under tones of the collection.
BENNETT says of the show
“All of these new works explore the true importance (or lack there of) of identity and personality within the public, versus the main stream culture and its power to affect it. The show itself and the work in the show is designed to provide outsiders with a bit of an insight into the way I am viewing things and challenging the meaning of things at the moment. Its a real snap shot of both my current artistic process and current thought process as well.”
Jaye Early
I better read between the lines in case I’m needed when I’m older
Saturday 18th - Friday 24th February 2012
An intention of my work generally is to consciously transform my personal dislocations into a visual strategy of disclosure. I become my own subject, often using my own body as a site and surface for art making. Oscillating between (self) mockery and sincerity, I aim to construct a forum, through my work, for my own artistic (and non-artistic) failures, successes, self–delusions, and disappointments. These informal, somewhat abstruse, self -portraits reflect an extension of this. All are, on various levels, unconscious attempts to grasp and play with notions of intimacy and alienation.
Mick Turner 'love stories' Saturday 8th - Friday 14th October A collection of recent oil paintings by artist/musician Mick Turner (of Dirty Three fame)
featuring Australian coastal landscapes, floating cars, a woman and a kangaroo dancing
with moths, portraits of people, real and imagined and of beasts including several studies
of the now extinct Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) but freed from captivity, an epic biblical
tale or two and a nautical bronze bell sculpture featuring a shark, skeleton, large fish and mermaid.
Space March – Monumental
Saturday 3rd September - Friday 16th September
The Space March album Monumental is a collection of 12 songs and artworks by Craig Simmons. Each artwork is a visual response to the corresponding song. Some artworks echo the feeling of the music or the sentiment of the lyrics, whilst other responses provide an alternative perspective to the meaning of the song. Artworks are available as large format, limited edition canvas prints.
Craig is an artist, musician and digital designer. He has worked in the global digital and Australian Music Industry for 18 years holding the position of Online & Creative Director at Sony Music till 2010.
Opening: Saturday 3rd September, 3pm - 6pm
www.spacemarch.com
James Kearns Hello, I’m Kearnsy’
Saturday 6th - Friday 12th August
Hello, I’m Kearnsy’ is the debut solo exhibition for James Kearns.
“My paintings are a visual documentation of my life’s experiences, explorations and influences. With 10 years in the Graphic Design profession, form, colour, and composition play a major role in my work. I combine these fundamentals with personal attributes such as intuition and emotions.”
Salleigh Olsen Your Story
Saturday 15th - Friday 28th October
Every city creates its own story………
That story is resonate of the individuals journey and experience which heightens the emotions. We live and breathe in a society of social and economical pressure filled with expectations on how we should carry out the ‘norm’ of life… an expectation that is present globally.
‘Your Story’ takes the stereotypes of six carefully selected international cities and presents these in a confronting and urban representation using the rich marriage of abstraction and figuration. The energy of direct expressionism with strong use of lines, form, mixed media and colour create drama capturing the viewer with individual typography statements to convey subtle messages with a hint of cynicism that give power and emotion to telling the story that becomes ‘your story’….
This is Salleigh Olsen’s third solo exhibition having sell out shows she is on the rise to becoming one of Sydney’s most up and coming emerging artists.
Wiggin’ Out
Saturday 13th - Friday 19th August
Wiggin’ out is the debut exhibition which showcase works from a collective of young and emerging artists. Having made a name for themselves creating works on the street, many of the artists in the collective are now making the transition into fine art. The group show attempts to uncover the visual imagination of one’s subconscious, and in doing so exploring the moments of when you truly wig the f**k out.
Johnny Kovacevic WHEN KINGS WERE GODS
Saturday 29th October - Friday 4th November
From ancient ruins of Khmer Kings portraying themselves as Devaraja (God-Kings), his new work explores their desire to depict themselves as divine beings, through erecting monuments of large proportions, alongside skyline perspectives to depict their ambition.
“When Kings were Gods” is a tribute to every human’s endeavour to achieve something great, something monumental, something that tells future generations they were here.
“I’ve focused on the perspective of looking up at the Heads, giving the viewer a sense that the figure is above you, it’s there for a higher purpose. I hope those viewers who see the work walk away and question what makes them unique”.
Zoë Sadokierski Type Horses
Saturday 30th July - Friday 5th August
For years, before computers and phones and i-things took over, anyone who had anything to say relied on the typewriter to make it happen. This exhibition explores the relationship between famous writers and their ‘work horses’, shedding light on why these obsolete machines are still revered today.
