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November 2011

BIRGIT JORDAN

PROJECT ROOM STICKS AND CONES BIRGIT JORDAN Sticks & Cones is an exploration of random and accidental mark making and an investigation of natural features within the line. Elements of… Continue reading

ANITA BELIA

SPACE B MANCANZA / ARRESTING THE INEVITABILITY OF ITS CHANGE ANITA BELIA Mancanza deals with the themes of human absence and presence and its traces. In this work I enquire… Continue reading

c3 PROJECTS + PLOT MEDIA

GALLERY 2 TIME FRAME c3 PROJECTS + PLOT MEDIA Created for the 2011 Abbotsford Convent Discovery Day November 13th 12 – 6pm Large Screen The Way Down, The Way Out… Continue reading

VANESSA VAN HOUTEN

GALLERY 3 SUKI AND THE PAPERFOLD VANESSA VAN HOUTEN SUKI and the Paperfold explores the intricacies of the social influence of the artist’s immediate and extended family on her character… Continue reading

October 2011

JEMILA MACEWAN

GALLERY 1 FOYER SPACE BOO HOO JEMILA MACEWAN Boo Hoo is the Bogeyman, a Frankenstein, a human creation, an enemy and a friend. This is Jemila’s most recent sculptural work… Continue reading

RICHARD DENNY

GALLERY 1 SPACE A RECALLING TERRITORY RICHARD DENNY I learned geography the same way I learned the alphabet and how to count. I turned the subject into figures and faces… Continue reading

LUCY JAMES

GALLERY 1 PROJECT ROOM SUDDEN FLUSHES OF UNCONSCIOUS MATERIAL LUCY JAMES Born from encyclopedias, nature manuals and history books, this work explores collage as thought process, through paper scraps, cut… Continue reading

TRISTAN DA ROZA

GALLERY 1 SPACE B DETRIMENTAL EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC DUE TO THE NATURE OF ‘EXHIBITING’ TRISTAN DA ROZA Seek the site Enter the through an opening: Representation… Continue reading

FAMILIAR UNFAMILIAR

GALLERY 2 + 3 FAMILIAR UNFAMILIAR CURATED BY RONA GREEN A touring exhibition of prints by 45 Australian artists celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Print Council of Australia The… Continue reading

September 2011

Eleanor Butt

FOYER SPACE OF INVISIBLE THEM ELEANOR BUTT Constructed of photographic collages, Eleanor Butt’s recent works are reflective of both internal and external landscapes. The rocky terrains and dark cavernous spaces… Continue reading