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December 2008

JON BUTT

GALLERY 3 DECADENT BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS JON BUTT CONVENT STUDIO PROGRAM Decadent Behavioral Patterns is an exhibition of extraordinarily detailed, large-scale drawings that focus on the decorative excesses of ornamentation within… Continue reading

November 2008

VIVIAN COOPER SMITH

GALLERY 1 SPACE A TAKING UP COUNTRY VIVIAN COOPER SMITH Hey, somebody out there, listen to my last prayer
Hi-ho silver-o, deliver me from nowhere – Bruce Springsteen ‘State Trooper’ This… Continue reading

ERNESTO RIOS

GALLERY 1 SPACE B EL GRAN LINDER ERNESTO RIOS (MEXICO) El Gran LIDER (The Great Leader) is the name of a hugely popular underground band in Mexico. Unknown in the… Continue reading

MARS DRUM

GALLERY 1 PROJECT ROOM MASK MARS DRUM The commonality discovered between Burka Woman and Ned Kelly extends far beyond simple dress code. Both have experienced extreme oppression, racism and injustice… Continue reading

2008 CONVENT STUDIOS SALON SHOW

GALLERY 2+3 THE 2008 CONVENT STUDIO SALON SHOW CONVENT STUDIO ARTISTS Serving as the mother-house of the Sister’s of the Good Shepherd in Australasia for 112 years, the Abbotsford Convent… Continue reading

October 2008

PROPOSITION 4 PROPOSITION

GALLERY 1 SPACE A + B PROPOSITION 4 PROPOSITION Masha Makarova, Laura Delaney, Angela Thirlwell, Debora Varjak, Kirst Hulm and Wanda Gillespie This group of artists come from diverse creative… Continue reading

JASON MALING

GALLERY 1 PROJECT ROOM NOTES FROM THE VORTICIST JASON MALING The Vorticist has been described as a quack, quark, bullshit artist, shit magician, and surveyor of parallel dimensions. Maling would… Continue reading

LISA BENSON

GALLERY 2 LOST IN SPACE LISA BENSON (NZ) Lost in Space
Lost In Space is from a collection of drawings and photographs made at Mount John Observatory and the Chancellor Dome… Continue reading

SCANART 08

GALLERY 3 C3 COMMUNITY PROJECTS SCANART 08 – SCANDANAVIAN ARTISTS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA Scanart 08 is an initiative of ANSA (Association of Norwegian Students Abroad) and is an exhibition of… Continue reading

September 2008

PATRICK RODRIGUEZ

GALLERY 1 SPACE A DARK MATTERS PATRICK RODRIGUEZ Patrick’s work explores the theatrical possibilities inherent in the back lanes of one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs. Fitzroy – teeming with histories… Continue reading