Semi‐Permanent a celebration of all things art and design is back in 2010 to inspire Melbourne’s thriving creative community yet again. While some may think it’s the forum where design nerds gather to fight against the evils of Comic Sans, Semi‐Permanent offers an eye‐opening insight into the broad streams of design, and where those varying crafts [...]
The word “planetes” is Greek for “wanderers,” just as planets wander across the sky. The drawings presented in this show portray nomadic peoples roaming, gathering, and socializing in a seemingly endless forest where all possibilities are considered. Drawings from the forest series are an ongoing project, and they themselves are always expanding, evolving and changing [...]
The next installment of Australia’s typography exhibition GO FONT UR SELF* takes place on Thursday 19th August at new space LO-FI Collective, Taylor Square, Sydney from 6pm. Proudly presented by Kirin© GO FONT UR SELF* is back for another round with Chapter 5. The touring exhibition, which is a calendar event in the wonderful world of [...]
Emerging artists create a micro honey farm, reflect on the “collective hallucination of cinema”, teach visitors how to draw “the Luke Thurgate way” and test the potential of First-Person Shooter games in 4 new exhibitions at Firstdraft in July. Exhibition opens: Wednesday 7 July 2010, 6-8pm Exhibition continues: to 25 July 2010 Artist talks: Sunday [...]
Bonsai (Scottie Neoh), OH54 (Paul Milecharane), Nails (Niels Oeltjen) and Twoone (Hiroyasu Tsuri) are Wooden Foundations. Sharing the common bond of the spray can, these artists have each developed vibrant art and design practices. For this show they will create an installation which explores artistic oin-gallery collaboration as an extension of their street-based collabs. As [...]
Gorker Gallery 2nd Birthday celebrations will be kicking off this Thursday 1st July with The Forty Thieves 3: The Third Offence The Forty Thieves 3: The Third Offence group exhibition is the third installment of the popular annual group exhibition series ‘The Forty Thieves’. Curated by Luke Matthews and Lauren Biedrzycki, The Forty Thieves 3: [...]
Leah Bartholomew’s second solo exhibition These are the Days, at Gorker Gallery, 17 – 27 June. Following the success of her debut solo exhibition Where the Dry Leaves Fall, Leah Bartholomew is set to impress us all with her new body of work. These are the Days is an intimate exploration of the small, special [...]
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View Gallery | View Website For the first time in over twenty years, the National Gallery of Victoria is presenting a major retrospective of the work of John Brack, widely considered one of Australia’s greatest twentieth century artists. This important exhibition surveys John Brack’s complete career, incorporating over 150 works from all of his major [...]
View Article For the first time in over twenty years, the National Gallery of Victoria is presenting a major retrospective of the work of John Brack, widely considered one of Australia’s greatest twentieth century artists. This important exhibition surveys John Brack’s complete career, incorporating over 150 works from all of his major series.
The Illustrators Australia 20th Year Anniversary Exhibition will be held over a weekend in June as part of the Northern Exposure Festival at the Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne. This exhibition gives you the chance to view the creative process as employed by the professional illustrators involved. The work on display ranges from initial concepts and [...]
Visit Website | Print & File PDF (Members) The annual showcase of the artistic achievements of VCE Art and Studio Arts students will be on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia from 25 March, 2009 in Top Arts: VCE 2008. Now in its 15th year, this free exhibition is hugely popular with VCE [...]
View Article | Visit Website The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents an exciting new exhibition, Setting the Scene: Film Design from Metropolis to Australia. Until mid April, this exhibition examines the great achievements in film design in a fascinating display of what goes on behind the scenes. The work of film production [...]
View Gallery | Visit Website | Print & File PDF (Members) A behind the scenes look at international cinema is put on show in this fascinating exhibition celebrating production design, some of which is exclusive to Australian audiences. Kate McCurdy reports. The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents an exciting new exhibition, Setting [...]
View Gallery | Visit Website | Print & File PDF (Members) ‘I always try to find ways of manipulating reality to accentuate the central focus of the film. I’ll exaggerate certain details and discard others.’ – Dante Ferretti Film Production Design is being celebrated at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in its [...]
