November 11, 2015
Abbey McCulloch: Finalist in the Gold Coast Art Prize 2015
Congratulations to Abbey McCulloch who has been selected as a finalist in the Gold Coast Art Prize 2015 with her work 'Abundance'. The winner will be announced at the Official Opening on the 5th December. Exhibition current until 31 January 2016.
Abbey's next exhibition at Edwina Corlette Gallery is in June 2016. To view available works click here.
November 7, 2015
Sarah Werkmeister on Julian Meagher for Art Guide
Featured in the November issue of Art Guide Australia, Sarah Werkmeister writes of Julian's current show,
"It’s fair to say that Australia has a rocky history. Julian Meagher’s new exhibition, Alone in the Sun, interrogates the scars left behind, in both the national consciousness and in the landscape itself, with a deft poeticism...
Meagher’s trademark bottles and flora feature in the show as well, making reference not only to the artefact – he worked with a scuba diver to source bottles from Sydney Harbour and scoured op shops too – but also to the need to drink to deal with hardship. Instead of imbuing the typical Australian masculinity onto notions of drinking, the delicacy and translucency of the paint allude to the passing of time through an object, speaking to an understanding of human nature and the way it influences our psychic environment.
Meagher seems to suggest that we’re all implicated in Australia’s scars and that the only way to move forward is to start by looking back."
Read the full article here.
October 17, 2015
Vipoo Srivilasa at The Ian Potter Museum of Art 'More Love Hours'
Vipoo Srivilasa exhibited in 'More Love Hours' at The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne. 'More Love Hours' brought together the works of contemporary Australian artists who use traditional techniques and processes in their practice. The works demonstrated the use of 'traditional' forms of creativity as a means to express contemporary values and complex ideologies.
'More Love Hours' installation at The Ian Potter Museum of Art, photographed by Viki Petherbridge
Carol Shwarzman writes, "at first glance, their balanced poise beckons for our approval, to satisfy desire for perfection, decoration, or to escape into the soft murmurs of collectible comfort and status quo. Inevitably, closer inspection reveals Srivilasa's take on cross-cultural social tensions, the commodification of artistic integrity, the role of the self within popular culture, and the history of ceramics worldwide."
To see more of Vipoo's work, click here.
October 17, 2015
Belem Lett - Fisher's Ghost Art Award Finalist 2015
Belem Lett is a finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award this year with his work 'Monster.' The Fisher's Ghost Award was established in 1956 and runs as part of the Fisher's Ghost Festival at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales. The opening ceremony is the evening of Friday, 6th of November, and the exhibition runs from 31st of October to 12th of December.
To see more of Belem's work, click here.
October 10, 2015
Abbey McCulloch for Portia Geach Memorial Award 2015
We are very pleased to announce Abbey McCulloch was a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award. The Award is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity of contemporary Australian female portrait painters.
The Portia Geach Memorial Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, 'for the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, or the Sciences by any female artist resident in Australia.'
October 7, 2015
Julian Meagher's portrait of Johnathan Thurston
Julian Meagher's portrait of superstar National Rugby League player Johnathan Thurston is on the cover of the October issue for Rugby League Player Magazine. Meagher was a finalist in the 2015 Archibald Prize with his portrait of Daniel Johns. The Thurston portrait is part of a suite of works from the 'Code' series which shines a light on the vulnerability of some of Australia's biggest football heroes, dramatising the precarious fragility in each man’s isolated facial expression.
Julian Meagher's solo exhibition 'Alone in the Sun' is on from 3 - 27 November 2015.
October 6, 2015
Julian Meagher FINALIST in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize
We are pleased to announce that Julian is a semi-finalist with his portrait Paul Ryan for the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Julian was also a finalist with his work Floating In A Darkened Sky for the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA) at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery.
Julian will be exhibiting new works for Alone in the Sun at Edwina Corlette Gallery, November 3 - 21, 2015. This series of new work further investigates how our past inhabits our present. 'As I have grown older I have become interested in the concept of both collective and personal notions of inherited history,' he says.
July 18, 2015
Julian Meagher, sensitive masculinity
In one of life’s more curious turns, I ended up owning a cocktail bar about six years ago. Me, the chick with no hospitality experience, who’d never waited tables, never pulled a beer and didn’t knowthe difference between an ale and a lager, was suddenly having to work out how to change a beer keg and what the hell people meant when they asked for a “CC and dry.” To say it was a steep learning curve is an understatement. It was a world away from my previous life in writing and interior design.But the patrons and Isurvived the rocky start and now its almost second nature to me. I’ve even won awards for my espresso martinis – go figure!
Howeverowning a bar, even now that I’m rarely actually the one serving drinks, is something that has never sat easily with me. On a daily basis I rely on the…
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April 24, 2015
STEFAN DUNLOP FEATURES IN ARTIST PROFILE MAGAZINE
Read Stefan Dunlop's feature in Issue #29 of Artist Profile.