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19 January to 9 February Midsumma Festival 2008 Gallery 1 & 2 |
69 Smith Street presents an exhibition of five artists as part of this year's gay and lesbian community celebration Midsumma. Artists Michael Brady, Tristan Jalleh, Marcus Keating, Clinton Hayden and Cara Jones offer a diverse selection of work for our first show of 2008. |
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13 February to 2 March Sura |
Religion, symbolism and terrorism are the themes of Sura 1-12. Twelve images of people mentioned in relationship to carrying out the Bali bombing. The images have been digitally recreated and printed on pages of the Koran. "Current events should still be an important theme for artists, not just pictures of gum trees or vague abstracts" says Theo LA den Brinker. "The goal is to create the compelling image which goes beyond the static visual reporting or the politics. |
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5 to 23 March Scattered Memories |
Scattered Memories is inspired by the interplay of the interaction of colours seen in the artist’s travels and experiences. The patches themselves represent the individual pixels that make up the memory of an event or image - pixels of emotions, pixels of reality, pixels of remembered experience. They are bold, strong statements – exaggerating individual parts of memory that have particular significance to the artist… and over time are scattered among memories of daily life. |
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5 March to 23 March |
This is a collection of pieces examining the role of the digital image within the context of traditional visual art. His work |
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26 March to 13 April |
Anne has set up a wunderkammer. These mixed media works are about a small, amateur museum, or chamber of curiosities. Anne’s concept is flexible with an element of playfulness involved, which may include asking visitors to participate in making dioramas or labelling museum tags. |
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26 March to 13 April |
On 2 March 69 arranged a pinhole day for its members. This was an exciting day made really interesting by the expertise of David Tatnall. Lets See What Develops! |
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16 April to 4 May Michele Meister
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Michele has a German/French background and lived in many parts around the globe before relocating to Melbourne in 2004. Since arriving in Australia she has been working on a theme “the travel”. She has found that nearly everyone around her has their own story how they arrived here. Michele wants to capture people’s feelings while they are travelling and looking for a new place to be. This is a beautiful collection of paintings and mixed media. |
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16 April to 4 May Joshua Foley & Nathan Clark |
One of the tricks an individual may employ to conceal their secret visits to embarrassing or incriminating websites is the Clear History option. It’s a way to maintain a clean reputation. When thinking about this simple command, on the verge of purging my sins from the records, my eyes rested on the words Clear History. Foley is a Hyper-realist Painter who works meticulously to create detached images responding to a broad range of themes. Clark is describing through his work, a general malaise. He is trying to name the nameless. |
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7 to 25 May Phillip Howe |
A solo exhibition of mixed-media works on canvas and paper by artist Phillip Howe. This exhibition features a collection of vibrantly painted and drawn recent works by Phillip Howe of Australian landscapes and nudes; with a unique perspective by the artist when the two subjects collaborate. |
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28 May to 15 June Group Exhibition |
Drifting between reality and abstraction, Vanishing Point brings together artists, Wendy Cavenett, Catherine Coad, Francis Coen, Kathy Cresp-Gerrard, Kalliopi Katsambis and Maureen Macauley. As a group they examine the interior life of emotion, time and perception. With works on paper, canvas, photography and video art, this exhibition offers an intimate and contemplative experience where shifting perspectives and the seduction of space ultimately invite the viewer to connect with art from a private, inner world that is unique to each individual. |  |
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18 June to 6 July Group Exhibition |
A group exhibition of third year, Visual Art Students from Latrobe University, Bendigo. Fifteen artists, working in a range of disciplines from painting, printmaking, ceramics and drawing, express their own artistic voice. Artists include; Belinda Raymond, Marie Pienne, Robyn Whealing, Belinda Raymond, Mary Kerlin, Kate Murphy, Peggy Devlin, Rebecca Giles, Felicity Ranson, Nicole Schneider, Bill Kemp, Patsy Wilson, Luke Kelly, Marga McEvoy and Carolyn Saunders. |  |
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9 to 27 July Group Exhibition
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This exhibition engages ideas about the irreal way images pass from the imaginary to the real. Susan Marsh examines the slippage of identity linked to imminent mortality, particularly fragile bodies that are made docile in institutional spaces. Maggie Maccathie-Nevile explores the blurring of boundaries between human consciousness and the virtual body and the psychological intrusion of one subject into another. Robert Mangion investigates aspects of the social imaginary and systems of belief. His works explores the relation between the visible and invisibility within spectral phenomenon and the limitation of language. The exhibition will also feature work by Jessica Raschke. |
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9 to 27 July Caroline Ierodiaconou
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Life is an exhibition that mourns the erosion of this earth, as well as the current state of humanity as increasingly fragmented and incomplete. All Ierodiaconou’s works deal with the current world issues including politics, environmental issues and the Third world. The exhibition is a collection of paintings in mixed media along with small installations. |
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30 July to 17 August Julie-Anne Armstrong-Roper |
Armstrong-Roper's work has been widely exhibited in Melbourne and overseas since 1991, including a major solo exhibition in 2000 at Australia House in London. |
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30 July to 17 August Group Exhibition |
All Inclusive is a collection of works and media by the backbone of the Gallery. All Inclusive is an open exhibtion to all members of the gallery. Group shows are an opportunity for all to see the diverse styles, media and interest of the gallery's members. As an artist run initiative 69 Smith Street Gallery is entirely dependant on support from membership and donations, to sustain its presents as an iconic exhibition space for emerging and established contemporary artists. |
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20 August to 7 September Susan Dragon |
Moments will be Melbourne artist Susan Dragon's first solo exhibition at 69 Smith Street Gallery. Moments consists of a large body of work developed over the past four years. As an artist Susan Dragon paint landscapes of places visited and photographed. The landscape is inviting, alienating, comforting and distressing, evoking beauty and nostalgia. The paintings capture the various emotions these landscapes evoke when experienced. Dragon's greatest desire "is for the audience to look at these paintings and see their own moments, to trigger their imagination to explore the possibilities beyond the confines of the canvas." |
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20 August to 7 September Bernadette Pilli |
Night after Nightness features a series of oil on canvas works developed by Melbourne artist Bernadette Pilli over the past 9 months. Pilli's paintings are intricately crafted, deceptively simple and smooth to the touch and glance. Bernadette Pilli's paintings confront the viewer with metaphoric landscapes of familiar experience. Pilli says in context to her work "when we are most vulnerable, restless, anguished, emotional, angry, the fabric of our sheets is what we draw closest to us." |  |
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10 to 28 September Justin R Varga |
New Works is a series of exciting new |
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10 to 28 September Shane Hulbert |
The photographic images in this exhibition explore the land-use experience, in relation to our cultural identity. Iconic areas of the Australian landscape, such as industrial towns, mining towns and outback communities are indexed in relation to the significance of sites like playing grounds, recreation areas, worship centres and mining sites on the social development and stability of these places. These relationships are evidenced by the casual connects between the sites and the landscape, where attempts to separate the grounds are as common as attempts to integrate them. |
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1 to 19 October Out of the Box |
The nine artists comprising Out of the Box are at it again as they present their third exhibition, entitled Beyond the Gate. Through a mix of mediums including paint, digital techniques, works on paper, and sculptures in the form of glass panels, ceramics, wood and metal, you are taken on a journey as the artists peer over, hide behind, slam shut, and force open gates to an array of psychological and physical experiences. The artists include; Kerstin Cuming, Susan Gibson, Eileen Gruen, Virginia McNamara, Kathy Siganakis, Anne Warren, Lynette Joy Weber, Beryl White, and Evelyn Young. |
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22 October to 9 November Group Exhibition |
Incunabula (birth or a new beginning) is a culmination of twelve months hard work by a young group participating in The Creative Literacy and Numeracy Program/Art Program and the Westcare VCAL Program. The art program run by The Salvation Army Westcare and their Western Early School Leavers Program is aimed at improving the participant's self-worth, showing them an alternative lifestyle and instilling in them the notion that with a bit of effort anything is possible. It is also time for quiet, safe reflection. The artwork on display is vibrant and alive, filled with the vitality of youth and hope. Covering a wide spectrum - abstract, figurative and landscape. |  |
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12 to 30 November Group Exhibition |
An exhibition of recent work by Rosemarie Reber, Carol Rowlands, Richard Rowlands and Janine Wallace. All Sorts is a delicious collection, which describes our heterogeneous world. Presenting a range of sculptures, paintings, drawings, text and collage. All sorts is an exciting and vibrant series of work representing a cross-section of contemporary sensibilities. Opening a conversation about the challenges of the postmodern world. |  |
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3 to 21 December The 2008 Ellen Mileo Contemporary Art Prize |
The Ellen Mileo Contemporary Art Prize is named after a founding volunteer member of 69 Smith Street Inc and gallery. Each year the gallery will host the prize to the theme of “The secret life of ……”. The theme for the 2008 prize is “Numbers”. Artists are invited to respond to the theme, all mediums welcome. Deadline: 7 November 2008 >Click to download the application Prize pool to the value of $3000 |
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