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Artspace welcomes Samuel Zammit as new Curatorial Fellow
Artspace is delighted to announce the appointment of Samuel Zammit to the new position of Curatorial Fellow at Artspace.
The position will encompass a broad level of involvement with Artspace, and introduce Samuel to the full scope of activities undertaken by a contemporary art centre. The position is made possible with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Samuel is an emerging curator and arts writer. Prior to taking up this position at Artspace, Samuel has worked as the Program Coordinator at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. He holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School, Sydney, and a Master of Art Curatorship from the University of Sydney. In 2011, Samuel undertook an internship in Singapore as the Curatorial Intern for the 2011 Singapore Biennale. Samuel has participated in numerous curatorial and arts writing initiatives, including most recently the 2012 4A Emerging Curators’ Intensive and the Firstdraft Emerging Arts Writers Mentorship.
Samuel will begin his role at Artspace on 25 June.
Posted by Caraline Douglas
17 June 2013
The position will encompass a broad level of involvement with Artspace, and introduce Samuel to the full scope of activities undertaken by a contemporary art centre. The position is made possible with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Samuel is an emerging curator and arts writer. Prior to taking up this position at Artspace, Samuel has worked as the Program Coordinator at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. He holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School, Sydney, and a Master of Art Curatorship from the University of Sydney. In 2011, Samuel undertook an internship in Singapore as the Curatorial Intern for the 2011 Singapore Biennale. Samuel has participated in numerous curatorial and arts writing initiatives, including most recently the 2012 4A Emerging Curators’ Intensive and the Firstdraft Emerging Arts Writers Mentorship.
Samuel will begin his role at Artspace on 25 June.
Posted by Caraline Douglas
17 June 2013
Open Studio with Amber Boardman 14 & 15 June
Join artist Amber Boardman in her working studio Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June.
Following a move from NYC to Sydney, Amber Boardman has shifted direction from working in video art and animation back to an exploration of the immediacy of painting. In her Open Studio, the artist will present this new works that are purely imaginative with no direct source material and span from stream of consciousness, to memories and fantasies.
Location: Studio 10
Artspace Level 2
enquire at reception for access
Image: Amber Boardman, Innovations in Make up, 2013, oil on canvas, 40cm x 30cm
Posted by Tracy Burgess
3 June 2013
Join artist Amber Boardman in her working studio Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June.
Following a move from NYC to Sydney, Amber Boardman has shifted direction from working in video art and animation back to an exploration of the immediacy of painting. In her Open Studio, the artist will present this new works that are purely imaginative with no direct source material and span from stream of consciousness, to memories and fantasies.
Location: Studio 10
Artspace Level 2
enquire at reception for access
Image: Amber Boardman, Innovations in Make up, 2013, oil on canvas, 40cm x 30cm
Posted by Tracy Burgess
3 June 2013
Open Studio with Lynne Barwick 14 & 15 June
Lynne Barwick will open the doors to her working studio Friday 14 June and Saturday 15 June.
Barwick’s text-based works incorporate literary genres, such as fiction, autobiography and criticism, to examine the use of language in visual art. Recent work has explored how cultural and individual identity is positioned within both institutional and fringe narratives.
The Open Studio works focus on the documentary and empirical traditions of conceptual art. In a jostling of voices and perspectives, three multi-panel, essay-like works, and a wall mural, create a conversation about the possibilities and the limitations of contemporary art.
Location: Studio 3
Artspace Level 2
enquire at reception for access
Image: Lynne Barwick, Our Hearts to Scale (In Pixels), 2013, installation view
Photo: Felicity Jenkins
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
3 June 2013
Lynne Barwick will open the doors to her working studio Friday 14 June and Saturday 15 June.
Barwick’s text-based works incorporate literary genres, such as fiction, autobiography and criticism, to examine the use of language in visual art. Recent work has explored how cultural and individual identity is positioned within both institutional and fringe narratives.
The Open Studio works focus on the documentary and empirical traditions of conceptual art. In a jostling of voices and perspectives, three multi-panel, essay-like works, and a wall mural, create a conversation about the possibilities and the limitations of contemporary art.
Location: Studio 3
Artspace Level 2
enquire at reception for access
Image: Lynne Barwick, Our Hearts to Scale (In Pixels), 2013, installation view
Photo: Felicity Jenkins
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
3 June 2013
Eden-based photographer Ruth Maddison receives the Regional New South Wales Artist Residency
Artspace, in association with Regional Arts NSW and the Copyright Council, is pleased to announce artist Ruth Maddison as the recipient of the 2013 Regional NSW Artist Residency at Artspace, Sydney.
Ruth Maddison's photographic career began in 1976. Her photographs, which often document domestic, family and working life using image and text, have been exhibited widely and are held in major Australian public collections. Ruth will use the residency period at Artspace from October to December 2013 to strengthen existing and establish new professional networks in Sydney. Ruth will also continue work on The Fellow Traveller a current project based on archival source material, and still and movie images shot by an Australian political activist during his travels to China, Soviet Union, Israel, Cuba, Vietnam, Poland, Ethiopia, and East Berlin during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Ruth has lived and worked in Eden, on the far south coast of NSW, since 1997.
This fully-funded residency opportunity is offered in association with Regional Arts NSW and sponsored by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Image: Ruth Maddison, untitled image from The Fellow Traveller, 2013, pigment print from scanned photograph and Standard 8 movie footage, 34.93 x 56.3cm, courtesy of the artist
Posted by Caraline Douglas
3 June 2013
Artspace, in association with Regional Arts NSW and the Copyright Council, is pleased to announce artist Ruth Maddison as the recipient of the 2013 Regional NSW Artist Residency at Artspace, Sydney.
Ruth Maddison's photographic career began in 1976. Her photographs, which often document domestic, family and working life using image and text, have been exhibited widely and are held in major Australian public collections. Ruth will use the residency period at Artspace from October to December 2013 to strengthen existing and establish new professional networks in Sydney. Ruth will also continue work on The Fellow Traveller a current project based on archival source material, and still and movie images shot by an Australian political activist during his travels to China, Soviet Union, Israel, Cuba, Vietnam, Poland, Ethiopia, and East Berlin during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Ruth has lived and worked in Eden, on the far south coast of NSW, since 1997.
This fully-funded residency opportunity is offered in association with Regional Arts NSW and sponsored by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Image: Ruth Maddison, untitled image from The Fellow Traveller, 2013, pigment print from scanned photograph and Standard 8 movie footage, 34.93 x 56.3cm, courtesy of the artist
Posted by Caraline Douglas
3 June 2013
Sarah Contos Open Studio - This Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Studio artist Sarah Contos invites you to view a selection of new and developing works which explore a range of processes and mediums.
Open Studio
Artspace Level 2
Friday 31 May, Saturday 1 June & Sunday 2 June
11am - 5pm
Image: Sarah Contos, Frank and Mia, 2013
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
29 May 2013
Studio artist Sarah Contos invites you to view a selection of new and developing works which explore a range of processes and mediums.
Open Studio
Artspace Level 2
Friday 31 May, Saturday 1 June & Sunday 2 June
11am - 5pm
Image: Sarah Contos, Frank and Mia, 2013
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
29 May 2013
Don't Miss Artbank Social Club Saturday 1 June, 1-5pm
Artbank will open its doors for a one-day-only social club event on Saturday 1 June from 1 – 5pm. Explore the Artbank Sydney showroom on a leisurely Saturday afteroon and enjoy a drink, live music and food.
The Artbank carpark will be transformed into a vibrant outdoor lounge complete with astro-turf, pop-up bar, food trucks and live music from DJ Matt Vaughan. Artbank is a support agency that fosters Australian artists through the collecting, commissioning, curating and leasing of art. The collection holds over 10,000 works and through the leasing arm, is dispersed throughout Australia and internationally. Artbank gives Australian artists a platform to have their practice supported commercially as well as providing exposure to broad audiences.
Hop on the complimentarty shuttle bus to the Artbank Social Club.
Leaves from Chalmers St, Central (outside Firstdraft)
via corner of Oxford and Flinders Street every hour
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
27 May 2013
Artbank will open its doors for a one-day-only social club event on Saturday 1 June from 1 – 5pm. Explore the Artbank Sydney showroom on a leisurely Saturday afteroon and enjoy a drink, live music and food.
The Artbank carpark will be transformed into a vibrant outdoor lounge complete with astro-turf, pop-up bar, food trucks and live music from DJ Matt Vaughan. Artbank is a support agency that fosters Australian artists through the collecting, commissioning, curating and leasing of art. The collection holds over 10,000 works and through the leasing arm, is dispersed throughout Australia and internationally. Artbank gives Australian artists a platform to have their practice supported commercially as well as providing exposure to broad audiences.
Hop on the complimentarty shuttle bus to the Artbank Social Club.
Leaves from Chalmers St, Central (outside Firstdraft)
via corner of Oxford and Flinders Street every hour
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
27 May 2013
Call for Performers for Lauren Brincat and Bree van Reyk's Blood and Fire 19 June, 6.30pm
Lauren Brincat and Bree van Reyk are seeking 50 volunteers with musical and non-musical backgrounds to participate in their forthcoming performance, Blood and Fire, at the Art Gallery of NSW, Wednesday 19 June at 6.30pm.
Participants will decorate a tambourine and carry it through the Art Gallery as part of a happening musical movement for approximately 20 minutes. Involving simple tambourine expressions and movements, which create sets of varying musical meters that, when aligned, create a melody, Blood and Fire will resemble an act of breathing at different speeds and intervals, which eventually align to breathe collectively, together, as one, for a moment, before again breathing out of unison. Tambourines will be provided. The artists ask that participants refrain from wearing white and red in the performance.
No musical experience or aptitude is required. The artists are seeking both tambourine players and leaders, please note that leaders will be required to attend both rehearsal dates in June.
To participate please send the following information to info@laurenbrincat.com by 27 May 2013:
Name, contact telephone number, e-mail address and a short paragraph of information about yourself.
Rehearsal information:
Monday 17 June, 7pm
and Tuesday 18 June, 6pm
Artspace, Level 2, 43-51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Woolloomooloo, Sydney
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
22 May 2013
Lauren Brincat and Bree van Reyk are seeking 50 volunteers with musical and non-musical backgrounds to participate in their forthcoming performance, Blood and Fire, at the Art Gallery of NSW, Wednesday 19 June at 6.30pm.
Participants will decorate a tambourine and carry it through the Art Gallery as part of a happening musical movement for approximately 20 minutes. Involving simple tambourine expressions and movements, which create sets of varying musical meters that, when aligned, create a melody, Blood and Fire will resemble an act of breathing at different speeds and intervals, which eventually align to breathe collectively, together, as one, for a moment, before again breathing out of unison. Tambourines will be provided. The artists ask that participants refrain from wearing white and red in the performance.
No musical experience or aptitude is required. The artists are seeking both tambourine players and leaders, please note that leaders will be required to attend both rehearsal dates in June.
To participate please send the following information to info@laurenbrincat.com by 27 May 2013:
Name, contact telephone number, e-mail address and a short paragraph of information about yourself.
Rehearsal information:
Monday 17 June, 7pm
and Tuesday 18 June, 6pm
Artspace, Level 2, 43-51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Woolloomooloo, Sydney
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
22 May 2013
Mark Feary participating in FOCUS with the Institut Français 20-25 May
Artspace Curator is currently travelling throughout France to participate in the Institut Français’ FOCUS program. On the occasion of the 58th Salon of Montrouge, approximately 10 international curators have been selected to participate in this dynamic program to discover the French artistic scene through visits to the diverse spaces dedicated to contemporary art and conduct meetings with artists and other curators.
The trip will provide Mark with a fantastic opportunity to further develop the Artspace international network and research French artists and galleries. We look forward to more updates.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
21 May 2013
Artspace Curator is currently travelling throughout France to participate in the Institut Français’ FOCUS program. On the occasion of the 58th Salon of Montrouge, approximately 10 international curators have been selected to participate in this dynamic program to discover the French artistic scene through visits to the diverse spaces dedicated to contemporary art and conduct meetings with artists and other curators.
The trip will provide Mark with a fantastic opportunity to further develop the Artspace international network and research French artists and galleries. We look forward to more updates.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
21 May 2013
Mary Teague Receives 2013 Darling Foundry Residency
Artspace is pleased to announce Sydney-based artist Mary Teague as the recipient of the 2013 NSW Visual Artist Residency at the Darling Foundry in Montréal, Canada. Mary will use her time in Montréal to research the city's legacy of Brutalist architecture and the historic Expo 67 in preparation for a new body of work, which explores the relationships between photographic image, abstraction and found objects.
Now in its fourth year this fully funded residency opportunity in Montréal will take place between October and December as part of a reciprocal exchange in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts NSW.
Image: Mary Teague, Night Terror, 2012, water-soluble oil on polyester, giclée digital print, courtesy the artist and The Commercial, Sydney
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
17 May 2013
Artspace is pleased to announce Sydney-based artist Mary Teague as the recipient of the 2013 NSW Visual Artist Residency at the Darling Foundry in Montréal, Canada. Mary will use her time in Montréal to research the city's legacy of Brutalist architecture and the historic Expo 67 in preparation for a new body of work, which explores the relationships between photographic image, abstraction and found objects.
Now in its fourth year this fully funded residency opportunity in Montréal will take place between October and December as part of a reciprocal exchange in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts NSW.
Image: Mary Teague, Night Terror, 2012, water-soluble oil on polyester, giclée digital print, courtesy the artist and The Commercial, Sydney
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
17 May 2013
Open Studio: The 3D Experience by Alana Kushnir 10 & 11 May
Open Curator Studio: The 3D Experience is a project initiated by current Artspace Studio Resident, curator Alana Kushnir, in collaboration with artist Joey Holder. Kushnir has selected works by Ry David Bradley, Joe Hamilton, Jacob Ogden Smith and Kynan Tan to be incorporated by Holder into a computer-generated gallery held in the Open Studio exhibition space at Artspace. Visitors may experience the exhibition and interact with this virtual environment at from Friday 10 May 2013, or join the curator in the Open Studio space on Level 2, Artspace from 11am to 5pm this Friday and Saturday to experience the virtual gallery in situ.
For Open Studio access please enquire at reception.
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
6 May 2013
Open Curator Studio: The 3D Experience is a project initiated by current Artspace Studio Resident, curator Alana Kushnir, in collaboration with artist Joey Holder. Kushnir has selected works by Ry David Bradley, Joe Hamilton, Jacob Ogden Smith and Kynan Tan to be incorporated by Holder into a computer-generated gallery held in the Open Studio exhibition space at Artspace. Visitors may experience the exhibition and interact with this virtual environment at from Friday 10 May 2013, or join the curator in the Open Studio space on Level 2, Artspace from 11am to 5pm this Friday and Saturday to experience the virtual gallery in situ.
For Open Studio access please enquire at reception.
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
6 May 2013
Now Accepting Applications for Curatorial Fellowship Position
Artspace, with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, is currently offering a twelve month Curatorial Fellowship to assist the professional development of an early career visual arts curator.
The position will encompass a broad level of involvement with the organisation, and introduce the Curatorial Fellow to the full scope of activities undertaken by a contemporary art centre.
Follow the link below for more information. Completed applications should be emailed to Deputy Director, Michelle Newton, michelle@artspace.org.au.
Applications close Wednesday 8 May.
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17 April 2013
The position will encompass a broad level of involvement with the organisation, and introduce the Curatorial Fellow to the full scope of activities undertaken by a contemporary art centre.
Follow the link below for more information. Completed applications should be emailed to Deputy Director, Michelle Newton, michelle@artspace.org.au.
Applications close Wednesday 8 May.
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17 April 2013
Open Studio with Jensen Tjhung, 19 & 20 April
Join Melbourne-based artist Jensen Tjhung for his Open Studio at Artspace Friday 19 and Saturday 20 April, 11am to 5pm.
The artist will present recent works that combine video, sculpture and action painting. Produced during his 5 week residency in Sydney, the work-in-progress is inspired by the 'VIP treatment' culture that runs rampant throughout Sydney's Chinatown and King's Cross.
Open Studio
Artspace Level 2
ask reception for access
Image: Jensen Tjhung, Spirit Man, 2013, production still
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
16 April 2013
Join Melbourne-based artist Jensen Tjhung for his Open Studio at Artspace Friday 19 and Saturday 20 April, 11am to 5pm.
The artist will present recent works that combine video, sculpture and action painting. Produced during his 5 week residency in Sydney, the work-in-progress is inspired by the 'VIP treatment' culture that runs rampant throughout Sydney's Chinatown and King's Cross.
Open Studio
Artspace Level 2
ask reception for access
Image: Jensen Tjhung, Spirit Man, 2013, production still
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
16 April 2013
Final Exhibition of How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow Opens at Redland Art Gallery
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow opens at Redland Art Gallery, Queensland. This marks the final presentation of the Artspace touring exhibition of work by Lauren Brincat, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Todd McMillan, Ms&Mr, Tony Schwensen and Sam Smith.
Opening event 11am Sunday 14 April followed by a discussion with Curator Mark Feary at noon
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow
exhibition from 10 April to 19 May 2013
Redland Art Gallery
Cnr Middle and Bloomfield Streets
Cleveland QLD 4163
Redland Art Gallery Cleveland Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm
Image: Sam Smith, Cameraman, 2011 installation view, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, courtesy of the artist
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
10 April 2013
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow opens at Redland Art Gallery, Queensland. This marks the final presentation of the Artspace touring exhibition of work by Lauren Brincat, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Todd McMillan, Ms&Mr, Tony Schwensen and Sam Smith.
Opening event 11am Sunday 14 April followed by a discussion with Curator Mark Feary at noon
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow
exhibition from 10 April to 19 May 2013
Redland Art Gallery
Cnr Middle and Bloomfield Streets
Cleveland QLD 4163
Redland Art Gallery Cleveland Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm
Image: Sam Smith, Cameraman, 2011 installation view, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, courtesy of the artist
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
10 April 2013
Open Studio with Guy Benfield, 5 & 6 April
Guy Benfield will be screening his new video work Pure X (2013) in the Open Studio.
Pure X is one element is Benfield's ongoing investigation of the studio, the museum, and the commercial gallery as spaces which can be potentially utilised to re-edit relationships between painting, theatrical staging and performance. Benfield's solo exhibition at Neon Parc, Melbourne opens 15 May 2013.
Open Studio with Guy Benfield
Friday 5 & Saturday 6 April
11am – 5pm
Artspace
Level 2
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo
(ask gallery reception for access)
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
5 April 2013
Guy Benfield will be screening his new video work Pure X (2013) in the Open Studio.
Pure X is one element is Benfield's ongoing investigation of the studio, the museum, and the commercial gallery as spaces which can be potentially utilised to re-edit relationships between painting, theatrical staging and performance. Benfield's solo exhibition at Neon Parc, Melbourne opens 15 May 2013.
Open Studio with Guy Benfield
Friday 5 & Saturday 6 April
11am – 5pm
Artspace
Level 2
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo
(ask gallery reception for access)
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
5 April 2013
Blair French Appointed to New Role at Museum of Contemporary Art
Artspace congratulates Blair French on his recent appointment to the new position of Assistant Director, Curatorial & Digital at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Appointed as Artspace Executive Director in late 2005, Blair has led Artspace through a period of considerable development, overseeing the expansion of the residency program, initiating a new publishing program that has seen some 25 books produced during his tenure, creating new national and international opportunities for NSW artists and realising an ambitious program of exhibitions, symposia, touring programs, performances and lectures both on-site and elsewhere in association with national and international partners. Program highlights over this period include theAftermath performance and installation series in 2007, Artspace 24/25 in 2008, the 2009 Spaces of Art conference, the 2010 Superdeluxe@Artspace collaboration with the Biennale of Sydney and Superdeluxe, Tokyo, Ho Tzu Nyen's Earth produced with Sydney Festival 2011 and last year'sEverything Falls Apart exhibitions.
James Emmett, Chair of the Artspace Board of Directors, states that "Blair leaves Artspace at a time when its reputation and standing as a site for the development of the newest and most exciting practices in contemporary art has never been higher. He leaves Artspace with a great team in place and with huge optimism for the future. His appointment to this new position at the MCA provides him with a new challenge for which we wish him well. It is a fantastic opportunity for both Blair and the MCA. Artspace looks forward to welcoming a new leader with their own unique vision to build upon our recent achievements."
Blair continues as Artspace Executive Director until the end of June, departing after the launch of the much anticipated exhibition Richard Bell: Imagining Victory to take up his new post at the MCA Australia.
4 April 2013
Artspace congratulates Blair French on his recent appointment to the new position of Assistant Director, Curatorial & Digital at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Appointed as Artspace Executive Director in late 2005, Blair has led Artspace through a period of considerable development, overseeing the expansion of the residency program, initiating a new publishing program that has seen some 25 books produced during his tenure, creating new national and international opportunities for NSW artists and realising an ambitious program of exhibitions, symposia, touring programs, performances and lectures both on-site and elsewhere in association with national and international partners. Program highlights over this period include theAftermath performance and installation series in 2007, Artspace 24/25 in 2008, the 2009 Spaces of Art conference, the 2010 Superdeluxe@Artspace collaboration with the Biennale of Sydney and Superdeluxe, Tokyo, Ho Tzu Nyen's Earth produced with Sydney Festival 2011 and last year'sEverything Falls Apart exhibitions.
James Emmett, Chair of the Artspace Board of Directors, states that "Blair leaves Artspace at a time when its reputation and standing as a site for the development of the newest and most exciting practices in contemporary art has never been higher. He leaves Artspace with a great team in place and with huge optimism for the future. His appointment to this new position at the MCA provides him with a new challenge for which we wish him well. It is a fantastic opportunity for both Blair and the MCA. Artspace looks forward to welcoming a new leader with their own unique vision to build upon our recent achievements."
Blair continues as Artspace Executive Director until the end of June, departing after the launch of the much anticipated exhibition Richard Bell: Imagining Victory to take up his new post at the MCA Australia.
4 April 2013
Artspace Closed Easter Weekend
Artspace will close at 1pm Thursday 28 March for the duration of the Easter public holidays. We will re-open 11am Tuesday 2 April for normal operating hours.
Be sure to stock up on egg-cellent treats like we have.
Happy Easter.
26 March 2013
Artspace will close at 1pm Thursday 28 March for the duration of the Easter public holidays. We will re-open 11am Tuesday 2 April for normal operating hours.
Be sure to stock up on egg-cellent treats like we have.
Happy Easter.
26 March 2013
Congratulations to Simon Denny
The artist will be included in Massimiliano Gioni's The Encyclopedic Palace in the forthcoming 2013 Venice Biennale (1 June – 24 November).
In 2012 Denny was nominated for the prestigious Walters Prize for his 2010 Artspace project Introductory logic video tutorial. During his residency period in Sydney in 2010, Denny attended a course at the University of Sydney on introductory logic, which he documented by creating videos that teach small points derived from the course. Introductory video logic tutorial also documented Artspace's entire inventory of monitors serving as a record of the display hardware of the institution.
Congratulations Simon!
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
25 March 2013
The artist will be included in Massimiliano Gioni's The Encyclopedic Palace in the forthcoming 2013 Venice Biennale (1 June – 24 November).
In 2012 Denny was nominated for the prestigious Walters Prize for his 2010 Artspace project Introductory logic video tutorial. During his residency period in Sydney in 2010, Denny attended a course at the University of Sydney on introductory logic, which he documented by creating videos that teach small points derived from the course. Introductory video logic tutorial also documented Artspace's entire inventory of monitors serving as a record of the display hardware of the institution.
Congratulations Simon!
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
25 March 2013
Art Month Precinct Night 6: East Sydney/ Darlinghurst
Artspace will be open until 8pm this Friday 22 March. Join the Art Month adventure throughout Darlinghurst and Potts Point and check out Chicks on Speed SCREAM at Artspace and Julie Masterton's Open Studio.
Follow the link below for more galleries in Art Month Precinct Night 6 and details about the Foley Street Pop Up Bar.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
19 March 2013
Artspace will be open until 8pm this Friday 22 March. Join the Art Month adventure throughout Darlinghurst and Potts Point and check out Chicks on Speed SCREAM at Artspace and Julie Masterton's Open Studio.
Follow the link below for more galleries in Art Month Precinct Night 6 and details about the Foley Street Pop Up Bar.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
19 March 2013
Open Studio with Julie Masterton, 22 & 23 March
Join artist Julie Masterton in her Open Studio at Artspace. The artist will preview her new series Soft Sculpture Image.
Based in both Sydney and London the artist is currently undertaking a six month residency at Artspace. Masterton frames elements of commercial advertising as a graphic vocabulary that explores the notion of the contemporary body by creating sculptures that, in her words, ‘happen to be photographs’.
Open Studio with Julie Masterton
Friday 22 & Saturday 23 March
11am – 5pm
Artspace
Level 2
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo
(ask gallery reception for access)
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
11 March 2013
Join artist Julie Masterton in her Open Studio at Artspace. The artist will preview her new series Soft Sculpture Image.
Based in both Sydney and London the artist is currently undertaking a six month residency at Artspace. Masterton frames elements of commercial advertising as a graphic vocabulary that explores the notion of the contemporary body by creating sculptures that, in her words, ‘happen to be photographs’.
Open Studio with Julie Masterton
Friday 22 & Saturday 23 March
11am – 5pm
Artspace
Level 2
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo
(ask gallery reception for access)
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
11 March 2013
Got something to share with us?
We'd love to hear it. Artspace is currently conducting an online survey about our visitors and gathering thoughts about our programming, communications and so much more. If you have 15-20 minutes to spare follow the link below to take part in our survey.
Your feedback is highly valued and will help us develop the best possible experience for all our visitors.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
4 March 2013
We'd love to hear it. Artspace is currently conducting an online survey about our visitors and gathering thoughts about our programming, communications and so much more. If you have 15-20 minutes to spare follow the link below to take part in our survey.
Your feedback is highly valued and will help us develop the best possible experience for all our visitors.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
4 March 2013
Open Studio @ Artspace - Monika Behrens & Rochelle Haley
Sydney-based artists Monika Behrens and Rochelle Haley invite you to view the work they have been developing during their residency at Artspace.
Working individually and collaboratively, Behrens and Haley have just completed a grand scale double portrait painting. The project aims to explore creativity within a collaborative context and how theatricality can reveal the introverted.
Open Studio, Level 2
Friday & Saturday 1-2 March 2013
11am - 5pm
For more information about Berhens & Haley have a look at their blog behrensandhaley.wordpress.com and website www.behrensandhaley.com
Posted by Tracy Burgess
25 February 2013
Sydney-based artists Monika Behrens and Rochelle Haley invite you to view the work they have been developing during their residency at Artspace.
Working individually and collaboratively, Behrens and Haley have just completed a grand scale double portrait painting. The project aims to explore creativity within a collaborative context and how theatricality can reveal the introverted.
Open Studio, Level 2
Friday & Saturday 1-2 March 2013
11am - 5pm
For more information about Berhens & Haley have a look at their blog behrensandhaley.wordpress.com and website www.behrensandhaley.com
Posted by Tracy Burgess
25 February 2013
Residency opportunity for visual artists living in regional NSW
Artspace in partnership with Regional Arts NSW and with the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund is delighted to invite applications from regional New South Wales based visual artists for a fully funded three-month residency at Artspace, Sydney.
Artspace is a leading international residency-based contemporary art centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo fronting Sydney Harbour. Operating four on-site residential studios, six non-residential work spaces and an Open Studio program as well as exhibition program Artspace is the key hub of the contemporary art community in Sydney, fostering dialogue between local artists, writers and curators and their national and international counterparts. This residency opportunity will provide an artist from regional NSW with a unique professional development opportunity. The successful applicant will be provided with costs for return travel, residential studio accommodation, a living allowance and support towards production costs. The residency will take place October - December 2013. Applications are invited from professional visual artists resident in regional New South Wales and working in any medium.
Applications due Friday 3 May 2013.
Download application form here.
Posted by Tracy Burgess
25 February 2013
Artspace in partnership with Regional Arts NSW and with the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund is delighted to invite applications from regional New South Wales based visual artists for a fully funded three-month residency at Artspace, Sydney.
Artspace is a leading international residency-based contemporary art centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo fronting Sydney Harbour. Operating four on-site residential studios, six non-residential work spaces and an Open Studio program as well as exhibition program Artspace is the key hub of the contemporary art community in Sydney, fostering dialogue between local artists, writers and curators and their national and international counterparts. This residency opportunity will provide an artist from regional NSW with a unique professional development opportunity. The successful applicant will be provided with costs for return travel, residential studio accommodation, a living allowance and support towards production costs. The residency will take place October - December 2013. Applications are invited from professional visual artists resident in regional New South Wales and working in any medium.
Applications due Friday 3 May 2013.
Download application form here.
Posted by Tracy Burgess
25 February 2013
Join visiting South Korean artist Junebum Park for his Open Studio
Artist in residence Junebum Park invites you for a sneak peek of his new work in the Open Studio.
Junebum has exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions including To Let, Centre for the Urban Built Environment, Manchester, 2011; Archives, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, 2010, The Collapse, the Room, Tatal Museum of Contempoeray Art, Seoul.
Open Studio, Level 2
Friday & Saturday 22-23 February 2013
11am - 5pm
Image: Junebum Park, production image, The Grand Canal Project of Australia, 2013
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
18 February 2013
Artist in residence Junebum Park invites you for a sneak peek of his new work in the Open Studio.
Junebum has exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions including To Let, Centre for the Urban Built Environment, Manchester, 2011; Archives, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, 2010, The Collapse, the Room, Tatal Museum of Contempoeray Art, Seoul.
Open Studio, Level 2
Friday & Saturday 22-23 February 2013
11am - 5pm
Image: Junebum Park, production image, The Grand Canal Project of Australia, 2013
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
18 February 2013
Call for Applications: NSW Visual Artist International Residency Opportunity at Darling Foundry, Montréal
Artspace welcomes applications from professional visual artists working in any medium to apply for an international residency opportunity at the Darling Foundry, Montréal to take place from October to December 2013. Applicants must reside in New South Wales.
Applications Due: Friday 19 April 2013, 5pm
Application form and guidelines available now at the link below.
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
7 February 2013
Artspace welcomes applications from professional visual artists working in any medium to apply for an international residency opportunity at the Darling Foundry, Montréal to take place from October to December 2013. Applicants must reside in New South Wales.
Applications Due: Friday 19 April 2013, 5pm
Application form and guidelines available now at the link below.
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
7 February 2013
Open Studio and Film Screenings with SuperKaleidoscope — Saturday 9 February, 11am to 5pm
Join SuperKaleidoscope for their Open Studio @ Artspace featuring 'FAIL BETTER' a curated screening of three films: 'Deep Water', 'Burden of Dreams' and 'Waiting for Godot'. Refreshments provided.
Saturday 9th February 2013
Screenings 11 – 5pm
'FAIL BETTER'
This selection of films is part of a larger curatorial project currently in development exploring notions of failure in reference to the ancient Greek myths of Icarus and Sisyphus.
The exhibition (taking place later in 2013) will revere romantic quests for the sublime, taken on with purpose and abandon, whilst investigating the latent 'failure' that lies in all such acts. The project will also investigate physical and emotional endurance, and address the melancholy, and sense of poetic absurdity, associated with our inevitable human failings and longings.
Films
Screening time: 11am
'Deep Water' (2006)
Directed by Louise Osmond.
Duration: 92 minutes
A film that reconstructs Donald Crowhurst's disastrous 1968 solo round-the-world yacht race voyage which encountered early difficulties and was later found to have been secretly abandoned.
Screening time: 1pm
‘Burden of Dreams’ (1982)
Directed by Les Blank.
Duration: 93 minutes
The documentary depicting the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic ‘Fitzcarraldo’, showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director.
Screening time: 3pm
'Waiting for Godot' (2001)
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
Duration: 120 minutes
From the Beckett on film Series, an amazing blend of comedy, high wit and an almost unbearable poignancy in a funny yet heartbreaking image of man's fate.
Image: © Burden of Dreams 1982
For more info follow the link below for the facebook page or see: http://www.superkaleidoscope.com/projects.php
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
29 January 2013
Join SuperKaleidoscope for their Open Studio @ Artspace featuring 'FAIL BETTER' a curated screening of three films: 'Deep Water', 'Burden of Dreams' and 'Waiting for Godot'. Refreshments provided.
Saturday 9th February 2013
Screenings 11 – 5pm
'FAIL BETTER'
This selection of films is part of a larger curatorial project currently in development exploring notions of failure in reference to the ancient Greek myths of Icarus and Sisyphus.
The exhibition (taking place later in 2013) will revere romantic quests for the sublime, taken on with purpose and abandon, whilst investigating the latent 'failure' that lies in all such acts. The project will also investigate physical and emotional endurance, and address the melancholy, and sense of poetic absurdity, associated with our inevitable human failings and longings.
Films
Screening time: 11am
'Deep Water' (2006)
Directed by Louise Osmond.
Duration: 92 minutes
A film that reconstructs Donald Crowhurst's disastrous 1968 solo round-the-world yacht race voyage which encountered early difficulties and was later found to have been secretly abandoned.
Screening time: 1pm
‘Burden of Dreams’ (1982)
Directed by Les Blank.
Duration: 93 minutes
The documentary depicting the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic ‘Fitzcarraldo’, showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director.
Screening time: 3pm
'Waiting for Godot' (2001)
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
Duration: 120 minutes
From the Beckett on film Series, an amazing blend of comedy, high wit and an almost unbearable poignancy in a funny yet heartbreaking image of man's fate.
Image: © Burden of Dreams 1982
For more info follow the link below for the facebook page or see: http://www.superkaleidoscope.com/projects.php
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Posted by Tracy Burgess
29 January 2013
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow Opens at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Friday 8 February, 6pm
Join us for the final NSW presentation of the Artspace touring exhibition How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow opening Friday 8 February from 6pm at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. The exhibition will be opened by Artspace Executive Director Blair French.
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow artists Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro will discuss their work at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Saturday 9 Februrary from 2pm.
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow
exhibition continues until 17 March 2013
at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
30 Parke Street, Katoomba NSW 2780
Blue Mountains Opening Hours:
Monday–Friday, 10am–5pm and Saturday–Sunday, 10am–4pm
Closed Public Holidays
Image: Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, The Cordial Home Project, 2003, set of six photos.
Photo: Liz Ham, courtesy of the artists and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
29 January 2013
Join us for the final NSW presentation of the Artspace touring exhibition How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow opening Friday 8 February from 6pm at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. The exhibition will be opened by Artspace Executive Director Blair French.
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow artists Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro will discuss their work at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Saturday 9 Februrary from 2pm.
How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow
exhibition continues until 17 March 2013
at Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
30 Parke Street, Katoomba NSW 2780
Blue Mountains Opening Hours:
Monday–Friday, 10am–5pm and Saturday–Sunday, 10am–4pm
Closed Public Holidays
Image: Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, The Cordial Home Project, 2003, set of six photos.
Photo: Liz Ham, courtesy of the artists and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
29 January 2013
Join Big Fag Press for a BBQ on Sat February 2nd
... and celebrate the conclusion of their Emerging Artists Residency Programme.
Artists Laura Hindmarsh (Tas) and Pat Grant (NSW) will be on hand showing what they've made in the Big Fag workshop over the last few weeks. Both artists have been in residence at Artspace as a part of this Big Fag Press Programme.
Pat and Laura have set up shop in First Draft Depot Project Space, and will be installing their work for a special "one-afternoon-only" public event. Big Fag Press will have the BBQ and the press set up, so be sure to stop by to enjoy their selection of herbivore and carnivore friendly options and check out Pat and Laura's work.
Details: Big Fag Press Emerging Artists Residency Programme BBQ
Sat 2nd February 2013 3pm-5pm
First Draft Depot
13-17 Riley Street Woolloomooloo
(enter via Haig Lane)
(link to a map here).
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
25 January 2013
... and celebrate the conclusion of their Emerging Artists Residency Programme.
Artists Laura Hindmarsh (Tas) and Pat Grant (NSW) will be on hand showing what they've made in the Big Fag workshop over the last few weeks. Both artists have been in residence at Artspace as a part of this Big Fag Press Programme.
Pat and Laura have set up shop in First Draft Depot Project Space, and will be installing their work for a special "one-afternoon-only" public event. Big Fag Press will have the BBQ and the press set up, so be sure to stop by to enjoy their selection of herbivore and carnivore friendly options and check out Pat and Laura's work.
Details: Big Fag Press Emerging Artists Residency Programme BBQ
Sat 2nd February 2013 3pm-5pm
First Draft Depot
13-17 Riley Street Woolloomooloo
(enter via Haig Lane)
(link to a map here).
+ More Info
Posted by Caraline Douglas
25 January 2013