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A place to see a few photos and a few words about Sydney art exhibitions when you can't get there yourself. Or when you want to see photos of yourself on the internet.
The Avid Spectator / Amused – Justin Cooper [Iain Dawson Gallery]
when: Opening night Thursday 7 October 2010, 6-8pm.
cost: Free.
where: Iain Dawson Gallery, 443 Oxford Street, Paddington.
*More Details Soon… we hope… this will be a brilliant show*
+/- (Positive/Negative) [Artereal]
when: opening night Wednesday 6 October 2010, 6:30 – 8:00pm. Exhibition continues until Saturday 30 October 2010.
cost: Free.
where: Artereal Gallery, 747 Darling Street, Rozelle.
From Artereal:
Dice III & IV - Vilma Bader, 2009
Featuring: Vilma Bader, Kevin Chin, Greg Hodge and Chloe Vallance.
In +/-(Positive/Negative) four shape-shifting artists engage and play with ideas of real and imagined place and positive and negative space. The works bring together a miscellany of images, shapes and forms, a slew of ambiguous and ambivalent spatial propositions and notions of absence and presence in a cryptic push-me-pull-you dialogue.
Artists share with mathematicians a curiosity about the physical world and both approach its description in speculative terms, exploring ‘the spaces between’ and a diversity of parallel realities.
Maggie Aydin [Plump]
when: Opening night Wednesday 6 October 2010, from 6pm. Exhibition continues until Wednesday 20 October 2010.
cost: Free.
where: Plump Gallery, 240 Enmore Road, Enmore.
From Plump:
Paintings and drawings that make your gut think hard & your mind feel deeply. A different take on Abstract Art, it’s very personal & the colors scream off the canvas in a way that makes you look.
This is Maggie Aydin’s first solo show and it will be more full of life than a farm yard in Spring. Her work has both an intensity & an almost calm knowing of it’s self. Her paintings fuck your senses by an oily fire place. Her drawings place her in the pornographic scenes that soak our understanding of what women are, of how they are looked upon.
If you have ever worked under a manager, ever been judged or had a cunt you need to see her work using text. You all need to see it either way. The work is conflicted and young, just like you are or once was.
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-6pm
More Joy – Myfanwy Gullifer [Damien Minton]
when: Opening afternoon Saturday 2 October 2010, 2-4pm. Exhibitions continue until Saturday 16 October 2010.
cost: Free.
where: Damien Minton Gallery, 61-63 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern.
From Damien Minton Gallery:
All she needed was her frou frous - Myfanwy Gullifer
Come along and share ‘More Joy’ with MYFANWY GULLIFER’s new series of ceramics and partake in a cup of tea, glass of champagne and a slice of cake this Saturday afternoon, 2nd October from 2 – 4 pm.
Myfanwy Gullifer presents ‘More Joy’, her third exhibition at the Damien Minton Gallery.
This new series of porcelain sculpture continues the theme of the sell out shows in 2008 and 2009; the amorous relationship between Lucky the Dog and his muse.
NY/LA – Josh Robenstone [China Heights]
when: Opening night Friday 1 October 2010, 6-9pm. Exhibition continues until Sunday 3 October 2010.
cost: Free.
where: China Heights Gallery, Level 3, 16-28 Foster Street, Surry Hills.
From China Heights:
During the first week of October, China Heights is excited to present ‘NY/LA and other American Adventures’ – a visual contrast between America’s two largest cities that looks beneath the surface of American society.
Shot by Melbourne-based photographer, Josh Robenstone, ‘NY/LA and other American Adventures’ is a retrospective journey and a portrait of contemporary America, telling a story that is both fact and fiction. This abstract portrayal of the American way of life weaves together day to day experiences and encounters that span two decades.
LA’s gaping wide roads, which almost mock miniature footpaths, confirm the dominance of the motor vehicle. The city is shrouded in smog, but the bright sunshine makes you forget. In New York, a different pace and feeling. A city of people and interaction. Faces all day on the crowded footpaths, vibrant and engaged. ‘NY/LA and other American Adventures’ is a comparative study of America’s two distinct cities, acknowledging a desire to understand American society, and look further into the offbeat.
Attic Antics – Two One + Thomas Jackson [Lo-Fi]
when: Opening night Thursday 30 September 2010, from 6pm.
cost: Free.
where: Lo-Fi Collective, 383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst.
From Lo-Fi:
