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Farrell and Parkin in Mixed Tape 1980's: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style at the at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square

Mix Tape 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style will be on display from 11 April 2013 to 1 September 2013 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square. The exhibition explores Australian art of the 1980s; a decade of dynamic social change and fiercely contested viewpoints on contemporary art and culture. Featuring over 120 works, Mix Tape 1980s bri ...

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Farrell and Parkin in Every day I am a day older: Portraiture in the Griffith University Art Collection

Every day I am a day older: Portraiture in the Griffith University Art Collection Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 16 February to 30 March 2013 Charting the range of portraiture in the Griffith University Art Collection, the exhibition ‘Every day I am a day older’ takes its title from a series of self-portraits by artist David M Thomas (AUS). The ex ...

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Peter Westwood awarded a City of Melbourne 2012 Project Grant

A City of Melbourne Project Grant has been awarded to Peter Westwood for the development, production and presentation of a new video installation. Filmed in the City of Melbourne the work will explore the concept of city as passageway, a site of fluidity and choice. Akin to ‘hitching a ride’ Westwood will randomly choose ‘host’ cars to follow and film disparate journeys ...

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David Stephenson in Flatlands - Photography and Everyday Space - Art Gallery of NSW

Art Gallery of New South Wales - Photography Gallery 13 September 2012 - 03 February 2013 Flatlands examines photography’s role in transforming the way we perceive, organise and imagine the everyday world, by looking at the changing ways photographers have depicted public and private environments. At its birth in the 19th century, photography seemed the perfect tool ...

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Dennis Del Favero . John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University

Dennis Del Favero: Magnesium Light Exhibition dates: 1 June until 5 August 2012 Magnesium Light is a video installation project by Sydney based artist and academic, DEnnis Del Favero, exploring the aesthetic relationship between contemporary histroy and momeory of the recent past. Please also view Magnesium on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJldnlEKW5o

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Monash Gallery of Art .Transcendence . Photographs by David Stephenson

Transcendence: photographs by David Stephenson Monash Gallery of Art Friday 16 September until Sunday 16 October 2011 David Stephenson has photographed a range of subjects in countries around the world, including landscapes, skyscapes, cityscapes and cathedral ceilings. While the immediate subject of his works has varied, the underlying themes and ideas within his photo ...

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Louise Forthun in The Futile City at The Heide Museum of Modern Art

THE FUTILE CITY 25 June - 9 October 2011 Venue: Heide III: Albert & Barbara Tucker Gallery Curator: Jason Smith & Lesley Harding Taking its inspiration from Albert Tucker's 1940 painting of the same title, The Futile City examines the rise of the city from the modern era to the present day. The exhibition juxtaposes several images of the city painted by Tucker over th ...

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Dennis Del Favero at the Sydney Film Festival

The AI computer graphic interactive installation, Scenario, directed by Professor Dennis Del Favero, with script by Stephen Sewell and AI by Associate Professor Maurice Pagnucco, has been selected to premiere at this year’s 'Scenario' Sydney Film Festival, curated by Clare Stewart 8th -19th June Scenario is a world first 360-degree 3D cinematic installation whose narra ...

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Farrell and Parkin in "Aspect of performance in contemporary Australian art"

Black Box <> White Cube: Aspect of performance in contemporary Australian art. The Arts Centre, Melbourne June 11th - September 25th 2011 Curated by Simon Tonkins, Public Collections, The Arts Centre Black Box <> White Cube: Aspect of performance in contemporary Australian art, which is the upcoming winter exhibition in the Arts Centre’s Icons & Insights exhibition ...

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"Farrell and Parkin - Red squares (1986/87) - The Young Collective Farmer"

Farrell and Parkin - Red squares (1986/87) - The Young Collective Farmer, purchased 1987, is part of a 1980's hang at the National Gallery of Australia for Tableaux Vivant: 1980s photography forum Saturday 21 May 11.00 am Exploring Australian and international photography from the 1980s, this forum brings together curators, writers and artists in a diverse discussion ...

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Farrell and Parkin in 'Sumptuary' at the Australian Centre for Photography

Posted 11 November 2010 – Farrell and Parkin are included in 'Sumptuary', a group exhibition with Garth Knight, Deborah Paauwe, Farrell and Parkin, Alexia Sinclair and Robyn Stacey; "Sumptuary" Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, N.S.W. November 25, 2010 - January 29, 2011 Luxury can be a matter of status, prodigality or decadence. It depends where you are s ...

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Win Artworks valued at $10,000 RRP

Boutwell Draper Gallery and habitusliving.com are giving one lucky reader the chance to win artworks to the value of $10,000. Simply click to enter. List your details and tell us how you create art and you could have the chance to select your own art http://habitusliving.com/boutwell-draper-competition

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Farrell and Parkin at the Glen Eira City Council Gallery

Posted 18 August 2010 - Farrell and Parkin: Topography of a Collaborative Mind A Survey Exhibition 1984–2010 Curator: Diane Soumilas 23 September–17 October 2010 Glen Eira City Council Gallery (Caulfield,VIC) is delighted to present this feature exhibition, which surveys the artistic practice of nationally and internationally renowned collaborative photographers R ...

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David Stephenson at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Posted 17 August 2010 - In the Balance: Art for a Changing World 21 August - 31 October 2010 In the Balance: Art for a Changing World features works by Australian and international contemporary artists that respond to ecological concerns. The exhibition reflects the diversity of environmental debates and concerns within and beyond Australia today, and features works tha ...

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Ingo Kleinert at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre

Posted 31 July 2010 - Coinciding with his current show 'Rejoining the Land' and the publication of his new monograph 'Two Decades' , Ingo Kleinert will have an exhibition in the Foyer Gallery of the Wangarratta Performing Arts Centre from 31 July - 12 September 2010. This exhibition brings together a suite of 1989 photographic works by Ingo Kleinert on loan from the Albury C ...

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Catherine Woo and Richard Woldendorp at the Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum

Posted 30 July 2010 - Abstract Nature 30 July – 8 October 2010 Gallery 1 – 3 Abstract Nature features works of art in a wide range of media, all of which are inspired by the immanent beauty of organic pattern and form in the Australian landscape – from the microsphere of natural life to the macro patterns of the continent seen from above. Fluid linear abstraction ...

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Farrell and Parkin at the AEAF in Adelaide

Posted 18 May 2010 - Farrell and Parkin have been invited to participate in DUETTO at the AEAF (Australian Experimental Art Foundation) in Adelaide. On show at the Queens Theatre Venue will be Physiology of Spite and Manga Securities from Mangamorphosis. A multi-venue project that includes performance, installation, photography, painting, video and exhibition ephemera, du ...

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Richard Woldendorp at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Posted March 2010 - Richard Woldendorp's exhibition Abstract Earth: The Photography of Richard Woldendorp at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 1 August - 9 November 2009 had a record crowd of 69,000 visitors. Sydneysiders had the opportunity to see the same exhibition at S.H. Ervin Gallery last year from 20 June - 3 August 2009. For the last 50 years, Richar ...

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Louise Forthun at Lyons Architects, Melbourne

Posted January 2010 - Louise Forthun has completed a large commission for the offices of Lyons Architects in Melbourne. A fantastic addition to the collection of Corbett Lyons.

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Farrell and Parkin

Posted 17 September 2009 - We are very happy to announce the purchase of 3 photographs and 1 video of the Chinese Self Portraits of Farrell and Parkin by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. We wish Rose and George a lot of fun and inspiration on their next adventure. They will head of to South Korea next week.

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Dennis Del Favero

Posted 10 September 2009 - We like to congratulate Dennis Del Favero on the latest success of iCinema Joint Finalist for the EUREKA Prize, 2009 and Joint Winner of the GOLD International Design Excellence Award (USA), 2009 with iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research Merging Engineering and New Media for the Future of Interactive Digital Technology Presented an ...

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Ingo Kleinert - The Asbestos Diseases Research Foundation

Posted: 21 January 2009 - The Asbestos Diseases Research Foundation, Sydney, has purchased 3 assemblages by Ingo Kleinert for their entry hall. "It is hoped Sydney's brand new Asbestos Disease Research Centre will lead the world in finding better treatments and even cures for fatal dust diseases. For years Bernie Banton fought hard for victims of asbestos related diseases ...

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Dennis Del Favero - "eLandscapes" New Media Art Exhibition, Shanghai

Posted: 9 October 2008 - Dennis Del Favero will be presenting the AVIE and T_Visionarium projects. "eLandscapes" New Media Art Exhibition, Shanghai Venues: Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art Curator: Richard Castelli (France) eLANDSCAPES not only perpetuate the tradition of panoramas with the added value of stereosco ...

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Dennis Del Favero - 3rd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (Spain)

Posted: 2 October 2008 - Dennis Del Favero together with Neil Brown, Jeffrey Shaw and Peter Weibel will be presenting their T_Visionarium project at the Palacio Carlos V. Alhambra, Granada as part of the third Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (Biacs3). The third Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (Biacs3), to be held from 2 October 2008 to 11 January 2009, invite ...

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Megastructure Reloaded

Megastructure Reloaded Visionary architecture and urban design of the sixties reflected by contemporary artists. Architects + Artists Archigram, Archizoom, Alan Boutwell, Constant, Gunther Domenig/Eilfried Huth, Yona Friedman, Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz, Superstudio Jose Davila, Simon Dybbroe Moller, Ryan Gander, Erik Gongrich, Franka Hornschemeyer, Gordon Matta-Clar ...

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Farrell and Parkin at Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Posted: 29 August 2008 - At the Crossroads of Art and Medicine September 10 to December 13, 2008 Artists: Philippe Bazin (France), Bioteknica (Canada), Geneviève Cadieux (Quebec, Canada), Farrell & Parkin (Australia), Betty Goodwin (Quebec, Canada), Nathalie Grimard (Canada), Nicole Jolicoeur (Quebec, Canada), Lyne Lapointe (Quebec, Canada), François Morelli (Qu ...

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Farrell and Parkin at M.Y. Art Prospects, New York

Posted: 29 August 2008 - M.Y. ART PROSPECTS is pleased to announce Restoration, our third exhibition by the Melbourne based artist duo, Rose Farrell and George Parkin. Farrell and Parkin, the leading contemporary photography artists in Australia, are widely known for their unique collaborative projects exploring the history of medicine through the application of complex the ...

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Dennis Del Favero

Posted: 20 August 2008 - Dennis Del Favero has been awarded a Visual Arts and Crafts Board New Work grant for a multi-media project exploring the ambivalent relationship between the human and natural world, using as its centrepiece the original etching by Francisco Goya Que hai que hacer mas? from his 1820 Disasters of War series specially lent to the project. The project will ...

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Farrell and Parkin / Who Let the Dogs Out: The Dog in Contemporary Art

Posted: 17 May 2008 - Farrell and Parkin - "Australia has one of the highest rates of dog ownership in the world and since artists reflect our world back to us, it's no surprise that we often find the familiar features of the dog in their work. This exhibition celebrates the canine form in all manner of media and reveals a contemporary Australian take on this traditiona ...

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Farrell and Parkin / Process-Journey: Art Celebrates Australia-China Connection

Posted: 13 May 2008 - Farrell and Parkin - Process-Journey is an exhibition that brings together artists from Australia and China to display works that reflect upon the journeys that inspire them and to develop an understanding of the reasons why artists form enduring relations between cultures. It is a commemoration of friendly ties through the arts and has been pu ...

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Richard Woldendorp / Abstract Earth

Posted: 13 May 2008 - Abstract Earth: The Photography of Richard Woldendorp. Richard Woldendorp is a well-known and respected photographer and is acknowledged as Australia's eminent praactitioner of aerial photography. His photographs of the environment taken from the air have established a fresh vocabulary for the Australian landscape. This unique perspective reveals d ...

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Richard Woldendorp / ABC Sunday Arts

Posted: 13 May 2008 - Richard Woldendorp is an award winning photographer who has spent more than half a century capturing Australia’s vast terrain. Richard was born in 1927 in the Netherlands and migrated to Western Australia in 1951. He bought his first camera in 1955, went professional in 1961, and was made an Honorary Life Member of the Institute of Professional Ph ...

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Catherine Woo / Modern Alchemy

Posted: 1 March 2008 - 2008 Adelaide Festival of Contemporary Art, 1 March - 4 May 2008 - Catherine Woo - There’s a lot of weather in Hobart. On a clear, sunny day, clouds can sweep without warning over the mountain, changing the city’s entire complexion within minutes. Weather is the perfect subject for Catherine Woo: immaterial, evanescent, ungraspable, unp ...

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Farrell and Parkin / Selected Photographs from the Daryl Hewson Collection

Posted: 4 February 2008 - Farrell and Parkin - Images from the state's leading contemporary photographers will be on show this month with avid collector Dr Daryl Hewson sharing his renowned private archive for the first time. Part of the Queensland Festival of Photography taking place in April, the exhibition features more than 80 photographs by prominent Queenslande ...

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Farrell and Parkin / Role Play: Portrait Photography at NGV

Posted: 25 October 2007 - Farrell and Parkin - Portrait photography is a complex and fascinating area of photographic practice that, at its heart, has a dynamic process of collaboration between the sitter, the viewer and the camera operator. In this exhibition, a provocative interchange between historical and contemporary photography has been created to suggest how phot ...

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David Stephenson / Artforum

Posted: 27 September 2007 - David Stephenson at Julia Saul Gallery - From 1993 to 2003, David Stephenson, an American photographer based in Australia, documented the recondite geometry of the interiors of cupolas at religious buildings and palaces throughout Europe.

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Richard Woldendorp / Topside view of nature's canvas

Posted: 29 August 2007 - At 80, Richard Woldendorp is the unquestioned master of photographing the Australian landscape from the air, in colour. Like the great New Zealand Magnum photographer, the late Brian Brake, Richard Woldendorp uses a light aircraft as if it were a high-flying tripod - chartering a small, single-engine, high-wing Cessna to fly over his beloved Western ...

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Gavin Hurley / Auckland's brand of art flourishing

Posted: 26 July 2007 - [Gavin Hurley] takes faces, simplifies them, and makes witty icons. At the same time he plays fashionable ironic games with questions of style and technique. The wittiest is 'Pirate and Pussycat', in which an 18th-century seaman, quite handsome with bristling moustaches, is matched with a cat, small and sweet with bristling whiskers. Games are p ...

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Gavin Hurley / Art Editor's Pick

Posted: 12 July 2007 - Gavin Hurley - Aristocratic gents, pirates, pussycats and "a boy's best friend". Auckland artist Gavin Hurley's latest show, Fancy Portraits, evolves the Elam-trained painter's experimentation with collage. Using textures and papers from old books and junk shops, his portraits are described as having "a genteel decorum and childlike naivety". His ...

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Pamela Mei-Leng See / Homage to her Chinese heritage

Posted: 22 November 2006 - Pamela Mei Leng See - "Chinese Takeaway", The Window Space, QPAC - It's hard to imagine the absence of Chinese food in Australian society. Brisbane has its own bustling Chinatown packed with eating places and even in the smallest outback towns you will find a Chinese restaurant, such is our love of the country's food. It was this fact that ...

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Gavin Hurley / Plastic Myth

Posted: 3 October 2006 - Gavin Hurley tackles the ominous guilt of colonialism in Australia and New Zealand with haunting imagery recovered from the era of Victorian formal realism. The contemporary investigation of those seemingly historical references suggests a desire to recreate or revise historical doctrine. Hurley's Leger-esque portraits reveal a false masquerade a ...

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Gavin Hurley / Salty Yarns Of The Sea

Posted: 1 June 2006 - GENERALS AND PARTICULARS by James Robertson - Gavin Hurley paints portraits, yet no body ever sits for him. A portrait painter once removed, he sources his sitters from existing images taken from art history, history books and old school yearbooks. Hurley develops his compositions using collage and a cut-and-paste look carries over into the finishe ...

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Pamela Mei-Leng See / Animals as Allegory

Posted: 28 February 2006 - Pamela Mei-Leng See - Several artists explore issues of consumption and human impact on animal environments. Marion Drew's work presents disturbing juxtapositions of food with animals killed on the roads. The consequences of human actions via introduced species also confront us in Pamela Mei-Leng See's 'Inside every toad' (2005) which succinct ...

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