Sarah Field PAF Residency & Ian Potter Grant
We wish Sarah Field every success as she embarks on her
residency at PAF (Perforning Arts Forum) located in the south of France. She has been awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant to assist with the residency.
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9th March 2010
We wish Sarah Field every success as she embarks on her
residency at PAF (Perforning Arts Forum) located in the south of France. She has been awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant to assist with the residency.
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9th March 2010
Kim Buck- a drawing coming from the studio
Coming for the December exhibition
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9th March 2010
Coming for the December exhibition
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9th March 2010
March/April client newsletter on web
Download the March/April 2010 newsletter here
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6th March 2010
Download the March/April 2010 newsletter here
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6th March 2010
Yabby Lake- new alliance partner
Founded by the Kirby family, the Yabby Lake business is now headed up by Chief Winemaker and General Manager Tom Carson with a dedicated team of the industry's most experienced wine professionals working to deliver the Kirby family vision.
The first chapter of this exciting Australian wine story started in 1992 when the Kirby family planted its first vineyard at Red Hill on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Intimately involved in the Mornington Peninsula region for decades, it was only natural that founders Robert and Mem Kirby would plant their first vines in the area.
In 1998, after much searching and careful planning, the Yabby Lake Vineyard was established in the sub-region of Moorooduc.
One year later, a rare and special parcel of land on the ancient Cambrian soils of Heathcote was planted with the sole objective to grow and craft one wine - a single vineyard shiraz.
Around the same time, the family also purchased the original Mount Helen Vineyard in the Strathbogie Ranges.
The Kirby family began working with viticulturist Keith Harris and soon engaged Larry McKenna to oversee the early vintages. Renowned Mornington Peninsula winemaker Tod Dexter was employed in 2004, applying his specialist knowledge of the region.
In 2008, after a decade of careful planning of the family's wine interests, Robert and Mem handed control of the family's vineyards and established labels to their children Nina and Clark.
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5th March 2010
Founded by the Kirby family, the Yabby Lake business is now headed up by Chief Winemaker and General Manager Tom Carson with a dedicated team of the industry's most experienced wine professionals working to deliver the Kirby family vision.
The first chapter of this exciting Australian wine story started in 1992 when the Kirby family planted its first vineyard at Red Hill on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Intimately involved in the Mornington Peninsula region for decades, it was only natural that founders Robert and Mem Kirby would plant their first vines in the area.
In 1998, after much searching and careful planning, the Yabby Lake Vineyard was established in the sub-region of Moorooduc.
One year later, a rare and special parcel of land on the ancient Cambrian soils of Heathcote was planted with the sole objective to grow and craft one wine - a single vineyard shiraz.
Around the same time, the family also purchased the original Mount Helen Vineyard in the Strathbogie Ranges.
The Kirby family began working with viticulturist Keith Harris and soon engaged Larry McKenna to oversee the early vintages. Renowned Mornington Peninsula winemaker Tod Dexter was employed in 2004, applying his specialist knowledge of the region.
In 2008, after a decade of careful planning of the family's wine interests, Robert and Mem handed control of the family's vineyards and established labels to their children Nina and Clark.
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5th March 2010
Danie Mellor wins the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing , $15000 at the Adelaide Perry Gallery, PLC Croydon.
The Offerings (a custom ritual) diptych
Mixed media on paper
50 x 80cm
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27th February 2010
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing , $15000 at the Adelaide Perry Gallery, PLC Croydon.
The Offerings (a custom ritual) diptych
Mixed media on paper
50 x 80cm
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27th February 2010
Art Month suite of 6 prints
As part of Art Month Sydney’s partnership with the Sydney Morning Herald , this commemorative series of prints by 6 of Sydney’s leading artists have been created. The series was designed to provide a quality entry-point into the world of collecting for an emboldened new audience of art lovers. Art Month Sydney and the Sydney Morning Herald gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and support of Master Print Maker, Michael Kempson of Cicada Press, the artists and the galleries that represent them.
$3,300 the set. This is a very limited offer – you must call the gallery with your credit card details
Danie Mellor
A Dream too Far 2010
etching, aquatint and digital print collage from 2 plates
image size - 400 x 500 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 3 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Ben Rak and Rafael Butron
Euan Macleod
Fishing 2010
open-bite and aquatint from 3 plates
image size - 265 x 325 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 4 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Ben Rak, Jessica Edwards and Rodney Swan
Elisabeth Cummings
Flinders 2010
hardground, aquatint, scraping and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 255 x 260 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 3 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Sally Marks and Itzick Fisher
Angus Nivison
Night-tide 2010
hardground, aquatint, open-bite and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 250 x 243 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 3 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Sally Marks and Angela Miletto
Leo Robba
The burning bush, near Mudgee 2010
hardground, aquatint and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 235 x 303 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 4 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, David Quoy, Angela Miletto, Carla Hananiah
Luke Sciberras
Wonnaminta 2010
open-bite, coarse aquatint, hardground, aquatint and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 265 x 275 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 4 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Carla Hananiah, Tom Rae and Itzick Fisher
Please click here to download images
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25th February 2010
As part of Art Month Sydney’s partnership with the Sydney Morning Herald , this commemorative series of prints by 6 of Sydney’s leading artists have been created. The series was designed to provide a quality entry-point into the world of collecting for an emboldened new audience of art lovers. Art Month Sydney and the Sydney Morning Herald gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and support of Master Print Maker, Michael Kempson of Cicada Press, the artists and the galleries that represent them.
$3,300 the set. This is a very limited offer – you must call the gallery with your credit card details
Danie Mellor
A Dream too Far 2010
etching, aquatint and digital print collage from 2 plates
image size - 400 x 500 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 3 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Ben Rak and Rafael Butron
Euan Macleod
Fishing 2010
open-bite and aquatint from 3 plates
image size - 265 x 325 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 4 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Ben Rak, Jessica Edwards and Rodney Swan
Elisabeth Cummings
Flinders 2010
hardground, aquatint, scraping and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 255 x 260 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 3 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Sally Marks and Itzick Fisher
Angus Nivison
Night-tide 2010
hardground, aquatint, open-bite and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 250 x 243 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 3 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Sally Marks and Angela Miletto
Leo Robba
The burning bush, near Mudgee 2010
hardground, aquatint and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 235 x 303 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 4 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, David Quoy, Angela Miletto, Carla Hananiah
Luke Sciberras
Wonnaminta 2010
open-bite, coarse aquatint, hardground, aquatint and burnishing from 3 plates
image size - 265 x 275 mm
paper size – 400 x 500 mm
edition 25 with 6 A/Ps, 1 BAT and 4 P/Ps
printed on Velin Arches 300gsm paper
printers – Michael Kempson, Carla Hananiah, Tom Rae and Itzick Fisher
Please click here to download images
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25th February 2010
East Kimberley Painting Revisited: Rover Thomas; Freddie Timms, Rusty Peters & Jack Britten 3rd March 2010 to 2nd April 2010
The revelation of the Kurirr Kurirr ceremony to Rover Thomas, in the wake of the destruction of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy in 1974, was part of a cultural revival from which emerged one of the great movements in contemporary Aboriginal art – the East Kimberley school of painting. Along with Rover, Jack Britten and Freddie Timms’ father-in-law George Mung Mung were among the first artists in the group to paint for the public domain in the early 1980s. Nearly thirty years later, the tradition continues through Freddie Timms himself who had worked with Rover as a stockman in the Kimberley. And with Rusty Peters who was an old friend of Rover Thomas and a close companion in the latter years of Rover’s life. The uniting feature of the art of these cattlemen-now-painters is landscape and memory – the land that is the subject of their paintings carries the marks of history, both ancestral and modern.
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25th February 2010
The revelation of the Kurirr Kurirr ceremony to Rover Thomas, in the wake of the destruction of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy in 1974, was part of a cultural revival from which emerged one of the great movements in contemporary Aboriginal art – the East Kimberley school of painting. Along with Rover, Jack Britten and Freddie Timms’ father-in-law George Mung Mung were among the first artists in the group to paint for the public domain in the early 1980s. Nearly thirty years later, the tradition continues through Freddie Timms himself who had worked with Rover as a stockman in the Kimberley. And with Rusty Peters who was an old friend of Rover Thomas and a close companion in the latter years of Rover’s life. The uniting feature of the art of these cattlemen-now-painters is landscape and memory – the land that is the subject of their paintings carries the marks of history, both ancestral and modern.
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25th February 2010
Art & Australia at Art Month
To coincide with Art Month Sydney during March, Art & Australia presents the Adventure Art Month: Family Gallery Trail, an activity book involving seventeen of the participating galleries. Artists including John Olsen, Imants Tillers, Adam Cullen, Rusty Peters, Ah Xian, Fiona Tan, Pat Brassington and more, have created unique activities for kids based around their artworks. The booklet is available from participating galleries
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23rd February 2010
To coincide with Art Month Sydney during March, Art & Australia presents the Adventure Art Month: Family Gallery Trail, an activity book involving seventeen of the participating galleries. Artists including John Olsen, Imants Tillers, Adam Cullen, Rusty Peters, Ah Xian, Fiona Tan, Pat Brassington and more, have created unique activities for kids based around their artworks. The booklet is available from participating galleries
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23rd February 2010
Kim Buck wins the Limestone Coast Art Prize
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20th February 2010
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20th February 2010
Vogue Living- Art Month issue out now
Entertaining is the essence of caterers John Wilson and Peter Lin’s dramatic, Iain Halliday-designed Sydney home, this issue’s cover story.
From bold drama to softly-lit serenity in Firmdale Hotels PR man Craig Markham’s London apartment, this issue of Vogue Living discovers what’s at the heart of a mix of very different and inspiring homes. Also this issue, Vogue Living celebrates its involvement as Cultural Sponsor of Art Month, an exciting new Sydney visual arts event. Sydneysiders and visitors can check out our official guide to exhibitions, events and artists talks happening at over 70 galleries across Sydney in March.
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19th February 2010
Entertaining is the essence of caterers John Wilson and Peter Lin’s dramatic, Iain Halliday-designed Sydney home, this issue’s cover story.
From bold drama to softly-lit serenity in Firmdale Hotels PR man Craig Markham’s London apartment, this issue of Vogue Living discovers what’s at the heart of a mix of very different and inspiring homes. Also this issue, Vogue Living celebrates its involvement as Cultural Sponsor of Art Month, an exciting new Sydney visual arts event. Sydneysiders and visitors can check out our official guide to exhibitions, events and artists talks happening at over 70 galleries across Sydney in March.
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19th February 2010
UK Alliance Partner
Lucy Meakin has been working in the art world for over ten years, and helps clients acquire or deaccession modern and contemporary artworks. With experience gained in several contemporary galleries, Lucy has a broad knowledge of emerging contemporary practitioners, and has solid relationships with a wide range of contemporary artists working in London and internationally. She is keen to advise newcomers to the art market, giving them an insider's understanding on the commercial art world, as well as assisting established collections in the discreet acquisition of rare and exceptional works of art.
Lucy started her career as a specialist in Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby's London, where she stayed for over four years, before moving into the commercial gallery sector to gain first hand experience of working in the primary market, both in London and internationally. Lucy worked with Michael Reid, in Sydney for two years. Returning to London she has built up a strong network of collectors, dealers, auction house contacts and support services globally, and is happy to assist clients in every aspect of buying and selling art.
Positioning of artworks, include the recent sale of major early paintings by Alex Katz and Bridget Riley.
Lucy Meakin Ltd.
Art Advisory Services
+44 (0)7712 589 290
lucy@lucymeakin.com
www.lucymeakin.com
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17th February 2010
Lucy Meakin has been working in the art world for over ten years, and helps clients acquire or deaccession modern and contemporary artworks. With experience gained in several contemporary galleries, Lucy has a broad knowledge of emerging contemporary practitioners, and has solid relationships with a wide range of contemporary artists working in London and internationally. She is keen to advise newcomers to the art market, giving them an insider's understanding on the commercial art world, as well as assisting established collections in the discreet acquisition of rare and exceptional works of art.
Lucy started her career as a specialist in Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby's London, where she stayed for over four years, before moving into the commercial gallery sector to gain first hand experience of working in the primary market, both in London and internationally. Lucy worked with Michael Reid, in Sydney for two years. Returning to London she has built up a strong network of collectors, dealers, auction house contacts and support services globally, and is happy to assist clients in every aspect of buying and selling art.
Positioning of artworks, include the recent sale of major early paintings by Alex Katz and Bridget Riley.
Lucy Meakin Ltd.
Art Advisory Services
+44 (0)7712 589 290
lucy@lucymeakin.com
www.lucymeakin.com
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17th February 2010
Art Month Sydney March 2010 website now live
The official launch of the Art Month web site will be next week, the publicity is just about to start rolling out, and the launch party is going to be fantastic
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12th February 2010
The official launch of the Art Month web site will be next week, the publicity is just about to start rolling out, and the launch party is going to be fantastic
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12th February 2010
Gregor Kregar is a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Prize
Since its inception in 2003, the McClelland Sculpture Survey has emerged as the most important outdoor sculpture exhibition in Australia, displaying a wide range of works in different media and styles by both established and emerging artists.
Displayed throughout 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, the McClelland Sculpture Survey is intended to provide sculptors the opportunity to present their works in an outdoor exhibition context. The exhibition is accompanied by a major comprehensive catalogue.
Sculptors nationally and internationally are eligible to enter the McClelland Sculpture Survey, an exhibition highlighting the diversity and invention of contemporary sculptural practice.
The selected artists are eligible for the McClelland Award 2010, an acquisitive award valued at A$100,000 (GST excluded). The McClelland Award 2010 will be judged by Tony Ellwood, Director, Queensland Art Gallery| Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
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6th February 2010
Since its inception in 2003, the McClelland Sculpture Survey has emerged as the most important outdoor sculpture exhibition in Australia, displaying a wide range of works in different media and styles by both established and emerging artists.
Displayed throughout 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens, the McClelland Sculpture Survey is intended to provide sculptors the opportunity to present their works in an outdoor exhibition context. The exhibition is accompanied by a major comprehensive catalogue.
Sculptors nationally and internationally are eligible to enter the McClelland Sculpture Survey, an exhibition highlighting the diversity and invention of contemporary sculptural practice.
The selected artists are eligible for the McClelland Award 2010, an acquisitive award valued at A$100,000 (GST excluded). The McClelland Award 2010 will be judged by Tony Ellwood, Director, Queensland Art Gallery| Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
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6th February 2010
Welcome new colleague
Grace Livingston-Clarke
Grace completed a Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University in 2004 before moving to London to take part in Sotheby’s 'Floater' programme for graduates wanting to work in the auction world.
Within that graduate trainee programme Grace worked in the Decorative Arts, Contemporary Art, Impressionist, Wine and Events departments. She secured a permanent position in the Impressionist department as administrator of the daytime Impressionist sales and shortly afterwards became administrator of Works on Paper sales.
After eighteen months in the Impressionist department Grace was promoted to be administrator of the evening Impressionist sales and Private Treaty sales, a role in which she witnessed the consignment and sale of some of the world’s most extraordinary art works. After four years with Sotheby's in London, Grace moved back home to Sydney to join the Australian paintings team in the Sotheby's Sydney office. With a further eighteen months experience in Australian art, Grace felt it was time to expand her horizons.
As Head of Private Clients at Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay Grace will be working with collectors—both novice and experienced—to build and enrich their collections.
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2nd February 2010
Grace Livingston-Clarke
Grace completed a Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University in 2004 before moving to London to take part in Sotheby’s 'Floater' programme for graduates wanting to work in the auction world.
Within that graduate trainee programme Grace worked in the Decorative Arts, Contemporary Art, Impressionist, Wine and Events departments. She secured a permanent position in the Impressionist department as administrator of the daytime Impressionist sales and shortly afterwards became administrator of Works on Paper sales.
After eighteen months in the Impressionist department Grace was promoted to be administrator of the evening Impressionist sales and Private Treaty sales, a role in which she witnessed the consignment and sale of some of the world’s most extraordinary art works. After four years with Sotheby's in London, Grace moved back home to Sydney to join the Australian paintings team in the Sotheby's Sydney office. With a further eighteen months experience in Australian art, Grace felt it was time to expand her horizons.
As Head of Private Clients at Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay Grace will be working with collectors—both novice and experienced—to build and enrich their collections.
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2nd February 2010
The Australian art market, 1996-2010
Art Market Monitor article by Michael Reid
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9th January 2010
Art Market Monitor article by Michael Reid
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9th January 2010
Top 100 ways to profit this year
Michael Reid
The Australian, 2nd January 2010
IF you had followed my art collecting advice from 2006 to 2009, you would have by now purchased a significant collection of Australian fine and decorative arts at entry or near entry level prices. To refresh your memory;
2006: Penny Byrne, sculptor; conical Fish Trap, fibre work; Noel McKenna, painter & Khai Liew, furniture designer
2007: Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, painter; Linde Ivemey sculptor; Del Kathryn Barton, painter; Patrick Tjungurrayi, painter
2008: Richard Larter, painter; Philip Wolfhagen, painter; Schulim Krimper, furniture designer;
2009: Danie Mellor, painter; Samuel Tupou, painter; Silke Raetze, painter; Sally Gabori, painter
For 2010, I would without hesitation endorse any of my previous suggestions, and yet highlight those artists or designers whose markets are moving consistently north.
Keep on the lookout for all furniture designed by mid-20th century European/Australian master Schulim Krimper and also paintings by Aboriginal artist Patrick Tjungurrayi. Preferably Tjungurrayi's paintings of a couple of years ago, paintings that were more fluid and less stiff than much of the work you see today -- but all is worth a close look. Danie Mellor was last year's major pick and has gone from strength to strength. Incorporating a dialogue between indigenous and colonial voices, Mellor's work has justly earned an important place in the visual narrative of Australian history. In this past year alone, Mellor won the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award and the 2009 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, Shepparton Gallery.
For someone new, Kim Buck (under $4000 for a major drawing) possesses the skills akin to an old master.
With an unsurpassed attention to detail she renders the figure, capturing subtleties of skin tone, the fine, wispiness of hair and the swinging folds of a dress or trousers to exquisite precision. Having recently graduated from the South Australian School of Art, Buck is already proving to be an exciting new talent. With three sell-out solo exhibitions and an active participation in-group exhibitions, including the 2008 Fringe Festival, Buck's exhibition success continues. In addition, she has been a finalist in both the 2009 National Youth Self-Portrait Prize and the 2009 Prospect Self-Portrait Prize.
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2nd January 2010
Michael Reid
The Australian, 2nd January 2010
IF you had followed my art collecting advice from 2006 to 2009, you would have by now purchased a significant collection of Australian fine and decorative arts at entry or near entry level prices. To refresh your memory;
2006: Penny Byrne, sculptor; conical Fish Trap, fibre work; Noel McKenna, painter & Khai Liew, furniture designer
2007: Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, painter; Linde Ivemey sculptor; Del Kathryn Barton, painter; Patrick Tjungurrayi, painter
2008: Richard Larter, painter; Philip Wolfhagen, painter; Schulim Krimper, furniture designer;
2009: Danie Mellor, painter; Samuel Tupou, painter; Silke Raetze, painter; Sally Gabori, painter
For 2010, I would without hesitation endorse any of my previous suggestions, and yet highlight those artists or designers whose markets are moving consistently north.
Keep on the lookout for all furniture designed by mid-20th century European/Australian master Schulim Krimper and also paintings by Aboriginal artist Patrick Tjungurrayi. Preferably Tjungurrayi's paintings of a couple of years ago, paintings that were more fluid and less stiff than much of the work you see today -- but all is worth a close look. Danie Mellor was last year's major pick and has gone from strength to strength. Incorporating a dialogue between indigenous and colonial voices, Mellor's work has justly earned an important place in the visual narrative of Australian history. In this past year alone, Mellor won the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award and the 2009 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award, Shepparton Gallery.
For someone new, Kim Buck (under $4000 for a major drawing) possesses the skills akin to an old master.
With an unsurpassed attention to detail she renders the figure, capturing subtleties of skin tone, the fine, wispiness of hair and the swinging folds of a dress or trousers to exquisite precision. Having recently graduated from the South Australian School of Art, Buck is already proving to be an exciting new talent. With three sell-out solo exhibitions and an active participation in-group exhibitions, including the 2008 Fringe Festival, Buck's exhibition success continues. In addition, she has been a finalist in both the 2009 National Youth Self-Portrait Prize and the 2009 Prospect Self-Portrait Prize.
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2nd January 2010
Contemporary Aboriginal Art Lectures free download
The Contemporary Aboriginal Art Lectures by Danie Mellor and special guest Johnathon Jones are available for free viewing here.
Or go to Art.... then Art Tube... then Art Lectures
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1st January 2010
The Contemporary Aboriginal Art Lectures by Danie Mellor and special guest Johnathon Jones are available for free viewing here.
Or go to Art.... then Art Tube... then Art Lectures
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1st January 2010