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24.01.2022 HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT are finalists in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award with their pair of photographs ‘Hydro’ and ‘Somatic Stalk’! The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art prize now in its 58th year which coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. The exhibition will be held from Saturday 31 October - Friday 11 December 2020 at Campbelltown Arts Centre, with all finalists’ works available for purchase.... Congratulations Prue & Honey! . . . Image: Honey Long & Prue Stent, ‘Somatic Stalk’, 2019, archival pigment print, 58 x 87 cm & ‘Hydro’, 2020, archival pigment print, 108 x 72 cm. See more

24.01.2022 Using HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT’s work as a reference point, Irina Baconsky has penned an insightful essay for the British Journal of Photography on how visual language can productively infiltrate environmental debates. "There is little doubt that documentary image-making has been instrumental in shedding light on the environmental crisis. Yet, the potential of abstract and even utopian imagery can be equally radical. What, then, may we ask, is the role played by the ...creative visual language and non-documentary mediums amid the urgency of the climate crisis? questions Baconsky. The author goes on to elucidate how Long & Stent’s work dissolves the lines between the human and the natural, allowing us to see ourselves as part of (as opposed to separate from) our broader ecosystem: this being a vital first step it healing the man-inflicted wounds on the environment. If you’re feeling lazy after a big celebration yesterday, spend 5 minutes reading this thoughtful piece of writing! http://ow.ly/ju1p50CPSZI See more

24.01.2022 Sensational news for JANET LAURENCE, who has been awarded the 2020 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship! Janet will spend time at Australia’s Casey research station to develop an immersive installation, tapping into both the minutiae and the expanse of the extreme environment. I am overwhelmed with excitement to have been offered the opportunity to travel to Antarctica and make art in response to its beauty, fragility and otherworldly power, she says. I have expectations, and yet I know that the actual experience of Antarctica will open up unknown and far-reaching possibilities." Due to COVID-19 impacts on the Australian Antarctic Program, Laurence will travel to the icy continent during the 2021/22 season. Congratulations Janet!

23.01.2022 DANI MARTI is currently showing in in the exhibition FARBMATERIAL at the Galerie Lausberg in Dusseldorf. This body of work, ‘Songs of Surrender’, was made in Barcelona in 2019, where Dani had these beautifully designed ropes custom-made. He uses the lines of rope to create pictorial and sculptural surfaces strung over powder coated aluminium frames, bringing the works into an object dimension. FARBMATERIAL (Colour Material) will continue until 21 March. You can watch Dani i...ntroduce the work here: https://vimeo.com/502298908 . . . Images: Courtesy of the artist Dani Marti

23.01.2022 Today is the last day of the year to visit ARC ONE Gallery! Our summer show, ‘Minutiae’, will close at 5pm this evening and reopen on 6 January 2021. This exhibition celebrates the beauty and ecstasy in lingering over the minutiae, allowing it to unfold as you pause and lean in. Confounding, subtle and delightful, ‘Minutiae' presents places in which we can roam, explore and become intimate.... See you today, or see you next year! . . . Image: 'Minutiae', installation view, ARC ONE Gallery, 2020. See more

22.01.2022 EUGENIA RASKOPOULOS is profiled in the latest edition of Artist Profile magazine! Throughout Raskopoulos’ forty-year career, the artist has maintained a deep interest in changing the present by challenging the ways in which we describe the past. She has woven her own image and experiences into a series of photographs, films and installations to articulate the constant negotiation that migrant bodies face in foreign cultures, writes Michael Do. Raskopoulo...s is currently working towards her solo show at ARC ONE Gallery opening in March 2021. Pick up the magazine for a peek inside her studio! . . . Portraits of the artist by Zan Wimberley. See more

21.01.2022 The Bowness Photography Prize exhibition is in full swing and open to the public Thu-Sun at MGA - Monash Gallery of Art! The Bowness is an important annual survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country. The prize continues to showcase excellence in photography. ARC ONE artists HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT, CYRUS TANG and ANNE ZAHALKA are finalists in this year’s pool and their works are on display in the e...xhibition. The festive period is a perfect time to visit the MGA - they are open regular hours over summer except for the pubic holidays. The gallery has also just launched the virtual exhibition if you’re unable to attend in person. Copy this link into your browser to take a virtual tour: https://www.realtour3d.com.au//mga-bowness-pho/fullscreen/ . . . Image: Screen-grab of the Bowness Photography Prize virtual exhibition featuring Cyrus Tang’s work ‘Melbourne City’.

19.01.2022 ARC ONE Gallery is delighted to present 'Touching Pool', a highly anticipated solo exhibition by one of Australia’s leading artist collaborations, Honey Long & Prue Stent. https://mailchi.mp/arc1gallery/woo-1332170

19.01.2022 Congratulations to Leeuwin Estate on their award for Best Chardonnay in the 2021 Halliday Wine Companion Awards. This bottle features ARC ONE artist JOHN YOUNG’s stunning work ‘Veiled Spectrum V’ on the label. Leeuwin Estate commissioned the artist to produce the original painting, which is now held in their important collection and displayed in the Leeuwin Estate Art Gallery in Margaret River. Leeuwin Estate first developed an association with the arts fraternity w...hen launching the famous ‘Art Series’ wine labels. The artworks that appear on the labels are acquired by the Estate, whose collection now comprises over 150 paintings and artworks from artists including John Olsen, Arthur Boyd, Sir Sidney Nolan, Lloyd Rees, Albert Tucker, Fred Williams, Robert Juniper, Clifton Pugh, ROBERT OWEN and IMANTS TILLERS. ARC ONE Gallery is currently showcasing two works by John Young from the same series in our exhibition COLOUR SENSE. Contact the gallery for more information about these available works. . . . Images 1 & 2: 2017 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay; Images 3 & 4: Installation view of ‘Colour Sense’ at ARC ONE Gallery, 2020 featuring John Young, ‘Veiled Spectrum III’ & ‘Veiled Spectrum VI’, oil on linen, both 190 x 150 cm See more

19.01.2022 GUAN WEI’S tapestry ‘Treasure Hunt’ is currently on display at the Australian Tapestry Workshop. In this tapestry, Guan Wei references navigation, exploration, migration and the influence of globalisation through the fable of admiral Zheng He. Admiral Zheng He led a legendary fleet of treasure ships which sailed to foreign lands in the early 1400s, creating new nautical maps and collecting rare spices, treasures, birds and animals. The ‘Treasure Hunt’ tapestry rep...resents the flora and fauna Zheng He might have encountered in his travels, including sea monsters drawn from Chinese and European mythology. The land shapes in the design reference 14th century Chinese maps and the Chinese symbols for East and West and the names of mountains have been painted in. Each smaller drawing within the work also has a significance within European or Asian history. The design is inspired by a large painted mural from Guan Wei's exhibition ‘Other Histories’ at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney in 2006. The tapestry was shown at ARC ONE for his 2018 solo exhibition ‘Chivalry’, and will remain on display at Australian Tapestry Workshop until 6 November 2020. . . . Image 1: 'Treasure Hunt, 2017, Guan Wei, woven by Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce, Jennifer Sharpe and Cheryl Thornton, wool and cotton, 0.864m x 3.6m. Photo by Jeremy Weihrauch; Image 2: Artist Guan Wei with the tapestry, Photo by Jeremy Weihrauch; Image 3: Installation view of ‘Chivalry’ at ARC ONE Gallery, 2018 See more

19.01.2022 Congratulations to IMANTS TILLERS who is a finalist in the Wynne Prize 2020! His work ‘Prayer for rain’ will be on view at the AGNSW from 26 September. Read Imants’ poignant artist statement below: A flower meadow is an unusual subject for an Australian landscape we are more familiar with the harsh realities of fire, drought and flood. Yet such gentle, quiet and fecund places exist on our continent notably in the subalpine areas of NSW, Victoria and ...Tasmania. And indeed proximity to the summer meadows of the Kosciusko National Park was one of the reasons I moved with my family to Cooma, 25 years ago. But here the meadow of daisies is also a metaphor for the self. So we pray: ‘MINE THOU LORD OF LIFE, SEND MY ROOTS RAIN’. . . . Image: Imants Tilers, ‘Prayer for rain’, 2020, synthetic polymer paint, gouache on 54 canvas boards, 227 x 212 cm See more

18.01.2022 Ten Cubed has released a publication to celebrate their tenth anniversary and the conclusion of their project - 2010 -2020: TEN CUBED CONCEPT, COLLECTION, GALLERY. Ten Cubed is an art experiment begun in 2010 whereby an evolving top ten contemporary artists were collected in depth. Their collection includes ARC ONE artists PAT BRASSINGTON & CYRUS TANG. ... This beautifully designed book records various stages of their wonderful journey - from conception, building the gallery, acquiring the collection to exhibiting the works of the many artists they are proud to have supported. Purchase your copy via Art Ink here: https://artink.com.au/tencubed . . . Image 1: Pat Brassington & Fran Clark at Pat’s exhibition in 2014; Image 2 & 3: The publication designed by @haymandesign and published by Real Film and Publishing, Images by Samantha Lynch; Image 4: Pat Brassington, ‘Pair Bonding’, 2015, pigment print, 78 x 59 cm; Image 5: Pat Brassington, ‘By The Way’, 2010, 90 x 72 cm; Image 6: Cyrus Tang, ‘4505.00s’, 2016, archival giclee print, 100 x 100 cm; Image 7: Cyrus Tang, ‘Golden Hour’, 2018, archival pigment print, 250 x 250 cm

17.01.2022 Take the time to experience each work in HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT’s exhibition ‘Touching Pool’ in this exhibition walk-through. Accompanied by an ambient sound piece composed of field recordings where the works were created, this short film provides an enlightening view of the thoughtful pairings of works in the exhibition. The ‘Touching Pool’ exhibition is online now! ... Visit our website or contact the gallery for access to our private online viewing room with detailed information about each work. See more

17.01.2022 Sydney Contemporary is taking a different shape this year. From tomorrow, the art fair will be live online for the entire month of October! ARC ONE Gallery will be featuring new works by PETER DAVERINGTON, MURRAY FREDERICKS, HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT, JACKY REDGATE and GUAN WEI. This year’s art fair is free to browse! The SC Team have worked tirelessly to build a custom platform to connect artists & galleries with the arts community.... VIP Preview: Tomorrow 10am Public Viewing: Tomorrow 2pm Set your alarm to visit https://www.sydneycontemporarypresents.com.au/ tomorrow! Image: Peter Daverington, ‘A passage to higher places’ [detail], 2020, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 198 x 91 cm

17.01.2022 JANET LAURENCE was in Canberra last week installing her vitrine work in the highly anticipated exhibition ‘Know My Name’ at the NGA. This milestone event will be the largest exhibition of Australian women's work to date. We are proud to share that the exhibition will acknowledge the important work of five ARC ONE artists: PAT BRASSINGTON... JANET LAURENCE JACKY REDGATE JULIE RRAP ANNE ZAHALKA What a line-up! ‘Know My Name’ will be told in two parts, with the first exhibition running 14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021. Beyond the exhibition, ‘Know My Name’ is a broader gender equity initiative of the NGA to enhance understanding of the contribution women artists have made to Australia’s cultural life. The gallery has established its first Guiding Principles for Gender Equity in collection development, programming and organisational structures. During 2020-21 the NGA will deliver a vibrant program of exhibitions, events, commissions, creative collaborations, publications and partnerships that highlight the diversity and creativity of women artists throughout history and to the present day. Tune into the Virtual Launch this Friday 13 November from 6-7:30pm. https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au//know-my-name-virtual-openi/

16.01.2022 NOW ON VIEW: 'Minutiae' A group exhibition for the summer of 2020-21 If you look for the minutiae in an artist’s work, particularly a master’s work, then you become part of them, closer to them, locked in their presence. Fran Clark, Director, ARC ONE Gallery... Featuring works by Pat Brassington, Peter Daverington, Janet Laurence, Honey Long & Prue Stent, Vanila Netto, Robert Owen, Jacky Redgate, Julie Rrap, Eugenia Raskopoulos, Cyrus Tang, Catherine Woo, John Young and Anne Zahalka, this exhibition asks you to stop, slow down, and take in the fine details. Celebrating the beauty and ecstasy in lingering over the minutiae, allowing it to unfold as you pause and lean in, the artists’ work across painting, photo-media, and sculpture is layered, intricate and complex. Confounding, subtle and delightful, 'Minutiae' presents places in which we can roam, explore and become intimate. Venture through immersive worlds of deep observation and thought. . . . Images:'Minutiae', installation views, ARC ONE Gallery, 2020.

16.01.2022 LYDIA WEGNER’s work ‘Gold Angle’ is on the cover of the latest issue of Art Edit magazine. The cover shows the Brunswick residence of an avid collector, with interior architecture and design by Lucy Bock. Loose furniture and objets d’art avoid opulence, but reference the client’s love of colour and timeless design pieces. Contact the gallery to view a selection of Wegner’s available works!... . . . Image: Art Edit Issue 25 with photograph by Derek Swalwell See more

16.01.2022 ARC ONE Gallery is delighted to present ‘Cyrus Tang: New & Key Works’ exclusively online in our Curated Viewing Rooms. This exhibition features a selection of recent works from Tang's poetic series ‘Remember me when the sun goes down’, alongside key works from her oeuvre. Drawing on her personal experiences of 2020, in ‘Remember me when the sun goes down’ Chinese-Australian artist Cyrus Tang seeks to find images that address our collective experience, its anxieties... and its hopes. As a master of other worlds, she has created haunting composite photographic images, each one focussing upon a single recurrent motif and layered until it vibrates with a collective sensation. Tang's unique and arresting practice has recently been recognised by the inaugural McClelland National Small Sculpture Award and the Incinerator Art Award (IAA), and she has been profiled in The Age and shortlisted for the Bowness Photography Prize with a work from Remember me when the sun goes down. Contact the gallery to gain access to this online collection or to request an in situ montage of a small work in your home. . . . Image 1: Gallery view of Cyrus Tang’s ‘Escalator’ (2020) & ‘Sky Orchestra’ (2020) from the series ‘Remember me when the sun goes down’; Image 2: In situ montage of Cyrus Tang, ‘Escalator’, 2020, archival pigment print, 90 x 135cm; Image 3: Cyrus Tang in her studio.

16.01.2022 ANNE ZAHALKA is featured in the new exhibition at the China Cultural Centre in Sydney. ‘AIR WATER LOVE’ is now open at CCC and will continue until 29 April. This is the second exhibition at CCC privileging a cross-cultural women’s perspective after the successful ‘WHOSE STORY IS THIS?anyway!’ in 2020. In this exhibition eight women artists from China and Australia have a dialogue under the same theme, calling for a rethink of crucial environmental issues. Three key...words of water, air and love were selected to present the relationship between humanity and nature. ‘AIR WATER LOVE’ highlights the true effects of global warming and climate change showing the impacts, offering solutions, and telling real-life accounts, this exhibition is interactive and creative. . . . Image: Anne Zahalka, ‘Flocking Flamingos’, 2018, pigment ink on canvas, 100x 150cm See more

15.01.2022 HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT’s exhibition ‘Touching Pool’ is online with ARC ONE Gallery. This exhibition will open to the public as soon as possible. Using a pared down visual language of colour, texture, and form, ‘Touching Pool’ captures performative encounters between bodies (either the artists’ or their family and friends’) and the natural environment. In these works, submerged bodies writhe, dance, bend and twist into organic matter while materials adeptly used by ...the artists such as shimmering transparent fabrics, wax, glass and netting, blend and merge the body and landscape. . . . Image 1: Honey Long & Prue Stent, ‘Bask’, 2019, archival pigment print, 58 x 87 cm; Image 2: Honey Long & Prue Stent, ‘Mele’, 2019, archival pigment print, 58 x 87 cm; Image 3: Gallery view, ‘Touching Pool’ at ARC ONE Gallery, 2020. See more

14.01.2022 JACKY REDGATE & PAT BRASSINGTON have works on display at Smith & Singer on Collins Street for the next few weeks, as part of MGA - Monash Gallery of Art travelling exhibition ‘Bowness Photography Prize Celebrates 15 Years’. In 2020 the Bowness Photography Prize marked its 15th year. To celebrate MGA has partnered with Smith & Singer to showcase the previous 15 recipients during the International PHOTO Festival. As the recipients of the 2011 and 2013 prizes respectively, Redg...ate and Brassington’s works are on view! The Bowness Photography Prize has become an important survey of contemporary photographic practice and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country. The Prize reveals artists’ continued fascination with exploring and pushing the boundaries of the photographic medium, embracing its capacity to explore a diversity of voices and perspectives. . . . Image 1: Jacky Redgate, 'Light Throw (Mirrors) 4’, 2011, silver halide Chromogenic photograph handprinted, 126 x 158 cm; Image 2: Pat Brassington, 'Shadow Boxer', 2013, pigment print, 72 x 50 cm

14.01.2022 ANNE ZAHALKA is a featured artist in the exhibition ‘From All Points of the Southern Sky: Photography from Australia and Oceania’, open now at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Florida. Curator Ashley Lumb has chosen thirteen artists who incisively explore the Australian continent. The artists drag Australia’s contentious past into the light of the present, visualising the ghostly legacy of colonialism and bearing witness to the devastating impact of human-indu...ced climate change. Conveying a singularly Australian experience but one with innumerable global parallels, ‘From all Points of the Southern Sky’ continues at Southeast Museum of Photography until 16 December. . . . Image: Anne Zahalka, ‘Koala, Yarra River at Woori Yallock, Victoria’, archival pigment ink on rag paper, Source: Museums Victoria, 80 x 80 cm See more

13.01.2022 ROBERT OWEN has donated this work to #ModernistersForBarpirdhila - an online art sale commencing this evening raising money for Barpirdhila Foundation, an Aboriginal-controlled not-for-profit organisation that develops, nurtures and supports Aboriginal Excellence within the arts and music sectors. @modernistersfor is an instagram account created by Dean Keep and Jeromie Maver as a platform to raise awareness and funds for important issues in our community. Their lat...est drive is ‘ARTfair: Modernisters for Barpirdhila’, which asks a selection of contemporary artists to donate a postcard sized artwork. The postcard may be understood as an important means of bridging distance, fusing art and text to convey stories about our experience of place. This work by Owen is from the series ‘Spent Light’ consisting of paintings and sculpture recycling all the masking tape he uses in the studio. Follow @modernistersfor on Instagram to stay updated on this online art fair! . . . Image: Robert Owen, ‘Binocular #3’ from the series Spent Light, 2020, acrylic paint, card, tape, 14.6 x 20.5 cm See more

12.01.2022 Final days! PAT BRASSINGTON’s exhibition ‘Night Swimming’ closes tomorrow, Saturday 5 March. 'Night Swimming’ is made up of monochromatic images bringing together a series of fragments which create a strange and ambiguous world. Baulking prior to resolution, Brassington leaves her work open to interpretation; allowing the viewers’ visual mind to make its own associations. Digitally manipulated and evocatively juxtaposed, bodily fragments, inky tones, fetish objects and claust...rophobic interiors are rendered abject or sublime, unsettling or seductive by the viewer; exposing our innermost predilections, hopes, biases and fears. Get down to ARC ONE tomorrow to see the show before @photofestivalau wraps this weekend. . . . Images: Pat Brassington, 'All in a dream' (diptych), 2020, pigment print, 115 x 168 cm; Pat Brassington, ‘Footloose’, 2019, pigment print, 75 x 75 cm; Pat Brassington, 'Combed'. 2020, pigment print, 75 x 75 cm

12.01.2022 Join DANI MARTI in conversation with director & curator of UNSW Galleries José Da Silva this afternoon at 5:30pm. Dani will discuss his video and painting practice, in particular his work in the exhibition ‘Friendship as a way of life’. This event will be live-streamed - register your attendance here: https://bit.ly/2DnkGja .... . . Image: Dani Marti, ‘Notes for Bob’, 2012-16, installation view at UNSW Galleries, 2020. Photo by Zan Wimberley See more

10.01.2022 JOHN DAVIS’ work 'Koan 64' was recently acquired by the Geelong Gallery. Beautifully pictured here in their exhibition 'Turmoil & Tranquility’, which ran earlier this year, this piece was highlighted once again thanks to National Science Week. Davis’ practice incorporates a diverse use of materials and provides unique interpretations and representations of landscape and ecology. While still characterised by the use of inexpensive or found materials and low-technolo...gy processes of his earlier work, ‘Koan 64’ presents a philosophical perspective and a deeper concern for the state of the world. John Davis’s practice from the 80s and 90s foreshadows contemporary environmental issues. He was particularly concerned with the devastating impact non-indigenous people were having on the environment, particularly in regards to the health of the Murray River system and the quality of water due to modern human practices such as irrigation and land clearing. For any art teachers following, Geelong Gallery has prepared an excellent learning resource for Levels 5-9 Visual Arts which includes this work and highlights themes such as human impact on the environment, sustainable farming and globalisation. . . . Image: John Davis, 'Kan 64', 1994, twigs, calico, bituminous paint, cotton thread, 2378 x 150 x 7 cm. Photo by Andrew Curtis. See more

09.01.2022 PAT BRASSINGTON is part of the exhibition LEGACY, now open online via Wyndham Art Gallery. This exhibition opens up a dialogue between six artists to consider what we keep, what we share and what we leave behind. Brassington’s surrealist photo-media works are eerie and inviting, like snippets of dreams hiding in the corners of memory. They act as a counterpoint to Liam Benson’s photo and video pieces that feed on the aesthetic of the Australian gothic. Brassington has never ...stopped making works that startle and astonish, that create chills and uncanny flushes, night sweats and eerie incantations of strange eroticism. In many ways she forms a bedrock to this exhibition. Brassington has never eschewed crediting other giants in her creative evolution, from the early Surrealists to the bleak majesty of literary giant Cormac McCarthy. And there can be no doubt that her legacy has helped carve new spaces for younger Australian artists (especially, but by no means exclusively, female artists) to traverse, writes Dr Ashley Crawford in the catalogue essay. LEGACY is co-curated by Caroline Esbenshade & Dr Megan Evans and continues until 11 October. Visit the link below to experience the exhibition from home! https://exhibitionsatwyndhamartgallery.com/ . . . Image 1: Pat Brassington, ‘Breath’, 2014, pigment print, 55 x 40.5 cm; Image 2: Pat Brassington, ‘Heart’s Blood’, 2017, pigment print, 90 x 65 cm

09.01.2022 OPENING TONIGHT! One of Australia’s most highly respected artists, EUGENIA RASKOPOULOS, returns to Melbourne this March with a new solo exhibition, ‘the shadow of language’. ARC ONE Gallery warmly invites you to the opening reception tonight, Tuesday 9 March, 6-8pm. Due to capacity limits, numbers are strictly limited. Please RSVP via email. ... Quoting Roland Barthes, Eugenia Raskopoulos declares: Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. In ‘the shadow of language’, the artist highlights the seductive fluidity of language, using pink lipstick and florescent light to smear, trace and flash words into repeated circular formations. Written in Czech, Greek, English and binary code, these gestures and words are recorded in still images and neons which merge performance, writing, drawing, coding and installation to explore language as (mis)understanding. The exhibition will continue until 17 April. . . . Image: Eugenia Raskopoulos, eyes of an orgasm from the series the shadow of language, 2021, pigment print on photo rag metallic, 185 x 75 cm. See more

07.01.2022 That’s a wrap on 2020! ARC ONE Gallery would like to thank you for your support throughout the year. Wishing you a fabulous festive season and safe and happy summer! We look forward to seeing you in 2021. SUMMER CLOSURE... The gallery will be closed from 20 December 2020 and reopen 6 January 2021. FIRST EXHIBITIONS FOR 2021 Our summer group exhibition ‘Minutiae' will continue to 30 January, followed by Pat Brassington’s 'Night Swimming', 2 February - 6 March 2021. This exhibition is part of the PHOTO2021 program. . . . Image: Imants Tillers, 'Stillness Speaks' [detail], 2019, synthetic polymer paint, gouache on 64 canvasboards nos. 102818-102873, 244 x 244 cm. See more

07.01.2022 Congratulations to JANET LAURENCE, whose exhibition 'JANET LAURENCE: THE PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND' (8 July - 17 September 2019) at The Johnston Collection has been shortlisted for the Temporary or Travelling Exhibition category of the 2020 Museums and Galleries National Awards. In the exhibition Janet explored The Johnston Collection alongside her own creative practices - collecting and saving, nature and the environment - within the context of Fairhall exhibition-house. T...he title of the exhibition is drawn from the poem 'Of Mere Being' by Wallace Stevens: "The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor, A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason That makes us happy or unhappy. The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down." . . . Image: 'JANET LAURENCE: THE PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND' installation view, The Johnston Collection, 2019. Photograph by Adam Luttick.

05.01.2022 #SCPresents2020 is Sydney Contemporary’s answer to constrictions around public gathering. This is an online art fair live for the month of October! ARC ONE Gallery is presenting 5 artworks created in 2020, including this work by JACKY REDGATE. This image teases with a combination of abstraction, through the circular wall plates, and autobiographical mirroring. The work is from Redgate's most recent iteration of her mirror work that reflects how the artist ...has been introducing into her oeuvre the autobiographical images and subjects of her juvenilia. ‘HOLD ON #12' can be viewed in person at Geelong Gallery once they reopen, where Jacky is presenting this whole series in a solo show that will run until 14 February 2021. Visit SCPresents here: https://www.sydneycontemporarypresents.com.au/ . . . Image: Jacky Redgate, ‘HOLD ON 12’, 2020, pigment ink on fabric, steel pins, 197 x 203 cm

02.01.2022 We can’t wait to open ’Touching Pool’ to the public soon! Inspired by the touching pool often found at aquariums and the sensorial connections with nature they elicit, this exhibition by HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT speaks to the conflicted and estranged relationship we have with the natural world. Kathleen Linn writes in the catalogue essay:... Long and Stent have returned frequently to the use of materials and fabrics to screen or camouflage the body in their work. These screens or coverings abstract the body as a sculptural form, foregrounding the shape and acting to dissipate the sexualised projections frequently made onto naked female bodies. In Long and Stent’s work these bodies are not part of the scenery, they are not there simply for the viewer’s pleasure. Although there is an inherent eroticism in the work, it stands in contrast to more classical, essentialist depictions of the female form in the natural environment as Long and Stent have created these images themselves and on their own terms. The exhibition can be viewed on our website now. . . . Image: Honey Long & Prue Stent, ‘Milk Sap’, 2020, archival pigment print, 108 x 72 cm See more

01.01.2022 WE ARE OPEN! We are so pleased to finally share HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT’s exhibition ‘Touching Pool’ with you in person. Using a pared down visual language of colour, texture, and form, 'Touching Pool' captures performative encounters between bodies and the natural environment. In these works, submerged bodies writhe, dance, bend and twist into organic matter while materials adeptly used by the artists such as shimmering transparent fabrics, wax, glass and... netting, blend and merge the body and landscape. Zoomed-in, tightly cropped, abstracted, and enveloped, bodies become creaturely while aquatic animals, riverbeds and rock formations evoke human forms, revealing sights/sites of commonality and connection that sing to each other. Open today: 2 - 5pm. Tomorrow: 11am - 3pm. Regular hours from next week: Wed - Fri: 11am - 5.30pm Sat: 11am - 3pm. . . . Image: Honey Long & Prue Stent, ‘Putty’, 2020, archival pigment print, 72 x 108 cm. See more

01.01.2022 Congratulations to ARC ONE artists HONEY LONG & PRUE STENT, CYRUS TANG and ANNE ZAHALKA who are all finalists in this year’s Bowness Photography Prize! This year the MGA Foundation is committed to ensuring a physical as well as a virtual exhibition of the Bowness Prize finalists, and has extended the exhibition period over summer. The shortlisted photographs will be exhibited from 31 October 2020 until 7 February 2021, with the prize announcements sch...eduled for January 2021! . . . Image 1: Honey Long & Prue Stent, ‘Mineral Growth’, 2019, archival pigment print, 72 x 108 cm; Image 2: Anne Zahalka, ‘You are on Bondi Biddigal land!’ from the series ‘You Are Here’, 2020, archival pigment ink print on rag paper, 115 x 190 cm’ Image 3: Cyrus Tang, ‘Remember me when the sun goes down - Melbourne City’, 2020, pigment ink-jet print, 90 x 135 cm See more