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COMA

Locality: Darlinghurst, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 8316 3592

Address: 71-73 Stanley St 2010 Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Included in our current exhibition SIGhostNAL is a short film directed by Chinese artist Chen Zhou starring Argentinian artist Amalia Ulman. The work concerns a fish born in a fish tank in a high level conference room of a law firm. It is trying to escape its trapped situation. After making a jump for it, its soul is released from its body swimming into the video camera of a conference room. At that moment, the soul of a lady drags her luggage into the same conference room.... She stays, sleeps and meets the fish in a dream. They don’t know where they are. The film is based around their encounter. SIGhostNAL is an invented word created by Chen Zhou, to describe human bodies as though they were ghosts, wandering in every part of a virtual world, experiencing the chaos in a state of limbo between life and death. #chenzhou #sighostnal #comagallery #crushedbonewetrock See more

23.01.2022 In the process of imagining of a dystopian, post-apocalyptic ‘garden’ Adam Stone has created a bridge between the now and the maybe. When one discusses life after a world-shaking calamity, we bring to mind imagery of a smouldering, barely liveable and lawless landscape. Ruination is a recurring and inescapable theme and while this is indeed something present in Stone’s Concrete Islands in this body of work the fashioning and use of materials indicates industry and finesse, progress and growth. #adamstone #concreteislands #comagallery

22.01.2022 Curator Sebastian Goldspink discussing conceptualising and organising These Days at COMA.

22.01.2022 Here is an installation view of Tania Franco Klein's included artworks in the current group presentation. The artist creates fragmented cinematic and vivid photographs which exist in multilayered innovative narrative installations. #taniafrancoklein #crushedbonewetrock #comagallery

21.01.2022 Zara June Williams's recent practice intends to express insights "other than transcendence through formal harmony" - a core tenet of abstract expressionist thinking. The artist states that "such a grand narrative is no longer relevant in a time that is far from being exemplary of unity and cohesion". - Zara June Williams, 'Clearing', 2020, acrylic on canvas, 116.8 x 91.4 cm / 45 x 36 inches #zarajunewilliams #fuse #comagallery

21.01.2022 Adam Stone’s new exhibition ‘Concrete Islands’ has recently opened in the gallery. We sat down (virtually) with the artist to discuss his inspiration and interests when making and conceptualising work from the things he is reading to the music he is listening to and beyond. Visit the news page on the COMA website to read the full interview. #adamstone #concreteislands #comagallery

21.01.2022 Curator Sebastian Goldspink speaking about painting in an excerpt from his room-sheet text for our current group show, 'These Days'. #thesedays #comagallery

20.01.2022 COMA is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Melbourne-based artist Adam Stone - his first solo presentation with the gallery - titled Concrete Islands. In the process of imagining of a dystopian, post-apocalyptic ‘garden’ Adam Stone has created a bridge between the now and the maybe. When one discusses life after a world-shaking calamity, we bring to mind imagery of a smouldering, barely liveable and lawless landscape. Ruination is a recurring and inescapable theme and while this is indeed something present in Stone’s Concrete Islands in this body of work the fashioning and use of materials indicates industry and finesse, progress and growth. #adamstone #concreteislands #comagallery

17.01.2022 Adam Stone's 'Concrete Islands' has been extended until 14 June to accommodate easing of restrictions and the reopening of commercial and institutional gallery spaces in Sydney. We look forward to seeing you again soon, and for private walk-throughs of the exhibition and viewing out of hours please contact the gallery. #adamstone #concreteislands #comagallery

16.01.2022 COMA recently sat down with Jordan Azcune to discuss his studio life and literary, audio and visual inspiration during his time in isolation. https://comagallery.com//02/jordan-azcune-studio-interview/

16.01.2022 Accompanying the suite of new painted works in Zara June Williams’s ‘Fuse’ is a conceptual text written by Caitlin Hespe. Hespe and June Williams had been in conversation numerous times during the making of the included artworks and their discussions and the nature of the work have inspired this text. #zarajunewilliams #caitlinhespe #fuse #comagallery

16.01.2022 Opening next in the gallery is a body of new work by Melbourne based sculptor Adam Stone titled 'Concrete Islands'. The works in the forthcoming exhibition imagine a dystopian, post-industrial ‘garden’ fashioned from materials primarily used in civil construction and draw inspiration from the monumental ‘Salvation Mountain’ created by folk artist Leonard Knight and the sets of George Miller’s ‘Mad Max’, which become a point of departure for the works in the exhibition. #adamstone #concreteislands #comagallery

16.01.2022 We recently visited the studio of JD Reforma and discussed his life during isolation, interpretations of popular culture found in his work, race relations and continuing construction of identity. Full interview available now on the COMA website. #jdreforma #isolation #comagallery @ Darlinghurst, New South Wales

15.01.2022 Adam Stone’s ‘Concrete Islands’ is currently open to the public and available to view by appointment. Please contact the gallery if you wish to do so at any time. Full catalogue and exhibition text are also online via the COMA website. #adamstone #concreteislands #comagallery

15.01.2022 This image shows Zara June Williams workspace in the lead up to her current exhibition with COMA, 'Fuse', and the artist's experimentations with collage in her Leipzig studio. Using fragmented or underused elements, different parts of the creative process are reflected within one another. June Williams uses this technique to extend viewing of an artwork beyond a single surface while still realising completed stand-alone pieces. The artist's first solo with COMA runs through 17 December. #zarajunewilliams #fuse #comagallery

15.01.2022 COMA is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Zara June Williams - her first solo presentation with the gallery - titled 'Fuse'. Intrigued by the feeling of bewilderment that ensues contradiction, Zara June Williams’ explores the cyclical and cumulative nature of painting through an impulsive and often destructive approach to making. Compelled by incongruous encounters, the artist not only seeks to untangle problems but to create them. Her recent work combines pain...terly abstraction with collage, bringing together disparate parts in order to mimic and hence reflect on the fractured and disorderly nature of the self. The presentation will be open to the public from Friday November 13 onwards. - Zara June Williams, 'Momentary' (detail), 2020, acrylic and collage on canvas, 50 x 40 cm / 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 inches #zarajunewilliams #fuse #comagallery See more

13.01.2022 Today is the last weekend day to view 'Crushed Bone / Wet Rock'. The exhibition will close on 5 November. The gallery is open 10am - 4pm on Saturdays. - Chen Zhou, 'SIGhostNAL' (video still), 2018, HD 2160 p, 7min 23sec, special thanks: KWM Art Center, NOWNESS. #chenzhou #comagallery #crushedbonewetrock

11.01.2022 Adam Stone: Concrete Islands - Installation Image

11.01.2022 Footage of Nabilah Nordin working in her Melbourne studio in the lead up to ‘Covergirl Adhesives’, Nordin’s solo exhibition that opened earlier this year in the main gallery space. #nabilahnordin #comagallery

10.01.2022 Now open to the public ‘Crushed Bone / Wet Rock’ brings together artists Madison Bycroft, Chen Zhou, Liam Denny, Tania Franco Klein, Jamie O’Connell and Justin Williams. The group presentation runs through November 7 and the gallery will be open as per regular listed hours. #comagallery #crushedbonewetrock

09.01.2022 Pictured here is a detail image of the surface of Zara June Williams large scale artwork 'On The Cusp'. The work is a striking example of the way in which the artist has pushed her process to new heights and works to slow the viewer down to truly consider the surface of a work. This single artwork seems to occupy multiple spaces all at once in that it contains sharp and distinct elements that stand very much alone while subtly supporting one another. - Zara June Williams, 'On The Cusp' (detail), 2020, acrylic and collage on canvas 116.8 x 96.5 cm / 45 x 38 inches #zarajunewilliams #fuse #comagallery

09.01.2022 Both 'Wolfhound interior' and 'Oswald on white horse' continue Justin Williams exploration of multicultural community groups and modes of living. After researching family history that traces back to Egypt and southern Europe prior to the beginning of World War II the subjects in Williams work have become even more varied and address cross continental migration and periods of change throughout modern history. #justinwilliams #comagallery #crushedbonewetrock

08.01.2022 COMA is now online with the SWAB Barcelona Art Contemporary Fair 2020 virtual edition, participating in the Swab Seed section, from 1 October to 15 October. We’re now also active on Artsy for the duration of the fair. Check and follow updates online and via the SWAB website and social media channels. #comagallery #swabbarcelona #swabartfair

07.01.2022 COMA is pleased to present Crushed Bone / Wet Rock. Bringing together six artists from differing locations, the exhibition tracks mutual malaise and uncertainty regarding emotion, knowledge and experience in the context of modes and places of living. Looking at the effect that physical positioning has on contemporary art making, this presentation surveys narrative through setting - whether it be grotesque, picturesque, gaudy, urban or fictional. Artists included are Madison Bycroft, Chen Zhou, Liam Denny, Tania Franco Klein, Jamie O'Connell and Justin Williams. #crushedbonewetrock #comagallery

07.01.2022 Crushed Bone / Wet Rock is now open to the public. Pictured here are four installation images of the show, across two of the gallery rooms. #crushedbonewetrock #comagallery

06.01.2022 Included in ‘Crushed Bone / Wet Rock’, Jamie O’Connell’s Date Palm Studies mark the start of a larger project, a project that begins with a paired set of insights which work to shift the way we see the Canary Island Date Palm within Australia. The first of these insights occurs in relation to the migration of both things and people around the globe, and a paired set of actions to curtail this. The Canary Islands passage, from Africa to the Spanish provincial islands from whic...h the date palms gain their name sake, was until recently one of the busiest sea passages for irregular migrations leaving Africa. This passage was effectively blocked by Spanish border security, forcing migrants to take the even riskier Sahel and Mediterranean passages. - Image: Jamie O’Connell - Untitled (Date Palm Study #9), 2018, pencil on tracing paper, collage, 38 x 30 cm. #comagallery #jamieoconnell #crushedbonewetrock See more

04.01.2022 Nabilah Nordin, who recently exhibited a new body of work with COMA earlier this year, has been awarded a City of Melbourne grant to make Sculpture House - a home exhibition responding to her living and working environment during isolation. #nabilahnordin #sculpturehouse #melbourne

02.01.2022 Jordan Azcune discussing resolving new work during lockdown and offering a small glimpse at his working and home environment. The full video can be viewed on the Griffith University Art Museum YouTube page. #jordanazcune #studiovisit

01.01.2022 Working predominately in sculpture, Liam Denny engages in a speculative approach to how objects engage with one another and how they construct multiple milieus around themselves. His work entangles the concepts of reality and fiction. The artist places objects into new narratives that that evoke uncanny emotional connections. Denny currently has a single sculptural work included in 'Crushed Bone / Wet Rock' now showing in the gallery. #liamdenny #comagallery #crushedbonewetrock

01.01.2022 Zara June Williams's first solo exhibition with COMA, titled 'Fuse', opens today, during regular gallery opening hours 10am - 5pm. The presentation runs through 17 December 2020, we look forward to seeing you in the space. #zarajunewilliams #fuse #comagallery

01.01.2022 One of two artworks included in 'Fuse' that does not include a collaged element, 'Dusk' focuses on assured and confident brushstrokes that have a degree of transparency allowing the viewer access to parts of the underpainting and each individual layer. The way in which the canvas is broken up mirrors to some degree the placement of collaged elements in other works situated nearby. - Zara June Williams, 'Dusk', 2020, acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 96.5 cm / 45 x 38 inches #zarajunewilliams #fuse #comagallery

01.01.2022 Currently involved in our group presentation 'Crushed Bone / Wet Rock', Madison Bycroft (b. 1987, Adelaide/Kaurna Yarta, Australia) is a multi-disciplinary artist based between Marseille and Adelaide. Working with immersive installation, video and performance, she has participated numerous exhibitions crossing multiple venues in Europe such as Palais de Tokyo, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Pinchuk Art Centre, etc. #madisonbycroft #crushedbonewetrock #comagallery