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Defiance Gallery

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9557 8483

Address: 12 Mary Place, Paddington 2021 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.defiancegallery.com/

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25.01.2022 I just want to go as far west as I can go - Joe Furlongers new show opening this Sunday at Defiance Gallery, 12 Mary Place, Paddington

25.01.2022 Cant wait for Joe Furlongers upcoming exhibition at Mary Place. Here is a sneak peek! #joefurlonger #defiancegallery @ Mary Place Gallery

25.01.2022 Such a great visit to Clara Hali’s studio today. We’re looking forward to presenting select works in bronze and ceramic from the last 20 years. Exhibition opening 26 April

24.01.2022 Art by nature is not obedience but Defiance - https://mailchi.mp//art-by-nature-is-not-obedience-but-def

24.01.2022 Great studio visit with Lea Ferris today. The final work for her upcoming exhibition ‘Homage to the Reef’ was finished this morning. We’re looking forward to the opening Nov 15

24.01.2022 Vale Frank Watters Thank you Frank. You and Watters have given us all so much, you have been a shinning light in the art world for over 50 years. What an incredible life, contribution and legacy

23.01.2022 Kevin Nortons work Bombala in his upcoming show opening this Sunday at 11am

23.01.2022 ‘Brothel’ by Tim Kyle and other observations on the spectrum of human condition make for a fascinating and moving body of work. The exhibition opens this Sunday at 11am

23.01.2022 Ana Pollak’s exquisite show ‘Palimpsest’ opens this Sunday at 11am at Defiance Gallery at Mary Place PALIMPSEST Palimpsest: noun. a manuscript on which two or more successive texts have been written, each one being erased to make room for the next. Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. ... The word Palimpsest sums up the layered nature of the process paintings and subject for this show. The Hawkesbury Sandstone country where I live has a diverse abundance of textures within its botanical communities. Walking through the bush is an immersive experience of being surrounded by multiple veils of contrasting foliage and tree lines. Across light filled voids and through canopies, rhythms of branch lines echo. It’s a delight for my eyes to play with these connections or get massaged by leaf stipple of a community of Kunzea or Isopogen plants. Knowing that these botanical descendants are here after millions of years of coexistence and competition is both humbling and mind expanding. Ana Pollak 2020 Ana will donate one quarter of her earnings from the sale of her works in the exhibition to the Australian Wildlife Consrvancy Meet the artist - Ana will be in the gallery every Saturday from midday to 3pm during her exhibition

23.01.2022 Join us this Sunday 11-2pm to celebrate the first quarter century of Defiance Gallery at the opening of our new group exhibition Defiance 25!

22.01.2022 David Wilsons epic work Hope Sleeping - Grand Disguise in the @qagoma collection @ Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art

22.01.2022 Anita’s Larkin’s exhibition ‘Come to me without a word’ is now on at the Australian Design Centre 113-115 William St, Darlinghurst. This rewarding show is innovative, unique and deeply personal. On until 20 March #australiandesigncentre #anitalarkin #defiancegalleryatmaryplace #defiancegallery

21.01.2022 Last full day to see these incredible paint construction by Paul Higgs. Open until 5 today

21.01.2022 Were so excited to have received Joe Furlongers new works at the gallery today. This beauty is called Big Sky Country, Newhaven NT 2019 pigment and PVA binder on canvas, 208 x 198cm. Joes show opens this Sunday 11am-2pm

20.01.2022 The Welder by Tim Kyle is one of the new works in his brilliant new exhibition opening this Sunday at 11am

20.01.2022 The remarkable ‘Eve’ by Lea Ferris is part of her exhibition ‘Homage to the Reef’. It’s the last day tomorrow - we’re open 11-5

20.01.2022 Don’t miss the last day of Dave Teer’s exhibition tomorrow. We are open 11-5 Dave’s poem adds another dimension when looking at the works..... Finite monuments for infinite amnesia... I went back to the bush to find the trees, Powder remained, Charted appendages contorted, Histories residue, piled high. A hush, a hush , a hush.......so low........, it, It made, the noise seem like silence, For gone is the roar of the story just past. This avoidable silence that has now become,apparently unavoidably....... Well its descended from high, It now it is here to stay, Here to stay! This silence which started so low, so, low, so, so low, So low to the ground, It’s here to stay? But.....But, It roared! It reached so high! What was once life, well now its just.... Well it’s .....well it’s.....well it just, It just clings to the ankles. Feeble now, it will not yield! It does not, will not yield, Yield to neglect, Yield to the amnesia of the times. Hurt, Irritable, Resigned to the struggle, Resigned to the amnesia, Resigned to all the miscellaneous rubbish talk. Resigned to the insidious nature of a dominant species. Now.........now, As if gesturing gently towards the universe. Clinging like kindness Avoiding obliteration, Avoiding simply becoming a finite monument. Blossoming! Even though it is sick to the bone, It’s Blossoming, Crying out. The bush admiringly try’s again. Install shots by Stephen Oxenbury

20.01.2022 Tim Kyle’s ‘Seated Figure’ in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW 2014 #timkyle #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace #agnsw #wynneprizefinalist #wynneprize #sculpture

19.01.2022 Congratulations to Paul Higgs who has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Paddington Art Prize. This year the prize will be on exhibition at Defiance Gallery, 12 Mary Place, Paddington

19.01.2022 Bush Telegraph, the last work available in Ana Pollak’s exquisite exhibition ‘Palimpsest’. Ana will be in the gallery today from 12-3

19.01.2022 DEFIANCE GALLERY IS TURNING 25! 1995 - 2020 It has been too unwieldy and uncertain a year to plan a celebration worthy of such a milestone (and we also can’t have a big party) but we are dedicating the last exhibition of 2020 to a group show celebrating this fantastic journey with you all. ... We invite you to join us from 11-2 this Sunday 13 Dec for an to celebrate this achievement, to happily say goodbye to 2020, have a few Christmas drinks and to thank you for being part of the gallery OPENING 11am - 2pm Sunday 13 December EXHIBITION DATES 16 December 2020 - 3 February 2021 12 MARY PLACE, PADDINGTON HOURS 11am - 5pm Wednesday to Saturday We will be closed for the holidays from 20 December 2020 - 6 January 2021

19.01.2022 ABSTRACTION 2020 EXHIBITION DATES 1 - 23 July 2020 Bill Brown, Ann Thomson, Ana Pollak, Roy Jackson... Campbell Robertson-Swann, Charmaine Pike John Peart, Paul Selwood, Ross Laurie and Idris Murphy courtesy of King Street Gallery on William David Collins courtesy of Stanley Street Gallery

18.01.2022 Special delivery! Pleased to report it was a calm crossing from Dangar Island to Brooklyn. Here painter David Collins rows Ana Pollaks exhibition across the Hawkesbury. The works have arrived safely at the gallery ready for the opening on Sunday #anapollak #defiancegallery

18.01.2022 Coming soon...... Paul Higgs...... Material Energy

16.01.2022 Tim Kyle’s magnificent ‘Diver’ at the Defiance Gallery Sculpture Park 2014

15.01.2022 Tim Kyles powerful work Riot Squad, Redfern is part of his new exhibition opening this Sunday at 11am #timkyle #sculpture #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace

15.01.2022 Ana Pollak will donate one quarter of her earnings from the sale of her works in the exhibition to the Australian Wildlife Consrvancy Meet the artist - Ana will be in the gallery every Saturday from midday to 3pm during her exhibition

15.01.2022 We’re excited to be working on Charmaine Pikes upcoming exhibition. Drawing has always been the corner stone of Charmaine’s practice and has come to the fore in this exquisite series. Stay tuned!

15.01.2022 We are now open and looking forward to seeing you all! Current gallery hours 11-5, Thur, Fri, Sat Ground floor exhibition - David Wilson sculpture until 19 June First floor exhibition - a selection of work on the secondary market until 19 June

14.01.2022 Abstraction 2020 is now open! This magnificent work by John Peart is part of the exhibition courtesy of King Street Gallery on William #johnpeart

14.01.2022 If you haven’t yet seen Dave Teer’s brilliant exhibition we are open tomorrow from 11-5. John McDonald reviewed the exhibition recently in the SMH Spectrum; Upstairs at Defiance Dave Teer’s Finite monuments, infinite amnesia reflects on last year’s bushfire crisis and the speed with which we have forgotten that seemingly unforgettable trauma. His response is an epic series of abstract paintings in which colours flicker like flames and ash, along with a suite of freestanding s...culptures that give the show its title. Teer has never been unwilling to experiment but these works are a startling departure from his better-known metal sculptures. Rough, blackened columns rise up from classical pediments like burnt tree trunks growing out of the ruins of a classical culture. As the column rises higher a radical transformation takes place, with the vertical movement being interrupted by a biomorphic form that might be a human figure, an insect or part of a tree. Each form has been professionally gilded, like a monument of an ancient civilisation. This show could be viewed as a celebration of nature’s powers of self-renewal but also as a comment on our own obtuseness. Does something have to glisten before we pay attention? While the golden forms act as capitals for the blackened columns they also pun on another kind of capital that seems to be in perpetual war with nature.

14.01.2022 Tim we miss you already! Thank you for being such a wonderful colleague, friend and part of the Defiance team since 2016. We all wish you every success on your exciting move to Melbourne. Come and visit us soon XX #timcorne @tctimtim

14.01.2022 Tim Kyle’s powerful work ‘Riot Squad, Redfern’ is part of his new exhibition opening this Sunday at 11am #timkyle #sculpture #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace

13.01.2022 Congratulations Tim! Tim Allen has been selected as a finalist in The Paddington Art Prize. His work ‘Puzzle Creek (Light that blinds) depicts the amazing landscape of Mount Zero, one the incredible sanctuaries in Northern Qld managed by the @australianwildlifeconservancy that Tim visited last year. #paddingtonartprize #timallenartist #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace #australianwildlifeconservancy

13.01.2022 Tim Kyle’s brilliant exhibition is on until 24 October. Gallery hours 11-5 Wed- Sat #timkyle #sculpture #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace

13.01.2022 Kevin Nortons exhibition of exquisite bronzes opens tomorrow 11-2pm at Defiance Gallery, 12 Mary Place, Paddington

11.01.2022 New work from the studio by @charmaine.m.pike This beauty will be in her upcoming show later this year #charmainepike #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace #australianlandscapepainting

11.01.2022 Head over to our new Instagram page @defiancegalleryathome We love seeing works by Defiance Gallery artists take on a new life in collectors homes. This page offers a glimpse into those interiors Many thanks to all those who have allowed us to photograph their inspiring homes #defiancegallery... #defiancegalleryathome See more

09.01.2022 We’re excited to be working on Charmaine Pike’s upcoming exhibition. Drawing has always been the corner stone of Charmaine’s practice and has come to the fore in this exquisite series. Stay tuned!

09.01.2022 Read John McDonalds review of the Paul Higgs exhibition here https://www.google.com.au//art-that-takes-a-risk-the-block

08.01.2022 Dave Teer @rmb352 exhibits with Gemma Avery and Helen Redmond at the Downing Centre, Cnr Liverpoool and Elizabeth in the CBD

08.01.2022 Dont miss the last days of this brilliant body of works by Paul Higgs. Material Energy is on until 1pm tomorrow

07.01.2022 What a wild and wonderful ride the first 25 years of Defiance Gallery have been! We’re exhausted just thinking about it. Here is a dip back into the archives. Sorry no photo credits!

07.01.2022 ‘The Welder’ by Tim Kyle is one of the new works in his brilliant new exhibition opening this Sunday at 11am

05.01.2022 Anita Johnson Larkins brilliant upcoming solo show Come to me without a word opens at Wollongong City Art Gallery later this year For more information to visit www.anitalarkin.com & @anita_larkin_sculptor

04.01.2022 Brothel by Tim Kyle and other observations on the spectrum of human condition make for a fascinating and moving body of work. The exhibition opens this Sunday at 11am

03.01.2022 Ana Pollaks exquisite show Palimpsest opens this Sunday at 11am at Defiance Gallery at Mary Place PALIMPSEST Palimpsest: noun. a manuscript on which two or more successive texts have been written, each one being erased to make room for the next. Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. ... The word Palimpsest sums up the layered nature of the process paintings and subject for this show. The Hawkesbury Sandstone country where I live has a diverse abundance of textures within its botanical communities. Walking through the bush is an immersive experience of being surrounded by multiple veils of contrasting foliage and tree lines. Across light filled voids and through canopies, rhythms of branch lines echo. Its a delight for my eyes to play with these connections or get massaged by leaf stipple of a community of Kunzea or Isopogen plants. Knowing that these botanical descendants are here after millions of years of coexistence and competition is both humbling and mind expanding. Ana Pollak 2020 Ana will donate one quarter of her earnings from the sale of her works in the exhibition to the Australian Wildlife Consrvancy Meet the artist - Ana will be in the gallery every Saturday from midday to 3pm during her exhibition

02.01.2022 Ana Pollak’s exhibition ‘Palimpsest’ on until 23 Oct

02.01.2022 Brilliant studio visit with Kyle Murrell. Kyle was the joint recipient of the Defiance Award and Nock Foundation Artist Residency in Queenstown NZ at the Paddington Art Prize 2019. These works by Kyle and fellow recipient Willemina Villari Will be shown together in March/April at Defiance Gallery

02.01.2022 A sneak peak of the fabulous new work in Charmaine Pikes upcoming exhibition at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place. Looking forward to seeing more of this exquisite mark making from such an original voice #charmainepike #defiancegallery

01.01.2022 Joe Furlongers brilliant new exhibition I just want to go as far west as I can go opens this Sunday at Defiance Gallery, 12 Mary Place, Paddington #joefurlonger #defiancegallery #defiancegalleryatmaryplace

01.01.2022 Daytime Giza Plateau, one of the spectacular paint constructions by Paul Higgs in his current exhibition

01.01.2022 Kevin Nortons exquisite show of small bronze works opens this Sunday 11-2pm