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Flinders Lane Gallery

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9654 3332

Address: Flinders Lane Gallery, Level 1, The Nicholas Building 37 Swanston St 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.flg.com.au

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25.01.2022 Congratulations to Melinda Schawel for teaching herself a whole new process working with metal and opening up the world of public art with this beautiful new installation of a tree grille for the City of Casey. The Cranbourne West Community Hub is due to open in January 2021. If you scroll through the images you will be able to see a close up of one of Melinda's paperworks- the inspirational texture behind this special new piece. And a beautiful wall sculpture we have available through FLG. https://www.flg.com.au/artist/melinda-schawel/contemporary Many thanks also to City of Casey.

25.01.2022 Close, meticulous observation is at the heart of Michelle Molinari's work, and drawing, painting, casting and taxidermy take place side by side in her studio. These richly detailed charcoal and chalk drawings have been created on a luxurious velour paper lending the works a velvety warmth. Viewable at the gallery. @michellemolinariartist #michellemolinari #charcoaldrawing #stilllife #taxidermy #glassdomes #collections #realist ... Untitled (Glass Domes) 2020 charcoal & white chalk on velour paper 48cm x 70cm $2,000 AUD Untitled (Still Life) 2020 charcoal & white chalk on velour paper 48cm x 70cm $2,000 AUD See more

25.01.2022 As you know it has been a bit tricky arranging final little details like printing artworks for installation while in lockdown. So I received delivery today of the magical photographs by Anne Conron for the Jon Eiseman exhibition ' Into the Silent Sea' . I've taken these installation pics for you to enjoy. It really does look pretty fabulous in there! Link in profile Into the Silent Sea from 22 September - 10 October 2020 @joneisemanart #joneiseman #bronzesculpture #symbolism #subconscious #uniquebronze #figurativesculpture #australiansculptor #collectablesculpture #magicrealism #sinkingboat #angel #newexhibition #annconronphotography #joneiseman #magicalrealism #surreal #photography #australianphotography #bushchurch #newexhibition #intothesilentsea @anne_conron

25.01.2022 I really enjoyed this indepth interview with FLG artist Melinda Schawel as she speaks to Creative Road about her journey as an artist and her move into public art. https://vimeo.com/462851874 You can view some of her unique works here too https://www.flg.com.au/artist/melinda-schawel/contemporary

24.01.2022 Good news to end the year on - https://mailchi.mp/flg.com.au/news2020

24.01.2022 Sometimes there are such stunning gems just sitting around in an artist's studio! I just discovered these tiny crisp pieces by Ken Smith. Painted years ago but never shown or seen outside his studio before. I think they are a breath of fresh air! @kensmithimages Details: ... Beachside Suburb 2020 oil on paper 13cm x 23cm unframed Cruiseliner 2007 oil on paper 11cm x 24cm unframed #kensmith #studiosecrets #morningtonpeninsula #landscapepainting #light #colour #frankston #cruiseliner #sunset #hiddensecrets

23.01.2022 Flouro red Horstmans now in at FLG! Look at this beauty! Talk about stopping people in their tracks; this is a sculpture with some attitude. You can check out more of Dion's works at this link https://www.flg.com.au/artist/dion-horstmans/contemporary or go to profile for direct link. #artistsoninstagram #artist #sculpture #wallporn #collectart #buyart #wallsculpture #art #galleries #melbourne #fluorescent #red #dynamic #bright #scale #residential #collect #dionhorstmans @dionhorstmans

23.01.2022 Another lyrical artwork by @hannahquinlivan part of her current solo #nocturne. Link in profile #steel #hannahquinlivan #sculpture #linear #australiancontemporaryart #flinderslanegallery #exhibition

22.01.2022 Very excited to be receiving the glorious new paintings by Jo Davenport tomorrow! Jo's new solo 'Revival' is on at FLG from the 13 October until 30th October. The preview for her exhibition has just gone out. The link is in the profile. " A deep sense of optimism and reverence has been imbued within the vibrant abstract images painted by Albury artist Jo Davenport. While connected to the tradition of landscape painting, in which the artist records the natural world around th...em, Davenport’s practice moves beyond the literal or representational, shifting toward an interior, felt response to the sensations of the landscape. " excerpt from catalogue essay by Phe Luxford 2020 Artwork images: In studio Early Spring 2020 & Wetlands 2020 oil on Belgian linen 183cm x 168cm Framed Grey Skies 2020 oil on board 90cm x 90cm Framed Reflected Sky 2020 oil on board 90cm x 90cm Framed @jodavenport_art #jodavenport #newexhibition #revival #contemporaryabstraction #collectableart #collectableabstraction #colour #optimism #preview #vibrantart #abstractexpressionism #australianlandscape

21.01.2022 A beauty of a pic of Leah Thiessen creating her stunning paper works for 'Broadwater', her inaugural solo at FLG from 18 May. We are really looking forward to showcasing this powerful body of work. If you haven't already please email [email protected] if you would like a preview. @leahthiessen_ #preview #leahthiessen #australianabstraction #worksonpaper #abstractpainter #contemporaryabstraction #collectableart #inauguralsolo #broadwater #cantwait

19.01.2022 We are delighted to present Hannah Quinlivan's seventh solo exhibition at FLG. Since graduating from ANU in 2013 with first class honours she has exhibited in Australia, Britain, Berlin, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and the United States.

18.01.2022 A big happy birthday to this gorgeous lady today! It's a milestone birthday for @gina.kalabishis and we wish her a really gorgeous day filled with love and laughter and birdsong. This is one of Gina's incredible Gang Gang drawings, now showing in our online Spring Salon- link in profile. Artwork I'll Be Missing You (after the protests, after the lockdowns) 2020 Ink and gouache on Saunders Waterford watercolour paper 300gsm... 112cm x 77cm unframed #worksonpaper #australianbirds #ganggangcockatoo #australianpainter #bushtucker #onlineexhibition #springsalon #worksonpaper #ganggang #cockatoodrawing #happybirthday

18.01.2022 Jon Eiseman and William Breen's solo exhibitions make for a tranquil departure from the bustle of Swanston St. On until Saturday 5th December, you can just pop in to visit. These are a couple of the beautiful quality works on exhibition. The sculpture is a unique bronze by Eiseman titled 'Waiting for the Wind' and stands tall at 81cm in height. The realist painting is by Breen titled 'Under Construction' -something many of us can relate to! On from 11am - 6pm Tuesday to Frid...ay and 11am - 5pm Saturday. Links https://www.flg.com.au/art/under-construction/exhibition https://www.flg.com.au/exhibition/silent-sea @williambreenart #melbourne #welovetohate #graffiti #laneways #flinderslanegallery #hyperrealism #timecapsule #vacant #nostanding @joneisemanart #joneiseman #bronzesculpture #symbolism #subconscious #uniquebronze #figurativesculpture #australiansculptor #collectablesculpture #magicrealism #sinkingboat #angel #newexhibition

17.01.2022 Thank you @talking_with_painters for your support of currently exhibiting artist Michael Simms' practice. If any of you don't already follow this wonderful podcast I highly recommend. A lovely approachable way to get a sneaky insight into your favourite artists' practices and studio behind-the-scenes snippets. Link to Michael's interview in profile and also link to his current solo. This painting is Eros 2020 oil on canvas 122cm x 152cm ... @michaelsimmsart #nowexhibiting #isoexhibition #figurativeart #figurativepainting #contemporaryportraiture #australianart #malenude #talkingwithpainters #insight #artiststudio #freudian #eros

16.01.2022 Some new Chelsea Gustafsson works in the STILL exhibition showing now. We are open until 5pm today so if you are planning on a wander make sure to pop in for a visit. These are Closer 2020, oil on board, 15cm x 20cm , Object - Great White 2020 oil on board 100cm x 100cm and Red acrylic and oil on board 50cm x 50cm. Link in profile or https://www.flg.com.au/exhibition/still @chelsea_gustafsson #chelseagustafsson #realism #shark #stilllife #still #contemporarystilllife #greatwhite #currentexhibition #melbourne #flinderslanegallery

16.01.2022 Two surprise new additions to our current exhibition 'Still' arrived this morning from Michelle Molinari. Absolutely stunning works! Very happy to include these into the exhibition. Thank you @michellemolinariartist :) (details in profile) Michelle is a painter, taxidermist and installation artist whose practice explores notions of death, fleeting beauty and the act of commemoration. Drawing upon traditions of taxidermic representation and European still life painting, Molin...ari works across various media to blur the boundaries between the inanimate and corporeal and to question ideas of aesthetic value. ‘The process and understanding of taxidermy itself is vital to the developmental process of my work, not only does the act of creating the taxidermy enable me to acquire an internal and empathetic understanding of the animal, it is also just as revealing of the human sentiment to hold something away from death as well as reveal it.’ Artist Statement, Michelle Molinari Artworks: Michelle Molinari Cautionary 2020 oil on panel 90cm x 60cm Self Portrait Reflected in Glass Dome of Finches 2020 charcoal and white chalk on paper 70cm x 50cm , unframed #taxidermy #stilllife #michellemolinari #flinderslanegallery #onlineexhibition #still #portrait #selfportrait

16.01.2022 It's already the second week of Jon Eiseman's exhibition and without us ever opening the doors it will be over again. In light of this I intend on creating another exhibition in the showroom with these wonderful new sculptures once our doors open again so you can enjoy them in person. In the meantime I've created a little details video so you can see more of the care and consideration in each and every work. Jon Eiseman’s sculptures extend beyond the physical, encompassing n...otions of time, spirituality and emotion. Cast in bronze his figurative sculptures have a whimsical and poetic quality in which the common man - often represented as a suited figure or solitary head - is fused with iconic symbols of the vessel, fish, bird, tower, tree, flag and ladder to suggest contemplation, humour and internal struggle. Drawn from the shadow world of dream and the inner landscape of the unconscious, his work creates an intriguing open-ended sense of narrative. Jon Eiseman has been a practicing artist since 1985 Eiseman has completed several public, corporate and private commissions throughout Australia. His sculptural work features in the permanent collections of The Constable & Hershon Vineyard & Sculpture Garden, Hunter Valley, NSW, La Trobe University Collection, Parliament House, Hobart, Tasmania, Geelong Regional Gallery, Burnie Regional Gallery, and Point Leo Sculpture Park in Victoria and in private collections in New Zealand, USA, Asia and Europe. Into the Silent Sea from 22 September - 10 October 2020 @joneisemanart #joneiseman #bronzesculpture #symbolism #subconscious #uniquebronze #figurativesculpture #australiansculptor #collectablesculpture #magicrealism #sinkingboat #angel #newexhibition See more

15.01.2022 Showcasing new works from a selection of FLG's stable of artists, STILL responds to our recent collective experience of living in quiet isolation. While Covid lock downs have indeed been a difficult process, these months have also afforded opportunities for inward reflection, moments of gentle observation and productive time for creativity. Through the practice of still life each of our FLG artists reflects on the world around them as a means to find hope, humour and appreciation. https://www.flg.com.au/exhibition/still

15.01.2022 Eventide by Meg Cowell Art for the night. The night is beautiful. The night is romantic. The night is menacing. And so it is with Meg Cowell’s sumptuous photographic works. We are delighted to present this stunning suite of new photography works by Meg as an online-only exhibition. https://www.flg.com.au/exhibition/eventide (Link in profile) "Cowell’s work is undoubtedly beautiful as any star-filled night, but within that beauty lies a subtle sense of menace. Somehow, as w...e gaze at the luminous glory of these delicate frocks, we feel uneasy - as though we might perhaps be looking at death in a ball gown. The works are lush with rococo splendour the pastel satins of the gowns are trapped in an eternal, graceful dance. They are romantic images that call to mind candle-lit soirees of Belle Époque elegance; and yet the decadent silks begin to dissipate into smoke at their edges, becoming unreal, immaterial; like Cinderella’s carriage, the façade of beauty is a temporary glamour that quickly evaporates in the light of dawn - or in this case, into the infinite black void." excerpt from catalogue essay by Eric Henshall, 2020 @meg.cowell #megcowell #photography #australianphotography #couture #gowns #underwater #decadent #graceful #onlineexhibition #momentomori

14.01.2022 In Canberra tonight? Here’s a special treat for you! #Repost @hannahquinlivan with @get_repost TONIGHT My performance Desiderium, a collaboration with the incredible @shikararingdahl, is on tonight in City Walk, Canberra (Sat 14 Nov, 7.30-8.15pm). ... The show is part of the DESIGN Canberra festival. It's a ticketed event ($25), link for tickets is in the @designcanberrafestival bio. I'll also be giving a short artist's talk. @larasinclair.productions #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #spatialdrawing #hannahquinlivan #contemporaryart @flinderslanegallery #designcanberra #designcanberrafestival #craftact #hannahquinlivan #installation #publicart #canberra #CBRarts #canberracentre #festival #event #wearecbr

12.01.2022 Flinders Lane Gallery is delighted to be participating in Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020, this year's unique manifestation of the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. As a unique online event SCP aims to encourage audiences to buy a new artwork made during this challenging year and to support Australian artists. This revolving mixed media sculpture by Jacob Leary 'It needs to grow' is in a process of growth and accumulation. Drawing on Tristan Garcia’s conceptualisation of intens...ity as the prevailing religion defining contemporary (and modern existence), 'It needs to grow' is an embodiment of contemporary perception. This embodiment exists in a world that needs things now, better, more intense, and then repeated, until we’re bored and then we’ll find something else and repeat. As an embodiment of contemporary perception, the work is trying to be noticed and keep your attention for longer. It’s a stronger, faster, better, harder logic. It’s a race to excess. It isn’t what the work is about, it not a packaged concept to takeaway. It’s purely the contemporary conditions which with the art-object grew from and which it must respond to, to perceptual disrupt, seduce, and matter. It's just trying to do its thing. See more

11.01.2022 Last days of Michael Simms dark and brooding solo 'Drive'. A rich painterly suite of oil paintings displaying Michael's skill at manipulating paint to create moody and seductive figures in their dreamlike states. Link to exhibition and to VIrtual Tour in profile. @michaelsimmsart Artwork featured Michael Simms Replay 2020... oil on canvas 102cm x 102cm #michaelsimms #eros #figurativeart #figurativepainter #oilpainting #malenude #flinderslanegallery #melbourneart #australianart #upcomingexhibition #beautiful #dark #onlineseduction #ethereal #love See more

11.01.2022 More incredible paintings arrived in the gallery today! Thank you to @gina.kalabishis for these extraordinary pieces ‘Happy Tears 1 & 2’ . Link to exhibition ‘still’ in profile. #ginakalabishis #stilllife #still #flowers #nativeflowers #bouquet #realism

10.01.2022 In the essay by Elli Walsh, William Breen's work is described as possessing a "a sense of Romantic urbanity, a paradoxical mundane sublimity, that draws out attention to the profound beauty in the banal. Capturing each vista with precision and sensitivity, the artist casts light quite literally on the bypassed, the forgotten and the ordinary. Sun drenched shopfronts, vacant roads and derelict walls take on new meaning in the shadow of the Covid lockdowns." This is Madame... Sousou gouache on paper 35 x 62cm. We are open today (Saturday 28 November ) until 5pm Link in profile or https://www.flg.com.au/exhibition/wet-paint #williambreen #williambreenart #madamesousou #gertrudestreet #flinderslanegallery #currentexhibition #wetpaint @williambreenart

10.01.2022 How delicious are these? What a talent Bronwyn HIll is! These are two of the new pieces for our current 'Still' exhibition. I'm afraid they have already sold but if you fell instantly in love then I am happy to tell you Bronwyn has an exhibition at FLG in June '21. If you would like to go on our mailing list and Bronwyn's preview list just send me an email to [email protected]. @bronart #bronwynhillart #juicy #still #stilllife #watermelon #butterflies #kiwifruit #realistart #co...llectable #covet #australiansummer Artwork dets: Bronwyn Hill Pretty in Pink 2020 (kiwi) oil on board 46cm x 61cm Sweet Spot 2020 (watermelon) oil on board 61cm x 46cm

09.01.2022 How do you like them apples? 'Have Nots and Haves' by Marise Maas is another beauty in her current solo 'The Stash'. Closing party this Saturday 12.30- 2.30pm. If you haven't RSVPed yet please do so by emailing [email protected] Link to solo in profile. @marise_maas #marisemaas #havenothaves #apples #closingparty #thestash #flinderslanegallery

09.01.2022 FLG is so grateful to the City of Melbourne and its Transformation Grant assistance which has enabled us to invest in a high quality camera to bring to you our own virtual tours of the gallery! https://my.matterport.com/show/ I am so excited about the avenues that this will open up to show you our wonderful artists' works in a more real sense even when the gallery is closed. Obviously it is particularly useful right now in this lockdown situation, but it will continue to all...ow me to bring the gallery in high definition to all of you who are based outside of Melbourne, and those of you who are not able to get into the gallery for whatever reason. I have managed to create our very first virtual tour of the current exhibitions for both Jon Eiseman and MIchael Simms. I hope you enjoy them! @cityofmelbourne #cityofmelbourne @sallycapp

08.01.2022 A beautiful new virtual tour for the much loved and anticipated solo 'Revival' by Jo Davenport. With thanks to the City of Melbourne and its Transformation Grant assistance! Really exciting to be able to present exhibitions to you even though we sadly are not able to open yet. This is such an uplifting and vibrant exhibition I hope you will 'drop in' and wander through. (link below and in our profile) Fingers crossed we'll be able to open for a little bit of the show at least.... @cityofmelbourne #cityofmelbourne #transformationgrant @sallycapp @jodavenport_art #jodavenport #newexhibition #revival #contemporaryabstraction #collectableart #collectableabstraction #colour #optimism #vibrantart #abstractexpressionism #australianlandscape #virtualtour #virtualgallery https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=5d7uHXHtWv8

08.01.2022 FLG's last day today. I've been having a look over all the exhibitions we had this year. Despite the closure we have had a very productive year! This is a little video of some of the highlights. In order of exhibition: Annika Romeyn, Melinda Schawel, Storytellers, Richard Blackwell, Dion Horstmans, Kathrin Longhurst, Ken Smith, Melanie McCollin-Walker, Michael Simms, Jon Eiseman, Meg Cowell, Jo Davenport, William Breen & Hannah Quinlivan. Thank you to all of our hardworking a...rtists, and to all of our incredible supporters! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. I will be taking a little break from the socials. We'll be bringing you a very exciting 2021 with inaugural exhibitions by newly signed artists and some long-awaited solos by perennial favourites too. Stay safe everyone and I'll see you on the other side. FLG is closed from the 24 December until 27 January 2021. By appointment from the 19th - 23rd January. We reopen with Hannah Quinlivan's solo 'Nocturne'. #lastday #2020ends #happychristmas #happyholidays #happynewyear #thankyou #untilnextyear @annika_lucy @melindaschawel @richardblackwell.studio @dionhorstmans @kathrinlonghurst @kensmithimages @melaniemccollinwalker @michaelsimmsart @joneisemanart @jodavenport_art @williambreenart @hannahquinlivan @meg.cowell

08.01.2022 Some details of a new drawing by the astonishingly talented (and incredibly patient!) artist Kim Anderson. Kim has her second solo exhibition with us in June/July. Following on from her very successful first solo 'Solastalgia', this new suite is inspired by her three-month Jon Schueler Scholarship Artist-in-Residence at the Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, National Centre for Gaelic Language, Culture and the Arts, Isle of Skye, Scotland (2019). If you would like to be on the preview list for Kim's upcoming solo at FLG this June just shoot me an email to [email protected] @kim_anderson_artist #contemporarydrawings #charcoalpencil #copicmultiliner #figurativedrawing #finedetails #adelaideperrydrawingprize #solastalgia #ecologicalgrief #kimanderson

06.01.2022 Isn't he lovely? This is a major new sculpture that Jon Eiseman has created for his solo now on at FLG. Titled 'After the Storm' this fine gent stands at 77cm in height. I've taken a pic with Julius next to him to show you the scale. The figurative transformed to the literal with the albatross carried on his back. Ever the storyteller, Jon Eiseman loves to play with symbolism and mythology. Come and visit and see these whimsical and poetic pieces for yourself. On from 11am - 6pm Tuesday to Friday and 11am - 5pm Saturday. @joneisemanart #joneiseman #bronzesculpture #symbolism #subconscious #uniquebronze #figurativesculpture #australiansculptor #collectablesculpture #magicrealism #sinkingboat #angel #newexhibition

06.01.2022 Two beautiful new drawings by Melinda Schawel @melindaschawel now in the gallery! These ink, pencil on torn & perforated paper are just 38 x 38cm (unframed), framed size 50x 50cm. Details on her page https://www.flg.com.au/artist/melinda-schawel/contemporary #melindaschawel #paperart #worksonpaper #toughlove #flinderslanegallery #new

04.01.2022 Hannah has just been announced as the commissioned artist for DESIGN Canberra Festival's new City Walk artwork. Titled Desiderium, the large-scale light sculpture will be installed at the City Walk entry to Monaro Mall to act as an artistic arrow to the ceiling mosaic originally designed by Frank Hinder.

03.01.2022 'The Bits & Bones of Life', 'The Stones of her Stream' are these two brand new wonderful still life pieces by Northern Rivers artist Christine Willcocks. Recently Christine Willcocks was announced as a finalist in both the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) and the non-acquisitive $20,000 Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize. Christine combines a range of printmaking, installation and photographic processes to explore notions of museology and the natural worl...d and the conceptual spaces such environments evoke in the viewer. @chriswillcocks Christine Willcocks The Bits and Bones of Life 2020 Charcoal on paper 128cm x 100cm unframed The Stones of her Stream 2020 Charcoal on paper 128cm x 124cm unframed #rollingstones #rocks #life #inthewild #calm #stilllife #christinewillcocks #exhibition #drawings #australianartist #rockon #northernrivers #contemporarystilllife #largedrawings

01.01.2022 Rich in content with social, political and cultural references, this is a deceptively simple and elegant portrait of Kathrin Longhurst as a young girl. I'm delighted to say we'll be receiving this into the gallery in the next couple of weeks. Kathrin has written a really interesting statement to go with this piece- see excerpt below. (For full please see https://www.flg.com.au/art/artist-young-girl/contemporary) "This is the third in a series of portraits that uses my daught...er as a metaphor for my own life story. As a child of the cold war, growing up behind the Berlin wall in the most controlled and ideologically hard-line satellite states of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, I acquired a very one-sided view of history, politics and the world in general. I was a teenager when I first discovered the West and had to relearn history and interpretations of world events. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, this deeply conflicted time of my life sparked an enormous interest in freedom of speech, propaganda and more recently women’s role in society and the push for greater gender equality. This painting depicts an adolescent female looking nervously over her shoulder. She could be taken from a film noir or a spy novel, her demeanours are exaggerated and cinematic. She is yet to become the empowered, confident woman she is destined to be. Here she is captured at a time that is uncertain, confusing, frightening but also full of possibilities. She is superimposed over newspaper print. The publication is the Berliner Zeitung, the main East German daily morning newspaper, highly censored and contributing to the spread of the Communist Party’s ideology. The front cover of the newspaper cited my birthdate. The main headlines from the day include criticism of the US invasion of Vietnam, ovations to the GDR-USSR trade exchange and industrial co-operation and a small feature on the role of public art and culture in our everyday life. Underneath the girl's jacket you can glimpse a schematic view of a disassembled 70’s hairdryer, referencing a rebellion against women’s conformity and a nod to the 70’s feminist movement." @kathrinlonghurst #portraitpainting