“Narratives continues an exploration in my work through which painting and photography are brought together in conversation, presenting open-ended narratives around the people and their relationship to one another, and the landscape surrounding them,” says Mellor. “I’ve titled the exhibition Narratives because I’m interested in the storytelling potential of images that have a sense of ambiguity – pictures without […]
On display in Gallery 2, the exhibition focus is the set of 14 etchings Harris made in 2021 in response to the Christian devotional practice – and associated series of 14 images – known as the Stations of the Cross. Printed and editioned at Viridian Press in Benalla, Victoria, by John Loane, THE STATIONS 2021 is […]
Following on from her major installation Forest summons (for Lilith), included in Melbourne Now 2023 at NGV Australia, Hannah Gartside has created 11 wall-based, works for her debut solo exhibition at Tolarno Galleries, using secondhand sequinned dresses, skirts and tops collected by her over a number of years. Meticulously constructed from the material relics of all yesterday’s parties, […]
Counterculture comprises small- and medium-scale works which derive their imagery from subjects of longstanding interest to Johnson, including blues music, Tibetan Buddhism and UFOs. “The idea of a ‘counterculture’ was something I grew up with,” says Johnson, who was born in Sydney in 1947 and gravitated towards conceptual concerns early on as an artist.
Following on from her large-scale installation, A Miracle Constantly Repeated, staged at Flinders Street Station for Melbourne’s 2022 Rising Festival, this intriguing exhibition explores the concept of communication between different species. Known for her daring and inventive use of different media – from the hot air balloons of her two Skywhales to the high heat […]
Displayed in Gallery 2, the group of 10 works depict a variety of motifs representative of Karritpul’s traditional lifestyle in Nauiyu/Daly River in the Northern Territory, three hours’ drive south of Darwin. Intricate in their detail, the subjects include fishnets, fish traps, fishing baskets and dilly bags, as well as mermaids and pig-nosed turtles. Made […]
The title for the exhibition ‘True to Life’ is a curious frame – what is immediately striking is the playful rendering and reordering of things. Brendan Huntley’s seventh solo exhibition with Tolarno Galleries channels his distinct visual language to extend three bodies of work: large ‘Cocoon Head’ sculptures, small clay ‘Pinhead’ sculptures, and oil paintings. […]
Hi-Fi, Lo-Fi is Tim Maguire’s 16th solo show with Tolarno Galleries, a partnership that celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Started in 2005 and re-visited in 2023, the earliest painting in the exhibition stands at the Lo-Fi end of the fidelity spectrum. At the Hi-Fi end, is the exhibition’s tour de force: Untitled 20230201. Measuring 212 x 404 cm, it has a purity of colour and […]
Recent Drawings on Quilted Paper showcases 11 lively and intimate charcoal and ink drawings on antique papers stitched together by the Sulman Prize-winning artist. “I found a stack of antique paper in a secondhand store in Daylesford,” says Spain. “It came wrapped in old string, had a lovely patina to it, and felt like it carried history.” Having […]
Perhaps the central question then, in ‘Shadowed’, is the articulation of human difference, whether that be in our mental states or in our appearance. The vacuums and shadows generated by these processes are utilized fully, expressive tools and not accessories to form. Meanwhile, ‘The Daughter’, a familiar face for the artist, hums with a sickly incandescence, and might […]
On display in Gallery 2 is a new design collection for Melbourne Design Week by A&A. The suite of three pods and one table is inspired by the process or period of a plant’s flowering, known as florescence. Each pod is composed of three intersecting sphericons – a sphericon being a ‘paradoxical solid’ made from the […]
A new design collection for Melbourne Design Week by KIEREN KARRITPUL ”The designs form an overall story of going out into the bush hunting for our food. For example, we use fishnets in waterways to catch fish, prawns and turtles. When we go out, I am reconnecting with the past and the ancestors – doing […]