Exhibitions
2021
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Passage (Inner Space, Outer Mind)
Taj AlexanderThe man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend – Aldous Huxley
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Street Sketches
James DoddThis project extends my investigations into the potential of mechanically assisted painting and creativity. Essentially, I enjoy mucking about with basic engineering as much as I enjoy painting.
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Oh Shit!
Curated by Lucas GroganOh Shit, is a group show from the artists and alumni of The Shitty Shed Studios in Newcastle, NSW. Conceived at the beginning of the pandemic, this group show is an opportunity for our little family of artists to exhibit together at Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne.
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Forbidden Fruit
James RekaAsk yourself the question - would you have partaken in the Forbidden Fruit?
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The Selfish Pursuit of Happiness
Mic PorterWith this body of work Porter uses alchemical processes to transform everyday, ready-made materials and elements. These materials, such as cardboard and fire, are worked into new forms through the process of reduction. Using lean and simple methodology in order to discard reason and create meaningless order, repetition and rhythm.
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Square of Sunlight
Curated by Helen GoryThere is an ancient Kabbalistic story that tells of the relationship between light and dark. Before time as we know it, the divine drew breath and with it came darkness. Ten vessels were then filled with holy light to pierce the dark, but they were too fragile to hold such power and so they shattered, scattering the holy light like stars across the lands.
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Rain to Rust
David 'MEGGS' HookeThis work is a deeper, more personal and abstract exploration into my own intuitive art practice and a response to the fluid connections I found in the spectrum of landscapes experienced during my travels, from dense forest foliage and coastal waters to industrial decay and urban regrowth. - David 'MEGGS' Hooke
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Sunshowers & Raindrops
Noni CraggMy portraits are a celebration of and reverence to badass women I know and admire. I paint my sitters in poses inspired by royal subjects in 16th and 17th-century fine art portraiture surrounded by references from nature and popular culture that connect them to their heritage, location, personality, identity, and time.
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IN2WISHIN
RESIODerived from its title in2wishin (intuition/into wishing) the body of work explores the freedom of movement and the possibility of the cathartic release of expression through the meditation of painting from intuition. While exploring explosive movement and flow. This body of work is almost a study of dance and movement capturing raw emotions. - RESIO
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Criss-Crossing
Minna Leunig'Crisscrossing'. to form a pattern of intersecting lines or paths on (a place). to move or travel around (a place) by going back and forth repeatedly.
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