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Artist Spotlight: Fiona Foley

Ashini Nanayakkara February 18, 2023

Fiona Foley‘s work features in the current exhibition Significs at Conners Conners. Significs brings together work by a number of contemporary Australian artists who explore explores text through the ideas of signs, semiotics and perception. Featuring work by both Dianne Jones and Fiona Foley, Beating about the bush: a new lens on Australian Impressionism, at Art Gallery of Ballarat pairs work by female photographers who have re-examined the Australian landscape with works drawn from the gallery’s collection of Australian Impressionist landscape paintings. SignificsConners Conners, Fitzroy, Melbourneuntil 4 March 2023 Beating about the bush: a new lens on Australian ImpressionismArt Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoriauntil 19 February 2023

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Martin Parr’s first solo exhibition at Clementine de la Feronniere

Ashini Nanayakkara February 18, 2023

Martin Parr‘s first solo exhibition at Clementine de la Feronniere has opened in Paris. Photographs from the 1970s to present day feature in his latest exhibition, with subjects ranging from tourism, small shops, horse races, sporting spectators and village fairs. Martin ParrClementine de la Feronniere, Paris, Franceuntil 12 May 2023

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Artist Spotlight: Steven Rendall

Ashini Nanayakkara February 18, 2023

Works by Steven Rendall are currently being shown in two artist run exhibitions in Melbourne. The Bureau for the Organisation of Origins (BOO!) in Fitzroy Gardens is open Tuesday to Saturdays 11am until 5pm and is currently exhibiting works by Steven Rendall, along with Parminder Kaur, Tobias Titz with Alum Cheedy and Bobby Bunungurr, Patrick Pound, Saffron Newey, Scotty So, Hootan Heydari, Katyan Javan, Edie Duffy, Julie Vinci and more. Steven Rendall’s work is also showing at Brunswick Temporary. Bringing together work by six artists who explore the interplay of our digital/physical existence in contemporary life, A sky the colour of a dead channel continues until 25 February. Origin of Images (Oi!)The Pavilion, Fitzroy Gardens, Fitzroy, Melbourneuntil 4 March 2023 A sky the colour of a dead channelBrunswick Temporary, Brunswick, Melbourneuntil 25 February 2023 Steven Rendall is exhibiting at Niagara Galleries in May 2023.

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Artist Spotlight: Euan Macleod

Ashini Nanayakkara February 18, 2023

Euan Macleod‘s work features in two current exhibitions in Queensland. Peter Kingston / Euan Macleod: Travelling North at Cairns Art Gallery, and the group exhibition entitled WrestleMANIA at Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton. WrestleMANIA brings together work by twenty contemporary sculptors, painters, cartoonists and new media artists who have all responded to the sport and theatre of wrestling. Drawn from the Cairns Art Gallery collection, Peter Kingston / Euan Macleod: Travelling North features work by the two artists that respond to the vibrancy of life in the tropics. WrestleMANIARockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLDuntil 26 February 2023 Peter Kingston / Euan Macleod: Travelling NorthCairns Art Gallery, Cairns, QLDuntil 5 March 2023

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Artist Spotlight: Rick Amor

Ashini Nanayakkara February 18, 2023

Celebrating the streetscapes of Melbourne, Romancing the Streetscape, the current exhibition at Town Hall Gallery includes several paintings by Rick Amor. The exhibition also includes work by William Breen, Andrew Browne, Mark Chu, Robert Clinch, Cathy Drummond and Dani McKenzie. Art collector Norman Rosenblatt features in the 2023 edition of Art Collector’s ’50 things collectors should know’, out now. In an article written by Duro Jovicic, Norman Rosenblatt’s passionate collecting, and the recent exhibition Eyes that see: the Collection of Norman Rosenblatt at Bayside Gallery in Brighton are discussed, as well as work by Rick Amor and David Keeling. Pick up a copy of the latest issue of Art Collector here Romancing the StreetscapeTown Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourneuntil 15 April 2023 Rick Amor is exhibiting at Niagara Galleries in October 2023

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Sharjah Biennial 15: Sangeeta Sandrasegar

Ashini Nanayakkara February 17, 2023

Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present features works by more than 150 artists from across the globe, including Sangeeta Sandrasegar. Sandrasegar’s new body of work On the field of Truth, on the battlefield of life IV, 2022 was unveiled as part of the opening week events last week. Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the PresentSharjah, the United Arab Emiratesuntil 11 June 2023

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Rubaba Haider in wHole at Heide Museum of Modern Art

Ashini Nanayakkara February 17, 2023

Drawing together a diverse range of artworks by contemporary Australian artists, the current exhibition wHole at Heide Museum of Modern Art features work by Rubaba Haider. Curated by Melissa Keys, the exhibition explores a range of works that display an interest in the phenomena of openings and absences and an underlying desire for completeness. Alongside Rubaba Haider, exhibiting artists include: Rushdi Anwar, Kushana Bush, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Lucio Fontana, Mira Gojak, Robert Jacks, Anish Kapoor, Titus Kaphar, Lindy Lee, Gordon Matta-Clark, Noriko Nakamura, S.J Norman, Rosslynd Piggott, Norma Redpath and Ricky Swallow. wHoleHeide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourneuntil 5 March 2023 Rubaba Haider is exhibiting at Niagara Galleries in March 2023

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Artist Spotlight: Stephen Benwell

Ashini Nanayakkara February 17, 2023

Stephen Benwell‘s work features in two current exhibitions in New South Wales, as well as an upcoming exhibition at Bundanon Art Museum. Thinking Through Pink at Wollongong Art Gallery is curated by Dr Sally Gray and includes works from the Wollongong Art Gallery collection; decorative arts from the Powerhouse collection, Sydney; posters from the archives of second-wave feminist artists Jan Fieldsend and Marie McMahon and works by invited contemporary artists. Clay Dynasty at Powerhouse Museum celebrates studio ceramics in Australia and features works from the 1960s through to the present day. The exhibition features more than 400 objects from the Powerhouse’s significant ceramics collection, including works by Stephen Benwell and Angela Brennan. The upcoming exhibition Fantastic Forms celebrates Bundanon’s 30th Anniversary. Curated by Boe-Lin Bastian and Sophie O’Brien, Fantastic forms features ceramics, sculpture and animation, and brings together new commissions by three contemporary Australian artists, Nabilah Nordin, Stephen Benwell and Rubyrose Bancroft, with Bundanon’s expansive collection of drawings by artist

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Artist Spotlight: Brenda L. Croft

Ashini Nanayakkara February 17, 2023

Brenda L. Croft has received attention from a number of journalists and publications for her exhibition and projections Naabami (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) and Dyin Nura (Women’s Place), which featured in Sydney Festival last month. Croft featured in several articles in The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as on SBS World News, NITV, in The Age, Koori Mail, Indesign Live, Habitus Living, The Art Guide, Art Almanac and National Indigenous Times. In addition, a ten minute interview with Croft aired on 2ser, and Art Collector published an extensive article in their latest issue, which includes an interview with Croft, about her career and her Sydney Festival projects. Pick up a copy of Art Collector here. Following this, Sydney’s largest biennial survey of contemporary Australian Art, The National 4 will feature work by Brenda L. Croft. The biennial will be held across four sites: Art Gallery of NSW, Carriageworks, MCA Australia and Campbelltown Art Centre and will include 53 artists and collectives In addition, Brenda L. Croft’s work is now showing

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Artist Spotlight: Kevin Lincoln

Ashini Nanayakkara February 17, 2023

Kevin Lincoln: Evoking Gippsland closes at Gippsland Art Gallery this week. This must-see exhibition features paintings and drawings by Kevin Lincoln, including some bound in the artist’s travel books, spanning a period of forty years. Subjects range from Wilsons Promontory, Tenby Point, Wattle Point, Lindenow, Kilcunda, and Grantville, Mitchell River, Powlett River, and the rolling hills of South Gippsland. In addition, Kevin Lincoln features in the October 2022 issue of Art Collector. ‘A Monumental Presence’, written by John McDonald explores Lincoln’s early career and his latest work. Order your copy here. Kevin Lincoln: Evoking GippslandGippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoriauntil 19 February 2023 Kevin Lincoln is exhibiting at Niagara Galleries in August 2023

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