FINAL EXHIBITIONS & STUDIOS FOR 2008
Brooklyn Bags
Photography by Catherine Gomersall
Opens 6pm THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER 2008
Continues until Sun 21 Dec
On the Ground Floor
Catherine Gomersall, Untitled from the series 'Brooklyn Bags', 2008, Inkjet Print, 60 x 90cm.Currently in New York, Perth-based photographer and Edith Cowan University PhD candidate Catherine Gomersall brings her latest series of work to Melbourne in Brooklyn Bags.
The ‘plastic bag’ has not only become a controversial cultural artifact, it has come to symbolise a predicament of modern living. Photographers around the world have documented the plastic bag in public spaces expressing curiosity and concern over their use and management. The plastic bag appears as an accessory to the famous Tiananmen Square protest of 1989. In 2004 a rubbish bag as an art exhibit made headlines and is binned by a cleaner at the Tate Gallery in Britain. Petitions litter the streets and internet forum sites by local and national activists encouraging the public to “Ban the Bag”. The question remains has the “Green Bag” actually altered the cultural phenomenon of the bag?
Gomersall's new exhibition questions these views through a series of compelling and bold photographic prints entitled ‘Brooklyn Bags’. Taken on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, earlier this year, she is currently on her 2nd photographic expedition there and will be flying in directly for this exhibition at Guildford Lane Gallery.
www.catherinegomersall.com
The ‘plastic bag’ has not only become a controversial cultural artifact, it has come to symbolise a predicament of modern living. Photographers around the world have documented the plastic bag in public spaces expressing curiosity and concern over their use and management. The plastic bag appears as an accessory to the famous Tiananmen Square protest of 1989. In 2004 a rubbish bag as an art exhibit made headlines and is binned by a cleaner at the Tate Gallery in Britain. Petitions litter the streets and internet forum sites by local and national activists encouraging the public to “Ban the Bag”. The question remains has the “Green Bag” actually altered the cultural phenomenon of the bag?
Gomersall's new exhibition questions these views through a series of compelling and bold photographic prints entitled ‘Brooklyn Bags’. Taken on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, earlier this year, she is currently on her 2nd photographic expedition there and will be flying in directly for this exhibition at Guildford Lane Gallery.
www.catherinegomersall.com
Salt and the Dress
An Installation by Lesley Dickman
Opens 6pm THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER 2008
Continues until Sun 21 Dec
On the Ground Floor
An Installation by Lesley Dickman
Opens 6pm THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER 2008
Continues until Sun 21 Dec
On the Ground Floor
Salt and the Dress raises concerns about rising water levels and desalination. Established painter Lesley Dickman extends her art practice with this installation, continuing her interest in textural qualities with the use of white muslin and salt. A soft aesthetic initially disguises elements of discomfort in Salt and the Dress, like a chameleon it has its disguises...
Graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Monash University, Gembrook’s artist Lesley Dickman has since developed a career spanning graphic design, painting, performance and teaching. Exhibiting since 1981 Dickman’s style and content has evolved to include textiles and installation media successfully pushing her theories beyond the canvas.
Open Studio
Lucy Benson
Lucy Benson, Still from live performance, 2008.
MONDAY 1 DECEMBER 2008 - SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2009
On the Ground Floor
Lucy Benson
Lucy Benson, Still from live performance, 2008.MONDAY 1 DECEMBER 2008 - SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2009
On the Ground Floor
Lucy Benson is a video artist and multimedia designer from Melbourne. Her work explores sensory perception and inner narratives; the way humans process sensory information and the dialogue this creates between our internal and external worlds.
Lucy will be using this residency to develop new video work which will then be installed in the studio upon completion. During the residency she will be testing out her work in progress in the space, as well as displaying a rotation of previous pieces.
OLD TVS & DVDS WANTED FOR LUCY'S STUDIO WORK - PLEASE EMAIL MANAGER@GUILDFORDLANEGALLERY.ORG OR PHONE 03 9642 0042 IF YOU CAN ASSIST.
Still from “We Sleep and Dream in Tele-Vision”, Colin Read, 2008.
Continues until Sun 21 Dec 2008
On the First Floor
“A Vlexicon for Times of War”; “Drive”; and “We Sleep and Dream in Tele-Vision” are three video works by Colin Read, a Melbourne based video and multimedia artist. The videos have been selected from a larger series entitled “The Nature of Conflict – Inclination and Proclivity”. With a total viewing time of approximately 22 minutes these three works begin to explore the internal worlds that we inhabit both as individuals and collectively, and the subliminal influences of the technologies of one’s time and accompanying zeitgeist in subconsciously shaping our external and “visible” lives.
Lucy will be using this residency to develop new video work which will then be installed in the studio upon completion. During the residency she will be testing out her work in progress in the space, as well as displaying a rotation of previous pieces.
OLD TVS & DVDS WANTED FOR LUCY'S STUDIO WORK - PLEASE EMAIL MANAGER@GUILDFORDLANEGALLERY.ORG OR PHONE 03 9642 0042 IF YOU CAN ASSIST.
3 Selected Video Works
by Colin Read
by Colin Read
Still from “We Sleep and Dream in Tele-Vision”, Colin Read, 2008.Continues until Sun 21 Dec 2008
On the First Floor
“A Vlexicon for Times of War”; “Drive”; and “We Sleep and Dream in Tele-Vision” are three video works by Colin Read, a Melbourne based video and multimedia artist. The videos have been selected from a larger series entitled “The Nature of Conflict – Inclination and Proclivity”. With a total viewing time of approximately 22 minutes these three works begin to explore the internal worlds that we inhabit both as individuals and collectively, and the subliminal influences of the technologies of one’s time and accompanying zeitgeist in subconsciously shaping our external and “visible” lives.