Book Launch
Tuesday 16th November 2010 from 6.00pm
Niagara Galleris is pleased to host the Melbourne book launch of
EUAN MACLEOD
The Painter in the Painting
by Gregory O'Brien
Published by Piper Press
Please join us to celebrate the launch of this fabulous monograph on TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2010 from 6:00pm
The author and artist will be available for book signings.
Order your copy now. Only $69.95 including postage.
Copies of the book will be available at the launch, but if you can't make it, why not order one now. We are offering free postage within Australia until the end of the year.
Order form is available here, or by contacting the gallery.
There is also a very special limited edition version including an original print by the artist.
Please contact the gallery for details.
Fiona Foley: Forbidden
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney until 31 January 2010
Installation photograph by Jenni Carter, courtesy MCA,Sydney
Fiona Foley: Forbidden, is the first major survey exhibition of the artist's practice from 1994 to the present.
Currently showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney until 31 January 2010, the exhibition will then move to the University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane from 19 February to 2 May 2010. A fabulous monograph, jointly produced by the MCA and UQAM to accompany the exhibition, contains essays and images which not only reflect the photographic, video, installation and print works in the exhibition, but also other important aspects and elements of Foley's artistic practice including public artwork, sculptures and painting. The publication is available from our bookshop. Please contact the gallery for details.
Penumbra: Sculptures and Drawings of Rick Amor
McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park
until 7 February 2010
There is still time to see the exhibition of work by Rick Amor at McClelland, curated by Robert Lindsay.
Penumbra, an atmospheric installation of work by Rick Amor, creates a Romantic otherworld of the imagination where enigmatic creatures and out-of-scale figures are both strangely familiar but curiously different. Surrounded by dramatic mural scale black and white drawings a tableau of Rick Amor's mysterious and exotic bronze figures emerge into the moody half-light of the exhibition space. Through this exhibition the emotional aura that underpins Rick Amor's art is created, the sense of disquiet and intrigue underlies the ambiguous narrative of the observer and the observed.
Installation photograph by John Brash courtesy McClelland Gallery.
Free Public Lecture
Julia Ciccarone
In a free public lecture at Holmesglen's Chadstone campus, Julia Ciccarone will be speaking about her work and life as a practising artist.
When: 6.00pm, Thursday 15 October 2009
Where: Holmesglen Chadstone campus, room C1.2.02, Batesford Road, Holmesglen,3148 Melway Ref: 69 E1
Bookings: 9209 5605
Please see flyer for full details.
Doug Moran Prize
Noel McKenna is a finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. His portrait of his son, Emil, is minimal and shows the type of quirky humour and pathos for which this artist is renowned.
The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes
Not that you would, but if you are in Sydney this month, don't miss the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This year we are pleased to see Richard Larter as a finalist in the Archibald, David Keeling in the Wynne Prize and Aida Tomescu, Song Ling and Noel McKenna all hung in the Sulman.
Richard Larter
Portrait of Nell, 2009
February 2009
Gunter Christmann's work will feature in the group show Song of Sirens at The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne.
Gunter's work will show alongside works by Stephen Bram, Ms & Mr, Kate Murphy and Paul Ogier.
"Song of sirens takes us intoxicatingly close to the imaginative workings of five multigenerational artists. Ms & Mr construct magical spaces and conflate time; Kate Murphy seeks a psychic’s authority in her video self-portrait; Paul Ogier builds photographs of enigmatic landscapes; Gunter Christmann particularizes the relationships between things in his ‘water tank’ paintings; and Stephen Bram takes possession of the entire south gallery for his new architectural construction based on three-point perspective."
Song of Sirens will run from 24 Feb 2009 to 03 May 2009
January 2009
Studio: Australian Painters is a free exhibition at the Victorian State Library in the Keith Murdoch Gallery. It features the photography of R. Ian Lloyd and documents the studio spaces of 61 contemporary Australian artists, including Niagara artists Julia Ciccarone, Aida Tomescu, Rick Amor, Richard Larter, Rosella Namok and Jan Senbergs.
As part of the exhibition, The Library is hosting discussions with selected artists, which are free to attend. This is a great opportunity to meet some of our artists and hear them talk candidly about their work practices and life in the studio.
Studio Sketches 1:
Join Julia Ciccarone, Rosslynd Piggott and Gareth Sansom
Thursday 5th February, 5:30 – 6:30pm. Keith Murdoch Gallery.
Studio Sketches 2:
Join Jan Senbergs, Robert Jacks and Wendy Stavrianos
Thursday 26th February, 5:30 – 6:30pm. Keith Murdoch Gallery.
There are many other fantastic activities and programs being offered in conjuntion with this exhibition. For more information, visit The State Library of Victoria website.
The exhibition will show from 21st November – 29th March 2009. Guided tours run Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1 – 1:30pm, (until 26th March).
December 2008
End of Year Holidays
Niagara's last day of business for 2008 will be Saturday 20th December and it is also your last opportunity to see the wonderful works of Aida Tomescu. After a hard earned break, Niagara's doors will re open on Tuesday 13th January 2009 with Self Portraits and Other Skulls, an exhibtion by Kevin Lincoln.
We look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
November 2008
It was all hands-on-deck installing Martin Parr's recent show at Niagara. Martin took photographs at both Melbourne Cup Day and Oaks Day, and offered a stunning social commentary on what it means to attend 'a day at the races'.
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Works by Dianne Jones and Brenda L. Croft feature in Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia, the first major survey of works by Indigenious Australians which engage with the photographic medim and portraiture. The exhibiton is curated by Hetti Perkins and Jonathan Jones and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with artist interviews.
The exhibition is showing at The Art Gallery of New South Wales from 21 November 2008 – 22 February 2009.
October 2008
Living in Italy, it was a special treat to have Ken Whisson at the opening of his current exhibition at Niagara Galleries (see below!) Ken's works will be on exhibition from 7th October through to 1st November.
Congratulations to Neon Parc on putting together an excting group show, Rimbaud/Rambo. The shows features the works of four Niagara Galleries artists - Paul Boston, Gunter Christmann, Bradd Westmoreland and Ken Whisson. Check it out for yourself from 24th September to18th October at Neon Parc, 1/53 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Visit their website.
September 2008
John Kelly has been invited to participate in the prestigiousThird Guangzhou Triennial in the Guangdong Museum of Modern Art in China. John was commissioned to create a sculpture in response to the theme of the Triennial 'Farewell to Post Colonialism'. John decided to construct the work in his hotel room in China and spent a month in Guangdong working with an assistant and the museum staff. His work is a scale model of the Museum itself, created from cardboard, Ikea products and various calligraphy brushes and materials from the local art shop. It also includes surveillance cameras and monitors showing, in real time, viewers interacting with his work in the museum space, and a rotating montage of images of his earlier artworks. The Triennial will run from 6th September - 16th November 2008.
Read more about the Guangzhou Triennial
August 2008
Lookin Up, an exhibition by Dianne Jones, features as part of VIVID - The National Festival for Photography in Canberra. The show runs from 29th August through to 11th October at CCAS (Canberra Contemporary Art Space) - Gorman House.
July 2008
Lucky Angela Brennan will be jetting off to Italy! Angela was successful in applying for a Milan Studio Residency through the Australia Council. Congratulations, and we can't wait to see your beautiful works when you get back!
26 June 2008
RICHARD LARTER
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Richard
Larter: A Retrospective
20 June to 14 September 2008
If you're in Canberra, make sure you see the NGA's magnificent retrospective of the art of Richard Larter.
Link to their website to read more.
A major book published in conjuction with the exhibition is available from the Gallery Shop.
For further information, telephone (02) 6240 6420 or send an email to ecom@nga.gov.au
Pictured above:
Richard Larter, Sliding easy, 1970, synthetic polymer paint on hardboard, 122.0 x 183.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia
4 June 2008
Neil Taylor: In Review
Deakin University Art Gallery is hosting a wonderful exhibition of Neil's work from June 4 until July 12.
In this exhibition, the 'sequence signatures' and methodologies behind Neil's intricate designs are revealed and an insight into his past as a pioneer of Australian animation is also touched on. Be prepared to be amazed.
19 March 2008
HAPPY EASTER!
Over the Easter period, Niagara Galleries will be closed Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd (as normal) and Monday 24th March. The gallery will reopen on Tuesday 25th.
Happy Easter wishes from us all, see you soon!
18 March 2008
RICK AMOR BOOK LAUNCH
Come and celebrate the launch of Rick Amor by Gavin Fry, published by The Beagle Press.
Join us at 6:30pm on Thursday March 20 at Readings Bookshop, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorne.
The book will be launched by Dorothy Porter.
Enquiries: 9819 1917
To order copies through the gallery, contact us on 9429 3666
12 March 2008
*RICK AMOR AT HEIDE
A Single Mind, a major exhibition reviewing the career of Melbourne artist Rick Amor will open at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne on 22 March 2008 until 13 July 2008. A fully-illustrated catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
Click here to link to Heide's website
And don't forget to attend...
Heide's FEATURE EVENT: Writers in conversation
Join renowned authors Gavin Fry, Shane Maloney and Dorothy Porter in discussion of Rick Amor's work.
Time: 10:30am - 12noon Saturday 10 May 2008
Tickets: Adult $35, Heide Member/Concession $30, includes exhibition entry & refreshments
Event Code: PE044
Venue: Heide III
Contact Heide for more information: info@heide.com.au
1 March 2008
*Song Ling for Archibald!
Song Ling's portrait of fellow Niagara Galleries artist Angelina Pwerle has been selected as a finalist in Australia's premier portraiture competition, The Archibald Prize. Originally selected from over 600 entries, Song is one of 40 finalists, whose entries will be exhibited from 8 March – 18 May, Lower Level 1 of The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Song Ling
Angelina Pwerle 2008
Click here to see the other 2008 Archibald Finalists' works
* Two Niagara artists have been selected as Wynne Prize Finalists. Congratulations to David Keeling (Narawntapu – close up II) and Euan Macleod (Dinatty in desert).
*Congratulations to Aida Tomescu, a finalist in this years Sulman Prize with her work Parme. Well done.
23 February 2008
Niagara artists, Rick Amor, Euan Heng, Noel McKenna, David Keeling and Terry Batt will exhibit in Who Let the Dogs Out: The Dog in Contemporary Australian Art. Developed in partnership between Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, the exhibition will run from 8 February – 30 March 2008.
Congratulations to Noel McKenna who has been selected as a finalist in both the Glover Art Prize and Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and to David Keeling who is also a finalist in the Glover Art Prize.
18 January 2008
Power And Beauty, Indigenous Art Now, features the work of leading Australian artist, Fiona Foley. This major exhibition, curated by Judith Ryan, Senior Curator, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Victoria is on at the Heide Museum of Modern Art. Power And Beauty, Indigenous Art Now runs from 17 November – 10 March, Heide III: Central Galleries.
Extracted from Heide's catalogue notes, "Loss of land, loss of language, denial of citizenship rights and the huge impact of stolen generation legislation on a large percentage of the Indigenous population have scarred the Indigenous community at large. These issues lie at the heart of five seminal works from the last two decades – by artists Fiona Foley, Lin Onus, Ray Thomas and Gordon Hookey – which together acknowledge the strength and tenacity of pioneering city-based artists whose work is a form of political activism."
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
It's Christmas time which means Niagara will be closing it's doors to the public from the 15th of December 2007. We are busily preparing for the year ahead and already have lots planned! Please make sure to come along to what will be a brilliant show of Song Ling and Angelina Pwerle's new works. We hope that you will join the artists for opening drinks on Tuesday 15 January 2008 from 6.00pm.
Many thanks to all that continue to come along to our shows and support Niagara Galleries.
We looking forward to seeing you all in the new year.
- The Niagara team
30 November 2007
Rick Amor has been selected to participate in ‘50’ – A Print Exchange Portfolio, with works displayed at Geelong Gallery until 27 January 2008.
A ‘print exchange portfolio’ involves the creation of a print edition (determined by the number of participants, in this case, 50) which is then collated into a portfolio for distribution to each of the participants. Each was invited to create a new print – working in the printmaking technique of their choice and without the restrictions of a prescribed theme. The size of the paper was pre-determined, measuring 25 x 25 cm and each participant was asked to complete an edition of fifty plus two artist’s proofs – one framed for exhibition (and return to the artist) and another to be gifted to Geelong Gallery’s permanent collection.
The work of Richard Larter is featured in the exhibition Andy Warhol and Oz: Parallel Visions, presented by the Andy Warhol Museum and the National Gallery of Australia. In this exhibition, the works of seven prominent Australian artists influenced by the work of Andy Warhol are shown, including Martin Sharp, Robert Rooney, Tracey Moffat, Juan Davila, Fiona Hall and Tim Horn.
Andy and Oz is a curatorial collaboration between the National Gallery of Australia's Curator, Dr. Deborah Hart and The Andy Warhol Museum's Director, Thomas Sokolowski. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with the National Gallery of Australia's 25th birthday celebrations.
Andy and Oz: Parallel Visions runs from 20 October – 30 December 2007 at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, coinciding with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Australia Festival.
Rick Amor wins McClelland Award for Sculpture, McClelland Sculpture Survey 2007 – November 2007
Undoubtedly a master of many media, Rick Amor has been awarded the prestigious McClelland Award for Sculpture. Rick graciously accepted the award from Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and her grandson, Lachlan, at McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park on Saturday 18 November 2008. The artist and Niagara Galleries have announced that they will donate the proceeds of the $100,000 prize to Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and the Royal Melbourne Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, in appreciation for their lifesaving work.
The judge of the award, Chris Saines, Director of Auckland Art Gallery, said that the decision was an easy one. Cast from bronze (on a corten steel base) and standing over two metres tall, Amor's outstanding winning piece, Relic 2006, can be seen alongside the other 35 finalists’ work at McClelland Gallery until 6 July 2008.
Congratulations Rick!
24 November 2007
Rick Amor and Jan Senbergs feature in Fondamenti Nove at the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne. The exhibition will run until 2 February 2008.
20 November 2007
Wilma Tabacco's work features in Scheme Three: Living Room which forms part of a series of exhibitions entitled Room: A Series of Schemes. The show will run from 23 November – 16 December at Counihan Gallery In Brunswick. Previous to this, Scheme Two: Kitchen Dining, exhibited at Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, 16 August – 23 September 2007.
9 November 2007
John Kelly's famous sculpture Cow up a tree is on show at the Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporaine (MAMAC), Nice, France. 9 November – 27 April 2008.
Yvonne Kendall wins 2007 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize – 24 October 2007
Yvonne Kendall was announced winner of the $10,000 acquistive prize for her sculpture Passengers 2007 (below), constructed from curtain material, string and glue.
Judges John McPhee and Laura Back remarked, "... The winning work is tough, makes no attempt to be cute or pretty and concerns itself with personal as well as broader issues. In using non-traditional materials the artist gives the work an unexpected quality (...) Undoubtedby, (it is) the work of an experienced sculptor, who is sure of her ability to create a strong statement."
The exhibition is open to the public from Saturday October 20 to Sunday November 28 at the Woollahra Council Chambers, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay, Sydney. 9am–4pm daily.
Congratulations Yvonne!
Julia Ciccarone's 67 screens at MIFF – July 2007
67, a short film produced by Julia Ciccarone, written and directed by Kasimir Burgess, screens at MIFF as part of the ‘Accelerator’ program. The film will also screen at Arkbank Short Film Festival (Turkey), in December 2007.
Niagara Galleries at Auckland Art Fair – 18 - 20 May 2007
Niagara is thrilled to be exhibiting at Auckland Art Fair for the first time in 2007. It is only the second art fair for Auckland, but already it is set to become an important part of the biennial art calendar in Australasia. There are 35 exhibitors, including 6 galleries from Australia. British arts commentator, Matthew Collings, is a special guest of the fair and will be presenting a lecture and making several media appearances.
Here are some images of the Niagara Galleries stand at Auckland Art Fair.
Fiona Omeenyo - Opening Night, February 2007
25/11/06
Kevin Lincoln: Art and Life by Hendrik Kolenberg was launched today at the National Gallery of Victoria Bookshop. Ms Elizabeth Cross praised the author, artist and publisher on a wonderful publication.
21/11/06
Congratulations to the winner of the Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize, Ken Whisson and also to the winner of The Fleurieu Peninsula Vistas Prize, Noel McKenna!
Exhibitions featuring Niagara artists
23/10/06
Song Ling has been included in New Social Commentaries 06 at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, which will run from 2 September to 5 November 2006.
Angela Brennan, Song Ling and Wilma Tabacco are exhibiting in the 2006 Fletcher Jones Art Prize at the Geelong Gallery, running from the 30 September until 26 November 2006.
Song Ling
Song bird 21, 2006
acrylic on canvas
122 x 122cm
Angela Brennan
Untitled, 2005
oil on linen
183 x 168cm
Wilma Tabacco
Perlimpinpin, 2004–2006
oil on linen
152.4 x 152.4cm
As part of the Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale, Aida Tomescu, David Keeling, Richard Larter, Euan Macleod and Ken Whisson will be featured in The Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize for Australian landscape painting, which will be held at Tinlins Main Barrel Hall, 151 Main Road, McLaren Vale, SA. The Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale runs from 3 – 26 November 2006.
Niagara Galleries in association with Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth present an exhibition of recent paintings by Angelina Pwerle. The exhibition runs from 13 October to 26 November at the Holmes à Court Gallery, Level 1, 11 Brown Street, East Perth.
Stephen Benwell is featured in A Secret History of Blue and White: Contemporary Australian Ceramics an Asialink touring show which began in Hanoi and will finish at Arts House, Singapore from 19 April – 7 May 2007. He is also showing in Australian Impressions at Galerie Rosenhauer, Gottingen, Germany from 15 October to 12 November, as well as The Thirteenth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art: SOFA CHICAGO which runs 10 – 12 November 2006.
David Keeling is currently featured in the Asialink touring show An Island South . The exhibition opened in October 2006 in Lahore, Pakistan and will travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Feburary 2007, then finish in Bangkok, Thailand in October 2007.
David
Keeling
Hazards Forest 1, 2006
oil on linen
137.5 x 122cm
Fiona Foley has been included in Prism: Contemporary Australian Art at the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo from 7 October – 3 December 2006.
The Australian Centre for the
Moving Image will host the MHUL Conversations on Tuesday
31 October, 9.30am – 5pm. The MHUL Conversations presents
a rare opportunity to explore and be engaged by some of Australia's
leading Indigenous artists including Fiona Foley and Dianne Jones.
Bookings are essential: ACMI Box Office 03 8663 2583 and entry is free.
John Kelly Deconstructing Australia, curated by Robert Lindsay 17 December-–29 April 2007, is the second in a series of sculpture exhibitions in the grounds of the McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park . This outdoor exhibition Deconstructing Australia consists of a series of monumental abstracted steel elements which are derived and developed from truncated sections of the Australia Council's logo. The logo consists of a stylized kangaroo and circular sun motif.
John Kelly in the spirit of Post Modernism, takes various fragments of the logo which he sections off and abstracts into massive monoliths. These superbly sublime constructions, through their intriguing arrangement, form an enigmatic visual landscape within the natural landscape.
John
Kelly
Deconstructed monument, 2005
cor-ten steel
500 x 200 x 240cm
Jan Senbergs is exhibiting drawings which span almost thirty years at Ballarat Fine Art Gallery from 18 November to 28 January 2007.
Jan
Senbergs
View from North Melbourne triptych, 1995
pastel on paper
three panels, each: 153 x 115cm
Exhibitions featuring Niagara artists
18/2/06
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn will feature
in this year's Sydney
Biennale. Curated by Dr Charles Merewether, it will run from
the June 8 to August 27, 2006
Noel McKenna is the subject of an exhibition Noel
McKenna: Sheltered Life at the Penrith Regional Gallery and
The Lewers Bequest
Yvonne Kendall and John Kelly have been included in the McClelland
Contemporary Sculpture Survey and McClelland Award 2005 which
will run until June 25, 2006
Yvonne Kendall is also exhibiting in the Helen
Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2006
Martin Parr Exhibition
Opening night 4/10/05
Bill Nuttall (Director, Niagara Galleries) and Martin Parr at the opening of the exhibition.
Kelly Gellatly (Curator of Contemporary Art, NGV) Robert Nelson (art critic for The Age) and Tony Ellwood (Deputy Director, NGV International) at the opening of Martin Parr's exhibition.
An installation shot of the exhibition.