“Varicoloured, captivating and referential assemblages
pertaining to the body are crafted by Emma Fitts. Rehabilitating histories, she
takes as her subject matter well-known, local artistic and political personages
such as Louise Henderson, Edith Collier, Frances Hodgkins, Olivia Spencer Bower
and Marilyn Waring. Inspiration is provided by almost out-moded fashions, aged
clothing patterns as well as worn bolts of cloth. Aside from these
historically-informed re-visitations, Fitts also attempts to realise
felt-states in configurations or block-like shapes of darkened fabrics that
hover in space like the plans of half-remembered rooms.”
https://melanierogergallery.com/stockroom/emma-fitts/
‘I’m
always saying “I collaborate with spiders” but I think the spiders, they
collaborate with us,’ Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno. Inside Tasmania’s Mona, he is using
spiders, soil and a floating backpack to encourage awareness of nature and
sustainability in ‘the Capitalocene”. Dust mites, it turns out, are born
performers. Just give them an eye-high beam of light and a dark room and
they’ll spin, sparkle, prance and pirouette.https://mona.net.au/museum/exhibitions/tomás-saraceno
Finalists from this year’s Victorian Premier’s Design Awards have been announced with 93 projects from a field of more than 240 entries. The Finalists showcase the best in design and architecture from Victoria and reinforce the state’s strength as Australia’s design capital. Finalists include the new Nunawading Community Hub located on the derelict Nunawading Primary School site, interlinked with its oval and Tunstall Park, on the traditional land of the Woiworung, where large gatherings were held, this becomes a place of gathering and shared knowledge again. https://fjmtstudio.com/projects/nunawading/
The global blockbuster art event Van Gogh Alive returns to Sydney this Summer, re-imagined in the Grand Pavilion at the Entertainment Quarter. Van Gogh’s works have been exhibited and admired for over a century – but never like this. Created by Grande Experiences, Van Gogh Alive gives visitors the unique opportunity to immerse themselves into Van Gogh’s artistry and truly venture into his world. Grande Experiences is based in Melbourne and founded by Australian businessman Bruce Peterson in 2006
https://vangoghalive.com.au/
National Gallery of
Victoria’s Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse opens on 11
December. McQueen was a Savile Row-trained tailor and highly skilled maker, and a
voracious consumer of film, photography, art, music, technology and philosophy.
All on display in the exhibition, which contextualises more than 120 McQueen
works - paintings, sculptures and historical objects. A simulated reference
library on themes related to each garment. “McQueen was all about research, he
worked in a very particular manner and the research was very broad,” says
Catherine Brickhill who was the first designer employed by McQueen, in 1996. “ www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/alexander-mcqueen/
