Ceramics by Garry Bish, Photo by Jason Tavener
Our opening exhibitions for 2012 will feature significant new work by Garry Bish, Jacob Ogden Smith and Kirsten Perry.
When: Launch: Thursday 19 January 2012, 6-8pm Showing: 20 January – 3 March 2012 Artists Talks: Saturday 3 March 2012, 2pm
GALLERY ONE
The Vessel: A Space Oddity. Garry Bish creates a number of clay vessels featuring architectural drawings. When devices employed by painters for the creation of pictorial depth are applied to the wall of a three dimensional ceramic object an ambiguous dimension arises. The Vessel: A Space Oddity explores this strange space through a series of architectural images with enhanced perspectives.
Opening Speaker: Dr. Sophia Errey, Lecturer, School of Art, RMIT University.
GALLERY TWO Pottery Practice Project. Jacob Ogden Smith’s archetypal pottery forms sit alongside a series of videos and found images that depict actions associated with pottery production. Smith is a Perth-based artist whose practice explores the representation of pottery within contemporary mediums such as film, television and the Internet. This body of work interrogates the ways that television co-opts and produces understandings of quality and popular entertainment.
Opening Speaker: Nella Themelios, Coordinating Curator, Craft Victoria.
GALLERY THREE Home Time. Working across a variety of media including wood and ceramics, Kirsten Perry’s new body of work will explore the emotional qualities of architectural space. Kirsten Perry is a Melbourne-based artist whose practice engages with the concept of anthropomorphism. Perry’s exhibition will feature a series of building forms imbued with human characteristics, subtly interrogating the void between emotional states and the material forms used to represent them. Opening Speaker: Milly Flemming, Retail Manager – Projects, Craft Victoria.
Where: Craft Victoria Gallery & Shop Open Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm 31 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Phone 03 9650 7775 http://craftvic.org.au
