Paper Works Opening

Installation View Paper Works at Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Paper Talk 2001, Helen Mueller (foreground)

Stolen Geometry 2 & 3, 2009, Susan Buret (rear).

Paper Works opened on Saturday 26 March and I am delighted to have my work included in such a beautifully curated exhibition. Among the artists exhibiting I especially enjoyed the work of Lezlie Tilley, Caren Florence, Debbie Hill, Nicola Moss and James Blackwell.

Julie Ryder at Sturt Gallery

Julie Ryder's exhibition Generate opened at Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, yesterday.
The exhibition included printed silk hangings and works with hand cut leaves and flower pollen on tapa cloth which reflected Ryder's fascination with nature, taxonomy and genetic engineering.
The exhibition continues until 9 May 2010.

I was about to add this image but draftblogger is not offering me the alternative of loading an images from my files. I finally managed by using regular blogger which does not offer as much flexibility with image placement. Does anyone in the blogosphere know what is going on?

Paper Works

3 of my works are included in the exhibition. Please come along if you are in Sydney next saturday.

Silence

It's a poor workperson who blames their tools but please excuse the silence which has come to you courtesy of the incredibly inefficient MAC1 at Wollongong, who took over 2 weeks to replace the keypad on my laptop and then managed to return it with the hinge incorrectly assembled and, Telstra ,the internet service provider, whose speciality is not providing any service what so ever.
I promise to post about what has otherwise been several interesting weeks when I am in a better state of mind.

A Man of Few Words 2

See below. Will I ever get this networking thing sorted. I am a little sensitive at the moment because of the approach of a significant birthday. I don't know wether I am reassured or horrified to see how those of my era are travelling. PS I AM younger than Lou Reed.

A man of few words.

I just received information about Vivid Live, Sydney's Winter Festival. If you are not festivalled out it is a chance see a program curated by Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson.
Lou Reed is a man of few words (apparently) but I just had to share this informative video with you.

Well I don't seem to have embeded the video yet! I'll try again.

The Report.

On Wednesday I went to Sydney to visit several galleries. Instead of driving I took the train and had a much less stressful day. It was one of those sparkling sunny days that Sydney is famous for and as I walked through Paddington the air was heady with the scent of Murraya.
First I visited James Dorahy Project Space in Potts Point. colouring-in (material) is group show  group  by the galleries artists. There is a strong and consistent aesthetic to the artists James represents and the exhibition sat really well in the curved walled space.

Sullivan and Stumpf also had a group show of the galleries artists. I enjoy these shows as I am introduced to the work of artists I haven't seen before and can watch out for their solo shows.

Sherrie Knipe's Waterways above was a watering can made from plywood butterflies and in the downstairs galley there were two gouaches by Sydney Ball which unlike his usual minimal work were layered images of drops of paint and which were testament to his skills as a great colourist.

From there I went to Danks Street after a costly retail detour in Oxford Street.

Dominik Mersch had a group show where the Stefan Thiel woodcuts were the standout works for me. I enjoy the shifting grids he creates in works like Ali.

Stefan Theil, Ali, 2009, 44 x 38 cm, cut- out.

Conny Dietzschold was showing the sculptures and drawings of Robert Schad.  The drawings  explore the line with great elegance and when translated into delicate sculptures the works occupy space in an improbable manner and seem to dance above the floor belying their construction from sturdy steel quad. I would like to have seen them in a larger space to fully appreciate their lightness of form.

Robert Schad, Steel Sculpture.