art things

Film

2008-08-07T22:23:00.000-07:00

GUY BEN-NER

2008-05-13T01:06:00.000-07:00

from self-portrait as a family man.

LIKE!

2008-05-12T02:15:00.000-07:00

Library for the Birds of Antwerp 1993

MARK DION

Library for the Birds of Massachusetts 2005
Steel, maple tree, plywoood, books, and mixed media 20 x 18 x 20 feet

COSIMA VON BONIN
"installationsannicht"

RYAN BURGHARD

Specifically I became interested in the role of masculinity in contemporary society through ritual, gender relations, authority, and fraternal orders. I wanted to investigate current social demands for a male re-evaluation of constructed identities and the resulting impact it has on 'masculine' sensibilities.

ROB MCHAFFIE

Woody and Soon-yi 2006
Oil on linen 2 panels, each 28 x 27 cm

KOJI RYUI

Milk tree society – techno homo (white) 2005
foam, plastic, paper, glue, rubber

I like to use a wide range of mainly unexpected, cheap, toxic or recycled materials. I like toxicity juxtaposed against charming appearances. Artificial materials that form organic-like structures allow me to introduce some form of narrative into the work. It reminds me of artificial intelligence.

olafur ELIASSON

2008-04-11T20:26:00.000-07:00

April 20 - June 30 2008

MoMA + PS1

Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Danish/Iclandic artist Olafur Eliasson, who creates very simple yet conceptually dense works which incorporate physical phenomena as known from nature to bridge the gap betwen art and natural science. The impulse of his work springs from his interest in the conflicts between nature and culture. it is his intense study of the results of scientific research that he channels into aesthetic experiences of poetic cimplicity. Eliasson's work is remarkably diverse and includes large-scale installations such as Your Strange Certainty Still Kept (1996), a working model of a thunderstorm inside an exhibition space, as well as quite simple pieces made of ephemeral and provisional materials such as ice, steam and light.

Your Strange Certainty Still Kept, 1996, Water, light (stroboscope), Plexiglas, plastic, recirculating pump, wood © Courtesy The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens.

Drawing from public and private collections worldwide, the exhibition will include 34 works that explore Eliasson’s diverse range of artistic production from 1991 to the present, including six new works created specifically for The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.

what a massive event; i am QUIVERING with excitement.

TINY REVIEW

2008-04-09T16:29:00.000-07:00

the age, friday april 4

in more exciting news, Mischa has been awarded the patrick corrigan AM aquisitive award in the CCP kodak salon 2008. hooray, prints for everybody.

another horse

2008-03-24T04:01:00.000-07:00

untitled (nudes, van, horse), 2004.

kiss explosion, 2005.

emily and hanna, 2002.

RYAN MCGINLEY

siri HAYES

2008-03-23T18:37:00.000-07:00

smoko, 2002

tree antenna, 2004. from the korea series.

one of my favourite artists at the moment, hayes' large format photographs explore the troubled and tenuous relationship between humans and their environment. had work recently at VCA margaret lawrence gallery (where in the woods), monash university musuem of art (recent aquisitions) in melbourne. see more on her web-site.

woods, 2004.

"Amphitheatres, whether natural or built, are internal spaces in the external world. Hayes makes them into private rooms without walls. It’s unclear what the real relationships are between Hayes’ subjects or what their purpose for being there is, but most seem comfortable there. The trees surround, lessening the exposure to wind and rain and so fulfil some of their potential as a primary housing material. In one image, however, a man standing between stepping stones in the creek, his duffle coat collar pulled up to his neck against the elements, evokes nomadism or homelessness. Hayes’ use of enclosed and protective spaces in the environment remind us of the sometimes cruel differences between private and public spaces and the related issues of border crossing and the trauma of displacement. "

kate rhodes, siri hayes: the best of all possible worlds.

FRAMED

2008-03-16T02:58:00.000-07:00

photos RACHEL ANG 2008.

fantastic JOKE

2008-02-22T02:35:00.000-08:00

JESS JOHNSON: I think of our art practices as a microcosm of the house. Making art is a dredging process. Dredging through the accumulated rubbish that clutters your surroundings and your thoughts. Internally we are continuously sorting through the debris. Clearing some space to think. To focus on what's important. Trying to make sense of all the outdated, leftover crap that we just can't seem to let go of. Sometimes life seems like a fantastic joke and the radio just keeps playing love songs.

from utopian slumps from jess johnson/jordan morani 2007 may show, this is not a love schlong.

DRESS FOR ADVENTURE

2008-02-15T18:03:00.000-08:00

opening PARTY tuesday february 26, 6-8pm.

FRAMED by rachel

2008-02-11T21:49:00.000-08:00

FRAMED
a display of photographic images
by rachel ang

MailBox 141: vestibule, 141 flinders lane, 3000.
february 26 - april 19.

as mentioned in march 15 saturday age A2 'art around the galleries' weekly review.

GUY BOURDIN

2008-01-25T18:40:00.001-08:00

guybourdin.com/gallery

TALA (rhythm)

2007-12-12T01:16:00.000-08:00

Gayathri Balakumar as Beena

sweet short film by Anoar Ahmed. won lots of lovely awards. (see it dec 15, 5.45pm at ACMI.)

C.I.A.

2007-12-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

Caitlin Muscat, Irene Finkelde and Adrianna Fullerton have a beautiful photographic installation at Platform Artists Group Inc. They've transformed the subway into the submarine,

inhabited by sad aquatic angels.

portrait of wolfgang tillmans

2007-11-28T00:24:00.000-08:00

norbert schoerner

SOO-JOO YOO

2007-10-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

at UPSTAIRS FLINDERS, sept28 - oct13.

The work Untitled illustrates structure and system of the urban and the natural environments. By using line, colour, space and lighting, the artist explores sensation of rapid movement, special confusion, optical dance of chaotic nature in contemporary life, questions the unknown source of power, force and energy experienced in everyday life. The aim of this work is to engender a sense of hope and desire, to confront the unpredictable, fragile reality of life.

DRESS!

2007-10-02T23:00:00.000-07:00

this installation runs until october 15.

(tram 57, stop 11)

unnatural disasters

2007-09-25T03:17:00.000-07:00

2007-08-18T20:37:00.000-07:00

"and you see that wisp of smoke there? he was going to float away like all smoke does. then he looked around, and he liked my house so much he decided to stay; and now he lives there permanently"

may installation photos

2007-05-14T03:23:00.000-07:00

all photos by mischa baka.

may installation

2007-04-29T00:41:00.000-07:00

photo and doll by mischa.

MySpace

2007-04-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

photo by mischa

MySpace

AN INSTALLATION BY RACHEL ANG

Throughout April at SAMPLE Space, PLATFORM ARTISTS GROUP

DEGRAVES-FLINDERS STATION SUBWAY, CAMPBELL ARCADE
info: http://www.platformartistsgroup.blogspot.com/