Pop-Up March Arts Newsletter. Oh lovely Autumn. The flutter of leaves has started, the temperature mild and the light is milky and beautiful. Lots of great exhibitions with plenty more coming up in the months ahead. What excuses can you make this month? Cycle, walk, bus, train, car – it’s all too easy. Maybe next time I will have room to let you in on my fave Darlinghurst places. Until then – art, art & more art! cheers. Cassie 0416 209 391

OPENING THIS WEEKEND IN SYDNEY…
The Abbee. Ian Provest
16 March – 04 April
OPENING Saturday 16 March 2 – 5pm
To be officially opened by Kon Gouriotis, Director, ACP @ 3pm

The Abbee #01 by Ian Provest
Tremendous beauty emerges from a dark place in these finely realised photographic artworks, made on-site by the artist at the old Woy Woy abattoir. Fascinating, mysterious and lovely. The photographer will be in the gallery most open days.
ArtHere Photomedia Space, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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IN SYDNEY Until 31 March
Transformation. Andrew Goldie

Transformation Image #016 by Andrew Goldie
Photography & time-lapse video installation of Sydney’s coastal locations. From rock pools to the steepest of cliffs and inside a few bunkers, 100kg of camera gear was hauled on many a dark night to create these beautiful imaginative long exposure artworks.Open daily & Free.
Customs House, Exhib on Lvl 1+Red Room (ground floor), Circular Quay
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/customshouse/whatsOn/

Fiona MacDonald, Kandos Sunset, 2013. Image of installation
The successful contemporary art festival, Cementa13, held recently in Kandos in the NSW tablelands, showed that cutting-edge art can thrive outside the art world bubble

This terrific sampler exhibition, also features a Roundtable Discussion this Saturday with founders: Ann Finegan, Alex Wisser & Georgie Pollard.
Contact the gallery for more info & to book in.
The Cross Art Projects, Kings Cross
www.crossart.com.au

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IN BONDI Until 20 April
Into the Future – Emerging Talent.
Part of Art Month Sydney.

Bird, 2013 Conway Ginger Pointer, 2013 Jane MervinShowcasing the talented works of upcoming Aboriginal Artists to collect and watch. Lots of artworks have sold, but many still available. Some of my favourites are the most inexpensive from Bindi Arts. These two delights are from artists Conway Ginger & Jane Mervin. Small drawings & paintings – adorable. Reminds me to get back to Bondi and buy some.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

Adam Rish in his studio, 2010
The second leg of this wonderful travelling exhibition A cross-cultural collaboration of sculpture, ceramics, paintings, textiles and prints. Adam’s world view is dystopic, clever, creative, observant, full of humour, pathos and beauty.
Sturt Gallery, Mittagong
www.sturt.nsw.edu.au / www.adamrish.com

Akira Isogawa, Designer by Ingvar Kenne
An engaging collection of large scale photographs capturing humanity in all its frailty, beauty, imperfection, uncertainty, celebrity & the unknown.
The book includes 111 colour plates + an interview by Mark Mordue & essays by Andrew Sayers, Director, National Gallery of Australia & Carla Stang, Anthropologist & Author.

Book published by Au.thentic Press & available online, good bookstores & in the Gallery.
Perth Centre for Photography
www.pcp.org.au www.ingvarkenne.com

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RECOMMENDED BY ME
In Sydney…
Home: Margaret Olley
Until 01 April
(Too bad if you missed the recently closed, The Wild Ones: Sydney Stadium 1908-1970, so don’t miss the Olley show)
These two wonderfully delightful exhibitions both made my Sunday afternoon recently. Entry fee.
Museum of Sydney, Sydney CBD
www.hht.net.au

The Greatest Wonder of the World: The Holtermann Collection.
Until 12 May
A significant and extraordinary collection of 19th century documentary photographs. Many from the gold fields of NSW and Victoria. Many documenting Sydney Harbour. Portraits of the people, the clothes, the shop fronts, streetscapes and boats. A vivid account of early Australian life in all its simpleness and discomfort. Free.
The State Library NSW, Sydney CBD
www.sl.nsw.gov.au

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In Canberra…
Remember Me: The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt
Until 31 July
I really loved this exhibition. Superbly detailed & emotionally rich photographs. The story behind how they got made and how the glass plates were found is very interesting also. Free.
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
www.awm.gov.au

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Pop-Up February Arts Newsletter. Hi everyone & welcome to 2013 and my monthly pop-up exhibition recommendations & musings. Here are some new & fabulous exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra & Brisbane. If you have no time for Art then… swim when you can, walk everyday, look up when you are in the city, view familiar places with a travellers eyes, read, write, laugh, cook, be curious, love, ride a bike and tidy your office! Cassie

OPENING THIS WEEK IN ORANGE, NSW…
Misanthropology: The World Art of Adam Rish over Four Decades. Adam Rish
08 Feb – 10 Mar OPENING Friday 08 Feb 6-8pm

Adam Rish in his studio, 2010
The first leg of this travelling exhibition launches in the fabulous space of the regional art gallery in Orange. A cross-cultural collaboration of sculpture, ceramics, paintings, textiles and prints. Adam’s world view is dystopic, clever, creative, observant, full of humour, pathos and beauty.
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
www.org.nsw.gov.au / www.adamrish.com

Vivienne #01 by Lorraine Pink
A beautifully feminine collection of new paintings by Melbourne artist Miss Pink.
Beth Hulme Gallery & Studio, Fitzroy North.
www.bethhulme.com

Ettikai Reuben, Dancer by Ingvar Kenne
An engaging collection of large scale photographs capturing humanity in all its frailty, beauty, imperfection, uncertainty, celebrity & the unknown.
The book includes 111 colour plates + an interview by Mark Mordue & essays by Andrew Sayers, Director, National Gallery of Australia & Carla Stang, Anthropologist & Author.

Book published by Au.thentic Press & available online, good bookstores & in the Gallery.
Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne CBD
www.edmundpearce.com.au / www.ingvarkenne.com

Transformation by Andrew Goldie
Photography & time-lapse video installation of Sydney’s coastal locations. From rock pools to the steepest of cliffs, 100kg of camera gear was hauled on many a dark night to create these beautiful imaginative long exposure artworks.
Customs House, Exhib on Lvl 1+Red Room (ground floor), Circular Quay
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/customshouse/whatsOn/

Coffee Machine #02 by Lynne Smith
Smith is about to jet off to London & Berlin to create new work for this series. Catch a glimpse of his Sydney urban ‘street noir’ storiesfirst. Haunting & cinematographicphotographs.
ArtHere Photomedia, 126 Regent St, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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RECOMMENDED IN SYDNEY, BRISBANE & CANBERRA shows big & small…
Urban Animals. Richard Tipping
Until 23 Feb

Pig Walking in Redfern by Richard Tipping
Artist, Richard Tipping shows a collection of IPhone street photos from his Redfern neighbourhood. An ongoing series of animals in the city.
Slot Gallery, 38 Botany Road, Redfern. A window-only gallery.
www.slotgallery.blogspot.com.au / www.richardtipping.blogspot.com.au/

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Burying Time. Mira Gojak, Caroline Rothwell, Emma White
Until 16 Feb

Burying Time installation at Breenspace
Finding this lovely gallery space is as delightful as this exhibition of meditative works of sculpture, drawing & photo-assemblage.
Breenspace, Lvl 3, 17-19 Alberta St, Sydney
www.breenspace.com

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Anish Kapoor at the MCA, Sydney Until 01 April
The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7), Goma, Brisbane Until 14 April
Remember Me: The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt at the War Memorial in Canberra Until 31 July

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COMING UP IN SYDNEY in March…
The Abbee. Photographs by Ian Provest.
16 Mar – 04 Apr

The Abbee #01 by Ian Provest
Tremendous beauty emerges from a dark place in these finely realised photographic artworks.
ArtHere Photomedia Space, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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Into the Future – Emerging Talent.
09 Mar – 20 Apr. Part of Art Month Sydney.

Bidyadanga Artist Guni Guni (sample)
Showcasing the works of three upcoming Aboriginal Artists to collect and watch.Book in for the talks also.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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Parched March Event
30 Bars in 30 Days – A trailblazing search will be on for the Mambo Dogs + two others.

Artist & Designer Tanya Dobble is creating the five dog sculptures out of wire & paper mache as I type – I have seen two of them and they are fabulous!
A fundraising event for The Animal Welfare League of NSW. For more info check out the website.
www.parchedmarch.com

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Pop-Up December Arts Newsletter The scent of Frangipani is everywhere and I love it…Summer is finally here, even if the weather makes you think otherwise some days. This is my final newsletter for the year. There is plenty to see that will bring you joy, lovely gifts to buy if you are looking for them, and remember there is lots to do for free around town (which we love). The MCA, Maritime Museum, Art Gallery NSW, Carriageworks and White Rabbit to name the big ones and some of my local favourites. Also tune in at the end of my newsletter if you are just wanting to know about a few more beautiful places to walk and relax… Have a lovely and safe holiday season. Best of wishes and if you have some favourite walks of your own, please let me know. Cassie

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EXHIBITION OPENING THIS WEEK…
Photolines: Indigenous Changemaking Photography Exhibition
12 – 22 December
OPENING Wed 12 December 6-8pm + Curator & Artist Talks 6.45pm

A unique exhibition showcasing the work of a group of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander photographers engaged in a program through Flashpoint Labs.An exciting and positive indigenous exhibition.
ArtHere Photomedia, 126 Regent Street, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

David Wenham, Actor, Sydney Meryl Tankard, Cheoreographer, Sydney Yang Yi La Mo, Property Developer, China

Join Au.thentic Press at the historic Hollywood Hotel (2 Foster Street, Surry Hills) for the official launch of their first published book, Citizen – Portraits by Ingvar Kenne 1997-2012.Ingvar’s powerful collection of portraits, taken over a period of 10 years or so, will be on tour to Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, after it leaves Canberra.

This collection of 111 portraits glimpses humanity in a unique and direct way – rich and poor, famous and unknown, bad and good – they are all here. Some will surprise, many will delight and all will intrigue you. Meet the photographer, the publishers and maybe a few famous faces at the Opening.
More info on these sites:
Ingvar Kenne, Photographer www.ingvarkenne.com/citizen/ www.ingvarkenne.com
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra www.portrait.gov.au/site/exhibition_subsite_ingvar.php

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CURRENT…
Songlines Christmas Exhibition at Coo-ee
Until 22 December
Everyone who thinks the best ones have all sold are mistaken. Look at these…

Many small and exceptionally beautiful artworks are still available. Like these three above (although I did buy Wendy’s Seven Sisters because I could not resist it. I love it and having 4 sisters and girlfriends that feel like sisters, this has special meaning, plus I love the colour and the story). Even you don’t buy anything, the exhibition is bound to make you smile and linger in the gallery longer than you planned.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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NOW ENROLLING…
National Art School Summer School 2013 Program
Early Bird offer extended until Friday 14th December

Immerse yourself in art for one whole week in January…what could be better?Ceramics, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, welding sculpture + more. Over 50 courses to choose from by leading artists and teachers. Some teachers this Summer School include: Cherry Hood, Watercolour Painting; Kerrie Lester, Assemblage & Mixed Media; David Frazer, The Art of Relief Painting; Tania Browitt, Digital Photography + introduction of Art Lab for High School students Yr 9 – 12. All courses online.
NAS, cnr Forbes & Burton Streets (old Darlinghurst Gaol), Darlinghurst
www.nas.edu.au

Billy is Robert’s son. Robert is a widely acclaimed Australian photographer whose love of the arts is parallelled only by his for love for Billy. Billy is 22 years old and has autism. To help Billy develop a sense of independence, Robert and Billy’s mother have set up this small online business, where Billy can manage the store, selling T-Shirts and cards, amongst other gifts. Designs include a special limited selection of Robert’s work (including this beloved image above of his son Billy) and that of award winning Sydney photographer, Jacqui Dean (her Giraffe image sampled on children’s T-shirt above).Buying from Billy’s Shop will, as Robert says, "help a young man on his journey to an independent life".
The photograph above by Robert is one of my many personal favourites – tenderness, love, pride, protectiveness & melancholy are powerful emotional responses to this superbly framed portrait.
Please check out Billy’s website: www.cafepress.com.au/robertmcfarlane

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Pop-Up late November Arts Newsletter.
Gardens, flowers, blooms, colour, light, laughter, joy, beauty, fun, delight, enchantment…all of it covered in these fabulous exhibitions and one-off events. Spring could not end on a more pleasant note to welcome in Summer! Hope you can make it to some, or to many, if not all. Best of wishes, Cassie 0416 209 391
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OPENING SATURDAY…
Hybrid: Seeds of Change. Photographs by Juliana Swatko
24 November – 08 December 2012
OPENING Saturday 24 November 2 – 5pm

Bromeliads, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Juliana Swatko
An exquisite series of panoramic photographs all shot with a low-tech Holga. Juliana has layered multiple images side-by-side and overlapping to create these beautiful images. All photographed in the three major Botanic Gardens of Sydney (Domain, Mt Tomah & Mt Annan) + Everglades in Leura.
ArtHere Photomedia, 126 Regent Street, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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OPENING SATURDAY…
Songlines: 11 Arts Communities, 90 Artists, over 200 Artworks. Celebrate a Coo-ee Christmas.
24 November – 22 December 2012
OPENING Saturday 24 November 2 – 5pm
– Viewing from 2-3pm + Sales from 3pm

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Come and be delighted, enchanted and uplifted by this vibrant and truly lovely exhibition. Your only problem will be deciding how many to paintings to buy! The communities are well represented by different styles, tones, colours and stories. One will not be enough.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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OPENING SATURDAY WITH TALK…
Who are the Trusted? Where are the Brave? Steve Smith.
A Survey Curated by Nick Vickers
Until 23 December 2012
OPENING TALK Saturday 24 November @ 3pm
– Glenn Barkley, curator at MCA, will be discussing Steve Smith’s world of anti-heroes and the comic underground.

Idols examining their goals, 2006 Steve Smith

This fascinating exhibition includes selected recent paintings, as well as hallmark drawings and paintings through the decades. Inner-city streets, back laneways & strange situations feature large in Smith’s work.
For locals, these ‘mean streets’ are a composite of Smith’s favoured haunts from Bondi to Kings Cross, Redfern and ‘there abouts’.
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross
www.crossart.com.au

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CLOSES SATURDAY 24 November, 2012
Max Pam (Photography) at Meyer Gallery

16 Different works from Max Pam’s upcoming exhibition
Featuring a strictly limited collection of vintage prints & other works from 1971 – 2011
Book sales available at the Gallery.

Meyer Gallery at Syndicate, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo
www.meyergallery.com.au

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CLOSES IN MELBOURNE on SATURDAY…
Preserved. Gregory Elms
Until Saturday 24 November, 2012

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Gregory Elms

Gorgeously gothic larger-than-life photographs of taxidermied animals, insects and other beastly critters. However these are far from beastly photographs. This is a stunning collection of finely detailed images made with a film scanner re-purposed as a lens-less camera. Not to miss. If you don’t live in Melbourne then make the trip! No excuses.
Edmund Pearce Gallery, Level 2 Nicholas Building, Swanston St (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne
www.edmundpearce.com.au www.gregelms.com

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LAST WEEKEND WITH FREE EVENT THIS SUNDAY…
Images of the Cross – Kings Cross Photography Exhibition
Until Sunday 25 November
STORYTELLING & CONVERSATION Sun 25 November 4 – 6pm
Compared by – Charles Waterstreet, barrister, commenter & entertaining raconteur; Larry Writer, author of ‘Razor’; and Curator, Sandy Edwards

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Tamara Voninski, Polaroid Lady, Cassie French, Mohammed Sali, Head Chef Malabar RestaurantWinner 2012 Kings Cross Photo Prize (my image selected for this years exhibition)

I said this same para in my last newsletter, so if you are interested and didn’t get to read, here are my thoughts on Kings Cross – my own local stomping ground. Hope you can make it to the Sunday talk. It will be lively and fun for sure.
Some people visit Kings Cross, some stay well away and some of us live here. A colourful, diverse, interesting, funny and sometimes sad story unfolds every day around this neighbourhood and for those of us who live here, it is just that, our neighbourhood. Who remembers Jocelyn and her Polaroid camera? A deserved winning photograph of a warmly remembered character. I am pleased to have been selected this year with my photograph of Mohammed Sali, owner and head chef of Malabar Indian Restaurant (just near the Coca Cola sign). Thirty photographs in total reflecting the life and character of the Cross. Curated by Sandy Edwards. The Storytelling event (to be held on the last Sunday of the exhibition) will be held on the roof-top terrace bar. Come along and enjoy the stories, the conversation, the photographs and the view!

Level 1, Mercure Sydney Potts Point Hotel, Victoria St, Potts Point

(entry near Kings Cross Train Station on Victoria Street)
www.kxarts.com

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OPEN GARDEN EVENT ON SUNDAY…
Ian & Tom’s Garden in Redfern, Sydney
Part of Open Gardens Australia November Calender

ian toms garden

Back garden at Ian & Tom’s

For the very first time, two very special inner city Sydney gardens are part of the Open Gardens Australia calender. One garden in particular to discover is this little beauty in Redfern. A small tropical oasis hides behind this lovely Georgian terrace. Begonias, philodendrons, bromeliads in the front and a little back yard garden full of epiphytes including ripsalis, epiphyllums, tillandsias – I just wanted to type all those wonderful botanic words for you to read and just try saying them aloud – planted around an established orange tree. Fifteen years of ‘green thumb’ love brings us a sustainable city garden that relies only on rainwater. Plant sales too!
$6 entry (U/18 free)
8 Pitt Street, Redfern
Contact Ian McMaugh, Budwise Garden Design 0415 943 654
Also check out Paradisus @ 52 lander Street, Darlington
www.opengardensaustralia.org.au

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AND A DIARY DATE FOR DECEMBER…
Flora. A Collective View by ‘The Photo Group’
28 November – 16 December 2012
OPENING Saturday 01 December 3 – 5pm

Image by Mim Sterling for Flora

The Photo Group is a group of 8 photographers: Asim Aly-Khan, Bryan Cummins, Felicity Jenkins, Andrea Klucis, Philippa Margan, Caroline McLean-Foldes, Mirjana Tan, Mim Sterling.
They inspire one another to create beautiful imagery, full of emotion, meditation and beauty. Highly recommended!
Incinerator Art Space, 2 Small Street, Willoughby NSW 2068
Wed – Fri 11am – 5pm, Sat/Sun 11am – 4pm
Contact: Caroline McLean-Foldes 0423 358 851
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ONE MORE little THING…
With the last days of Spring enjoy walks in three of my favourite local Darlingurst parks
The Pine Grove walk in Centennial Park – beautiful in the early morning with the sun streaming from the east or the yellows of the afternoon with the sun streaming from the west – long shadows, beautiful light, smelling faintly of pine needles.
The Rushcutter’s Bay to Darling Point walk – sit on the little jetty for awhile, or the end sandstone seawall and watch the boats drift by. I love the chink-chink sound of the sail boats as you walk along the seawall and the crazy playing of the dogs (and there are many) along the way.
McKell Park at the end of Darling Point Road. The ruins and grounds of a once grand home, this park is a Sydney secret I may regret sharing. Forget about the bullnose sharks that could be nearby and dive from the jetty into crystal clear harbour water. I love this little park and the flowers are blooming everywhere. Picnic perfect.
Goodbye Spring…
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Pop-Up November Arts Newsletter. One more lovely month of spring to enjoy before summer grabs us! Have you visited the Botanical Gardens (in Sydney) lately? Bursting with colour and flowers. I am loving the new Dandelion sculptures – you will find near the lower pond close to the water. This month we have art bursting from the seams, so it seems. Coo-ee brings us Songline stories to follow on from sculpture in Bondi; gothic animal beauties loom large in Melbourne; strangely empty human landscapes to be found in Redfern; paintings of organic vegetables look as edible as if fresh from the garden and textural photographs to make you do a double-take, both in Waterloo… and more. I love this city! cheers Cassie 0416 209 391
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OPENING TODAY…
Evidence. Photographs by Chris Round
Until 22 November
OPENING TODAY Saturday 03 November Until 5pm

Silverwater, Sydney. Chris Round

Deserted landscapes from the modern world. Forgotten, unused, broken, unfinished. Where are they?
Mysterious, unsettling and lovely – Chris Round seeks unusual places where humanity has firmly stamped its feet.
ArtHere Photomedia, 126 Regent Street, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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OPENING NEXT WEEK IN SYDNEY…
Surface Tension. Jules Forth, Painting + Birgit Neiser, Photography
06 – 11 November
OPENING Wednesday 07 November 6-8pm
+ Artist Talk Sunday 11 November 3-5pm

A Charity Event for Lou’s Place, a women’s shelter in Kings Cross.
Vegetables you could almost eat from the canvas and food you could almost pluck from the paper. These artworks are full of texture, playfulness, love and tenderness. These two fine Artists are planning a sellout show for a very worthy cause. www.lousplace.com.au
Meyer Gallery at Syndicate, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo
www.meyergallery.com.au

Julies Forth, Vegetable Abicus (above); Birgit Neiser Octopus (below)

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OPENING NEXT WEEK IN MELBOURNE…
Preserved. Gregory Elms
07 – 24 November
OPENING NIGHT Thurs 08 November 6 – 8pm

Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes. 120x100cm

Gorgeously gothic larger-than-life photographs of taxidermied animals, insects and other beastly critters. However these are far from beastly photographs. This is a stunning collection of recreated finely detailed images made with a film scanner re-purposed as a lens-less camera. Not to miss. If you don’t live in Melbourne then make the trip! No excuses.
Edmund Pearce Gallery, Level 2 Nicholas Building, Swanston St (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne
www.edmundpearce.com.au www.gregelms.com

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CURRENT…
Dream Catchers. Featuring Sculptures from Maningrida, NT
Until 17 November

Bob Burruwal & Lena Yarinkurra, Maningrida – Special guest artists for ‘Dream Catchers’
Stunning contemporary sculpture from Maningrida,NT; a selection of rare Hermannsburg pots, from various Hermannsburg potters; and a beautiful selection of unique and wonderful sculptures from across the country. Bob Burruwal & Lena Yarinkurra from Maningrida, were special guests for the opening, leading a packed weaving workshop in the shade of the paperbark grove beside the gallery. A total delight for all those involved and those watching on, sharing the lessons.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

  Fish Traps, jungle vine & pandanas. Various Artists, Maningrida Arts, NT

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CURRENT…
Images of the Cross – Kings Cross Photography Exhibition
Until Sunday 25 November
Free Storytelling Event & Discussion Sun 25 November 4 – 6pm
With Special Guests, including Tamara Voninski, Winner 2012
Compared by Charles Waterstreet

Tamara Voninski, Polaroid Lady, Winner 2012 Kings Cross Photo Prize (top)
Cassie French, Mohammed Sali, Head Chef Malabar Restaurant (below)
(my image selected for this years exhibition)

Some people visit Kings Cross, some stay well away and some of us live here. A colourful, diverse, interesting, funny and sometimes sad story unfolds every day around this neighbourhood and for those of us who live here, it is just that, our neighbourhood. Who remembers Jocelyn and her Polaroid camera? A deserved winning photograph of a warmly remembered character. I am pleased to have been selected this year with my photograph of Mohammed Sali, owner and head chef of Malabar Indian Restaurant (just near the Coke sign). Thirty photographs in total reflecting the life and character of the Cross. Curated by Sandy Edwards. The Storytelling event (to be held on the last Sunday of the exhibition) will be held on the roof-top terrace bar. Come along and enjoy the stories, the conversation, the photographs and the view!
Level 1, Mercure Sydney Potts Point Hotel, Victoria St, Potts Point  (entry near Kings Cross Train Station on Victoria Street)
www.kxarts.com

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NOVEMBER DIARY DATES…Seems like everyone loves Saturday 24th!
MAX PAM, at Meyer Gallery
20 – 24 November
Closing Drinks with the Artist Saturday 24 November 2 – 4pm

16 Different works from Max Pam’s upcoming exhibition

A selection of work from photographer Max Pam – including some early works to current; colour and black&white.
Meyer Gallery at Syndicate, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo
www.meyergallery.com.au

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Songlines. A Coo-ee Christmas Exhibition from 11 different Art Communities.
24 November – 22 December
OPENING Saturday 24 November 2 – 5pm

Songline, 2012. Mary Brumby

This annual Christmas show grows more popular each year.
This year Coo-ee has 11 Art Communities, over 90 Artists and 200 Artworks in the show. Small desirable artboards and all priced at under $400 – adorable & affordable Aboriginal art. When you buy an artwork, you give a gift of income back to the artist and the art community. From well known to new artists, best to get in early as this show quickly sells out very quickly.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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Hybrid: Seeds of Change. Juliana Swatko
24 November – 08 December
OPENING Saturday 24 November 2 – 5pm

Pitcher Plants, Juliana Swatko

These richly coloured, stitched and layered photographs were taken at Sydney’s three different botanical gardens – Mount Annan, Mount Tomah and Royal Sydney. Using a low tech plastic Holga camera, Juliana has produced lush and dreamy panoramic captures of the gardens in bloom.
ArtHere Exhibition Space, 126 Regent Street, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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RECOMMENDED EXHIBITION & GALLERY TO DISCOVER…
CROSS ART PROJECTS –
Big Family: Keeping Art, Country & Culture Strong.
Assoc. of Northern Kimberley & Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA)
Current exhibition until 17 November

Pop-Up October Arts Newsletter. Some days its sunny and some days it snows – that seems to be Spring in Sydney so far and it has been wonderful. The first of the Jacaranda blossoms are starting to burst and soon the city will be awash with their beautiful blue. Plenty of lovely shows to check out and more for the diary! Wordsmith Richard Tipping will entertain you in Redfern at Sandy Edwards new photomedia space; Sydney reveals a few hidden treasures in Hyde Park; stunning contemporary Aboriginal sculpture to draw you back from the Bondi sculpture walk to one of my favourite galleries (a great place to start or finish your day); a nostalgic trip to Paris is highly recommended and good shows for your arts diary for November. Cheers. Cassie 0416 209 391
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ON NOW…
Sydney Life Exhibition
Central walkway near Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park North
Until 20 October

Historic Chinese Market Gardens, Matraville. Cassandra French

This is my photo (above), amongst the 22 finalists in this years show. These gardens deserve heritage protection and should be preserved. I love they are only 12km from the CBD – another reason for protection from the neighbouring cemetery, wanting over 60% of the land to extend
(a trip to these Chinese Gardens in Matraville is well worth it – they are like a trip to another world)
Also, would anyone like my photograph – it would look good in a garden or cafe? 3mx2m on vinyl.
www.artandabout.com.au/events/sydney-life/

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ON NOW…
No King. Signs & Photographs by Richard Tipping
Extended Until 27 October

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No King & Reduce Need. Richard Tipping

Signs (small and large), photographs, prints – all for sale, as well as a delightful book of works, words and poems by Richard Tipping.
Richard has a book of poems due for publication in 2013. You may also find him in the gallery when you drop by.
Arthere Photomedia, 126 Regent Street, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au
www.richardtipping.net

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CLOSING THIS WEEK…
Home is Where the Art Is. Contemporary Aboriginal artworks for the home.
Until Wed 17 October

Mina Mina. Dorothy Napangardi

Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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OPENING THIS WEEK…
Dream Catchers. Featuring Sculptures from Maningrida, NT
20 October – 17 November
OPENING Saturday with Brunch 11am – 1pm
+ Weaving Workshop 12midday with special Guests from Maningrida Arts.
Bookings essential to ensure materials and place. $30pp

bob burruwal and lena yarinkura

Bob Burruwal & Lena Yarinkurra – leading the Weaving Workshops 20 October. Bookings Essential.

assorted artists fish traps

Left.  Fish Traps, jungle vine & pandanas. Various Artists, Maningrida Arts, NT                                                                   This exhibition is in association with Sculptures by the Sea. Stunning contemporary sculpture from Maningrida, plus a lovely selection of rare Hermannsburg pots, both from Northern Territory.
There will be a further selection of unique and wonderful sculptures from across the country.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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OPENING END OF OCTOBER…
Evidence. Photographs by Chris Round
31 October – 22 November
OPENING Saturday 03 November 2-5pm

Silverwater, Sydney. Chris Round

Deserted landscapes from the modern world. Forgotten, unused, broken, unfinished. Where are they?
Mysterious, unsettling and lovely – Chris Round seeks unusual places where humanity has firmly stamped its feet.
Arthere Photomedia, 126 Regent Street, Redfern
www.arthere.com.au

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NOVEMBER DIARY DATES…
Surface Tension. Jules Forth, Painting + Birgit Neiser, Photography
06 – 11 November
OPENING Wednesday 7 November 6-8pm
+ Artist Talk Sunday 11 November 3-5pm

jules forth vegetable abacus web

A Charity Event for Lou’s Place, a women’s only shelter in Kings Cross, Sydney.    www.lousplace.com.au

birgit neiser octopus

Vegetables you could almost eat from the canvas and food you could almost pluck from the paper – they make me hungry just looking! There may not be enough paintings from Forth or photographs from Neiser to satisfy a hungry audience.
These two fine Artists are planning a sellout show for a very worthy cause.
Meyer Gallery at Syndicate, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo
www.meyergallery.com.au

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NOVEMBER DIARY DATES…
Songlines. A Coo-ee Christmas Exhibition
24 November – 22 December
OPENING Saturday 24 November 2-5pm

Songline, 2012. Mary Brumby

This annual Christmas show grows more popular each year. Small desirable artboards and all priced at under $400 – adorable & affordable Aboriginal art. When you buy an artwork, you give a gift of income back to the artist and the art community.
This year Coo-ee has 11 Art Communities, over 90 Artists and 200 Artworks in the show. Get in early as this show quickly sellout.
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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MY RECOMMENDATION FOR OCTOBER…
Old Paris. Eugene Atget
Art Gallery NSW.  Until 04 November
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/eugene-atget

Left to right: Eugène Atget Marchard d’abat jour, rue Lepic 1899-1900, albumen photograph; Boulevard de Strasbourg 1912, albumen photograph; Rue Hautefeuille, 6th arrondissement 1898, albumen photograph

I am sure everyone knows about this show, but who has visited?
If you love history, Paris, b&w photography, stories and beautiful imagery, don’t miss it.
I loved this exhibition for many reasons.  To see old Paris and note how much of it was demolished to create the lovely wide boulevards we all love about Paris today.  Also, to see the people, the streets, the architecture and the working people of Paris at the time Atget photographed it all.  Also to know that Man Ray bought an extensive collection of these wonderful images and many are from Man Ray’s personal collection.  Plus, to see these original and rare contact prints from a masterful documentary photographer.  Nostalgic, romantic, fascinating, intriguing and beautifully composed photographs.  My only suggestion would be to take a magnifying glass to view the details that much better!
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Mid September Pop-Up Newsletter. A few lovely shows closing tomorrow and Sydney Life opening tonight (and yes, I am very pleased to say I am a finalist this year), there is also plenty in between. Ella Dreyfus is giving a free Artist Talk tomorrow, Ben Ali Ong has risen up, Richard Tipping is coming up and Coo-ee is now doing free gallery tours every Thursday. More below. So many good shows I have not had a chance to include any recommendations lately but I have some for October. Enjoy September. Cheers Cassie 0416 209 391

CLOSES SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER (Melbourne)…
Paul Blackmore. At Water’s Edge.
Photographs + Book. Book available at all good book stores + online. Retail $77.00
Edmund Pearce Gallery, Lvl 2 Nicholas Bldng, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne CBD

Russia, 2009 Paul Blackmore

A stunning exhibition. A stunning photography book. For more check out the websites.
www.paulblackmore.com
www.edmundpearce.com.au

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CLOSES SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER (Sydney)…
Catherine Cloran (Photography), Matt Palmer (Photography), Julie Williams (Video).
Arthere Photomedia Space, 126 Regent Street, Redfern.

Sandy Edwards has opened ArtHere Photomedia Space in the dynamic arts and design hub of Redfern. A most welcoming and lovely little gallery space with an exciting future. Congratulations to Sandy – I love this space. Next show to follow is new work by Richard Tipping.
www.arthere.com.au

This exhibition of handpicked works will feature the largest of canvases to a selection of beautifully crafted sculptures, across a wide range of colour palettes to please and inspire all design ideas.
This collection is all about striking and beautiful Aboriginal contemporary art to live with and love.
Whilst aimed at interior designers, stylists, architects, writers, style editors and bloggers, this exhibition is for everyone. Visit the website for full details & works.
Free Gallery Tours every Thursday @ 11am.
www.cooeeart.com.au

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CURRENT…
Ben Ali Ong. 1000 Years Beside Myself. Until 06 October
Boutwell-Draper Gallery, 82-84 George Street, Redfern 2016

Inspired by mythology, dreams and symbolism, for Ben Ali Ong the importance of the narrative is on mood, metaphor and emotion. Darkly romantic, sensual and exceptionally beautiful, this new series has found a proud new home in Boutwell-Draper Gallery, Redfern. Large scale prints in the upstairs gallery.
www.boutwelldrapergallery.com.au

This is a superbly beautiful narrative study of growing up – not to miss! Also, if you can make it to Ella’s talk on Saturday you will not be disappointed – she speaks beautifully about her work.
For more background on Ella Dreyfus please visit her website. To listen to an interview go to ABC RN Life Matters. For feature story look out for Art Monthly Australia October issue.
www.elladreyfus.com

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CURRENT…
Tim Hixson. Head East. Until 30 September
Artfocus Gallery, 1 Powells Road, Brookvale Open 7 Days

Shelly Beach. Tim Hixson

This wonderful photographer documents the 91 roads that all end at Sydney’s northern beaches between Palm Beach and Manly. Set out in geographical order the photographic print is 22 metres long and reveals the special places and landmarks that define each location. Tim Hixson is one of our best beach photographers – head north and check this one out. You will find Tim in the gallery each weekend.
www.timhixsonphotography.com.au

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OPENINGS & UPCOMINGS…
Sydney Life Exhibition as part of Art & About 2012 Until 21 October
Hyde Park north near Archibald Fountain.
Free public exhibition open 24 Hours!

Historic Chinese Market Gardens, Matraville (near La Perouse). Cassandra French

Launching on Friday night, this is my photo above selected as one of 22 finalists for this years exhibition in Hyde Park. (I was also a finalist in 2009 with ‘Cooking Up a Storm’) This is from a series I took out at the gardens, which are under serious threat to be taken over by the neighbouring cemetery. What amazes me with these gardens is that they are so close to the CBD and not on the fringe of Sydney’s urban sprawl. They make up the history and fabric of the city and should be protected. You can almost smell the parsley and bok choy. Everyone should take a visit to the gardens in Bunnerong Road, Matraville. Also make sure to visit Hyde Park. To see all finalists:
www.artandabout.com.au/events/sydney-life/

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FOR THE DIARY…
Richard Tipping. 29 September – 20 October
To be Opened by Dr. Elizabeth Farrelly Sat 29 Sept @ 2.30pm
Arthere Photomedia Space, 126 Regent Street, Redfern

Reduce Need. Richard Tipping

Richard Tipping is well known for his humorous interventions in the world of public signs, such as his iconic No Understanding Any Time now in the collection of the National Gallery. This is his third solo exhibition in a year and will feature new works and a few handpicked from the past, all with a political take. Works will include photography and installation. Word poems to amuse, provoke, entertain and make you think. Not to miss!
www.arthere.com.au
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September Pop-Up Arts Newsletter
Spring is here in all its jasmine glory! Lots of gorgeous exhibitions to keep you all out of the house and wandering from gallery to gallery! No excuses and more to come later in the week. cheers. Cassie 0416 209 391

NOW ON IN MELBOURNE…
Paul Blackmore. At Water’s Edge. 06 – 22 September
Photographs + Book Launch
Edmund Pearce Gallery, Lvl 2 Nicholas Bldng, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne CBD

Swimmers dive into the Black Sea, Russia 2001

The book with the full photo essay retails for $77 & available from good book stores, the gallery, or the Artist.
A stunning exhibition. A stunning photography book. For more check out the websites.
www.paulblackmore.com
www.edmundpearce.com.au

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS IN SYDNEY…
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Ave (cnr Chambers Ave) Bondi Beach
Presents: Reinventing the Ochre: Artists from the Kimberley & Arnhem Land 1982-2012. Until 15 September
Opening soon: Home is Where the Art Is. 20 September – 13 October. Opening Night Thursday 20 Sept 6 – 8pm

Gloria Petyarre, Bush Medicine

A gorgeous collection of hand picked artworks selected across a wide range of colour palettes. This is all about the home environment and buying beautiful art to live with and love.
www.cooeeart.com.au

Mini mid-August Pop-Up Newsletter – Openings and Exhibitions to catch now; some great news for photographers and lovers of photography with big news from Curator Sandy Edwards (see below); plus gorgeous exhibitions for your Spring diary. Two great shows in Melbourne and lots in Sydney. The only excuse to miss any of these shows can only be time or distance. Otherwise get your skates on… cheers. Cassie French 0416 209 391

CURRENT…
Michael Corridore Angry Black Snake
Photography
Until 01 September

#07 Michael Corridore
Edmund Pearce Gallery 37 Swanston St Melbourne CBD
www.edmundpearce.com.au   www.michaelcorridore.net

For a review of this exhibition visit http://www.artguide.com.au
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CURRENT…
Reinventing the Ochre: Artists from the Kimberley & Arnhem Land 1982-2012
Ochre paintingsUntil 8 September

Queenie McKenzie, considered one of the “Queens of the ochre painters”
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery 31 Lamrock Ave (cnr Chambers St) Bondi
www.cooeeart.com.au

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OPENING THIS WEEK…
Lisa Stonham Nothing in the World
Photography
21 Aug – 01 Sept OPENING Wed 6-8pm

#05 Lisa Stonham
Depot ll Gallery 2 Danks St Waterloo
www.visualarts.net.au/gallery/lisastonham

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COMING SOON IN SPRING…
Ella Dreyfus Under Twelve Under Twenty
Photography29 Aug – 6 Oct OPENING Wed 29 Aug 6-8

Pair No.7 Ella Dreyfus
Stills Gallery 36 Gosbell Street Paddington
www.stillsgallery.com.au www.elladreyfus.com

For a review of this exhibition visit http://www.artguide.com.au
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Ben Ali Ong 1000 Years Beside Myself
Photography + Video Work 05 – 23 Sept

OPENING Wed 05 Sept 6-8

#07 Ben Ali Ong
Tim Olsen Gallery 63 Jersey Road Woollahra
www.timolsengallery.com www.benaliong.com.au

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Paul Blackmore At Water’s Edge
Photography Exhibition & Book Launch (Sat 9 Sept 3pm)
05 – 22 Sept OPENING Thurs 06 Sept 6-8 + BOOK LAUNCH Sat 08 Sept 3pm

Book Cover of At Water’s Edge by Paul Blackmore
Edmund Pearce Gallery 37 Swanston St Melbourne CBD
www.edmundpearce.com.au   www.paulblackmore.com

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Bejing Willows and Wires #3 from ‘Willows and Wires’ Catherine Cloran

BIG NEWS for Photographers & lovers of photographic art…
Announcing the GRAND OPENING and LAUNCH of Sandy Edwards’ new photomedia Gallery space:
ARTHERE GALLERY  –                   126 Regent Street, Redfern
OPENING Sat 01 Sept 2-5pm Gallery Open from midday
Launching with artists:   Catherine Cloran, Matt Palmer & video work by Julie Williams.

www.arthere.com.au

Maroubra from’ Suburban Songs’   Matt Palmer

Launching with artists:  

Catherine Cloran  (above)

Matt Palmer (right)

Julie Williams    (below)

Still from ‘Veil’ – video work by Julie Williams

Pop-Up August Arts Newsletter 2012
July just got away from me, so I am getting in early for August. There is always plenty to fill an arts diary so here are some highlights, recommendations and upcoming exhibitions to note. There are a few favourite highlights from the Biennale (AGNSW: beautiful miniature trees cut from paper shopping bags; a giant urban landscape in talcum powder; hundred’s of tiny filled artbooks made from what look like cigarette papers. MCA: hundreds of bottles handpainted on the inside with black ink and snake motifs; sewing project from 1000 spools of coloured cotton. PIER 7: the clacking sound of the bamboo installation; and walking amongst the strange reams of paper – this only makes sense if you walk amongst the paper. I haven’t been to Cockatoo Island yet but have read mixed reviews) Other recommendations are Customs House, a must visit space especially with its current new interactive installation; Ochre Art from the Kimberley’s & Arnhem Land to inspire; visit Margaret Olley’s studio & home and three stunning upcoming shows to watch out for…

Only one month until its officially spring, but I love the new buds blooming on the branches of the tree outside my window and the jasmine in the garden is loaded with new buds eager to open. Life and hope…

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Screen shots: Sydney Cove prior to the arrival of the First Fleet above left
and above right with parts of the modern city ghosted into the image

Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney (Ground Floor)
Re-exhibiting 21 September – 21 October 2012
Free & Open 7 days a week
www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au
ABOUT An immersive experience and should not be missed by anyone!
This is an Indigenous led project by artist, Brett Leavy. It is and interactive computer experience of what Sydney foreshore, from Barangaroo to Woolloomoolloo, was like for the Gadigal prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. Technology is a clever tool. This is very realistic and stimulates imagination in a way history books do not. Check out thisand get on a bus, or a bike or a train and get down to Customs House asap for this unique and rewarding experience. There are four large screens and individual consuls for public interaction. There are also artefacts on display loaned from The Australian Museum.

Rover Thomas (1926-1998) Langkur (Lingurr) Queenie McKenzie (1930-1988) Hills – Old Texas Station

Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, 31 Lamrock Avenue, Bondi Beach, Sydney
Free & open to the Public. There is also a large fabulous stockroom to explore with the assistance of Gallery experts.
ABOUT A selection of some of the finest ochre painters from the Kimberley’s in WA and Arnhem Land in NT, from the last 30 years.

Including works from Rover Thomas (East Kimberley, WA), Queenie McKenzie (East Kimberley, WA), Lloyd Kwilla, Peggy Purvis and Charlene Carrington – considered another ‘Queen’ of the Kimberley ochre painters.
Visiting Coo-ee Gallery never disappoints. If you have not stepped inside this lovely space you are missing out for sure.

Australian Galleries, 15 Roylston Street, Paddington www.australiangalleries.com.au
ABOUT In 2010 photographer Greg Weight was visiting Margaret Olley regularly, photographing her latest paintings for her final exhibition. See you tomorrow at two were the last words Olley spoke to Weight – she died that night. Now one year since her death at age 89, Greg Weight shares further images he made of her creative hub. He has captured in this series of important documentary photographs something so much more than a recording. They appear like still life paintings themselves and reveal to us the very heart of Olley’s artistic world – her home and studio. These are intimate, beautiful and still images of a place I could only dream of having entered. I love artist studios and am thankful to Greg he recorded Margaret Olley’s studio with such tenderness and affection and I feel privileged to now visit. Highly recommended!
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THREE SUPERB UPCOMING PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS FOR YOUR DIARY…
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1. INTERSTATE…Melbourne
Angry Black Snake. Michael Corridore
15 August – 01 September 2012

Image from Angry Black Snake
www.michaelcorridore.net

Edmund Pearce Gallery, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne www.edmundpearce.com.au
ABOUT Mysterious images of people at play – or are they? After touring the country and recently returning from New York, Corridore’s beguiling collection will be showing at Melbourne’s newest and most fashionable photographic gallery, Edmund Pearce.
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2. SYDNEY
Under Twelve Under Twenty. Ella Dreyfus www.elladreyfus.com
29 August – 29 September 2012

Stills Gallery, 36 Gosbell Street, Paddington www.stillsgallery.com.au
ABOUT A series of b&w portraits of boys aged 11-12 and the same boys photographed 7 years later, all aged under 20. Inspired by Michael Apted’s 7-Up series, Dreyfus presents a most beautiful narrative on growing up, whilst powerfully affirming the dignity of male beauty.
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3. SYDNEY
1000 Years Beside Myself. Ben Ali Ong www.benaliong.com.au
5 – 23 September 2012

Untitled #02 Untitled #04

Tim Olsen Gallery 63 Jersey Road Woollahra www.timolsengallery.com
ABOUT Inspired by mythology and dreams, the essence of this sensual, mystical and brooding collection is an exploration of life in all its fraility and beauty, love and love’s loss, sex and death. A collection of stunning new work by this young Sydney photographer with a passionate vision of life.

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GALLERY TO DISCOVER…
The Distillery 115 Crown Street Darlinghurst http://www.the-distillery.com.au

ABOUT Not quite a gallery, but it does feels like a mini museum of printing presses and design. When I first saw this place from across the street I thought it was another bar. I was intrigued and crossed over to discover a printing business – thriving, adventurous, creative and exquisite. The website states "We’re inspired by old-fashioned values, heritage and vintage design with soul". Apparently they love visitors too! I must have a thing for fonts and I love vintage and history, generally most old stuff. Paper so heavy and pearly; text etched so deeply and perfectly; colours, graphics and typeface to make you swoon; and four giant antique printing presses in perfect working order. Order some cards, invitations, nametags, whatever. Maybe get married so you can order some gorgeous cards. Or just drop in. I love this place and recommend you discover this one…

PS. Just a few doors from Conny Dietzschold Gallery (exhibitions.connydietzscholdgallery.com). Another interesting gallery to discover, or revisit if you have not been for awhile.