This exclusive, hand-numbered, limited edition volume showcases the breadth of Melbourne Now. Only 1500 copies will be available for sale. Featuring major essays and thematic texts written by influential curators and authors, this special volume explores the current overarching motifs intersecting through art, architecture, design and fashion practices in Melbourne. The academic texts are complemented by full colour plates of works by artists, designers and practitioners represented in the exhibition. Interspersed throughout the scholarly texts are contributions by prominent Melburnians on the city's culture and landscape - 'My Melbourne' according to Jon Faine, Sophie Cunningham, Andrew McConnell and many other personalities - each presented as individually designed 4-page booklets. In recognition of Melbourne's strong design community and talent, this stunning publication has been designed by a number of leading Melbourne graphic design firms in collaboration with the NGV, including Hofstede Design, Fabio Ongarato Design, Cato Brand Partners and Ortolan. Additionally, the Melbourne Now title font was designed by Niels Oeltjen for Letterbox, a typographic studio founded by Stephen Banham. Sumptuously illustrated, and unique in concept, this limited-edition volume is an outstanding overview of current Melbourne art and design practice, and a must-have for the culturally inclined. This publication has been generously supported by The Vizard Foundation.
This exhibition explores the recent history of contemporary art from 1979 to 2002, through the activities and practices of three influential artist run spaces: Art Projects, Store 5 and 1st Floor Artists and Writers Space.
From first achieving fame during the Sydney Biennale of 1992, Georgetti has carved a unique niche in the Australian artistic landscape. This publication allows us to take in the full breadth of two decades of work by an artist long overdue for recognition.
A profoundly thought-provoking 35mm film installation, Adrian Paci's Per Speculum draws upon cinema and myth to reflect upon narratives of exile, flight and resistance. In the opening scenes, a group of children are presented in an idyllic landscape setting, the reality of which is suddenly shattered and fractured, destabilising our perception and perspective. The second half of the film sees the community of child actors congregate in a majestic tree. With the impenetrable wisdom and insouciance of youth, they reflect the sun's rays back towards the camera, blinding us in the process. As flashes of light rhyme with the clapping of the projector, the strobing, flickering effect is definitional of cinema, whilst evoking universal themes found in classical art through complex visual phenomena and allegory. -- Exhibitions website.
The inaugural edition of a new exhibition series, Artists' Proof #1 explores current positions in contemporary art through new commissions by nine outstanding contemporary artists.
The invasion of the future has begun. Literary legends including Steven Millhauser, Junot Diáz, Amiri Baraka, and Katharine Dunn have attacked the borders of the every day. Like time traveling mad-scientists, they have concocted outrageous creations from the future. They have seized upon tales of technology gone wrong and mandated that pulp fiction must finally grow up. In these wildly-speculative stories you will discover the company that controls the world from an alley in Greenwich Village. You’ll find nanotechnology that returns memories to the residents of a nursing home. You’ll rally an avian-like alien to become a mascot for a Major League Baseball team. The Invaders are here. But did science fiction colonize them first?
Art of Howard Arkley, Peter Cripps, Sue Ford, Rosalie Gascoigne, Elizabeth Gower, Fiona Hall, Robert Hunter, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Geoff Lowe, John Nixon.
Sarah Byrne, Alicia Frankovich, Newell Harry, Joyce Hinterding, David Jolly, Jonathan Jones, Ash Keating, Elizabeth Newman, Rose Nolan : Monash University Museum of Art I MUMA, 4 October - 15 December 2012
Sarah Byrne, Alicia Frankovich, Newell Harry, Joyce Hinterding, David Jolly, Jonathan Jones, Ash Keating, Elizabeth Newman, Rose Nolan : Monash University Museum of Art I MUMA, 4 October - 15 December 2012
The inaugural edition of a new exhibition series, Artists' Proof #1 explores current positions in contemporary art through new commissions by nine outstanding contemporary artists.
John Barnes, the detective in charge of the case, is frantic, willing to try anything to catch his killer. With time running out, he looks desperately for answers. Will John get them before it's too late?
Richard Halliburton was the quintessential world traveler of the early 20th century. In 1930, his celebrity equaled that of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Halliburton called himself a "horizon chaser" and recommended that one should see the world before committing to a routine. Not only did he live up to his ideal, but he was eager to write about his adventures. A prolific partnership with gifted editor and ghost writer Paul Mooney produced excellent work, and theirs became a close personal relationship. Sadly, Halliburton and Mooney disappeared at sea on March 24, 1939, along with the entire crew of Halliburton's Chinese junk Sea Dragon, as they attempted to cross the Pacific from Hong Kong to the San Francisco World's Fair. This biography records the life and adventures of Halliburton and Mooney, focusing--as no other Halliburton biography has--on the productive literary collaboration between the two. Drawing on the recollections of people who knew them both, the work discusses their backgrounds, the early years of their acquaintance, and their possible romantic relationship. Finally, their fateful journey to Hong Kong and the ill-advised voyage of the Sea Dragon is described in detail. A good deal of first-hand evidence is provided by William Alexander, Paul Mooney's best friend and designer of Halliburton's Laguna Beach house. Appendices contain seven poems by Mooney and facsimile letters, including one of praise written by Richard Halliburton to William Alexander. Never-before-published photographs are also included.
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