Page.Print.Post: 50 Years of Artists Books

A number of Antonietta Covino-Beehre’s ‘Artist Books’ are included in the exhibition Page.Print.Post: 50 Years of Artists Books at the Post Office Gallery, Ballarat. 

The exhibition opens Wednesday 16th July and continues through to the 9th August. 

The exhibition will be opened  by David Dellafiora, Co founder Field Study International, on Saturday 19th July (4-6pm). 

PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books curated by Debbie Hill and Geoff Wallis, offers a rare insight and overview of the development, range and ambition of the Artists Book over half a century. Featuring books, postal art and other 'alternative spaces' from the 1960s to the 1980s, the exhibition presents a range of significant works from a host of private and public collections in Australia and the UK.

Dedication - Ded' iska Shan

Respice Adspice Prospice

Aperto / Chuisa

New Look Website: acovinobeehre.com

After 5 years my website has been overhauled and refreshed. Head over to 

http://www.acovinobeehre.com and see how we have updated the site and given it a fresh coat of paint, so to speak. 

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Page.Print.Post

A number of Antonietta Covino-Beehre’s ‘Artist Books’ are to be included in an upcoming exhibition Page.Print.Post at the Post Office Gallery, Ballarat.

The exhibition opens 16th July and continues through to 9th August. The official opening is 4:00pm Saturday 19th July.

Further exhibition details to follow. 

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Out & About: Heather Shimmen

AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES

DERBY STREET

HEATHER SHIMMEN

Insectivoria +

Exhibition Dates: 13 May - 1 June 2014

35 Derby Street Collingwood VIC 3066

Open 7 days 10am to 6pm

Media Release

Heather Shimmen’s work goes beyond traditional printmaking techniques through her construction of intricately detailed and highly technical multimedia works incorporating linocuts. Shimmen fuses subject and technique by layering media with fractured and reassembled imagery creating engaging works of beauty and intrigue. Each work is unique, even within an edition, with variations in the hand colouring, cutting, printing and stitching of the various elements within the work. 

The now redundant biological classification, Insectivoria (describing mammals which feed primarily on insects) forms the basis for this exhibition, with Shimmen blurring the distinction between insect and mammal resulting in hypothetical, hybrid fantastical creatures. Shimmen’s work is eclectic by nature, playing with relationships between human and animal worlds, sourcing imagery discovered in all manner of places, from reproductions in scientific publications to actual insects found under decaying logs. 

Shimmen often incorporates entomological elements with the female figure inspired by folklore and historical tales. Central to this exhibition is an investigation into true, but often preposterous, tales originating from the Australian bush and high seas, resulting in stories translated into a series of portrait cameos that evoke the past and hint at a possible future. “Distortion and refraction within the images are but part of a continued exploration of relationships and interrelationships between the female form/s and the natural world. Responses to this world - of the unpleasant but often minuscule living being - are one of an innate but irrational fear. These women protagonists do not live in a cocooned place separated from this uncomfortable domain but are intertwined around and within it. They are extraordinary creatures.” – Heather Shimmen 2014

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The Sketchbook Project - Part 8

You can view the digitised version of my complete sketchbook at the Sketchbook Project.

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The Sketchbook Project - Part 7

The Sketchbook Project 2014 tour is underway.

My sketchbook (#S130849) has already been viewed at The Goat Farm Arts Center in Atlanta.

The Sketchbook Project transports thousands of sketchbooks city-to-city (USA & Canada) in their custom Mobile Library. The catalogue can be searched by tag words, location, themes, and even find books by local artists.

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Out & About: bravarto with Adam Beehre

Adam Beehre is part of bravarto..... a collective group of talented artists who have put together an exciting exhibition.  

With a passion to paint, draw, and create they have produced a stimulating and contemporary collection using photography, multimedia, pencil, and oils to traditional techniques. The works will include portraiture to eclectic works, using imagery inspired by nature. All artists have their own personal philosophy; each artists work is diverse from the other. The show will be arranged with the help of the professional eye by Melbourne artist Jackie Ralph. 

bravarto is at Gallery 314 Church Street, Richmond, Victoria.

bravarto's opening night is March 28th 6pm to 8 pm. the exhibition will be opened by the Lady Mayoress of the City Of Melbourne Emma Page Campbell.

The exhibition will continue through to 11th April, open daily from 11am to 6pm - and to 8pm on Thursdays.

Adam works across a range of mediums, drawing, painting, sculpture, video, digital collages and printmaking to explore his ideas. The choice of medium is taken into consideration when making the works, as it is an important element in how the works and concepts are articulated and are responded to.

Investigating human nature as a visual language. The body is abstracted in form and space. The difficult readings become rich abstract visual narratives that can be understood in a number of ways. The tableaux become large blocks of visual poetry, tormenting the viewer into understanding. 

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The Sketchbook Project - Part 6

Starting this month and all the way through to October, The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library will be making stops across the United States and Canada on the annual, epic adventure to share sketchbooks with communities far and wide.

The full tour schedule is below.

TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS

NY, BROOKLYN, Brooklyn Art Library, March 14-16

VA, RICHMOND, Virginia Commonwealth University, March 21

NC, ASHEVILLE, Asheville BookWorks, March 26

GA, ATLANTA, The Goat Farm Arts Center, March 29-30

FL, ORLANDO, Church Street Entertainment District, April 2

LA, NOLA, The Cresent City Saturday Market, April 5

TX, HOUSTON, Lawndale Art Center, April 10

TX, AUSTIN, The Contemporary Austin at Laguna Gloria, April 12

TX, FORT WORTH, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, May 4

OK, NORMAN, Norman Arts Council, May 6

CA, SAN DIEGO, San Diego Museum of Art, May 20

CA, L.A., LACMA, May 30-31

CA, L.A., The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, June 1

CA, OAKLAND, First Friday Art Murmur and Saturday Stroll, June 6- 7

CA, S.F., San Francisco Center for the Book, June 8

OR, PORTLAND, Portland Art Museum, June 27

OR, PORTLAND, Director Park, June 28

BC, VANCOUVER, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, July 7

WA, SEATTLE, Seattle Public Library, July 10-12

CO, S.S., Bud Werner Memorial Library, August 13-15

IL, CHICAGO, Galerie F, August 22

WI, MADISON, Madison Public Library, August 30

MN, F.F., Minnesota State Community and Technical College, September 11-13

ON, TORONTO, Distillery Historic District, September 18-21

ME, PORTLAND, MECA, October 2

PA, PHILADELPHIA, Franklin Square, October 5

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People I've Met: Hazel Dooney

Photo: Angela Wylie

Late last year I had the opportunity to attend a talk by Hazel Dooney while she was in Melbourne installing her first public work Ten Dicta For Young Women Who Are Artists commissioned by the City of Melbourne. 

The work is an impressive piece, managing to merge with the landscape yet have passersby stop and engage with the work. 

Her mural can be found in Royal Lane, off (231-233) Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD. The mural is made with low sheen acrylic on cement rendered wall, 21.45m wide x 3.4m high. 

''It's not pretending to be advertising,'' Dooney says. ''This is not to reflect something about our culture, it is to try to add to the culture. I wanted it to have humour and truth but not be a lecture. I wanted it to be broadly accessible.''

Hazel was warm and generous with her time and very expansive with her views and thoughts on all questions asked of her.

Here’s a further link including video from The Age newspaper.

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The Sketchbook Project - Part 5