Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Of Colour & Light - Women Abstract Artists


Of Colour and Light, Women Abstract Artists Biennial 2020
 15 December 2020 - 28 February 2021

Opening  19 January 2021 ( 5- 8pm) 
Opened by Leah Justin ( Justin Art House Museum) at 6pm 

West End Art Space, Melbourne, Australia

 


This is the third abstract biennial hosted by West End Art Space, curated by Anna Prifti, that aims to provide a platform to women abstract artists from the state of Victoria. It began in 2016 with the aim to showcase and advocate that women artists have been an integral part of the Abstract movement.
This year the biennial coincides with the opening of our new gallery space in Adderley Street, West Melbourne. There will be a variety of artworks on show, with women working in a diverse range of contemporary art practices, established and well-recognised careers. Abstraction in an array of styles -lyrical, expressive, intuitive, hard-edged, reductive, minimalist – becomes unified by an ongoing conversation on colour and light.


Artists: 

SamaraAdamson-Pinczewski

Nicole Allen

Irene Barberis

Liliana Barbieri

Carol Batchelor

Sue Beyer

Louise Blyton

Liz Bodey

Lynne Boyd

Fleur Brett

Terri Brooks

Elly Buckley

Victoria Cattoni

Veronica Caven Aldous

Magda Cebokli

Dawn Csutoros

Madeleine Joy Dawes

Lesley Dumbrell

Agneta Ekholm

Roz Esplin

Jennifer Goodman

MandyGunn

Anni Hagberg

Fiona Halse

Anne Hastie

KateHendry

Polly Hollyoak

Andrea Hughes

Shelley Jardine

Wendy Kelly

Suzi Leahy Raleigh

Stephania Leigh

Helen McInnis

Suzanne Moss

Cathy Muhling

Fran O’Neill

Jacklyn Peters

Caroline Phillips

Linda Pickering

Julia Powles

Jenny Reddin 

Anna Rowbury

Melinda Schawel

Antonia Sellbach

Jacqueline Stojanović

Wilma Tabacco

Leah Teschendorff

Kerrie Warren

Susan Watson Knight

Lorri Whiting 


Research/ reference: 

Link to - Catalogue essay created by DR Wendy Kelly ( Artist in the exhibition) 


Link to- Catalogue 


Link to -  Leah Justin ( Justin Art House Museum) opening speech



 Video of Speech




Video of opening (created by Katherine Stevens)



Video of exhibition




Link to: 


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Fiona Halse -' Passing Tide', 91Wx 122H cm , mixed media on canvas  


Fiona Halse - 'Spring Snow',  200cm W x 170cm H, mixed media on canvas (online option  -  on show in storeroom spaces) 

 



















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Of Colour & Light

5 - 27 October 2018

West End Art Space, Melbourne, Australia







A Biennial Show by Victorian Women Abstract Artists
Exhibition: 5 - 27 October 2018
Opening: Saturday 6 October 2018
Guest speaker: Kate Nodrum
Hrs: Wed- Friday 11am-4pm, Saturday 10am-3pm ( open other times by appointment)
Location: West End Art Space
Address: 185 Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne, VIC, 3003, Australia
Contact: Anna Prifti - Director
Email: westendartspace@gmail.com
Phone:+61 0415 243 917 

Link to Media release

Link to Catalogue Essay written by Dr Elisabeth Bodey

Link to List of Works

Link to Podcast Alex McCulloch Arts Show 








Image above:  Speeches - L-R : Anna Prifti ( Director and Curator), Kate Nodrum ( Guest Speaker  - Charles Nodrum Gallery) 


Image above: Artists in 2018 exhibition 


Installation image -  L- R:  Tracey Coutts, Vanessa Oter, Elisabeth Bodey, Roz Esplin, Cathy Muhling, Fran O'Neill 


Installation image - L-R:  Fiona Halse, Jennifer Goodman, Louise Blyton, Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Wendy Kelly


Installation image -  L-R: - Louise Blyton, Melinda Harper


Installation image -  L-R:  Terri Brooks, Louise Blyton, Louise Blyton, Wilma Tabacco


Installation image - R- L   - Suzanne Moss, Renecca Monaghan, Louise Blyton, Robin Kingston



Installation image -L-R: Louise Blyton, Robin Kingston, Shelly Jardine


Installation image - L-R: Louise Blyton, Melinda Harper, Linda Pickering



Installation image - L-R:    Elisabeth Bodey, Roz Esplin, Cathy Muhling

 Image above:  Magda Cebokli


Image above: Eleanor Hart



Image above: Samara Adamson- Pinczewski

  

Image above: Anna Caione


Image above: Lindy Patterson



Image above:  Fiona Halse - Loss #1, 170cm (H) x 100cm (W), mixed media on canvas

                  
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Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria ( 2016)

Exhibition: 10 June  - 18 July 2016 
Opening: Saturday 11 June 2016
Guest speaker: Charles Nodrum
Location: Yarra Sculpture Space
Address: 117 Vere Street, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC, Australia








  Installation image - ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)






 Installation image - Christine Healy ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)




 Installation image ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)



 Installation image ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)





Guest Speaker: Charles Nodrum
Curator; Anna Prifti



Image: artists ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)



 

Image: Wilma Tabacco( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)

link to Wilma Tabacco catalogue essay


Related projects and Exhibitions



 Image: Wilma Tabacco ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)

Other projects - Wilma Tabacco:
Archived projects (EG - Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London)

Director - Langford 120 Gallery

Abstraction 2018

Deakin University Art Gallery launches The Centre for Abstract and Non-Objective Art. 
The launch coincides with the beginning of The Void. Visible. Abstraction & Non-Objective Art, a new exhibition for 2017 that includes the work of artists Stephen Wickham, Stephen McCarthy, Andrew Christofides and Wilma Tabacco. Link


Image: Terri Brooks
Other projects  - Terri Brooks:

Blog on abstraction - Art Thoughts Blog





Image: Louise Blyton ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)

Other projects - Louise Blyton:
2017 Chromatopia - A History of Colour (guest curator) Tacit Contemporary
Many abstract artists curated in this exhibition 
http://chromatopia.org




Image: Merryn Trevethan ( from  'Of Colour & Light - Abstraction in Victoria' ( 2016) exhibition)

Other projects - Merryn Trevethan:
This Wild Song - curated exhibition in Singapore ( High Commission) - Women artists 


Image: Fran O'Neill

Other Projects - Fran O'Neill:
The Other Side of Things: Women of Abstraction







Eleanor Hart  Paintings from 'Unfolding Time' exhibition ( 2017)

Other Projects - Eleanor Hart: 

Solo exhibition Unfolding Time at  Glen Eira City Council Gallery (2017)
The paintings and drawings are part of a series that references the title. This visual research is about place and memory, dealing with ‘escaping’ from Vienna in the war years. The energy in Eleanor Hart’s work has been encapsulated by the discovery of letters written in Gothic German that were hidden and revealed decades later. 

The concept of Unfolding Time resonates through the painterly abstraction that is the vibrating medium.

Other Projects - Melinda Harper:

Colour Sensation - the Works of Melinda Harper ( 2015) - Heidi Museum of Modern Art

Colour and optical vibrancy animate Melbourne artist Melinda Harper’s remarkable oeuvre of abstract works developed over three decades. While Harper is best known as a painter, this survey reveals a surprising diversity of practice in its inclusion of drawings, collages, screenprints, experimental photographs, painted objects and exquisite handmade embroideries.

https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/colour-sensation-works-melinda-harper

Know my Name
A celebration, a commitment and a call to action, know my name is a gender equity initiative of the National Gallery of Australia. Know my name celebrates the work of all women artists with an aim to enhance understanding of their contribution to Australia’s cultural life.
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/

Exhibition of Fiona Halse and Anna Caione
White on White








Abstract Exhibition curated by Langford 120 and Wilma Tabacco 



 Wendy Kelly - exhibition at Westend Art Space



Women Abstraction (exhibitions) ( list is not exhaustive):
http://nag.org.au/Exhibitions/Current/Archives/2017/Abstraction

https://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/women-abstract-expressionism

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3663

http://www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au/exhibit/2018/abstraction.jsp

General Abstraction, Australia ( list is not exhaustive):

http://www.kingstonarts.com.au/VISUAL-ART/Exhibitions/Abstraction

http://factory49.blogspot.com/2018/08/fifty-years-after-field-sydney.html

https://westspace.org.au/exhi/16771/the-drawing-is-just-not-there

http://www.contemporaryarttasmania.org/program/beyond-the-field-still

https://www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au/news/visions-of-utopia/

https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/call-avant-garde-constructivism-and-australian-art

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/an-abstract-notion-thats-hard-to-grasp-20130516-2jp3b.html

Fifty years after the Field ( Factory 49) - catalogue essay

Sydney Non-Objective

see - Abstraction Twenty Eighteen link 

Interesting and related articles or links ( list is not exhaustive):

https://instantloveland.com/wp/2018/10/07/lisa-sharp-orbiting-the-field/

https://hyperallergic.com/377975/an-illustrated-guide-to-linda-nochlins-why-have-there-been-no-great-women-artists/?fbclid=IwAR142PXbd2P9G65r-cYsOLsgfHvENs413AgiFxEKthq0ypnYQJ7U1m33b2Q

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/feb/21/hilma-af-klint-occult-spiritualism-abstract-serpentine-gallery

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-momas-first-work-female-artist-fur-lined-teacup

https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-national-gallery-acquired-artwork-made-female-artist-first-time-27-years

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/riet-wijnen/



https://www.airgallery.org/

http://www.womensartregister.org/

https://frieze.com/article/national-gallery-purchases-ps36m-artemisia-gentileschi-transforming-how-it-tells-story-women


Essay - Why has there not been any great Women Artists?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/camille-paglia-on-metoo-great-art-has-often-been-made-by-bad-people

https://artsatl.com/artsatl-qa-camille-paglia-importance-art-history-genius-%E2%80%9Cstar-wars%E2%80%9D/

Jeanette Winterson -  Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/whos-afraid-of-colour

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/28/archives/women-painters-and-germaine-greer-artists-greer.html

http://artsreview.com.au/how-our-art-museums-finally-opened-their-eyes-to-australian-women-artists/

Joan Kerr

http://www.crossart.com.au/other-projects/contemporary-art-and-feminism


Past present: the national women's art anthology / edited by Joan Kerr and Jo Holder

Elizabeth Grosz - Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth



Other Victorian Abstract Women Artists ( list is not exhaustive):

https://marsgallery.com.au/julie-irving/


https://www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au/exhibitions/kim-westcott/

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/georgia-biggs-bio

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/julia-powles-bio

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/mary-barton-bio

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/vivian-cooper-smith-bio

https://www.jowilson.net/

https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/erica-mcgilchrist-selected-works-1951%E2%80%931995

http://niagaragalleries.com.au/angela-brennan

http://niagaragalleries.com.au/jennifer-joseph


https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/inge-king/

http://www.lizcoats.com.au/


Other Australian Abstract Women Artists ( list is not exhaustive):


http://www.artistprofile.com.au/debra-dawes/

https://artguide.com.au/janet-dawson-on-making-abstraction-sing

https://ildikokovacs.com.au/

https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/margo-lewers-retrospective/




Other  Research:
Contact Charles Nodrum Gallery for catalogues for the annual  abstraction art exhibition