Daniel Templeman and Sarah Smuts-Kennedy | e-invite and newsletter
Gemstones and gold are materials valued highly because of their rarity and, one suspects, their sparkle! DANIEL TEMPLEMAN has taken basic building materials and cut, assembled, polished and coated them to create wall relief and free-standing sculptures that now capture and reflect light. This process of refinement parallels prospecting and lapidary; the viewer the new prospector.
And also celebrating SARAH SMUTS-KENNEDY’s exhibition in the Project Space, of her new animation Another day in Paradise alongside the Jovi/Das clay object installation Pyramid Scheme.
“Where we once had nature and god, we now have design and conspiracy theory.” (Boris Groys, Self Design and Aesthetic Responsilbilty, e-flux)
Sarah’s exhibition has been facilitated in part by the Residency Program at Artspace, Sydney. Many thanks.
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IN OTHER NEWS…
CONGRATULATIONS TO …..
JOHN CITIZEN, JESS MACNEIL and SARAH SMUTS-KENNEDY’s video works have have entered the Macquarie Group Collection.
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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS….
SEAN CORDEIRO & CLAIRE HEALY are part of the official Australian representation at the 53rd Beinnale di Venezia. Their new work Life Span features in Once Removed, curated by Felicity Fenner at The Ludoteca, a former convent in the Castello district between the Giardini and the Arsenale. The 53rd Beinnale di Venezia runs until 22 November.
GRANT STEVEN’s solo show Fazed runs from 3 August until 29 August at Starkwhite, in Auckland .
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DOMESTIC FLIGHTS…
HAYDEN FOLWER features in Minding Animals; the exhibition curated by Gillean Shaw at The LockUp, in Newcastle, until 2 August.
SEAN CORDEIRO & CLAIRE HEALY are part of The Armory Exhibition 2009 at Armory Gallery, Newington Armory, Sydney, until 27 September.
JONATHAN JONES features in I forgot to forget, curated by Stephen Gilchrist, at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, as part of the Octopus 9 series from 31 July to 29 August.
DEBORAH KELLY is participating in THE IKEA HOME PROJECT at CarriageWorks, Sydney. The exhibition runs from 29 July to 4 August, with all works being auctioned to help those affected by the Victorian bushfires.
FIONA LOWRY and JOAN ROSS are both finalists in Art on Paper – The 2009 Hazelhurst Art Award at Hazelhurst Gallery, Sydney until 16 August.
JOAN also features in I’m worst at what I do best, curated by Tom Polo at Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney, from 31 July to 9 October.
GRANT STEVENS features in New Acquisitions 2009 at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney from 28 July to 31 January as well as Some Text Missing at CAST, Hobart, from 18 July to 9 August.
DANIEL TEMPLEMAN has just completed a collaborative outdoor commission with architectural firm Gray Puksand at 31 Queen St, Melbourne. The work is an 80m canopy that wraps around three sides of the building.