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june 13 - july 1
by Naomie Sunner
Naomie Sunner’s multiple self portraits see her playing the corporate high flyer bound by ergonomic chairs, computers and folios. The characters have been extracted from their corporate environment, yet earnestly they strive on, oblivious to their surrounds. An ensuing urban Fight Club is battled out in the dense scrub of the Australian wilderness.
Give up today… (for the sake of tomorrow) questions the work ethic in today’s consumer society. The conversation opener of “What do you do?” identifies who we are. The type of work we do defines out status within society and our allocated amount of self-esteem. An individual is determined to have inherently failed if they are unable to live off their chosen profession. As our culture reaches past postmodernism Sunner sees our work place as situated in the depths of modernity.
Give up today… at red gallery coincides with Sunner’s use of local billboards on Punt Rd in Richmond and St Georges Road in Fitzroy North (opposite red gallery). The result is a broad spectrum infiltration of visual outlets. Sunner has taken the corporate consumer work phenomenon for a Picnic at Hanging Rock, only this time all of the characters have diligently returned to base.
The images were created at the properties of the Bundanon Trust. It was during her residency that Sunner succumbed to her own workaholic tendencies, and industriously created the four characters from her sewing machines and herself.
Sunner is currently completing her MFA at the Victorian College of Fine Arts. She has exhibited extensively throughout Victoria and was recently awarded a City of Yarra Arts and Cultural Development Grant.
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Boundary between Self and Other
by Jodie Goldring
Boundary Between Self and Other is a quiet collection of sculptures and drawings. Since 2000 Goldring has been refining a weaving technique that utilises copper wire. Goldring draws from the repetition found in nature for the foundation of her forms. The result is an organic collection of woven wire. These elaborate structures tendril through the gallery.
Delicate webbed shadows are cast by each sculpture. The shadows projected from the woven objects create the starting point for the series of colourful drawings.
Boundary Between Self and Other is a calm and contemplative investigation into the connections that link individuals. The exhibition is an autobiographical exploration of identity through pattern making and repetition.
by Sharon Billinge
I want… is a series of drawings on items that were once desired enough to be bought and used but have since been discarded. Sharon Billinge has drawn with oil charcoal and silverpoint onto recycled canvas and wood.
Exquisitely rendered fine silk and soft folds of fabric contrast with the rough timber. Twisted figures and reaching hands writhe silently on the surface. The trails of fabric adorn the discarded article. Suddenly the obsolete object becomes precious again.
I want… is an investigation into how people place value onto fundamentally meaningless objects. Billinge studied art at St Martins College in England. This is her first solo exhibition since moving to Australia.
opening night drinks
wednesday june 14
6-8pm
exhibition duration: june 13 - july 1