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gallery 1

reality screens

Brendon Pitts semi-structural works are a result of an exploration of memory and personal landscapes.   Presenting images based on cultural icons such as the local fish and chip shop, he dips into our memory-banks and prompts questions about memory recall, surburban landscapes and nostalgia.

Using colour and form, Pitts takes the viewer from an initial impression to a greater level of comprehension.  The works are curious and optically unsettling. 

Brendon Pitts is a Melbourne based artist and is currently completing a Masters Degree in Fine Art at the VCA.

gallery 2

nora sumberg

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Nora Sumberg’s sensuous paintings draw you into their depths.  Using the landscape as a starting point, Nora melds her material with memory and experience.  The end result is a body of work that is luscious and enthralling. 

Subtle shifts in focus and depth keep the viewer’s attention on the move, and the peculiar light incorporated into some of the works, suggests timelessness.  These are paintings that need to be stared at and the viewer will be rewarded with a sense of calm. 

Nora Sumberg was born in Bairnsdale Victoria. She studied Fine Art at Caulfield Institute of Technology (now Monash University) with majors in painting and photography.  Nora has been the recipient of numerous grants and prizes from the Australia Council including studio’s and post graduate studies in Italy (Besozzo Studio) and New York (Peter Brown Memorial Scholarship to the New York Studio School). other residencies include Bundanon (the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd program for the arts) in 2001 and the tower studio (Victorian Trades Hall Council) 2002/3. Nora is currently artist in residence at St. Vincents Hospital. 

Nora’s work is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria; the Queensland Art Gallery; Art Bank; La Trobe University; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Museum of Modern Art, Heide and numerous corporate and private collections throughout Australia and overseas. Nora has been the recipient of a number of awards and in 2000, was artist in residence at Bundanon, the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Program for the Arts, Shoalhaven, New South Wales.

images:

right: moonlight construction     34 x 44 cm   oil on canvas   2004  

gallery 3

sean axelrod

conversations

Sean Axelrod is a story teller who communicates using a visual language.  Axelrod’s sculptural installation intends is to create a space where a direct and personal dialogue can take place between the viewer and the works. 

Originally from Israel, Axelrod has been in Australia for 17 years.   His work is an exploration of cultural territory and within that arena, he plays at the junction between sculpture and painting, offering the viewer the opportunity to explore form, colour and materials.  The sculptures have their own personalities but the viewer is invited to infuse the works with their own thoughts and experiences.

With an exhibition history of 20 years, Sean Axelrod has shown his work in Japan, New York, Jerusalem and Australia, and is represented in international collections.

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