Inside The Gallery

Painting exclusively together for many decades, Grace Crowley & Ralph Balson’s dynamic exchange extended and challenged both artists. They respectively produced some of the earliest and most important works of abstract art in the country. Their collaborative approach to painting – the sharing of ideas, techniques and materials – resulted in two significant bodies of work that broke new ground in Australian art.

By presenting the work of Crowley and Balson together, this exhibition at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia invites audiences to trace the shared influences and harmonies between their works, as well as to appreciate the centrality of collaboration to their individual practices. The exhibition comprises more than 75 paintings and works on paper, with some of these never-before-seen by the Australian public.

This episode features the curator of the exhibition Beckett Rozentals.

A transcript of this edition is available HERE, thanks to the Australian Arts Channel.

MultiFutures imagines potential worlds of tomorrow through the lens of cultural and linguistically diverse International and Australian artists. The exhibition addresses the importance of diversity in the creation of imaginary and real-world futures based on lived experiences of First Nations and CaLD communities.

Featuring multimedia artistic practices informed by AfroFuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Asian Futurism and Yemini Futurism, curator Rachael Kiang speaks with Tim Stackpool about how this exhibition speaks to the diverse cultural make-up of contemporary Australia and is a compelling speculative visual narrative of the place of migrant communities in the future.

Artists: Alia Ali (US),  Black Quantum Futurism (US), Edwina Green (VIC), Jane Fan, Kalanjay Dhir, Lawrence Liang and Christina Lam, Serwah Attafuah, Subash Thebe Limbu (Nepal).

Curator: Rachael Kiang.

Creative Producer: Michael Pham.

Where: Bankstown Arts Centre, 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown until 29 June 2024.

A transcript of this episode is available HERE thanks to the Australian Arts Channel.

During his forty-year career, master lithographer Fred Genis (1934 – 2022) worked in the United States, Europe, and Australia, collaborating with leading artists from around the world. His working life spanned monumental eras in the 20th Century art including the American Abstract Expressionist movement of 1960s and 70s New York.

The Grafton Regional Gallery presents a major retrospective exhibition titled "Fred Genis: A Printer's Proof," curated by Professor Pedram Khosronejad, demonstrating the measure of Genis’s success through the presentation of original lithographs by forty-four artists from across three continents

In this episode, along with comments from Tim Storrier, Hendrick Kolenberg and Gallery Director Sarah Gurich, Professor Khosronejad speaks with Tim Stackpool about the Genis legacy, and discusses the community's understanding of the art of lithography, the contribution of migrant artists, and contemporary visual art in Australia and beyond.

The exhibition runs from 11 May until 7 July 2024.

A transcript of the conversation in this episode is available HERE with thanks to the Grafton Regional Gallery.

EXPRESS EDITION.

Archie Moore’s kith and kin has opened at the Venice Biennale. Curated by Ellie Buttrose, the work reflects on the nature and strength of First Nations Australian kinship that spans more than 65,000 years, and incorporates the land, water and all living things.

Drawing on Archie's Kamilaroi, Bigambul, British and Scottish heritage, the installation embodies his enduring exploration of history and identity, which are central themes in his artistic practice spanning over 30 years. 

This episode features comments from the launch, as well as insights from the artist and the curator, along with Creative Australia’s Franchesca Cubillo, and Aboriginal elder, writer and arts elder statesman Djon Mundine OAM speaking about the impact of First Nations' art presented at the Venice Biennale.

A transcript of this episode is available HERE thanks to the Australian Arts Channel.

kith and kin online: https://www.kithandkin.me/

Creative Australia at the Venice Biennale: https://creative.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/australia-at-the-venice-biennale/venice-biennale-2024/

Australia at the Venice Biennale Instagram page:  https://www.instagram.com/ausatvenice/

Donna Marcus, a multidisciplinary artist, discusses her artistic background and her use of kitchenware and cooking pots in her work. In conversation with curator Professor Pedram Khosronejad, she explains how she became fascinated with aluminum objects, particularly lightweight aluminum objects, and the stories and narratives they hold.

Covering her public artworks and how they inform her studio practice. Donna explores the significance of aluminum as a material of modernism and its connection to post-war period and domesticity.

Her work is currently on exhibition at HOTA Gallery, which showcases her installations and explores themes of feminism, migration, and consumption, and also at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert (23 March until the 5 May 2024) which features a colour study of works and older pieces from her collection.

An in-person artist talk between Donna Marcus and Prof Pedram Khosronejad is sheduled for 3pm, 23 March 2024 at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert.

A transcript of this podcast episode is available HERE thanks to the contribution from the Australian Arts Channel.

When the drive to create takes a turn and propels the artistic compulsion into another direction. This episode features US based actor and now designer Darren Burrows revealing his inspiration, his history, and the balance between performance, life, and the art of design.

Discussing the phenomenon of an artist known for one talent, but now channelling that creative ability into a different but equally artistic practice, Tim Stackpool explores Darren's further craft: ornate and detailed metal engraving, and hand-crafted jewellery set with gems that are truly exquisite works of art. Some of the detail is so fine, it takes a microscope to create.

Darren's Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MetalManiacArt

His latest film Magpie Funeral is available on Tubi and YouTube, as well as Prime Video.

A transcript of this discussion is available HERE.
Transcripts are made possible by the support from the Australian Arts Channel.