ACCA @ MIRKA
AT TOLARNO HOTEL
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NEW WORK BY
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James Deutsher
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From 29 July 2010
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A series of new ‘wallscapes’ by Melbourne artist James Deutsher that mix high-end architectural design with everyday, domestic objects are the next to feature at ACCA @ Mirka.
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Nature and culture are on the menu in this tableaux of the ‘gardenesque’, as Deutsher plates up a range of disparate materials, textures and imagery, all capturing elements of house and home.
In three new works, images from a variety of interior settings and building surfaces are printed onto lustrous, elegant silks.
Another new, large-scale wallscape has been patched together with a series of A4 sheets, printed on a domestic laserjet and crudely taped together.
The artist will also introduce sculptural elements into the work – one large olive branch that will naturally wilt and dry over the course of the show and a series of handrails – some mass produced, others hand made and highly polished and aesthetic.
James Deutsher completed a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has had solo exhibitions both in Melbourne, New Zealand and Singapore, and had works shown in group shows at the Tate Modern, London, MCA Sydney and in galleries in France, China, New Zealand and various artist run spaces and commercial galleries in Melbourne.
James Deutsher exhibition opens Wednesday, 29 July 2010.
ACCA @ MIRKA is a collaboration between the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Mirka at Tolarno Hotel, presented by Sanpellegrino. ACCA will curate four projects by emerging Australian artists each year, continuing the tradition of bringing great contemporary art to this unique and historic restaurant space.
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ACCA and Mirka at Tolarno Hotel have joined forces to bring contemporary art to the adventurous patrons of Melbourne's brightest new restaurant. In a series of four annual exhibitions which are set to change with the seasons ACCA will give four young Australian artists a unique chance to show their work in this exciting new satellite venue.
The Tolarno Hotel has always had a tradition of food and art. In the 1960s Georges Mora, restaurateur, gallery owner and curator, and his wife Mirka made the bistro and gallery one of Melbourne’s best loved cultural and culinary icons.
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Visitors welcome and encouraged.
Admission is free.
Open from 10am to midnight daily
Mirka at Tolarno Hotel
42 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
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www.mirkatolarnohotel.com
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Room available for functions
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Presented by
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Paint supplied by
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