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Media Release - Whats on at ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) Whats on at ACCA
| To complement the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's current exhibition, A Molecular History of Everything* (*well not Everything), the following exhibiting artists will discuss their works:
3pm Sunday 6 February
Nick Mangan
Nick Mangan was born in 1979 and lives and works in Melbourne. Mangan graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a BFA in 2000 and he has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1999. Most recently Nick's work was included in Primavera 2004 at the MCA in Sydney. Between 2002 and 2004 he undertook a residency at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne. Nick is a founding member of Bus Gallery and is represented by Sutton Gallery.
Mangan's recent sculptural works have explored the potential of industrially designed utilitarian objects, or forms drawn directly from nature, to embody the processes of economics and cultural values associated with production, consumption, and preservation. In these works, forms common in the natural world such as erosion, branching plant-like structures or crystalline growths, burst forth from ready-made industrial objects such as photocopiers, rubbish bins or stereo speakers, presenting a form of nature versus the machine. Nick has described these works as a critique of commodity culture.
3pm Sunday 13 February
Julie Davies & Alex Rizkalla
Alex Rizkalla was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1950. He lives and works in Melbourne. From 1999-2000 he undertook a Masters in Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Australia and internationally. In 2001 Rizkalla was the recipient of the Exhibition Residency, Kunstnernes Hus. Oslo. Rizkalla uses objects in their configuration to produce memory triggers, narratives and stories. His work is concerned with the act of reading, the art of investigation and a multiplicity of meanings which may stem from a single object.
Julie Davies was born in 1959 and lives and works in Melbourne. Davies has held a number of solo exhibitions and exhibited widely in group exhibitions. From 1990 - 1992 she held a Studio Residency at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne and in 2001 an Exhibition Residency at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Together with Alex Rizkalla she is a founding member of Ocular Lab, Brunswick.
3pm Sunday 20 February
Gabrielle de Vietri
Gabrielle de Vietri was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, in 1983. In 2003, after studying Visual Arts in France for two years, she returned to Perth to prepare for her first solo exhibition, Oppressive Works. She has since graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a BFA in sculpture and is living and working in Melbourne. In her work Gabrielle aims to find alternative solutions, as absurd as they may be, to current social problems. Her work appeals to each individual in their space of private consumption, which in turn prompts a reviewed sociability and new relational awareness.
Gabrielle's work, Relationship Contracts, 2004 included in A Molecular History of Everything* (*well not Everything) emanate from an ambivalent mixture of cynicism and lingering idealism. Relationship Contracts offers eleven legally binding contracts for common relationships for the viewer to peruse and use, including the Smile and Nod Relationship, the One Night Stand Relationship, and the Meaningful Relationship.
The artist observes: 'When you're in love it seems that every song is written about you. Based on experience and observation, the clauses of the contracts appeal to anyone who has ever lived through any of the eleven types of relationships.'
Presented in an open filing cabinet, the audience is invited to leaf through the folders and take the contract of their choice. Compiled, they make the ultimate self-help handbook to life, which allows the involved parties to control every aspect of their social lives, eliminating excruciating ambiguity and unexpected turns, so they may never again implore: “I just want to know where I stand!”
These free floortalks are an informal event held regularly on weekends in the gallery spaces at ACCA. Discussion focuses on issues arising from current exhibitions and recent developments in contemporary art. Participation in the discussion from visitors is encouraged and invited. Duration 20-30 minutes. No bookings required.
A Molecular History of Everything* (*well not Everything) is an international survey of new work from twenty artists on the threshold of major career breakthrough and continues ACCA's commitment to bringing the best and latest of what's currently being made on the world's visual arts stage to Melbourne.
A selection of new work some of the world's most promising conceptual artists including Rosa Barba (Germany), Richard Fauguet (France), Danielle van Vree (Holland), Kan Xuan (China), Marc Bauer (Switzerland), Gavin Hipkins (New Zealand), Daniel Von Sturmer (New Zealand), Dave Muller (U.S.A.), Nora Martirosyan (France/Armenia) and Claire Harvey (UK) will be shown alongside the work of Australian artists Julie Davies and Alex Rizkalla, Charles Anderson, Nick Mangan, Bianca Hester, Alex Pittendrigh, Stuart Ringholt, Louise Flaherty, Bianca Looney and Lucas Chirnside.
A Molecular History of Everything * (*well not Everything)
Dec 17 - Feb 27.
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art,
111 Sturt Street,
Southbank.
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm.
Mondays by appointment 10am-5pm.
ACCA is open on public holidays with the exception of Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Admission:Free.
For further media information: Katrina Hall on 03 9697 9999, mobile 0421 153 046 or email khall@accaonline.org.au
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