In a third studio video, Vivian Cooper Smith focusses on ACTION 4043 (MEMBRANE), a central work in his solo exhibition, Actions for a Luminous World.
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Vivian Cooper Smith is a finalist in The Paul Guest Prize, an award and exhibition held biennially that highlights contemporary drawing practice in Australia. Bendigo Art Gallery, 17 October 2020 to 7 February 2021.
image: Vivian Cooper Smith, COLLECTIVE ACTION (BLUE VIOLET), 2020, pencil on paper, 44 x 35 cm. From Vivian’s solo exhibition ‘Actions for a Luminous World’.
In a second studio video, Vivian Cooper Smith discusses a series of drawings included in his solo exhibition, Actions for a Luminous World.
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Congratulations to Hayley Megan French, Adam Norton and Ron Adams, who are finalists in the 2020 Mosman Art Prize, one of the most prestigious municipally-funded art prizes with a national profile. Winner announced Tuesday 25 August and the exhibition takes place from Wednesday 26 August to Sunday 4 October at Mosman Art Gallery.
Chippendale Contemporary is a four-day festival that aims to celebrate and promote the contemporary art scene of this central Sydney precinct. From artist talks to artist walks, we are sure to have something to suit everyone.
Brought to you by Nanda\Hobbs and Galerie pompom, we invite you to join us for a series of events from Thursday 10 September through to Sunday 13 September 2020. See our events page for more information.
Congratulations to Vivian Cooper Smith who has won the 2020 overall CLIP Award (Contemporary Landscapes in Photography) at the Perth Centre for Photography. This award is an internationally open photographic prize for new perspectives in natural and urban landscape photography. The selection criteria focuses on images which are original, stimulating, and that challenge traditional notions of landscape photography.
Vivian Cooper Smith, Interference Pattern #7531 (detail), 2020, digital c-type print, 72 x 100 cm, 1/3+1AP
From his studio in Melbourne, Vivian Cooper Smith shares some insights into his experimentation with mark-making processes, a fundamental resource in the development of his new body of work, Actions for a Luminous World.
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Vicky Browne is included in The Gymnasium, the debut exhibition on main campus at The University of Sydney. Curated by Liam Garstang, the presentation pays tribute to the site’s former function as a gymnasium and brings together a varied group of artists connected by their shared history as SCA Alumni. 3 – 29 August, SCA Gallery, Old Teachers College, Manning Road, The University of Sydney.
Kylie Banyard’s ‘The Library’, from her 2019 solo exhibition ‘Blue Ridge Moon’, is included in The view from here: Women artists in the UNSW Art Collection. This exhibition celebrates the many extraordinary works by women artists in the university’s collection, and can be viewed via this link.
The Library (detail), 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 137 x 152 cm. Photo: Docqment
Please join us on Sunday 2 August 3-4pm, when James Lieutenant will be in conversation with Michael Fitzgerald (Editor, Art Monthly Australasia). James and Michael will discuss James’s solo exhibition Give up the ghost. Limited numbers; bookings at this link.
Evelyn Malgil talks to Dominic Kavanagh at Warmun Art Centre about her solo exhibition Winniper.
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The fourth in our series of videos profiling pompom artists in their studios – Galerie pompom presents Hayley Megan French.
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Photo: Michelle Chanique
