Exhibitions

Group Exhibition: Tracing Change

Sales:
All artworks will be available for purchase via this page from 10am Thursday 16 November

Exhibition Dates:
16 November to 5 December 2023

Location:
Online and in the gallery at 311 Smith Street, Wurundjeri, Fitzroy

Opening Event:
6-8pm, Thursday 16 November (please remember to BYO vessel!)
311 Smith Street, Wurundjeri, Fitzroy


Exhibition Partners:

Blackhearts & Sparrows
The Mill Brewery
The Everleigh Bottling Co.



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We’re thrilled to invite you into the gallery for our final exhibition of the year – our big summer group show – Tracing Change. Showcasing the works of over 50 Australian artists from the Modern Times community and beyond.

 

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We invited the artists to look back on the year and consider personal shifts - big or small – and via mindful and practical contemplation interrogate points of transformation or foster new perspectives. The resulting works experiment in zones of discomfort and explore unconventional materials, techniques or subject matter.

 

Pictured: Clear Cut Poem For A Tuesday by Charlotte Swiden.

Whilst navigating life in turbulence, Charlotte Swiden used her practice to guide her through.

"Usually I paint on large canvases, so I got some small wooden panels and undercoated them fiery red. The smaller format felt less precious, and the harder surface gave me different feedback, making my strokes a little wilder. In life's chaos, interesting things happen, and painting will always be my buoy.”
says Swiden.

 

Wandering and contemplating on her travels abroad, Hilary Green found symbolism within ordinary objects, discovering shapes from within, demonstrated in her magnificent spiralised sculpture.

Pictured: Life Is A Spiral by Hilary Green.

 

"The spiral was a lesson learned. Transformation is continuous and I consider there to be no end, only the sweetness of constant change."
says Green.

 

Tracing Change invites both artists and audience to trace back through thoughts and experiences, and experience a gratitude or curiosity for the ability to grow, transmute and transform.

Key themes of loose expressionism and bold colour have emerged – pops of yellow, and accents of blues emerge intuitively, hinting towards simultaneous notes of positivity and solemnity.

Pictured: Listen To This Peaceful Moment by Elle Burguez.

Over 70 works will fill the gallery space, showcasing a diverse range of practices and mediums from the likes of painters Kayleigh Heydon, Stacey Rees, Ria Green to ceramicists Ella Bendrups, Kerryn Levy, Samanatha McIntyre (The Soda Fountain) and more.

We’d love you to join us in the gallery 16 November from 6-8pm to celebrate the opening night of Tracing Change. We look forward to welcoming you into the showroom for our final exhibition of the year.

 

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Featured Artists

Angela Xrisaphina, Anna Steele, Annarie Hildebrand, Annemieke Mulders, Annie Parnell, Brent Lukey, Carissa Karamarko, Charlotte Swiden, Daniel O'Toole, Dasa Ceramics, Elizabeth Lewis, Ella Bendrups, Elle Burguez, Ellie Malin, Em Jensen, Emily Besser, Emma Lipscombe, Eun Ceramics, Erez Ben-Or, Georgina Yen Qin Lee, Giorgia Bel, Hilary Green, Injalak Arts Centre, Irene Grishin-Selzer, Jan Vogelpoel, Jennifer Tarry-Smith, Jessica Kemp, Joana Partyka, Joshua Searle, Kasper Raglus, Kate Hodgetts, Kate Lewis, Kayleigh Heydon, Kerryn Levy, Kristin Burgham, Kubota Fumikazu, Libby Haines, Madeleine Thornon-Smith, Mikaela Stafford, Oh Hey Grace, Rebeccah Power, Ria Green, Ruby Yeh, Silvi Glattauer, Stacey Rees, Stephanie Jook, The Soda Fountain, Tom Summers, and Yan Guo.