2007
NOVEMBER 2007
TIM JOHNSON
TARRAWARRA MUSEUM OF ART
PEEP
Glimses of the last 4 decades from the Kerry Stokes Collection
25 November 2007 - 6 April 2008
PEEP showcases works from the Kerry Stokes Collection – many of which have not been publicly shown in Australia previously.
This exhibition includes work by Tim Johnson.
http://www.twma.com.au/
NOVEMBER 2007
BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG
GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES
Gertrude Studio Artists Exhibition 2007
16 November 2007 to 15 December 2007
This dynamic and challenging exhibition features a new wall work by Benjamin Armstrong, The shape of things to come, 2006-07 (detail, right).
http://www.gertrude.org.au
OCTOBER 2007
TROY INNOCENT
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
ANIMATED
Self Portraits Online
October 2007 to December 2008
Troy Innocent's work Ontology of me, can be seen online as part of the National Portrait Gallery's first online exhibition Animated.
The exhibition features animated self portraits by fourteen of Australia’s most innovative artists.
http://www.portrait.gov.au/animated/
OCTOBER 2007
JUDY WATSON
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
National Indigenous Art Triennial 07
culture warriors
13 October 2007 to 10 February 2008
Judy Watson's work big blue world with three stupas, 2004 is included in the inaugural National Indigenous Art Triennial culture warriors. Presenting the work of thirty artists from each state and territory, the Triennial demonstrates the incredible range of contemporary Indigenous art practice and is the largest survey show of Indigenous art at the National Gallery of Australia in more than fifteen years.
OCTOBER 2007
BROOK ANDREW AND CHRISTOPHER LANGTON
BENDIGO ART GALLERY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1887 - 2007
26 October 2007 to 26 November 2007
To mark the occasion of the 120th anniversary of The Bendigo Art Gallery, Christopher Langton has been commissioned to create three massive inflatable 'candles'. Another Langton inflatable, Kiss - a pair of giant inflatable red lips - will be on display in the foyer.
Also to celebrate this significant anniversary, the newly-acquired Brook Andrew work Ngajuu Ngaay Nginduugirr
(I see you) will be on display.
Brook will be present Friday 26 October from 1pm to discuss his practice.
http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au
OCTOBER 2007
ROSEMARY LAING
Rosemary Laing
flight
26 October 2007 to 27 January 2008
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
This exhibition includes approximately twelve images demonstrating her transformation of the notion of flight from a positive emblem of progress and opportunity to a negative indicator of turbulence, destruction, and loss of control.
The selections will be drawn from three series: flight research, bulletproofglass, and Laing's most current body of work, weather.
http://www.fristcenter.org
OCTOBER 2007
PATRICIA PICCININI
Patricia Piccinini Double Love Knot opened on Friday 19 October at Lismore Regional Galllery and runs to 1 December, 2007.
Double Love Knot curated by Steven Alderton, brings together key artworks that connect Patricia's practice.
This exhibition includes drawings, sculptures, videos and digital photographs from Nature's Little Helpers, Panelwork, SO2, Car Nugget, Precautions andThicker Than Water .
"Piccinini investigates the place where science is presently taking us and questions our role as caring and nurturing beings. The artist wants us to care, nurture and look after what humankind creates."
http://www.lismoregallery.org
OCTOBER 2007
LOUISE HEARMAN
October 2 2007 until October 21 2007
Louise Hearman's Untitled #1158, 2004 is a major feature of Art & About - Open Gallery curated by Barbara Flynn and presented by the City of Sydney.
The works of nine artists from Australia, Nigeria, Japan and the USA are mounted on street banner poles throughout the Sydney CBD and village precincts.
"Hearman's seductive portrait of a dog's head against a twilight ground suggests an uncanny reality, testing our ability to distinguish between the familiar and the strange."
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/artandabout
OCTOBER 2007
PATRICIA PICCININI
Patricia Piccinini: (tiernas) Criaturas/(tender) Creatures
ARTIUM
Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain
This is Patricia Piccinini's first major solo museum exhibition in Spain. The show presents a wide selection of recent work alongside earlier works to provide a broader understanding of the artist's work.
4 October 2007 to 27 January 2008
http://www.artium.org
SEPTEMBER 2007
PATRICIA PICCININI
Hug: Recent Works by Patricia Piccinini
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, Washington USA
This is the second venue for Patricia Piccinini's first solo museum exhibition in the USA. The show features a range of recent sculpture, drawings, video and photographs.
23 September 2007 to 6 January 2008
http://www.fryemuseum.org
AUGUST 2007
BROOK ANDREW
Brook Andrew: Eye to Eye
Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Sydney
This is the second venue for the first major survey of Brook Andrew’s work.
"Eye to eye, across cultures, Andrew explores the fractured ground of intercultural engagement, reflecting equally on global mass media and traditional grass-roots aesthetics."
18 August to 14 October 2007
www.penrithregionalgallery.org
JUNE 2007
ROSEMARY LAING
Director of the Venice Biennale 2007, Robert Storr, has selected three leading Australian artists for his thematically curated exhibition, "Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind: Art in the Present Tense": Rosemary Laing; Shaun Gladwell and Christian Capurro.
Rosemary Laing will exhibit three works from her 2004 series, To walk on a sea of salt.
The three photographs, welcome to Australia; 5.10am, 15 December, 2004; and you can even pay later; depict the exterior of the Woomera detention centre.
JUNE 2007
BROOK ANDREW, PETER HENNESSEY
AND PATRICIA PICCININI
Major works by Brook Andrew, Peter Hennessey and Patricia Piccinini are included in The Hague Sculpture exhibition DE OVERKANT/DOWN UNDER: Contemporary Art from Australia and the Netherlands. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Hague Sculpture exhibition runs from 15 June to 9 September. Brook Andrew and Peter Hennessey were each commissioned to make new works for the 2007 special jubilee exhibition.
MAY 2007
BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG
Benjamin Armstrong is the winner of the 2007 Maddocks Art Award for an emerging artist. Valued at $6,000, the award will fund his study tour of the 2007 Venice Biennale.
APRIL 2007
BROOK ANDREW
Brook Andrew: Eye to Eye,
Monash University Museum of Art,
4 April - 23 June 2007.
The first major survey of Brook Andrew's work,
Eye to Eye is a striking presentation of
photographs, prints, neon, sculpture, video and
installation. The exhibition is accompanied by a
substantial catalogue which includes essays by
Geraldine Barlow, Anne Loxley and Lynette Russell,
together with a text based on conversations between
Nikos Papastergiadis, Marianne Riphagen and Brook
Andrew.
FEBRUARY 2007
PATRICIA PICCININI
Patricia Piccinini's first solo museum exhibition in the United States is currently showing at Des Moines Art Center. Organised by Des Moines Art Center and the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Hug includes sculpture, drawings, photographs and video based work created between 2002 and 2006. The exhibition continues to April 6.
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