ART - CULTURE – EXHIBITION - DRINK – MELBOURNE
New Formalities
OPENING Wednesday 9 November 5-7pm
A Contemporary Exhibition from the students of RMIT Honours Fine Art Photography.
Tyler Payne and Vanessa Howells are two emerging artists who are showcasing their artwork from their completed academic year. Collectively they generate conversation, by redefining topics such as gender, the female in art and the gaze through the use of performance in photography and video. The honours graduates question gender identity in mass media, challenge the conventional perceptions of transgender, and reconsider the image of female empowerment.
Where?
RMIT School of Art Gallery. RMIT Bld 2 Lv 2, Bowen Street (off Latrobe St)
Free Mount Goat beer, Macedon Ridge sparkling & Wine
AFTERPARTY 7PM – The Carlton Club
Pub Art Hub.
OPENING Friday 11 November 6-10pm
Melbourne artists from all different walks of life get ready to showcase different art genres under one roof in an open gallery exhibition. The exhibition will run through til late January, all works are available for purchase. Commissions welcome.
Where?
Prince Maximilian Hotel, 32 Commercial Road, Prahran
Complimentary wines from Nelson Wine Company
ARTISTS
Helen Pollard
Abstract artists and founder of Pub Art Hub Helen Pollard graduated from Lancaster University in England with a Fine Arts degree specializing in Painting and Printmaking in 2003 before coming to Australia. In 2008 Helen graduated her Masters of Art: Art in Public Space at the University of RMIT in Melbourne. Over the past few years she has been establishing her artistic career through a variety of exhibitions, workshops and projects throughout Victoria.
Amelia Lackmann
Amelia’s work investigates abstraction through variances in line, shape and colour. Her paintings borrow from architecture to form designed visual translations of dimensions of space. The smooth, precisely developed surface quality of her works echo the planning, design and construction of the world around us and can be read as a metaphor for a re-invented sense of place.
Brett Willis
Melbourne Freelance Cartoonist Brett Willis developed an insatiable taste for Popular Culture and the cult of Celebrity. Brett’s StonningTOON caricature collection features hand drawn digitally coloured limited edition artwork of cool celebrities, sexy sports stars, community cuties and fabulous friends who live or work in the famous Melbourne City of Stonnington!
Brett’s first published work was at age 12 in Larry Pickering’s book CARTOONS BY AUSTRALIAN KIDS, and has since produced an extensive variety of cartoon and illustration work for children’s books, magazines, newspapers and websites. Cartoon clients include pyjama designs for Peter Alexander Sleepwear, Licensed merchandise for hit children’s TV shows Hi-5 & Cushion Kids and many more.
http://www.brettwilliscartoons.com
Kylie Baudino
Baudino is an exhibiting Sculptor, painter and public artist, who has a strong interest in conceptual art and writing, consulting to artists and galleries in Melbourne. Baudino is a graduate of Griffith University, College of Art, where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Arts) in 2005 and was awarded the University Medal for Academic Excellence.
Baudino currently works within the Melbourne Art Scene and is director of Ilka Creations, celebrating children and art, offering art parties, workshops and objects d’art.
http://web.me.com/kyliebaudino/KB_1/Paintings.html
Shannon Boh
Recently returning to Melbourne following successful showings in New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Sydney, Shannon Boh is a Melbourne-based freelance photographer with a passion for this amazing city. Boh’s current collection combines elements of Architecture with a sense of dance and movement.
Shannon is currently offering walking tours of Melbourne for enthusiastic amateur Photographers. Please contact Shannon Boh for more information.
If you would like further information on the Pub Art Hub project or to interview any of the artists, then please contact:
Helen Pollard Curator of The Publican Gallery
T: 0415 039 791 E: thepublicangallery@gmail.com
