Stephen Danzig at Frieze Art Fair
We are very poud to announce that Stephen Danzig has been selected by Danielle Arnaud Gallery London with his latest series Un_Place to feature at the Frieze Art Fair, London, October 2008.
The 2008 Metro 5 Art Award
A painting of a receding and fragile Mount Kosciusko trapped forever in a toy snow dome has won the $40,000 Judges' Prize in Australia's richest prize for young painters under 35, the 2008 Metro 5 Art Award. A second work of a Jack Russell terrier sitting on a cushion encased in bubble wrap was Highly Commended by the judges. A triptych of an unidentified naked woman, a room and a burning building took out the People's Choice Prize of $10,000.
Twenty-eight
year old Fergus Binns, who was born in Lismore, New South Wales and now
lives in Bellfield in north-east Melbourne, won the Judges' Prize for
his 'Mount Kosciusko with receding snow dome.' The painting pays homage
to Eugene von Guerard's famous 1863 painting 'North-east view from the
northern top of Mount Kosciusko' and contains a stark message about the
damage inflicted on our environment.
Thirty-five year old Jacqueline George from West Beach in Adelaide, South
Australia, also received the only High Commendation from the judges for
her 'Bubbleboy, Still Life', which explores the domestication of the human
race.
Twenty-five year old Jackson Slattery, who was born in Armadale, Victoria and now lives in North Fitzroy, won the People's Choice Prize for his 'Mistakes we wish we'd made, Irtusk Russia, 17-17 November', a fictional narrative painting inspired by his travels in Russia.
Wendy Stavrianos - Night's Edge @ Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Wendy Stavrianos' exhibition at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery is a "state of mind - somewhere on the outer limits of a place or a time. I gather up memories and images at the Night's edge" in wendy's own words. "It's the crossing between what we know (...) and another place, of not knowing: a place of surrender; a place of yielding".
The exhibition will run from June 15 till July 27 2008.
Anthony Lister World Tour 2008
After mesmerizing the audience at the Sydney Semi-Permanent Design Conference, Anthony Lister has been exhibiting both in Milan, Italy, at K Gallery and in Los Angeles at New Image Art.
New Image Art also exhibited Anthony's works at the Scope Art Fair in New York.
Metro 5 Gallery's next exhibition will be on the 10th September 2008.
Pasquale Giardino - His Majesty is back
Pasquale Giardino is widely acknowledged as one of the founding members of the Roar group that - when it was formed in 1982 - challenged the Melbourne art establishment rejecting the traditional academic values.
We are very excited to announce that Pasquale Giardino (Paski) has rejoined Metro 5 Gallery stable.
Paski's paintings display the raw talent and extraordinary observation of seemingly everyday subject-matter, together with his interest in ancient mythology. He paints with a genuine sense of urgency and his work represents the true essence of naïve art.
Steven Danzig - Unnatural
Landscapes
Metro 5 artist and curator Stephen Danzig has recently returned from presenting
a major exhibition in China. Mr. Li Xian Ting, Director of Songzhuang
Art Museum is considered China's most important art historian and critic,
invited Stephen as the very first western curator to present his Vernacular
Terrain exhibition at the Songzhuang Art Museum. Stephen also received
a major Australian International Cultural Council and Australia China
Council grant to travel this show.
Following his recent success in China, Federation Square Melbourne will
also feature this exhibition on the outdoor screens from 20 March to 18
April 2008.
Stephen's new series Unnatural Landscapes will open at Metro 5 in 2009.
Archibald Prize 2008
Metro 5 Gallery wants to congratulate artists
Zhong Chen and Yvette Coppersmith, who have both been selected as finalists
in the prestigious 2008 Archibald Prize.
Zhong Chen has also been selected as a finalist in both the Wynne Prize
and the Doug Moran Prize.
Anthony Lister @ Semi-Permanent 2008, Sydney
Anthony has been invited to be a guest speaker at this year's Semi Permanent Design Conference, has also been commissioned to complete a work for the Great Wall of triple j.
Sharon Green been nominated for the KLM Paul Huf Award 2008, an international photography award run by FOAM gallery in Amsterdam.
Sharon has also exhibited at the Lianzhou International Photography Festival in China with the Dark Silence series (December 8-22). She is currently undertaking a Master of Visual Arts in Photography at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London.
Anthony Lister vs the Press
Anthony Lister has been published in 2007 in the following Magazines/Books:
Uncommissioned Art, An A-Z of Australian
Graffiti, Christine Dew, pages 108-111
Beat Magazine 31st October 2007, page 36
Frequency, issue two, pages 8-11
"Empty" magazine, issue 11, page 12
Juxtapoz, Art & Culture Magazine, Oct 2007, No.81, pages 92-101
'UV' The Offshore Issue #6, pages 70-71
'Real Friend', MelbourneOverspray, issue 05, pages 40-43
Monster Children, issue 16, pages 64-71
Kingbrown, issue 3, pages 22-29
Wooden Toy, Item no. 004, collector's edition, pages 0431155-0451156
Frankie, issue #8, page 68
