April Pop-Up Arts...
Hi everyone. Here is my skip-April-and-straight-to-May newsletter to let you know about a few good things around town. Head-On Photo Festival is well underway, the Sydney Writers' Festival is about to kick off next week and then another of my favourite Festivals is Vivid which gets going by the end of the month. I am loving the extended warm autumn and managed to get some veges planted out in my newly built raised garden bed. Not sure there will be baskets of produce at the end of it all, but so far so good. Have a good arty month and be sure to get out of town if you can - a break from the city is always a nice thing. So until June... Cassie
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Andjana Pachkova. The Outback through my European Outlook (mixed media on pastel paper).
ROZELLE, SYDNEY...
Andjana Pachkova. Disintegration Anxiety
Until 20 May 2016
Landscapes painted from around the artist's home and many little bays of the northshore, others from the western plains of NSW, between Bathurst and Dubbo and others imagined Australian landscapes and contours. The Australian landscape seen through the eyes of this Ukrainian-Russian-American artist are beautiful - rich in colour, texture, movement and life. A most delightful gallery space in Rozelle. Link to Brag Magazine article
Paper Plane Gallery, 727 Darling Street, Rozelle
www.andjanapachkova.com
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Chips Mackinolty. A selection of images from exhibition, La Ricchizza di la Terra / The Wealth of the Land
KINGS CROSS, SYDNEY...
Chips Mackinolty. La Ricchizza di la Terra / The Wealth of the Land
14 May - 08 June / OFFICIAL OPENING with Chips Mackinolty Sat 28 May
Living in Sicily’s oldest fruit and vegetable market quarter has revived childhood memories of culinary changes brought to Australia by southern Italian market gardeners. Those memories have inspired a series of works by Northern Territory artist Chips Mackinolty, The wealth of the land, which will be exhibited at venues in Darwin, Sydney and Melbourne from May-June 2016, following a preview show in April in Palermo - Chips' hometown for most of the year. Graphic digital drawings printed on Hahnemuehle cotton rag fine art paper 300gsm. Limited editions 19/print.
TOUR DATES/VENUES ITALY & AUSTRALIA 2016
Liber-Alab 1-15 Aprile, via Grande Lattarini, 14 - Palermo, Sicilia / Nomad Art Gallery 5-28 May, 1/3 Vickers Street, Parap, Darwin NT / The Cross Art Projects 14 May-8 June, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, NSW / Rathdowne Galleries 22 Jun-22 July, 31 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North, Vic
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross
www.crossart.com.au ESSAY ABOUT THE WORK Link to more info on Chips Mackinolty
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Recommended photography exhibitions on now in Sydney...
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(l) Keyhole 6. From series by Erwin Olaf (r) Paper Roll 2008. From series by Hendrik Kerstens.
Dutch Masters of Light.
A photographic exhibition by Erwin Olaf & Hendrik Kerstens.
Until 29 May
This exhibition brings to life the famous Dutch light through contemporary portraits and landscapes. Inspired by the great Renaissance tradition of manipulating light and shade, Dutch Masters of Light reinterprets the style of celebrated Dutch artists including Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer in a striking series of portraits by contemporary photographers, Hendrik Kerstens and Erwin Olaf. The extraordinary luminous quality of Dutch light is also explored in Hollands licht, a film by Pieter-Rim de Kroon and Maarten de Kroon. This exhibition is part of a series of events which mark the 400th anniversary of the first Dutch contact with Western Australia. when on 25 October 1616, Dirk Hartog made landfall with his ship the Eendracht at Dirk Hartog Island, in the Shark Bay area. (Text from Customs House website). Free.
Also catch the other three Head On shows also showing throughout Customs House Library.
Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay (opposite ferries)
www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/whatson/
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Recommended Group exhibitions for Head On Photo Festival 2016...
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(l) Lola Alexander from Coterie Group Exhibition. (r) Glenn Lockitch from Redfern Tent Embassy Group Exhibition
TWO RECOMMENDED GROUP EXHIBITIONS FOR HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL 2016...
COTERIE 17-21 May. OPENING Tuesday 17 May 6-8pm
Depot I Gallery: Digby Duncan, Caroline McLean Foldes, Lynn Smith, Sally McInerney, Michael Haylen, Suellen Symons, Lola Alexander, Meg Hewitt, Godelieve Mols. Depot II Gallery: Richard Payne, Michaela Skovanonva, Derby Chang, Franky Tsang, Geoffery Roberts, Stephanie Simcox, Stephen Godfrey, Timothy Harland
A coming together of groups within the Sydney photography world to build community and celebrate diversity.
Photographers are drawn from Untitled, Arthere and Contact Sheet.
Curated by Sandy Edwards, Lyndal Irons and Paul McDonald
Depot Galleries I & II, Danks Street, Waterloo
www.headon.com.au/coterie www.arthere.com.au www.contactsheet.com.au
REDFERN ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY. Grassroots Activism in Action.
25 May - 05 June. OPENING Thursday 26 May 6-8pm
Peter Crowfoot / Jarek Gasiorek / John Janson-Moore / Glenn Lockitch / Barbara McGrady / Lorna Munro
The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy showcases six Australian photographers who documented the successful protest for low income housing by the indigenous community in the heart of Sydney city.
Curated by Sandy Edwards, Arthere
107 Projects, 107 Redfern Street, Redfern
www.headon.com.au/redfernaboriginaltentembassy www.arthere.com.au
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Favourite new Instagram site to discover...
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LANDSCAPE & DREAMING...
Cabin Porn
Yes the name is catchy, but the site is my new favourite. It's a book (I have it and love it), a website, Instagram and a place for dreaming for sure. I want to go and stay in all of them. Build one of my own. Check it out...
www.cabinporn.com Instagram @ cabinporn
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What's surprised me about the book is how moving it is. It's sweet to look at beautiful photos of woodsy cabins; it's calming and the pictures are lovely. But the stories about the work behind the cabins - that's the magic.
- Powell's
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Poster art from Emporium Exhibition
SECRET LITTLE GALLERIES TO DISCOVER...
Hurstville Museum & Gallery + Library...
Current exhibition, EMPORIUM closes Sunday 15 May
The little gallery and historical collection in a historic building is worth a little weekend detour. There are changing exhibitions like this one - I loved it - and more permanent historical exhibitions with a local angle. Let me know about more museums like this one please. This current exhibition is small but gorgeous.
Hurstville Gallery & Museum, 14 MacMahon Street, Hurstville
www.hurstville.nsw.gov.au
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Japanese inspired gardens in autumn
SECRET GARDENS TO DISCOVER...
Auburn Botanic Gardens + Gallery
29 May Colours of Autumn Festival
These beautiful gardens are like a little secret of the western suburbs. And now the colours are ramping up it's a lovely time to visit. The Japanese inspired gardens are very pretty - not 100% authentic but their history and story is very interesting - planned and inspired around a collection of Japanese postcards from the 1960s. The Peacock Gallery is worth a visit too and their current exhibition, OPEN FIELD, connects back to this history and local artists with a strong connection to this area. The two big annual Festivals are the Autumn Colours (May) and Cherry Blossom (Aug). But if you want a quieter experience, than head to the gardens on another day.
Auburn Botanic Gardens + Peacock Gallery, Chiswick Road, Auburn
Peacock Gallery (open Tue-Sun).
Auburn Botanic Gardens Open Daily
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Eating this month inSurry Hills, Sydney...
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FAVOURITE THAI RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH...
MUUM MAAM
I love this restaurant tucked down in Holt Street, with one of my fave wine bars just around the corner, 121BC. One of the many interesting little foodie nooks of Surry Hills. The right spiciness, flavours, presentation, service, atmosphere, lighting - what's not to like. And then the desserts... Up there with the best Thai restaurants in town. And not expensive. Good wine list.
Muum Maam, 1/50 Holt Street, Surry Hills
www.muummaam.com.au
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