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FRONT GALLERY

COLOURS OF JAIPUR
by Sara Deane

CATALOGUE

Playful colours and shapes intertwine to depict simplistic interpretations of the familiarity and beauty of everyday objects and architecture. 

Inspired by the streets of Jaipur, India, “Colours of Jaipur” portrays my exploration of the mix of colours and vibrancy discovered within this magical place. 

 

BACK GALLERY

TOWERING
by Nicholas Aplin

CATALOGUE

Towering refers to the trees and concrete housing buildings they surround as they compete for airspace.
Aplin’s work is inspired by urban landscape, issues of urbanization, social structure and the flux of city environments. I am interested in Brutalist architecture, modernism and finding beauty in the ordinary/ overlooked.

The subject matter is drawn from the numerous precast concrete low cost housing developments locate around Melbourne. Similar buildings can be found all around the world giving a globalised architectural familiarity, though a Melbourne resident will find them instantly recognizable, more so as they are paired with iconic Gum trees. 

In many of Aplin’s new works no sky is shown. The towers and trees fill the canvas giving a sense of off putting inescapability. Dark voids and cut through beneath buildings beckoning the eye and mind to explore and imagine what is beyond, through or behind. Aplin’s use of shadow forces our attention to the emptiness, the forgotten corners in uncertain spaces where we are not given guidance on how to feel and respond.

Each work emphasizes the different shapes and intersections of the imposing structures. Each finds a new variation in colour that the different times of day and year present. 

 

SIDE GALLERY

IN THE BEGINNING
by Kara Mandel

CATALOGUE

The motifs and narratives we cultivate and preserve through the act of storytelling, visual or otherwise, shape our identities personally and collectively.  In the Beginning explores humanity in relationship to the universe by teasing out visions and symbols that serve as fragmented elements of a personal cosmology.

The creation of these watercolour paintings celebrates a life-bearing connection to nature and the cosmos— a meeting place where the sensual human experience merges with the divine.

UPSTAIRS GALLERY

A SHARED PATH
by Simon O’Carrigan

CATALOGUE

These watercolour paintings follow the trails along the Yarra River and the Merri Creek—spaces in which I commute, exercise and get lost in—a green wonderland within Melbourne’s urban north. I planned for this exhibition to celebrate Autumn in lockdown: it became a four season show. Finding private, tranquil, natural space within the public realm became important for more people in lockdown. Finding privacy in shared space channels the sense of a community collectively soothing the stress of a turbulent year with the help of back-lit leaves, a summer breeze, a winter sunrise: a shared path.