Page 72 - Art Almanac (February 2020)

Nicholas Building, 714/37 Swanston Street (enter via Southbank
BLINDSIDE

Cathedral Arcade lifts, cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne
3000. T (03) 9650-0093. W www.blindside.org.au Sth Melbourne
H Tues-Sat 12.00 to 6.00. BLINDSIDE is closed for
renovation until Feb 2. Feb 5 to 22 DEBUT XVI – an
annual curated exhibition of work by recent graduates
from Melbourne’s major art institutions. Feb 26 to Australian Centre for
March 14 SIX P.M. ON A WEDNESDAY – Rachel Contemporary Art (ACCA)
Button, Veronica Charmont, Kaijern Koo, Madeleine
Minack and Joun Youn. Also, MUSIC PRACTICE by 111 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006.
Luyuan Zhang. T (03) 9697-9999. W www.acca.melbourne
Free admission. H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun
Craft Victoria 12.00 to 5.00, Mon by appt. To March 22 Feedback
Loops features new commissions and existing works
Watson Place, off Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. by six local and international artists whose practices
T (03) 9650-7775. E craft@craft.org.au sample ideas and images from our past and present to
W www.craft.org.au Free entry. H Mon-Wed 11.00 to speculate on the future. This exhibition brings together
6.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00. Visit website for exhibition works by artists born in the 1980s, who grew up
program. alongside the growth of the internet and who enmesh
technology and popular culture with ritual, spirituality,
Flinders Lane Gallery myth and speculative fiction with a cyclical sensibility
Level 1, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, that is at once playful, spectacular and challenging.
Melbourne 3000. T (03) 9654-3332. Curated by ACCA’s Miriam Kelly, Feedback Loops
E info@flg.com.au W www.flg.com.au Director: Claire includes large-scale installations of video, sculpture,
Harris. H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 5.00. interactive gaming and artificial intelligence, as well
Feb 4 to 29 Layers of Life by Naomi White, and as a program of live performance by Madison Bycroft,
Endurance by Annika Romeyn. Tianzhuo Chen, Lu Yang, Sahej Rahal, Justin
Shoulder and Zadie Xa.
fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. Australian Tapestry Workshop
T (03) 9662-9966. E info@fortyfivedownstairs.com 262-266 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205.
W www.fortyfivedownstairs.com H Tues-Fri 11.00 T (03) 9699-7885. E contact@austapestry.com.au
to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00. Feb 4 to 15 Sensitive W www.austapestry.com.au Gold coin entry.
Sweethearts a group exhibition, curated by Tegan H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00. Guided tours Wed 11am
Iversen. Also, reconstructed landscapes painting and Thurs 2pm, $10 per person: bookings essential.
by Annie Burns (see ad page 79). Feb 18 to 29, During your visit you will have an opportunity to
1.5 Degrees a group exhibition, presented by Art observe the ATW weavers at work on contemporary
Aviso. Also, give me shelter printmaking by Paula tapestries from our mezzanine, as well as look down
McLoughlin. into the colour laboratory where the yarns are dyed
for production. The ATW has two galleries which
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery feature curated exhibitions of tapestries, textiles and
contemporary art on a rotating basis.
Level 8, Room 16, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders
Lane), Melbourne 3000. T 0407-317-323. Buxton Contemporary
W www.stephenmclaughlangallery.com.au Director:
Stephen McLaughlan. H Wed-Fri 1.00 to 5.00, Sat Cnr Dodds Street and Southbank Boulevard,
11.00 to 5.00 or by appt. Feb 5 to 22 Ballast. Southbank T (03) 9035-9339.
E buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au
W buxtoncontemporary.com H Wed-Sun 11.00 to
5.00. A purpose-built home for the Michael Buxton
Collection of contemporary art. To Feb 9 Between
appearances: The art of Louise Weaver.

Lynn Jaanz Art Gallery
Level 1, 216 York Street, South Melbourne 3205.
T 0450-955-467. W www.yorkstreetartgallery.com
Curator: Anne Ioannou. International artist Lynn Jaanz
and guest artist advertised. Viewing by appt: email
Curator@lynnjaanzartgallery.com

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