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A Day in the Life :: Sydney's 17th Biennale Exhibition
The 17th Biennale of Sydney has just finished, and we hope you got a chance to check out the worlds most influential contemporary artists display great installments especially designed for this rare exhibition.
It was on Display for the entire month of July at major locations around Sydney's harbour.
iscd sent out scouts to check this years collaborative works, see a glimpse of whats on show.
To read more about the Biennale, check out their website.
WE LOVE :: Entire MoMA Paintings Gallery in a New York Minute?
The quickest tour guide we've seen, experience the whole collection of Museum of Modern Arts Painting Gallery in just over 2 minutes.
Inspiration :: Art Month Sydney 2010
Art Month Sydney is a new month-long festival that celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Sydney's thriving visual arts scene.
1-31st March 2010
Uniting the various elements of the city's art world under one umbrella for the first time. A diverse cross-section of art will be showcased with more than 70 of Sydney's leading commercial galleries, artist-run initiatives, public art museums and auction houses hosting exhibitions, talks, behind-the-scenes tours and special events across the city. People of all ages and art inclinations are invited to engage with the work of artists as part of the first Art Month Sydney.
Get the full program or download the weekly precinct guides, with bike-friendly info and details of free transport on Thursday nights and Saturdays.
see more at www.artmonthsydney.com
Colour Society NSW March Event :: Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time Exhibition
Greetings everyone and here's to an exciting and colourful 2010. Read below a fantastic opportunity for keen Designers and Colourists alike.
Please NOTE: there are limited spaces available for this event so book online asap to not miss out.
The Colour Society NSW Division's first event of 2010 will take place at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday 18 March, where they will have a private guided tour of the very colourful "Take your time: Olafur Eliasson", the first large-scale exhibition of works by the Danish/Icelandic artist presented in Australia. The exhibition includes works from major collections worldwide, spanning Eliasson's diverse career from 1993 to the present; large-scale installations, sculpture and photography.
The MCA is open until 8pm on Thursday evening for this exhibition. Full details below.
WHAT:Take your time: Olafur Eliasson
WHERE: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 140 George Street, The Rocks
PARKING: Car parking stations are within walking distance to the MCA, located at: Harrington St and The Rocks.
Limited meter parking may be available in nearby streets.
WHEN: 6pm for 6.15 guided tour. Meet at entrance to the exhibition.
RSVP: Prebooking and payment essential at Try Booking by 14 March. It is important that numbers are known as there are limited places available.
$27.50 Colour Society Members, $30.00 non Members - includes entry ticket and private guided tour
Olafur Eliasson is among the most influential and widely acclaimed artist of his generation.
From light-filled environments to walk-in kaleidoscopes, his unique participatory works offer alluring spaces that harness optical cognition and meteorological elements, examine the intersection of nature and science, and explore the boundary between the organic and the artificial.
Having been raised partly in Iceland, Eliasson's practice is informed by that country's primordial landscape and spectacular weather. He recontextualises elements such as light, water, ice, fog, arctic moss, and lava rock to create altogether new circumstances that shift the viewer's consciousness and sense of place. By extension, his work prompts an intensive engagement with the world outside and a fresh consideration of everyday life.
Born in Denmark in 1967 to Icelandic parents, Eliasson studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research. He has engaged in a number of projects in public space, and as professor at Universität der Künste in Berlin, founded the Institut für Raumexperimente in 2009.
He presently divides his time between his family's home in Copenhagen, his studio in Berlin, and periods of work in Iceland.
For more information on the exhibition, head to eliasson.com.au.
WE LOVE :: Contemporary Artist Francoise Nielly
Here's a French artist to ignite any one of our 'Art on the Edge' advanced visual art students' imagination. Francoise Nielly lives in a world of images. She has explored the different facets of "image" all her life , through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual, computer generated animated graphics. It is clear now that painting is her direction and her passion.
She gets her sense of space and construction from her father, who was an interior designer/architect.
Françoise Nielly's painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and knife combine then sculpt her images from a material that is , at the same time, biting and incisive, charnel and sensual. Whether she paints the human body or portraits, the artist takes a risk : her painting is sexual, her colours free, exuberant, surprising, even explosive, the cut of her knife incisive, her colour pallet dazzling.
INSPIRATION :: No Limits in Art!
Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia.
The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!
WE LOVE :: Collections by Colour
The perfect rainy day activity, or for the visual artist interested in mixed media. take inspiration from this budding Colour Designer, and create installations using objects around the home.
Rachel Fairfax Solo Exhibition
International School of Colour and Design educator Rachel Fairfax is exhibiting her work at a solo show at the Ray Hughes Gallery. Her exhibition is titled 'Ocean Paintings'.
The show officially opens Friday 22nd May at 6.00pm and runs until 24th June.
Rachel Fairfax is an emerging Sydney artist. She studied at the National Art School, completing an Honours in Drawing in 2002. She has won two Reg Richardson Scholarships which supported two residencies at Hill End in 2003, she was awarded a Highly Commended at the 2004 Waverley Art Prize and won the 2005 FONAS Infusion Barry Stern Galleries Prize.
Her work is held in collections of ArtBank and private collections of Tetsuya’s Restaurant, Defiance Gallery Collection, Ray Hughes Gallery Collection, Reg Richardson and Jonathan Self Private collection.
Rachel loves sharing her knowledge with the students of the International School of Colour and Design.
Congratulations Rachel!