Aura: Repetition, Reproduction, and the Mark of the Artist – Ben Rak

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Aura: Repetition, Reproduction, and the Mark of the Artist is  a curatorial project I have been working on for the past year. The exhibition opens on Friday, July 21st at 6pm at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.

An exhibition of ten Australian artists, who use the perceived shortcomings of printmaking, to confound the viewer’s expectations of the medium and re-ignite the aura of the mechanically reproduced artwork. See wall-based prints, installations, sculpture and video from Alison Alder, Anna Kristensen, Ben Rak, Erica Seccombe, Gary Carsley, Judy Watson, Michael Kempson, Milan Milojevic, Samuel Tupou and Tony Curran.

Exhibition catalogue availble with essays by Ben Rak, Glenn Barkley & Tim Gregory
Opening:
Fri 21 July 2017, 6 – 8pm
Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Exhibition dates:
14 July – 3 Sep 2017

Artist talks:
Sun 30 July, 3 – 4:30pm

Sydney Contemporary 2017

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SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY RETURNS FOR 2017

Sydney Contemporary, Australasia’s international art fair, returns from 7-10 September with the largest and most diverse gathering of international galleries. Taking place at Carriageworks, the Fair presents 90+ galleries offering visitors access to four days of cutting-edge exhibitions and ambitious programming.

Sydney Contemporary is offering Print Council of Australia Members 20% off tickets!

Check out the website for more details.

Ursula Hoff Essay for Imprint

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Dr Ursula Hoff was an influential print curator and historian, whose long and distinguished career at the National Gallery of Victoria spanned four decades. Dr Hoff was also one of the Print Council of Australia’s founding members and its first President.

In honour of Dr Hoff’s rich legacy of print scholarship, the PCA in partnership with the Ursula Hoff Institute are inviting submissions from emerging and established art historians, curators and writers, to write an original research essay that considers an aspect of Australian print culture over the past 50 years. This can include the work of individual artists, printmaking groups and collectives, studios and workshops, or particular trends within Australian printmaking, thus a broad interpretation of “Australian print culture” is encouraged. 

Submissions will be assessed by a selection panel, and one writer will be commissioned to produce an original 2000 word essay for publication in the Summer issue of Imprint (December 2017), and will receive $1100.00 for their work.

KEY DATES 

Deadline for Submissions – Friday 14th July, 2017 (5pm EST)

Successful Applicant Notified – Friday 21st July, 2017

Deadline for Finished Essay – 9th October, 2017

Further details and guidelines here.

This opportunity is generously funded by the Ursula Hoff Institute.

    

2017 Artists’ Book + Multiples Fair at QCA, Griffith University.

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Three members, Neilton Clarke, Barbara Davidson and Natalie Hartog Gautier, have works in this show.

 

Information on entries by Neilton and Nathalie is here.

Information on Barbara’s work is here.

 

The Fair runs from Friday 7th July to Sunday 9th July.

Photogravure workshop with Silvi Glattauer.

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Warringah Printmakers Studio

saturday 15 & sunday 16 July.


Using the direct to plate method for making photopolymer plates eliminates the need for transparencies and is an ideal workshop for photographers or printmakers wanting to explore this safer printmaking technique.

Silvi Glattauer is the guest photomedia artist & printmaker from Melbourne. She is founding member of the Baldessin Press Printmaking Studio & is recognised as an authority on the photogravure process as well as working with a range of other photographic processes.

Time: 10am to 4pm
Members: $275.00
Non members: $300.00 (includes Assoc.Membership)
Bookings: Susan@printstudio.org.au