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Sydney Printmakers Members success in Print Prizes

July 17, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

          Seong Cho, Unaccompanied Trail VI

 

Sydney Printmakers members have been selected as finalists in several Prizes recently.

Seong Cho has been selected for the Waverley Art Prize with Unaccompanied Trail VI (above).

Janet Parker Smith and Ben Rak have been selected for the Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards 2021.

Anthea Boesenberg and Danielle Creenaune have been selected for the Firestation Print Studio Australian Monoprint Prize 2021.

Congratulations to all.

Filed Under: Exhibitions, Finalists, Print Prizes, Prizes Tagged With: Anthea Boesenberg, Ben Rak, Danielle Creenaune, Firestation Print Studio Australian Monoprint Award, Geelong acquisitive print awards, Janet Parker Smith, Seong Cho, Waverley Art Prize

Megalo Print Studio: Online International Screen Print Exhibition

July 8, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

 


To see the exhibition, go HERE

Megalo’s Screen Print Online Exhibition showcases the work of thirty international contemporary printmakers. Works selected for this exhibition have been produced with screen printing as the primary technique on a variety of materials, such as paper and fabric, as well as non-traditional materials such as wood and concrete.

Ben Rak, Member of Sydney Printmakers, is one of the participants. This work can also be seen at Manly Art Gallery in Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition, ‘To the Edges’, though the gallery is currently closed due to Covid restrictions.

Other artists participating in Megalo’s Online Exhibition are :

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Filed Under: Exhibitions, Online Exhibitions Tagged With: 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Ben Rak, international, MAG&M, Megalo Print Studio, Online Exhibition, Screen Print, Sydney Printmakers, To The Edges

Ben Rak: The Masks I Wear to Pass

October 27, 2020 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

 

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The Masks I Wear to Pass

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
October 24th, 2020 – January 10th, 2021
 Dear Friends,

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to visit my exhibition The Masks I Wear to Pass at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.  The exhibition is open to the public until January 10th, 2021.

The exhibition attempts to shed light on the ways in which people (myself included) conceal or reveal themselves in order to gain visibility, avoid marginalisation, and enjoy the privileges afforded to dominant groups. I use the print process as a metaphor for otherness, drawing parallels between art practice and social interaction.

In the catalogue essay, Hidden in Plain Sight, Jane O’Sullivan writes:

“The Masks I Wear to Pass draws on his personal knowledge of passing and includes elements of self-portraiture, but Rak is not declaring a single ‘true’ identity or attempting to show what’s under the mask. His interests are instead in those moments of uncertainty, dissonance, and self-estrangement—in the psychological experience of passing and the shadows it casts over us.”

In addition to the exhibition catalogue, a limited edition zine (Twelve degenographs and the masks they wear to pass) has been published in collaboration with Throwdown Press, and is available to purchase.

 
Exhibitions Launch + Live Performance
Saturday 7 November, 5pm – 7pm
Free for Artstate delegates or $5 General Public. Ticket includes complimentary drink + nibblesSession 1 General Admission – 5pm – 6pm 
Session 2 Artstate Delegates Only – 6pm – 7pm 
 
Artist in conversation – Ben Rak with Tony Curran
When: Saturday 7 November, 11am – 11.45am
Where: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Cost: Free event | Registration requiredArtist Ben Rak and Tony Curran will join in conversation to discuss Ben’s new exhibition The Masks I Wear to Pass.This is a free event – attendees must register as seats are limited.
 
             Digital copy of the exhibition catalogue             Download here
 
TWELVE DEGENOGRAPHS AND THE MASKS THEY WEAR TO PASS limited edition zineYear: 2020
Pages: 24 pp
Dimensions: 148mm x 221mm
Binding: Saddle Stitch
Process: Digital Printed
Edition: 100
Free shipping within AustraliaPurchase here
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Copyright © 2020 Ben Rak, All rights reserved.
 

Filed Under: Artist's Talk, Exhibitions Tagged With: Ben Rak, Marginalisation, The Masks I Wear to Pass, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Screen on Paper Exhibition from Megalo Online now.

June 24, 2020 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Members Evan Pank, Janet Parker Smith and Ben Rak have images in Megalo’s Screen on Paper Online Exhibition.

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EXHIBITION ONLINE FROM 23 JUNE – 25 JULY 2020
VIEW ONLINE EXHIBITION

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Ben Rak, Evan Pank, Janet Parker Smith, Megalo Print Studio, Online Exhibition, Screen on Paper, Screen Print

Let all the birds fly: the Hybrid Print

February 8, 2020 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

WHAT:

Let all the birds fly: the hybrid print. An exhibition of eleven interstate artists whose work is print based but who have challenged and expanded our understanding of the print in a contemporary context. Printmaking is like a language that continually reinvents itself with artists investigating new meanings through materiality and making.
Questioning long-held traditions of printmaking, guest curators and artists Therese Kenyon and Patricia Wilson-Adams invited nine artists to join them in the exhibition Let all the birds fly: the hybrid print. Here the artists explore the very nature of printmaking and seek to push the boundaries of the medium and fly free from conventions.

Alison Alder (ACT), Jan Davis (NSW), Jan Hogan (Tas), Therese Kenyon (NSW) Ben Rak (NSW), Olga Sankey (SA), Heather Shimmen (Vic), Glen Skien (Qld), Patricia Wilson Adams (NSW), Sandra Winkworth (NSW), Linda Swinfield (NSW)

WHERE: Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 230 High St Maitland, NSW 2320.
mrag.org.au 02 4934 9859
Open Tues – Sunday 10am-5pm.

WHEN: Open from 8 February – 4 May 2020. Launch of Autumn Program 29 Feb. 3pm.

 

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Ben Rak, Hybrid Prints, Maitland, Maitland Regional Art Gallery

Ben Rak @ Bondi Pavilion Gallery

August 13, 2019 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Passed Failures : Ben Rak

I am pleased to invite you to my upcoming solo exhibition Passed Failures at Bondi Pavilion Gallery.  The opening event will take place on Wednesday, August 21st between 6-8pm.

Passed Failures is an attempt to develop a conceptual, visual language, which metaphorically explores the identity politics of otherness and the act of “passing” as somebody else.

Passed Failures
Opening Wednesday, August 21st, 6-8pm
20th August – 1st September
10am – 5pm
Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Dr, Bondi Beach NSW, Australia

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Ben Rak, Bondi Pavilion, identity, Passed Failures, Solo, visual language

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

July 18, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

 

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

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Aura, Ben Rak, Exhibition, installation, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, print, sculpture, video

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award

May 12, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Exhibitions, Print Prizes, Workshops Tagged With: Ben Rak, exhibitions, Gymea., Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Laura Stark, Seraphina Martin, workshops

Congratulations to Members

April 10, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Tina Barahanos has won the Wyndham Art Prize with her Print ‘Commuters’.

 

Ben Rak and Laura Stark are finalists in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ben Rak, Hazelhurst Works on Paper Award, Laura Stark, Tina Barahanos, Wyndham Art Prize

Manly Library Artists Book Award 2017

January 25, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Image  from Bronwyn Rees’ “Country”, acquired during Manly Library Artists’ Book Award 2015.

Any artists’ book created within the past two years is eligible for entry to the Manly Library Artists’ Book Award 2017.

The award is acquisitive. Works will be selected and judged by Ben Rak and Dr Michael Hedger.

Ben Rak is an artist and independent curator holding a BFA in printmaking and a MFA from the UNSW Art & Design. He is co-founder and director of Throwdown Press, lectures at the University of New South Wales Art & Design, and whose work explores the relationships between cultural symbols and consumer culture.

Dr Michael Hedger is the Director Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Dr Hedger has long been an arts advocate, with previous incarnations as Director of the Campbelltown Arts Centre, Education Officer at the Newcastle Region Art and, art critic for The Newcastle Herald. He has a PhD from the UNSW Art & Design with a thesis on Land Art in the United States.

Important Dates

  • Closing date for entry: 5pm Friday 10 February 2017
  • Successful entrants notified by: 5pm Friday 24 February 2017
  • Selected works to be received between: Monday 27 February and Friday 17 March 2017
  • Opening & announcement of acquisitions: 6.00pm Thursday 30 March 2017 at Warringah Art Space 105 Abbott Rd, North Curl Curl NSW
  • Exhibition dates: Friday 31 March to Sunday 2 April, followed by a travelling exhibition of acquired works to Northern Beaches Council Libraries
  • Works to be collected from Manly Library or returned as instructed: between Tuesday 4 April Friday 28 April [excluding Public Holidays]

More information here.

Filed Under: Artists Books, Call for Entries, Prizes Tagged With: Artists Books, Award, Ben Rak, Dr Michael Hedger, Manly Library

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