Linden's 2002 Exhibition Program11 JANUARY - 3 FEBRUARY 2002 Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3 Gallery 4 Gallery 5 9 FEBRUARY - 10 MARCH 2002 All Galleries - LINDEN'S 2002 POSTCARD SHOW Now in its 11th year the annual Postcard Show is a landmark event during the
St Kilda Festival. The Postcard Show is an open entry award exhibition featuring
over one thousand small format contemporary works. The exhibition derives its
name from the tradition of selecting works to be reproduced and sold as Linden
Postcards. Three main prizes are also awarded: 1st Prize of $2,000 - The Hocking
Stuart Award, 2nd Prize of $1,000 - The Dog's Bar Award and 3rd prize of $750
worth of Art Materials - The Art Spectrum Finest Colours Award. All works are
for sale.
15 MARCH - 7 APRIL 2002 Gallery 1 A series of photographic images of interiors taken during a residency in Hill End, a nineteenth cetury gold mining town. Gallery 2 Large rectangular graphite panels interact with the architectural and atmospheric qualities of the space. Gallery 3 A series of encaustic paintings which investigate the formal and chromatic relationships between green and grey. Gallery 4 A series of painted portraits exploring the art of depiction and its problematic struggle between pictorial consciousness and actuality Gallery 5 The launch and presentation of Experimenta's online media arts journal.
17 APRIL - 26 MAY All Galleries - COMIC BOOK LIFESTYLE An emersive exhibition of larger than life comic book characters and scenes by three young, talented comic book artists, Michael Fikaris, Kieran Mangan and Gregory Mackay. Held as part of the 2002 Next Wave Festival this exhibition will incorporate the launch of "Silent Army", an international comic anthology, and a 'zine' workshop. 11-2pm Sunday 19 May - 'zine' Workshop 6pm Tuesday 21 May - launch of "Silent
Army"
31 MAY - 2 JUNE All Galleries - VISION A three-day festival of the latest in non-narrative and performance video
incorporating screenings, installations, performances, talks and workshops.
7 - 30 JUNE Gallery 1 An exhibition of small scale works using a variety of mediums but which employ traditional craft techniques, found objects and draw inspiration from the two symbols of Bird and Flower. Gallery 2 Relief-print assemblages and ink drawings using traditional oriental aesthetics play with our desire to control or manipulate nature with the aid of a miriad of household appliances and tools. Gallery 3 A site-specific installation which harnesses references to the feminie through the exploration of of the vulnerability of the boundary/borderline and the discipline of pattern. Gallery 4 Appropriating the packaging of the vinyl single, Tzas' images make reference to a created persona, staged to reflect the career of an imaginary performer. Gallery 5 This exhibition is the result of an on-going project developed with the
artist's own eleven year old sister and comes from a fascination with the
beautiful, sad character of Dolores Haze in Nabakov's novel, Lolita.
6 JULY - 4 AUGUST All Galleries - INDIGENOUS EXHIBITION This annual exhibition of contemporary indigenous art is presented in
collaboration with the City of Port Phillip's Indigenous Art Unit and forms
part of the NAIDOC Week celebrations.
9 AUGUST - 1 SEPTEMBER Gallery 1 Imposing organic felt forms with metal “skeletons” inhabit the gallery space and evoke creatures in hibernation, breeding chambers or quietly undertaking some sort of metamorphosis. Gallery 2 A series of photographic images that articulate a journey through the arcane physical and psychological spectacle of China's capital city. Gallery 3 A giant footprint becomes a map and talks about dislocation, movement, travel, the environment, collective memory and past forgotten events. Gallery 4 Illumination is both a physical and philosophical result of civilization's rise. "Illuminations" is a photographic installation comprising photographic prints, light boxes and installed lighting. Gallery 5 Drawing on the tradition of allegory, a mode of discourse which enables
conflicting visual languages to co-exist, Caroline Durré creates an internal
facade in a sequence of images incorporating digital imaging and printmaking.
7 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER All Galleries - STEPHEN KEENE A spectacular emersive painting installation and performance by New York
artist, Stephen Keene. Keene produces thousands of paintings in a range of
sizes, presented as multiples and priced to sell. The Gallery becomes a factory
and workshop, filling over time with Keene's bright, St Kilda inspired works.
11 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER Gallery 1 A series of interactive audio and visual sculptures made from found objects and using the latest technologies. Gallery 2 Floor based works made from discarded party frocks and mining equipment both indicate and subvert a range of dichotomies: high/low technology, industry/recreation, decorative/practical, frivolous/serious, male/female. Gallery 3 An interactive installation environment drawing on two specific elements of nature, the sun and the wind, and using everyday objects. Gallery 4 Three artists work with the theme of the suburban landscape by fabricating plastic interpretations of mown grass. Gallery 5 A video installation in which the artist "appears" and attempts to
capture the attention of his audience.
Performance Lab at Linden The Lab kicks off in Gallery 2 at 1pm with ... two women laughing ... two women crying ... challenging notions of cultural difference. Shrine by Doyle will be developed into an installation to be exhibited in Melbourne and Pakistan. etc.
22 NOVEMBER - 15 DECEMBER Gallery 1 An exhibition which combines the individual perspectives of an artist, an architect and a landscape architect and which examines the city as a symbol of inconspicuous collective and creative consciousness. Gallery 2 Cast plaster reproductions of Marcel Duchamp's Etant donnes: 1 la chute d'eau, 2 le gaze d'eclairage and four video works address notions of appropriation in conjunctions with 'structures of vision'. Gallery 3 A body of work which explores issues of cultural identity through reference to the architectural and illlusory spaces of Renaissance Italy. Gallery 4 Photographic images of the harsh geometry and order of everyday work stations. Gallery 5 A lighting and paper sculpture installation which references the living
nature of caves.
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