Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts, Victoria Australia

Exhibitions Previous exhibitions 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000	Linden's 2006 Exhibition Program 4 FEBRUARY - 10 MARCH 2006 LINDEN POSTCARD SHOW Opening 1-6pm Saturday 4 February The 15th Annual Linden Postcard Show will open with over 1 ,800 small format contemporary art works by nearly 1 ,000 artists from all over Australia. The Postcard Show is one of the few open entry award exhibitions left in Australia in which every entry is exhibited, revealing an enormous diversity of art forms and, as always, some new talent. This year's judges are Gabriella Coslovich, Arts Journalist, The Age and Max Delany, Director, Monash University Museum of Art. More Information... PUBLIC PROGRAMS Collecting Art: For Love or Money? 6-8pm Tuesday 14 February 2006 Why do People collect art? Can a hobby turn into an investment -or an addiction? What constitutes a collection? And what kind of collection can you build with a limited budget? Karen Woodbury, Director Karen Woodbury Gallery and Judith Gorr, Barrister and art collector, will tackle these questions, and more at Linden's first public program for 2006. Artists Mean Business: An information session for artists about money 6-ppm Thursday 2 March 2006 A forum with artists Harriet Parsons and Ry Haskings aimed at assisting artists to develop a healthy and informed approach to managing their finances. The discussion takes into account the historical relationship between artists and money -how artists have survived in the past, their position and role in society and how conditions have changed, Harriet Parsons is an artist who has been exhibiting since 1996, She has recently written a book The Money Manager, which offers practical information to artists. Ay Haskings is a practising artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally and has had several private commissions, He also teaches Business Art Practice at Swinburne University. Arts Trivia Quiz Night 7pm Friday 24 February 2006 - Let the game begin! Join legendary Quizmaster Chris McAuliffe, Director, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne as he challenges you and fellow arts enthusiasts to a battle of the wits. Over $3,000 worth of prizes to be won! All proceeds support the ongoing programs at Linden. Venue: St Kilda Sports Club (St Kilda Bowling Club 66-70 Fitzroy Street)
	18 MARCH -23 APRIL 2006 (all galleries) THE BODIES THAT WERE NOT OURS Opening 6-8pm Friday 17 March Artists: Tony Albert (Queensland}, Terrance Houle (Canada}, Genevieve Grieves (Victoria}, Shigeyuki Kihara (New Zealand}, Duncan Robinson (Tasmania). This exhibition is presented by Linden and Next Wave as part of Festival Melbourne 2006, the cultural festival of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. It examines issues such as race, identity and the colonisation of the body while exposing the growing use of video art by young contemporary Indigenous artists from Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Opening night performance by Shigeyuki Kihara. More Information... Artists floor talks 3pm Saturday 18 March 2006 Join artists Tony Albert, Shigeyuki Kihara and Duncan Robinson as they discuss the concepts behind their work and how it responds to issues of race, identity and post-colonialism.	image: Tony Albert
	28 APRIL -26 MAY 2006 Opening 6-8pm Thursday 27 April gallery 1 THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF Artists: Beata Batorowicz, Jazmina Cininas, Cecilia Fogelberg Curated by Christine Morrow An exhibition of video, soft sculpture, textiles, photography and printmaking, by three female artists of northern European heritage, who use the wolf as a motif in the exploration of their personal and cultural identity. gallery 2 HOME NOT VERY FAR AWAY Grant Hill A series of paintings depicting the generic suburban house and scenes of Australian bush explore the physical, emotional and spiritual connections between Australian cultural heritage and the landscape. gallery 3 MANTELPIECE Penny Byrne The artist draws on her skills as a ceramicist, ceramics conservator and astute social and political observer to "bastardise" ceramic figurines. Amalgams of antique ceramic figurines pose as precious objects in an exhibition that draws on popular culture and politics and subverts the ethics of art conservation. gallery 4 DOLPHIN HOMES PRESENTS THE SELLER ESTATES Jamie Boys Scale models, paintings, a hot air balloon and theme music, mimic an estate showroom for potential buyers and investors. This installation focuses on the concept of 'design' and the way impractical objects enter our lives and take on a life of their own. gallery 5 FLIBBERTIGIBBERT Andrew Goodman Soft sculptures, influenced by science fiction, anime and mass-produced Asian ritual objects are used to explore ways in which connections between the surfaces of bodies and objects might disrupt and extend the physical idea of self More Information...	image: Cecilia Fogelberg
	3 JUNE -2 JULY 2006 (all galleries) ANXIOUS BODIES Opening 6-8pm Friday 2 June Artists: Annie Wilson, Matthew Perkins, Sue Dodd, Briele Hansen, Alex Martinis-Roe & Amy Miller; Granular Synthesis (Germany), Video Data Bank Anthology (USA)- Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci, Gilbert & George, Dennis Oppenheim, Geoffrey Hendricks Curator: Matthew Perkins Anxious Bodies aims to create a trajectory for the viewer to navigate works by artists whose process has utilised a film studio environment to explore the paradoxical nature of the body. It will also allow audiences to consider current contemporary works by Victorian artists alongside the seminal works of Bruce Nauman, Gilbert & George, Vito Acconci, Dennis Oppenheim, Geoffrey Hendricks and Granular Synthesis. More Information... Live performance: Alex Martinis-Roe & Amy Miller Floor talks: Annie Wilson, Briele Hansen & Matthew Perkins 3pm Saturday 10 June 2006	image: Matthew Perkins
	8 JULY - 13 AUGUST (all galleries) REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE Opening 6-8pm Friday 7 July Artists: James Lynch, Sean Meilak, Viv Miller, Jonathan Nichols, Lisa Radford, Michelle Ussher Curated by: Jan Duffy and Kate Barber An exhibition of recent work by contemporary painters who use this traditional medium in new and vital ways; ways that reflect the digital age in which we live. These artists are experimenting with the pictorial space and notions of normality. They offer a cool but celebratory reflection of our times while using a hands-on approach that honours the historical practices of painting, design, technical drawing and botanical illustration. More Information... Reflecting on Contemporary Painting Join art critic and commentator Ashley Crawford in a dynamic discussion with artists James Lynch, Viv Miller, Jonathan Nichols, Lisa Radford, Michelle Ussher. The artists will talk about their work practices and thoughts on contemporary painting.	image: Lisa Radford
	18 AUGUST - 24 SEPTEMBER Opening 6-8pm Thursday 17 August Gallery 1 (front) GORGEOUS BUT.... Bill Sampson The artist describes the work in this exhibition as 'marks manufactured/made by marbling - the sort of thing done in primary school. Little deliberation and no expression - reminiscent of Warhol having his assistants urinate on the etching plates. They are pretty. Some will add, 'pretty bad'! Gallery 1 (rear) MIRROR PAINTING Antonia Goodfellow The aim of this installation is to create an illusive sense of awe and wonder, like Infinity. Mirrors are configured to best utilise the quality of stereoscopic depth, the space inside the mirror plane which invites an opening or passage into other spaces. Gallery 2, 5 & 3 HEIMLICH - WHAT BELONGS TO THE HOUSE Marie-Jeanne Hoffner (Paris) A site specific installation using wall drawings, objects, maps and technical drawings to explore the perception of space as linked to habitat, the body and cartography. By mixing a deliberately subjective gaze with a structural analysis of space this work offers subtle interplay between a sensitive perception and the search for objectivity. Gallery 4 I'M GROWING TO LOVE YOU Alicia King Semi-living sculptural forms, containing skin tissue and glow-in-the-dark pigment, allude to the notion of 'otherness' and explore the potential influence of technology, such as organ transplants, on human and animal form and identity. More Information...	image: Marie-Jeanne Hoffner
	29 SEPTEMBER - 5 NOVEMBER Opening 6-8pm Thursday 28 September Gallery 1 NARCISSUS OF LIBERTY Penelope Trotter A performance installation that explores gender politics and power relationships. The void created through lack of knowledge and alienation provides a fertile ground in which stories gleaned from media articles and gossip grow into fantasy. The work will culminate in a performance in front of the façade of an exclusive Melbourne club. Gallery 2 TERROR AUSTRALIS Migs Provocative election style posters based on John Howard and George W. Bush will explore the way fear and greed are used to manufacture truth in the media. Visitors at the opening will be invited to graffiti the works as a form of public expression. Gallery 3 VAN Jason Waterhouse A 60's style caravan, the Australian icon of escape, is stripped of adornment and function, without wheels or any means to drag it away and trapped within the Victorian grandeur of Linden. Gallery 4 SHEEP Louisa Jenkinson Sheep is an exploration of the bizarre and unusual. It is a momentary lapse out of the vacuous nature of everyday life. For a brief moment the rules of normality are changed and the encounter becomes an exploration into possibilities and curious anomalies. Gallery 5 DISPACE Josh Daniel, Susan Reddrop, Jonas Ropponen, Roz Yeung, Laura Woodward, Sary Zananiri The six artists in this exhibition respond to the space and each other. Works will be created and installed one at a time with the intention of altering the audience and artists' interactions with the space during the exhibition period. More Information...	image: Penelope Trotter
	10 NOVEMBER - 17 DECEMBER Opening 6-8pm Thursday 9 November Gallery 1 STILL/MOVING Yvette Coppersmith, Jacqui Stockdale An installation comprising 'stills' such as portrait paintings and photographs alongside a 'tableau vivant - a living painting, of an artist's studio, with an artist and model working in the space. Bringing the studio to the gallery alludes to the theatrical element in painting that takes place behind the scenes and allows the method of production to the presented as an artwork in itself. Gallery 2 UNTITLED Amanda Marburg, Julia Robinson, Felicity Mangan Wall drawing, dance performance and an original score are used to explore the notions of fantasy, the exotic and the relationship between all three disciplines. The work also considers landscape painting and its use in history as a projection of an ideal. Gallery 3 FELT IS THE PAST TENSE OF FEEL Catherine Bell This video performance investigates the ways in which experience, subjectivity, liminality and the performance process coincide. The violent sucking of 40 squid to relinquish the hidden ink, then spitting that ink onto the felt covered business suit owned by the artist's dead father, constitutes the act of erasure. The use of the squid's instinctual defence mechanism is a metaphor for escape - a refuge from mortality and the probing gaze of others. Gallery 4 UNTITLED Paul Wrigley Airbrushed wall drawings reference spray can graffiti and advertising illustration. Being both on and in the wall they form a complicity with the space. Gallery 5 MIND YOUR STEP Rebecca Coote A site specific barrier conveys a sense of dislocation and relocation as fragments of kiln-formed glass swing out from the wall and curl around themselves to form a maze of transparency. More Information...	image: Catherine Bell

Linden's 2006 Exhibition Program

4 FEBRUARY - 10 MARCH 2006 LINDEN POSTCARD SHOW

PUBLIC PROGRAMS