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HONOR FREEMAN > Ebb
11 June > 4 September 2022
Ebb explores the metaphoric qualities of water. The exhibition will feature a
bathtub, complete with Freeman’s signature soaps, alongside contemporary lachrymal vessels used to collect tears, porcelain rain gauges and
buckets.
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KATE BEYNON > THE SHAPESHIFTER’S HOUR
11 June > 4 September 2022
The Shapeshifter’s Hour explores supernatural themes, guardian figures and magical creatures. The imagery and characters in
Beynon’s new body of work expand her interest in cross-cultural stories and mythologies.
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LOUISA BUFARDECI > FIGURING
11 June > 4 September 2022
Figuring features over one hundred string figures made of face-mask elastic, pinned across the walls of three galleries.
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JANE BURTON > Kingdom of Pleasure
4 August > 4 September 2022
Linden New Art is proud to present Kingdom of Pleasure, an exhibition by local artist Jane Burton. In Kingdom of Pleasure,
Burton expands upon her ongoing exploration of memory, desire and mortality with a new suite of dream-like photographs offering a darkly
ambiguous, enigmatic, and provocative take on Luna Park.
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Past exhibitions
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MORGANNA MAGEE > Distant Shores
9 June > 31 July 2022
Developed in collaboration with members from the local community, Distant Shores combines documentary photography, family photos
and written testimony to tell the story of the migrant experience through themes of cultural connection, memory, longing and loss.
Curated by Anna Monea.
LUCILLE MARTIN > RIGHT FIRE
21 April > 29 May 2022
In 2018-21, Martin was invited to observe fire initiatives that focus on the revival of 'Good fire' practice on Gumea Dharawal Country, as
Artist in Residence at Bundanon Trust, NSW. RIGHT FIRE evolved over several days spent with Elders and Indigenous Fire
practitioners photographing cultural burn practice to emphasise the significance of learning about Indigenous Fire knowledge.
Ilan El > Colours of Light
12 March > 05 June 2022
This exhibition will showcase a selection of work by St Kilda-based designer and artist Ilan El. Using glass and lighting design, El will explore the transformative beauty of colour and its relationship to light.
Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman > Yal
12 March > 5 June 2022
This exhibition presents a selection of photographic work and large painted shields created with members of the artist's Yuri tribe of
Simbu Province, and his diasporic family in the Waghi Valley of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Cyrus Tang > TIME FELL ASLEEP IN THE EVENING RAIN
12 March > 5 June 2022
Cyrus Tang will present a series of photographic works and light boxes that explore time and memory.
Jarrad Martyn > Relics
10 March > 10 April 2022
Relics explores the evolution of collective memory and the function of public monuments in modern society.
Ellis Moseley > The Work Is Not The Work
3 February > 6 March 2022
The Work is not the Work is an experimental exhibition featuring six exquisitely formed ceramic vessels. The exhibition is
part of Moseley’s research that tests the limits of what an artwork can be. These works pose the question as to whether an artist can claim
someone else’s consciousness as their own artwork.
Confined
9 December 2021 > 30 January 2022
This group show, curated by Alojz Babic, explores the lockdown experience through the work of three artists working with textiles. The works
explore the physical and psychological impacts of being confined. Babic has focussed on textiles as they evoke deep rooted associations with
domesticity and intimacy.
Anna Hoyle
Your choc-mint pelvik floor is so boring
3 December 2021 > 27 February 2022
This exhibition is a collection of recent works on paper that reflect Hoyle’s longstanding interest in words and phrases inspired by
self–help trends, advertising and consumer culture.
Linden Postcard Show 2021-22
3 December 2021 > 27 February 2022
The iconic Linden Postcard Show will return for its 31st year.
Carolyn Menzies
Of Slender Means
29 July 2021 > 14 November 2021
Carolyn Menzies will present a series of sculptural works and charcoal drawings that explore materiality and the intersection of art and
craft. Menzies’ sculptures are made from steel wool and steel mesh. Steel is a hallmark of modern sculptural practice, however Menzies’ use
of the material gently subverts this legacy as the wool and mesh are unashamedly domestic.
Design Fringe > Designers on your Doorstep
Melbourne Fringe’s iconic, avant-garde furniture exhibition celebrates its 35th year and a new name. Evolving from Fringe Furniture to Design Fringe, it will include an expanded series of virtual projects, design workshops and talks celebrating Melbourne’s extraordinary independent and emerging designers and the ground-breaking works they produce.
Anna Révész
Architecture of Memory
13 May 2021 > 18 July 2021
Anna Révész is an emerging, Adelaide-based artist whose practice encompasses drawing, painting and sculpture, with a particular interest
in photography. Révész uses both digital and analogue photography to explore ideas relating to memory, such as how memories are created,
sustained or reconstructed.
Ruth Höflich
To Feed your Oracle
22 May 2021 > 14 November 2021
Ruth Höflich is an artist and filmmaker, born in Munich, Germany, and currently based in Melbourne. In an installation of video, photography
and site intervention, To Feed Your Oracle will explore how we might understand, or predict, things that we can’t see and how our
expectations might affect how we experience the unknown.
Natasha Bieniek
Halcyon
22 May 2021 > 22 August 2021
Natasha Bieniek is best-known for her miniature oil paintings. Bieniek’s paintings are meticulous in their execution and demand close
inspection. They link the ancient tradition of 16th century miniature painting with present-day image culture.
This exhibition brings together a suit of recent works that have not been seen together before, including Bieniek’s stand out painting, Biophilia,
which was the winner of the Wynne Prize in 2015.
Vipoo Srivilasa
Wellness Deity
22 May 2021 > 14 November 2021
Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born Melbourne-based artist, curator and arts activist. This exhibition will present the Wellness Deity
Project, which Srivilasa undertook in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaborative, community-driven project invited people to
submit a drawing of their Wellness Deity, a being that has a special empowering or protective power.
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