Virtual Opening
On Friday 21 May 2021, from 6 pm
VIPOO SRIVILASA > WELLNESS DEITY
RUTH HÖFLICH > TO FEED YOUR ORACLE
NATASHA BIENIEK > HALCYON
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EXHIBITION CONTINUES until Sunday 22 August 2021
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Vipoo Srivilasa
Wellness Deity
22 May 2021 > 22 August 2021
Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born Melbourne-based artist, curator and arts activist. Srivilasa works predominantly in porcelain and inter-disciplinary, creating works on paper, mixed media and bronze sculpture, and large-scale public art. Srivilasa’s playful blend of 19th century European figurines and Asian decorative art practices often explores contemporary cross-cultural and migration experiences.
This exhibition will present the Wellness Deity Project, which Srivilasa undertook in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaborative, community-driven project encouraged people to reflect on their experience of the pandemic. The artist invited people to submit a drawing of their Wellness Deity, a being that has a special empowering or protective power. Srivilasa selected 19 of these drawings to inspire a series of ceramic sculptures. Each deity has its own unique characteristics based on the personal stories submitted. Each work is also accompanied by a piece of commissioned creative writing.
To Feed your Oracle
Join the Virtual Opening Friday 21 May, from 6 pm
Ruth Höflich is an artist and filmmaker, born in Munich, Germany, and currently based in Melbourne. Often beginning with photography, her multidisciplinary practice examines the process of image-making, which she sees as an imprint of the daily flow of energy and information.
In 2019, Höflich was awarded the Georges Mora Fellowship. As part of the Fellowship, she developed a new body of work relating to the concept of magic, drawing inspiration from the Conjuring Collection at the State Library of Victoria.
Natasha Bieniek
22 May 2021 > 22 August 2021
Join the Virtual Opening Friday 21 May, from 6 pm
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 suite 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.
