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Firstdraft Gallery

September 20th, 2010 by Owen Craven | 1 Comment | Filed in exhibition
Jai McKenzie, Superstructure, 2010 (detail)

Jai McKenzie, Superstructure, 2010 (detail)

Firstdraft – one of Sydney’s many successful artist-run, not for profit, gallery spaces – is currently divided into four gallery spaces. On exhibition are Barbara Knezevic, Kirra Jamison, Giselle Stanborough and Jai McKenzie.

Each artist is using their space independently of one another and the result is four wonderful exhibitions of varying mediums.

In gallery four is Jai McKenize, an artist whose practice engages with light, space and time. Interested in contemporary experiences of technology, her work explores this experiential theme in a variety of media – from installations and sculptures, to film and photographs. The work in this exhibition, Superstructure, further explores these notions by looking at specific mid-twentieth century architectural concepts.

As McKenzie explains in her artist statement, “Buckminster Fuller and Superstudio proposed the unrealized construction of large circumscribing forms intended to encase or disrupt urban spaces to enable holistic systems for living, connection, and growth”. Superstructure is a site specific installation which borrows from and refers to this notion through its form, while at the same time, conceptually, it asks the viewers to consider the role of space, time and technologies in our contemporary social organisation.

Super structure is on exhibition alongside In pursuit of a state of uncertainty (Knezevic), Surrender Star (Jamison), and Space Exploration (Stanborough).

Until Sunday 26 September 2010. 116-118 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW.

Artist talks will take place on Sunday 26 September from 4pm.

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NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize

September 1st, 2010 by Owen Craven | 1 Comment | Filed in exhibition
Adam Craven, 'Moonrise, Smiths Lake', 2010, photographic print

Adam Craven, 'Moonrise, Smiths Lake', 2010, photographic print

This year sees the inaugural NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize. With its theme asking artists to explore New South Wales landscape in focus, the prize was established to compliment the three year old NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Painting Prize.

Chair of the Community Relations Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian, saw the competition as an opportunity to explore not only the physical landscape of the state but also the socio-cultural environment – “The history of the modern development of rural New South Wales is the history of settlement by people of all backgrounds including the Chinese, Italians, Greeks, Germans, Lebanese and Sikhs who are all well known for their contribution to agriculture and rural life in New South Wales.”

The first, second and third prize winning photographs will be acquired by the Parliament and will form the basis of an ongoing photographic collection, depicting aspects of New South Wales life.

This year’s finalists include: William Yang, Warren Hinder, Rahul Goel, Sylvia Balog, Peter Elliston, Peter Solness, Gordon Undy, Simon Bullard, David Helsham, Louise Whelan, Andrew Quilty, Christian Fletcher, George Tsoutas, Ben Rak, Marcus Stimson, Adam Craven, Kylie Bishop, Rene Vogelzang, Russell Bray, Kajo Merker, Victoria Monk, Jan Newby, Ian Waldie, Ingrid Morley, Jeff Stockton, Jade Cantwell, Neil Duncan, Jeremy Turner, Daniel Irvine, Thomas Rayner, Gary Poulton, Nick Bowers, and Dean Sewell.

The exhibition, at New South Wales Parliament House runs until 23 September with the winners being announced at a gala event on 9 September.

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