New Urban Walkabout Sydney Guides: Jul/Dec 2008
Tuesday 1 July 2008
You can pick them up at most hotel lobbies in Sydney (3 to 5 star hotels), tourist info booths at Circular Quay and Town Hall, The Sydney Visitor's Centre at The Rocks, and all participating stores in each area covered. For more information please call us at 02 9698 4115
Narratives : Installations + Sculptural Based Ceramics in Australia
Thursday 7 August 2008 - Saturday 6 September 2008
Where: Sabbia Gallery
72 Campbell Street, Surry Hills. T: 9281 4717
What: Sabbia Gallery presents the inaugral Ceramics Masters Exhibition - Narratives : Installation + Sculptural Based Ceramics in Australia. This dynamic group exhibition presents new work by Australia's finest contemporary ceramic artists working the fields of installation and sculpture, each exploring themes of domesticity, nature and the object. Featuring the work of Julie Bartholomew, Janet DeBoos, Honor Freeman, Patsy Hely, Ruth McMillan + Angela Valamanesh.
Image: Angela Valamanesh, 'Outside / Inside #A', 2008, handbuilt stoneware, H 55 x W 155 x D 5.5cm (Photo credit: M Kluvanek)
"Small Things" by Katherine Bowman
Tuesday 12 August 2008 - Saturday 6 September 2008
Where: Pablo Fanque
1 Oxford Street, Paddington. T: 9357 4887
What: Small Things is the first exhibition of Katherine Bowman's jewellery.
"Outside, Over There" Solo Exhibition by Beci Orpin (Princess Tina)
Saturday 30 August 2008 - Sunday 14 September 2008
Where: Outre Gallery
13a Burton Street, Darlinghurst. T: 9332 2776
What: Melbourne artist Beci Orpin is the heart and soul of the fashion label Princess Tina. Anthropomorphised mushrooms dance on the backs of unicorns. Cute lil teeth cry. Folk art motifs sprinkle the landscape. Foxes roam at night. And decoration rules the school.
Her new exhibition at Outre Gallery is a spin with lots of deliciously homely themes with a twist. Its cosy but also spiked with darkness and nightmares. The unexpected mixed with fairytales.
"Coast-Garde" 08
Thursday 4 September 2008 - Saturday 27 September 2008
Where: Metalab
10B Fitzroy Place, Surry Hills. T: 8354 1398
What: Following the runaway success of their first Australian show at Metalab in 2007, Jason Tweedie, Rhys Hall and Jamie Fergus of the Coast-garde collective return to Sydney in September 2008 to present their latest works, highlighting the diverse and exciting approaches they bring to the ancient art of stone-working.
"Meeting with Japan"
Wednesday 29 October 2008 - Wednesday 26 November 2008
Where: Planet Commonwealth
114 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills. T: 9211 5959
What: Japan is many different things to different people. Meeting with Japan is a collection of images from Ernest Fratczak's recent sojourn to Japan, capturing his journey through the diversity and complexity of Japanese culture. His photographs appeal to a wide audience, through striking compositions of people and place.
Fratczak captures the diverse essence of Japan today, a culture rich in tradition, modernised through contemporary architecture and consumerism. His photographs juxtapose contemporary streetscapes, architecture and consumer culture with traditional Japan.
