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Casting the Shadow of an Ant
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This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
This artwork shows a wooden type sculpture depicting an ant. A blue spotlight on the ant is casting a shadow on a floor.
This work is the result of a series of interviews with committee members of 69 Smith Street Gallery, an artist-run gallery that operated in Collingwood between 1998 and 2016. These interviews taken between 2010 and 2011 feature artists who went on to form the creative group known as the 69 Collective.
This work was part of The Line exhibition at Collingwood Gallery in 2018. The brief given to participating artists was to present works using the theme of the horizontal line. The artworks, in a range of mediums, were hung with a consistent line travelling through each piece around the perimeter of the gallery space. The line in each work, inferred or explicit, were carefully placed together to make this cohesive whole.
oral history, video, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, merle parker, julian di martino, marianne little, 69 collective, jenny gibson, art, video art
Video of shadows taken in afternoon light.
Green wall that has apparently been used as a urinal.
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Acrylic on canvas. Stylistic depiction of mountains in blue tones, set under a golden sky.
amy mills, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, painting, www.amymills.com.au
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Oil on cotton fabric. Image of two young boys standing beside each other looking out to sea. They are painted against a background of blue-green water and a clear blue sky. The pattern on the sand is repeated in the boys' swimming costumes. One of the boys has his head turned away from the water.
leah mariani, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, painting, www.leahmariani.com
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Acrylic painting. Abstract image comprising twelve canvases. Colour scheme includes yellow, brown, aqua and green.
julie harmsworth, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, painting, abstract art, abstract painting, www.incarastudio.com.au
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Painted using acrylics, ink and charcoal on canvas. This abstract image features what looks like two figures merged into one against a red background with sprays of black paint.
liza posar, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, painting, graffiti
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Digital print. Series of panels featuring text. The text is printed over the image of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.
theo den brinker, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, painting, sculpture
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Colour digital print of a dead mouse. Image is a cropped detail of the animal's hind legs and tail.
aneta bozic, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, photography, colour photography, animal photography, death in art, www.anetabozic.com
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Image of two birds sitting on a tree branch with flowers. The background is light blue, the branch is dark blue and the birds and flowers are made from cut-out pieces of metal.
e justine cromb, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, mixed media, birdlife in art, melbourne art galleries
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Bronze sculpture on a polished granite circular base. Female subject is wearing a long flowing dress
clodagh holahan, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run space, artist-run initiative, sculpture, melbourne galleries, clodagh-holahan.com
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Oil painting and gold leaf on a birch panel
nikki d'emden, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, painting, artist-run space, melbourne art galleries, nikkidemden.com
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Textual rendering of artist's decision not to provide an image for 69 Smith Street Gallery's anniversary publication.
julian di martino, 69 smith street, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, art gallery, biro, paper, melbourne art galleries, conceptual art
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Blurred vision of a tree against brown landscape and blue/grey sky.
jenny gibson, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, photography, landscape, melbourne art galleries, colour photography, digital photography
This artwork is part of 69Fifteen, the book published in 2013 celebrating 69 Smith Street Gallery’s 15th year in operation as an artist-run space.
Colourful painting of chromosome figures playing on a beach.
merle parker, 69 smith street gallery, artist-run initiative, artist-run space, painting, chromosome, melbourne galleries
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