QUE DES FEMMES/ONLY WOMEN - satellite exhibitions at Factory 49, Sydney and RNOA, Mt. Tomah - November 2021

'Que des Femmes/Only Women' was the premise of the 6th Biennale Internationale d'art Non Objectif held at de la Ville de Pont de Claix, curated by Roland Orepuk.  12 satellite exhibitions were held internationally showing the work of hundreds of women working within the Non-Objective genre.

I was involved in 2 of the satellite exhibitions in Australia, one at Factory 49 in Sydney curated by Anya Pesce and Lisa Pang; the other at RNOA in Mt.Tomah curated by Sarah Keighery.

Factory 49

Factory 49

RNOA Mt.Tomah

'An Artist Is Somebody Who Makes Things That People Don't Need-Andy Warhol', oil on canvas on board, 51cm x 51cm, 2018

'Art Is Theft-Picasso', oil on canvas on board, 26cm x 26cm, 2018

GROUP SCULPTURE - Factory 49, 49 Shepherd St, Marrickville - 12 May to 5 June 2021

Group Sculpture was an exhibition of works by 4 artists at Factory 49 in Sydney. The artists involved were Karen Benton, Mel Clyne, David Helmers and myself. I created a painted cube work. It was constructed from 12 painted rectangular cardboard boxes that were arranged to create a cube with a void in the centre, tied together with yarn. The work measured 88cm x 88cm x 88cm.

 Photo credit: Aster Haskas

Kate Mackay (foreground) Karen Benton  (wall on left)
 Mel Clyne (wall on right) David Helmers (floor on plinths)

Photo credit: Aster Haskas

COVIMETRY - XXI Gallery, Warsaw, Poland - April 2021

COVIMETRY is an exhibition organised by Mark Starel, the creator of Discursive Geometry.  The exhibition has 3 editions, both actual and virtual.

Discursive Geometry is a trend in contemporary geometric art, the feature of which is the ability to enter into discourses other than its own.

From the Covimetry Art Project Introduction:

"The name COVIMETRY comes from the combination of two words: COVID (Corona Virus Desease) and GEOMETRY (any trend in geometric art: constructivist, hard edge, minimal art, op-art, concrete art, non-objective art, discursive geometry and others).

About 300 artists from over 40 countries in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia take part in the project. The number of participants and countries continues to grow.

The starting theme of all the work is an anti-virus mask template. The presented works have been realized in various techniques and technologies, such as: drawing, painting, graphics, collage, object, photography, mix media, computer animation, video."

My contribution made use of a quote from Laurie Anderson "Language Is a Virus".

"Laurie Anderson: Language Is A Virus", gouache on paper, 2021

The exhibition was held at the XXI Gallery, Warsaw, Poland at the end of April 2021, the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, USA (online) and the BWA Gallery, Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland.  

The work of all the participants are available to be viewed on the COVIMETRY WEBSITE.