BUSTING OUT: Masters of Their Domain

BUSTING OUT: Masters of their own domain

Lust, greed, and the futility of men's and women's search for reality are just some of the themes that punctuate this exciting new show at Gallery at Wentworth, featuring a range of students and graduates from the College of Fine Art's Masters of Art program. Handpicked for their unique flair and talent, this show is an eclectic expose of new works by Tony Curran, Carla Hananiah, Gavin Cawthorn, Sophie P.d'Abrigeon, Anne Barrett, Stephen Yates and Anastasia Taylor.

Tony Curran's research into visual perception is expressed via colourful, interactive, and experimental neo-paintings which have been featured in exhibitions locally, interstate and internationally. www.tonycurran.blogspot.com.

Carla Hananiah's paintings involve an indepth study of contemporary imaging of landscapes and how memory can both form and deform artistic expression. www.carlahananiah.com

Gavin Cawthorn's paintings subtly discuss the inevitability of decay in photorealistic paintings of wealth symbols which become carefully curated still life works. He has exhibitted in numerous shows in regional and urban NSW. www.gavincawthorn.com

Stephen Yates' paintings depict the exotic. Travelling around the world Stephen has researched this subject in Laos, Cambodia and the reef fringed northern islands of New Guinea. As an outsider Stephen uses a hightened sense of awareness and understanding to dive into different cultures to give to us his anthropological representations. By day Stephen is an art teacher in the Sydney suburbs.

Sophie P.d'Abrigeon investigates the voyeur, and the power imbalance between subject and object in gender relationships. Eerie, political and provocative, Sophie's works stand up for the new taboo of gender discourse, in a world of confusingly altered gender politics.

Anastasia Taylor is an artist who has lived around Europe and the US before settling in Australia, Anastasia's work is a must see for lovers of Art History and inquisitors into national identity. Anastasia combines images from places she has been to express something both personal and universal about her visits/travels.

Anne Barrett works with the macroscopic and microscopic together to bring about a cosmos of waves and particles suspended in a state of constant flux, governed by forces of chaos and order. Anne's research explores the nexus of art, science and technology, using oil paint on smooth synthetic canvas. Her practice mirrors her concept by utilising techniques of chance and control within the painting process and by mimicking contemporary imaging techniques and the surface aesthetic of the electronic screen.

This show opens on January 14 at Gallery at Wentworth – 17 Bligh St, Sydney and will continue until January 20. Celebrations for the opening night commence at 5:30pm until 8pm January 14.

SONYA GEE interview on Kluster

The girl who keeps on giving, Sonya Gee can be studied in depth via a thorough interview conducted by Kluster. Sonya is a unique artist/writer who persistently reminds her audience to FUN.

Check out the interview by clicking here.

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Group show featuring REALPERSPECTIVE artist and curator Tony Curran.

NUDZEJMA AVDIC and JASON MCDERMOTT

This series of three photographs explores the discrepancies between unaltered photographic images, and superimposed digital manipulation. Nudzejma defines traits of both, and merges their similarities into ambiguity.





Jason McDermott is a PhD student of Architecture at UTS. His research is in Informal Dialogue, which is about how architectural space communicates with it's surrounding environments and occupants. On December 10 Jason unveilled his latest work which is a computer program designed in Max MSP which projects a digital canvas onto the wall of TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst for the exhibition REAL PERSPECTIVE. Viewers are able to use a virtual paint applicator in the form of a wii controller.

Jason's vision for his work is to allow artists to explore a digital medium beyond the desk-top studio that the digital revolution perpetuates. How this plays into architecture is that anyone can become the artist, occupant, and architect by wielding dominion of the visual environment.

SONYA GEE AND ANDREW HAINING

Each week for just over a year, Sonya Gee has been packing tiny presents into matchboxes and strategically abandoning them all over the city, as small presents for strangers. From baby babushka dolls, miniature harmonicas and thumb-sized bowling sets, this work is a visual summary of gifts left and of its cult blog.

Sonya is a writer, multimedia journalist and local historian interested in documenting things that get lost in the crowd.







ANDREW HAINING creates a kaleidescope of video. Through his work an infinity of space is bent and reflected for the viewer so that the two-dimensional medium of video can be viewed from infinite points at once.

JD REFORMA and ANNE-LOUISE DADAK

J D REFORMA

Every Day Is My Birthday: 365 Packagings

Shrink wrapping everyday/junk objects to investigate the fetish nature of our relationship to consumer detritus.

JD has just completed his studies at the College of Fine Arts, in sculpture.

ANNE-LOUISE DADAK – Fine Arts

Anne-Louise's drawings evolve as an an emotive recollection of time, place and people - recording and processing thoughts and memories. Deeply personal her work is gestural, raw and sometimes somewhat unresolved.

Anne-Louise has completed her Bachelors in Design.

JACOB BURGE and SAM BRYANT

Jacob Burge’s recent body of work “As snowstorms of ash fall on Sunken Cities …” combines the techniques and materials of street art with an expressive approach to depict post-apocalyptic visions of a submerged metropolis.

Using the built environment as a metaphor for the current climate of fear and anxiety, (whether that be the war on terror, global climate change, or the worsening economic crisis) the paintings themselves have a shimmering and ethereal effect that belies their grave subject matter.

Jacob is current undertaking his Master of Art at the College of Fine Art Sydney.

Sam Bryant – Commercial Film Director

While Baz Luhrmann's latest film Australia was highly anticipated, this work certainly was not. Sam Bryant has cheekily renovated a life-sized equine, a left over prop from the epic production. The police have already been called by suspicious neighbours in the construction of this piece, concerned for the wellbeing of the animal imposter.

Sam Bryant is a commercial film director, who has just finished production for Josh Pyke's latest video clip 'Make you Happy'.

HAPPY GOBLIN BEER SPONSORS

Ok so Real Perspective now has an alcohol sponsor for the opening night. They are Happy Goblin and you can check them out at www.happygoblin.com.au

Come to TAP on the 10th of December to try their brew!