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Jess Johnson's work reflects ideologies of technol

Jess Johnson's work reflects ideologies of technology and flesh, both ancient and futuristic. Extending into installation, video, VR, and fashion, her fictional world is initially developed by hand through her drawings.

Her complex drawings combine references to classical mythology and cult science-fiction with her personal troupe of humanoid characters into portal-portraits of another world.

@darrenknightgallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney) returns to Melbourne Art Fair 2024, presenting works by Jess Johnson and Ronnie van Hout. The Fair takes place at the bookend of the Victorian summer from 22 - 25 February at @mcec. Tickets are available at the link in bio 🔗

Pictured: Jess Johnson, In the Face of Annihilation, 2023, pen, fibre tipped markers, acrylic paint, and gouache on paper, 76 x 56cm (paper size), 82.6 x 62.2cm (framed).

#art #contemporaryart #jessjohnson #darrenknightgallery #melbourneartfair #maf24 @flesh_dozer

Curating a solo presentation of new works by Argen

Curating a solo presentation of new works by Argentinian artist, Ariel Hassan, MAF welcomes @gagprojects to the Fair in 2024.

The exhibition's title, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, is taken from chapter 37 of the 道德經 Daodejing by 老子 Laozi. The sentence can also be found on one of the assemblages compiled from fragments, scales, shards or puzzle pieces, which hold the planet together as tectonic plates, and eventually shatter it.

Along with the fragment text panels, @hassan_hassan_raw will show work from his 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 (eating humans) series. A current and ongoing series of detailed, often large and almost monochromatic paintings, 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 references the 'Manifesto Antropófago' published in 1928 by writer Oswald de Andrade, a key figure of Latin-American Modernism. “Tupi, or not to Tupi: That is the question“ – is the second sentence of the manifesto. Andrade offers Shakespeare up to the ritual cannibalism of the native tribe of the Tupi. Through the works, remnants of postcolonial, post-digital and post-discoursive worlds collide and produce a new visual universe.

Image: Ariel Hassan, 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕5 [𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯], 2018, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150cm.

#art #contemporaryart #gagprojects #arielhassan #MAF24 #melbourneartfair

Until recently, Matilda Davis has created painting

Until recently, Matilda Davis has created paintings at an intimate and small scale. Her exhibition at Melbourne Art Fair in 2024, presented by @futures_gallery will be her first solo show of large paintings.

Providing immersive encounters, @tildy_davis' paintings are personal constructions, imbued with peculiar characters, lush darkness and latent narrative. Extending from the magical realism genre, complex psychological landscapes composed of particular lexicons come together with forms of molten fluidity.

A curated selection of Davis' works will be available to purchase at Melbourne Art Fair in February 2024. Tickets available at the link in bio 🔗

Image: Matilda Davis, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 2023, oil on canvas and board, velvet trim, 180 x 120cm.
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#art #contemporaryart #matildadavis #futures #melbourneartfair #maf24

@nicholasthompsongallery returns to Melbourne Art

@nicholasthompsongallery returns to Melbourne Art Fair in 2024 with a solo presentation of works by painter and sculptor, James Drinkwater.

@drink_water_james's work has been included in exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in Berlin, Leipzig and London. He has been awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2014), the John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize (2002) and has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize, Sulman Prize, John Glover Art Prize, Paddington Art Prize, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Dobell Drawing Prize and the Salon de Refuses.

Melbourne Art Fair takes place from 22 - 25 February 2024. Tickets are available at the link in bio🔗

Image: James Drinkwater, 𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 2023, oil on linen, 70.2 x 122cm.

#art #contemporaryart #nicholasthompsongallery #jamesdrinkwater #maf24 #melbourneartfair

One of Australia's most innovative contemporary ar

One of Australia's most innovative contemporary artists, Tiger Yaltangki is renowned for his intersectional practice which merges inherited Aṉangu cultural knowledge with pop culture iconography.

Yaltangki’s bold, bright and often wild canvases are immediately striking - a compelling blend of the artist’s depiction of the Aṉangu concept of Mamu (spirit beings), and his enthusiasm for rock and roll music including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Credence Clearwater Revival, and science fiction television, including Doctor Who and The Mighty Boosh.

@alcaston_gallery returns to Melbourne Art Fair in 2024 to present new works by Yaltangki and Sally Gabori. The artists' works will be available to purchase at the Fair from 22 - 25 February at @mcec. Tickets available via the link in bio 🔗

Image: Tiger Yaltangki, ACDC, 2021 (AK23221), synthetic polymer paint on digital print and paper, 122 x 76cm. © The Artist, Iwantja Arts, South Australia and Alcaston Gallery.

#art #contemporaryart #alcastongallery #melbourneartfair #maf24

Sean Hogan's artistic practice spans painting, pri

Sean Hogan's artistic practice spans painting, print and sculpture. He creates system-based works by developing sets of rules that utilise formal aesthetics - geometry, colour theory, proportion, material - to reciprocate algorithmic thinking. As a result, Hogan's work highlights ideas relating to human engagement with both tangible & digital spaces.

In 2024, @jacobhoernergalleries will present works by @sphogan at Melbourne Art Fair, Australasia’s progressive forum for contemporary art and ideas. Jacob Hoerner Galleries is currently exhibiting works from Hogan's 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 series until 25 November 2023.

Image: Sean Hogan, 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 21 (detail), 2023, block ink & graphite on cradled wood board 40 x 30cm.

#art #contemporaryart #seanhogan #jacobhoernergallery #melbourneartfair #maf24

Following Wanapati Yunupiŋu’s sellout exhibitio

Following Wanapati Yunupiŋu’s sellout exhibition in 2022, the artist is set to return to the Fair next February with a solo show presented by @tolarno in partnership with @bukuartnow

Through his artistic practice, Yunupiŋu has quickly forged his own style, etching his sacred Gumatj clan designs and narratives into the face of discarded street signs and twisted metal and aluminium surfaces that litter the landscape. As he pushes into new art territory, dreaming of creating large-scale works, he continues to explore his vision that Australian art is ‘one landscape’ – at once contemporary and Indigenous

Yunupiŋu is a Yolŋu artist who lives in the remote Gumatj homeland of Biranybirany, North East Arnhemland in the Northern Territory.

Discover more unmissable solo shows at Melbourne Art Fair via the link in bio🔗

Images:
1. Portrait of Wanapati Yunupiŋu, 2023, photograpahed by Dave WIckens.
2. Wanapati Yunupiŋu, 𝘎𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘫 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭, 2023, mixed media, 91 x 60.5 cm.

#contemporaryart #art #maf24 #wanapatiyunupinu #tolarno #bukularrngaymulka

Tia Ansell’s intricately patterned weaving-paint

Tia Ansell’s intricately patterned weaving-paintings reference the grids and geometries in our urban landscapes. Through an idiosyncratic coding system, @tia.ansell translates the gridation and light patterns of her everyday surroundings into cotton, silk and bamboo weaves produced on her shuttle loom. The constraints of the weave regulate the design possibilities and organise space. Influenced by the art movements of Constructivism and Bauhaus, her practice is interested in the geometries of mass production afforded by industrialisation.

@longallery (Naarm/Melbourne) will present a solo show of new works by Ansell at the Fair this summer. Secure your pass and discover the woven textural quality of Ansell’s practice in-person.

Tickets at the link in bio🔗

Image: Tia Ansell, 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘐, 2023, Acrylic on handmade weaving in powder coated frame, 160 x 130 x 6cm,

#art #contemoporaryart #tiaansell #longallery #melbourneartfair #maf24