BLINDSIDE

Currently showing at BLINDSIDE G2 ✨

Time of the Signs - Tai Snaith & Matilda Davis &
3–27 Jul 2024

Time of the Signs sees mid-career Melbourne artists Tai Snaith and Matilda Davis come together to create a veritable visual compost of the layers of one’s psyche in symbols - melting them down with metabolic ingenuity in a big pot of brand loyalty well past its use-by date. Both artists working in parallel with clay, found objects and oil painting to create a dense and visually arresting collection of new work celebrating the intersection of Semiotics, Surrealism and Illustration.

Davis and Snaith present a dense and visually arresting collection of new work celebrating the intersection of Semiotics, Surrealism and Illustration. Symbols and signs come together through two artists’ hands to create a grand, strange narrative.

Taking their cues from nature, culture and science; the ‘wood wide web‘, astrophysics, psychoanalysis and a long history of other artists and scientists’ valiant attempts at dissolving the structures of the self. With visual references that range from nature’s timeless icons such as seashells and expressions of Fibonacci spirals to old English and pagan cultural references like the The Green Man and iron keys and more recent symbols of western mythologies like the Loch Ness monster and the wicked stepmother.

[Images: Tai Snaith & Matilda Davis, Time of the Signs, 2024. Installation view, BLINDSIDE. Photography by Sebastian Kainey .]

Continuing this week at BLINDSIDE G1 ✨

Everything is sacred - Amelia Skelton
3–27 Jul 2024

Everything is Sacred is a site-specific installation that uses methodologies of sorting and archiving as a means to meditate on the poetics of old, thrown away, unused and unloved textiles. Through engaging in a slow and considered process of cataloguing her substantial collection of textiles, the artist explores alternative ways of engaging with material culture.

Textiles are complex, poetic and contradictory, with the capacity to be and do multiple things at once. They are embedded with a rich history, have diverse utility and signify endlessly. Further, textiles' value is ever-fluctuating, falling victim to unstable social and geopolitical factors, economic conditions, art and craft hierarchies, fast-moving fashion trends and personal taste. In ‘Everything is Sacred’, I aim to focus on textiles' potentiality and poetics, uplifting them from the trash piles they were destined for to posit alternative ways of engaging with them outside of the use, exchange and disposal cycle. ‘Everything is Sacred’ explores these themes through a site-specific installation and the creation of a textile archive. Each item of fabric displayed in the installation has been catalogued by the artist. The fabrics are each given an item number that corresponds with a form which details the fabrics texture, size, colour and origin. The intention of the archive is to emphasise the significance of the exhibited textiles, and in turn, suggest an alternative means of engaging with them, beyond function and decoration.

[Images: Amelia Skelton, Everything is sacred, 2024. Installation views, BLINDSIDE. Photography by Sebastian Kainey ]

We're thrilled to share that Martina Copley our Chair of Artistic Directors is on the curatorial panel for MPavilion Season 11, running from November 2024 to March 2025. 🥂✨

Expressions of interest for MPavilion Season 11 are now open. First program series 'Home Ground’ (28 November - 15 December 2024) will explore what it means to call somewhere - or something - home.

MPavilion invites artists, designers, makers and collaborators to interpret Tadao Ando’s MPavilion inside and out in new ways and dream up extraordinary experiences that wouldn’t happen otherwise.

Applications for Home Ground close 5pm, 23 July 2024. Learn more and apply through link on profile. 💥

Image credits: Michael Pham & Peter Bennetts

🌟 THANK YOU! 🌟

We are thrilled to announce that we raised an incredible $17,000 for the BLINDSIDE fundraiser!

A special shoutout goes to our ongoing supporters at the Patagorang Foundation for their generous donation of $15,000. Your enduring support means the world to us.

On behalf of the entire BLINDSIDE community, from board to staff, artists to visitors, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Patagorang Foundation and everyone else who donated. With your help, we can continue to pay artists, support emerging talent, and engage in the critical discussions that shape our future. 💫

Opening this week at BLINDSIDE G2 ✨

Time of the Signs - Tai Snaith & Matilda Davis &
3–27 Jul 2024, Opening event 6pm–8pm 🥂

Time of the Signs sees mid-career Melbourne artists Tai Snaith and Matilda Davis come together to create a veritable visual compost of the layers of one’s psyche in symbols - melting them down with metabolic ingenuity in a big pot of brand loyalty well past its use-by date. Both artists working in parallel with clay, found objects and oil painting to create a dense and visually arresting collection of new work celebrating the intersection of Semiotics, Surrealism and Illustration.

Davis and Snaith present a dense and visually arresting collection of new work celebrating the intersection of Semiotics, Surrealism and Illustration. Symbols and signs come together through two artists’ hands to create a grand, strange narrative.

Taking their cues from nature, culture and science; the ‘wood wide web‘, astrophysics, psychoanalysis and a long history of other artists and scientists’ valiant attempts at dissolving the structures of the self. With visual references that range from nature’s timeless icons such as seashells and expressions of Fibonacci spirals to old English and pagan cultural references like the The Green Man and iron keys and more recent symbols of western mythologies like the Loch Ness monster and the wicked stepmother.

[Image 1: Tai Snaith, Samos poem of stones and signs, 2023. Porcelain, pebbles, fragments of tile, 11 x 31 x 7cm. Photograph Matthew Stanton. Courtesy the artist. Image 2: Matilda Davis, Self Portrait, 2022. Oil on linen on pine board, cotton pleated trim, 30 x 40cm. Courtesy the artist and Futures Gallery. Image 3: Tai Snaith + Matilda Davis, 2024. Courtesy the artists.]

Opening this week at BLINDSIDE G1 ✨

Everything is sacred - Amelia Skelton
3–27 Jul 2024, Opening event 3 Jul 2024, 6pm–8pm 🥂

Everything is Sacred is a site-specific installation that uses methodologies of sorting and archiving as a means to meditate on the poetics of old, thrown away, unused and unloved textiles. Through engaging in a slow and considered process of cataloguing her substantial collection of textiles, the artist explores alternative ways of engaging with material culture.

Textiles are complex, poetic and contradictory, with the capacity to be and do multiple things at once. They are embedded with a rich history, have diverse utility and signify endlessly. Further, textiles' value is ever-fluctuating, falling victim to unstable social and geopolitical factors, economic conditions, art and craft hierarchies, fast-moving fashion trends and personal taste. In ‘Everything is Sacred’, I aim to focus on textiles' potentiality and poetics, uplifting them from the trash piles they were destined for to posit alternative ways of engaging with them outside of the use, exchange and disposal cycle. ‘Everything is Sacred’ explores these themes through a site-specific installation and the creation of a textile archive. Each item of fabric displayed in the installation has been catalogued by the artist. The fabrics are each given an item number that corresponds with a form which details the fabrics texture, size, colour and origin. The intention of the archive is to emphasise the significance of the exhibited textiles, and in turn, suggest an alternative means of engaging with them, beyond function and decoration.

[Image 1: Amelia Skelton, Assembled Textile Variation 2, 2022. National Art School Drawing Gallery, Photography: Robin Hearfield. Image 2: Amelia Skelton, Assembled Textiles Variation 3, steel, paint, found textiles. Photograph Peter Morgan. Image 3: Amelia Skelton, Some things last a long time, 2023. Installation view, NASHA Gallery, Photograph Document Photography. Image 4: Amelia Skelton, This One Goes Out to the One(S) I Love, 2021. Installation view, First Draft Gallery, Photgraph Jessica Maurer.]

It's the final day to donate to BLINDSIDE's annual fundraising campaign! Closes at midnight tonight! 🌙

We're aiming to reach our goal of $20k, with a stretch target of $25k. As we celebrate BLINDSIDE's 20th anniversary, your support is more crucial than ever. For two decades, we've been a cornerstone in the arts community, uplifting emerging and early-career artists.

Help us continue fostering creativity and critical dialogue for another 20 years. Every donation counts, and all contributions over $2 are 100% tax deductible through the Australian Cultural Fund.

Make your tax-deductible donation today via the link in our bio. Let's hit our target together! 💪❤️

We’re in the final 48 hours to hit our $20k goal for BLINDSIDE’s 20th anniversary! 🚀 With your help, we’re already over 80% there. Let’s push through these last two days and ensure BLINDSIDE continues to thrive and inspire for another decade.

Join us in celebrating two decades of fostering creativity and supporting emerging artists. Your contribution today makes all the difference. Together, we can keep this incredible community alive and vibrant!

⏳ Donations close Sunday, June 30 at midnight! ⏳

👉 Donate now through the link in our bio!

✨ Now open - ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ - RMITxBLINDSIDE Pathways Exhibition featuring: Yujia (Laura) Ding, Rose John, Angie Shi, Neryhs Wo, Tessa Christie, Ya Juan Long, Jie (Maisie) Yu , Hannah Morel, Niamh Felton, Lala Zarei

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Was there a time you felt belonged?

Where have you been made to feel welcome?

Who do you feel at-home with?

mish-mash (noun):

a confused mixture.

ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ — a collaborative show created in celebration of the confused, unsure and unsteady. Opening with the themes of identity, culture and belonging, this show offers a playful space for audiences and artists alike to interact, explore and contemplate the common experiences of our time. This project embraces various modes of storytelling through a reading room, zine workshop, performance, and other interactive activities. We want to create a ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ experience where together we share moments that are emotive and playful, accessible and experimental. Through a series of reflections and readings, we hope to prioritise joy and connections amongst the chaos and uncertainties in our world.

ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ presents works by Angie Shi, Hannah Morel, Jie Yu, Lala Zarei, Neryhs Wo, Niamh Felton, Rose John, Tessa Christie, Ya Juan Long and Yujia Ding.
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This project is presented by Blindside and RMIT University as part of Pathways – an artist-led program for the RMIT School of Arts Masters program, including Master of Fine Art, Photography, Art in Public Space and Arts Management. Pathways program offers a cross-disciplinary experience at a professional level. ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ is facilitated by artist-curator Nikki Lam in 2024.



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"It's so important to have spaces like Blindside which serve as a dynamic platform for both emerging and established artists. Encouraging artistic freedom and experimentation, artists are supported in taking creative risks and evolving their practices. It is a joy to be able to take part in and enjoy the community that Blindside helps to foster." 🌟 - Honey Long & Prue Stent, Blindside alumni and long-time supporters ✨

Please support Blindside in continuing to nurture creativity and artistic expression. Your donation can make a huge difference! Go to the link in our bio to donate to the Blindside donation campaign today. Help us reach out 20k goal. Let's keep the arts alive and thriving together! 🙌💖

Opening this week at BLINDSIDE - ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ - RMITxBLINDSIDE Pathways Exhibition featuring: Yujia (Laura) Ding, Rose John, Angie Shi, Neryhs Wo, Tessa Christie, Ya Juan Long, Jie (Maisie) Yu , Hannah Morel, Niamh Felton, Lala Zarei

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Opening event June 20 6-8pm - with a zine workshop, performance from Neryhs Wo and music from DJ Niamh.

Was there a time you felt belonged?

Where have you been made to feel welcome?

Who do you feel at-home with?

mish-mash (noun):

a confused mixture.

ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ — a collaborative show created in celebration of the confused, unsure and unsteady. Opening with the themes of identity, culture and belonging, this show offers a playful space for audiences and artists alike to interact, explore and contemplate the common experiences of our time. This project embraces various modes of storytelling through a reading room, zine workshop, performance, and other interactive activities. We want to create a ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ experience where together we share moments that are emotive and playful, accessible and experimental. Through a series of reflections and readings, we hope to prioritise joy and connections amongst the chaos and uncertainties in our world.

ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ presents works by Angie Shi, Hannah Morel, Jie Yu, Lala Zarei, Neryhs Wo, Niamh Felton, Rose John, Tessa Christie, Ya Juan Long and Yujia Ding.
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This project is presented by Blindside and RMIT University as part of Pathways – an artist-led program for the RMIT School of Arts Masters program, including Master of Fine Art, Photography, Art in Public Space and Arts Management. Pathways program offers a cross-disciplinary experience at a professional level. ᗰIᔕᕼᗰᗩᔕᕼ is facilitated by artist-curator Nikki Lam in 2024.



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BLINDSIDE’s Community Coordinator Josephine Mead will speak in Bendigo tomorrow, June 15, as part of a professional development day for visual artists, titled ‘Stepping Out: A professional development program for visual artists’ facilitated by La Trobe Art Institute, Emporium Creative Hub, and City of Greater Bendigo.

Josephine will be talking all things BLINDSIDE, as part of a panel titled ‘Self-organising and creating space’. Josephine will be joined by Sophia Cai and Janet Bromley and the conversation will be facilitated by La Trobe Art Institute Curatorial Lead Amelia Wallin. Head to the website for full details!

Since its inception in 2004, BLINDSIDE has championed the work of over 1,560 artists and held over 358 exhibitions. BLINDSIDE has been dedicated to supporting this city's creative community by providing meaningful engagement and programs for emerging and early-career artists, writers, and curators.

Please donate to BLINDSIDE through the link in bio ✨

Your donation helps Blindside:
- continue to pay artists, now and always
- commission new writing from emerging practitioners
- develop engaging public programming
- remain in our Nicholas Building location, a space we have been in from our beginning

Final week to see - Light Duty - Rachael Robb 💫 &
Unbodied - Gabrielle Hall-Lomax - ✨
Finishing 15 Jun 2024

Light Duty represents a personal scrying through fragments and objects— some carried through life and others unexpectedly triggering past memories. Centering on the interplay of the mundane and the sublime, these paintings explore déjà vu and the non-linear nature of time, seeking visual stillness and a space for symbolism in which the real and everyday intersect with the emotional, memorial, or otherworldly, layering past, present, and future.

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Unbodied, draws from a personal medical struggle and subsequent diagnosis, sparking a conversation on the historically complex and often misunderstood nature of women’s bodies and health. It considers the historical lens through which their physical and mental health has been viewed, a lens often clouded by misogyny and myth surrounding ‘female nature’.

[Image 1, 2, 3: Rachel Robb, Light Duty, 2024. Installation view, BLINDSIDE. Photo by Sebastian Kainey. Image 4, 5, 6: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Unbodied, 2024. Installation view, BLINDSIDE. Photos by Sebastian Kainey .]

New date: Lumen printing workshop - NOW Saturday 15 June 2-4pm ✨

In conjunction with Unbodied, Gabrielle Hall-Lomax - this interactive session introduces lumen printing, an early photographic process using sunlight and photosensitive materials to produce images. Participants will grasp the basics, then craft their own prints with materials provided, reflecting the exhibition's themes.

Workshop will run for 2 hours. 12 places.

Please message this account to secure a spot! 🙌

Unbodied combines photography, moving imagery, and installation to interrogate historical and contemporary perceptions of women's health. Drawing from a personal medical experience, the exhibition challenges enduring societal myths and their subtle influence on western healthcare, prompting a critical discourse on the complexity and often misunderstood nature of women's bodies.

[Image: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Unbodied, 2024. Installation view, BLINDSIDE. Photo by Sebastian Kainey .]

Now on BLINDSIDE online - Compass in Hand - Josie Alexandra ✨

Compass In Hand is a 9 minute experimental cinematic-sonic experience which departed from the perspective that “I was born in a wasteland of other peoples’ dreams” - aka the paradigm of the neo-liberal cis-het white supremacy patriarchy. Through processes of re-mythologisation, performance, ritual and the blurring of the medical and other realms within the pluriversal existence, Compass in Hand is the acknowledgment and reclaiming of agency and epistemology of the survivor, the neurodivergent, & the trans beings within the spiral of time.



Online 1 Jun–31 Aug 2024 see via link in bio ✨

[Image: Compass in Hand, Josie Alexandra, 2023. Video Still. Courtesy of the artist]

Continuing this week in BLINDSIDE G2 - Light Duty
feat. Rachael Robb 💫
22 May–15 Jun 2024

Light Duty represents a personal scrying through fragments and objects— some carried through life and others unexpectedly triggering past memories. Centering on the interplay of the mundane and the sublime, these paintings explore déjà vu and the non-linear nature of time, seeking visual stillness and a space for symbolism in which the real and everyday intersect with the emotional, memorial, or otherworldly, layering past, present, and future.

Whilst personal, the subjects of these paintings give rise to universal connections and understanding, leaving them open to interpretation. Small scale with smooth surfaces, and drawing upon Northern European old masters, these works are technically reminiscent of Flemish altarpieces. Not concerned with creating a realistic representation of space, but rather with capturing the essence of interiority— a place outside of time.

[Images: Rachel Robb, Light Duty, 2024. Installation view, BLINDSIDE. Photo by Sebastian Kainey. ]

Unbodied - Gabrielle Hall-Lomax continues at BLINDSIDE G1 this week ✨


Unbodied, draws from a personal medical struggle and subsequent diagnosis, sparking a conversation on the historically complex and often misunderstood nature of women’s bodies and health. It considers the historical lens through which their physical and mental health has been viewed, a lens often clouded by misogyny and myth surrounding ‘female nature’.

Within the series, the age-old narratives of hysteria, witchcraft, and other damaging myths become points of inquiry. These archaic constructs, once used to police and pathologies women’s bodies, linger subtly within Western healthcare today, affecting diagnosis and treatment.

Unbodied employs photography, moving image and performative self-portraiture to confront these misinterpretations. The work deepens the conversation by layering these elements with archival material concerning representations of women’s health, presenting an interdisciplinary exploration across different periods and societal contexts. It probes into how these historical perceptions persist and influence the contemporary understanding of our bodies.

[Images: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Unbodied, 2024. Installation view, BLINDSIDE. Photos by Sebastian Kainey .]

OPENING TONIGHT 6-8pm 🥂🎉 - Light Duty -
feat. Rachael Robb 💫 & - Unbodied -
feat. Gabrielle Hall-Lomax ✨

Light Duty represents a personal scrying through fragments and objects— some carried through life and others unexpectedly triggering past memories. Centering on the interplay of the mundane and the sublime, these paintings explore déjà vu and the non-linear nature of time, seeking visual stillness and a space for symbolism in which the real and everyday intersect with the emotional, memorial, or otherworldly, layering past, present, and future.
Whilst personal, the subjects of these paintings give rise to universal connections and understanding, leaving them open to interpretation. Small scale with smooth surfaces, and drawing upon Northern European old masters, these works are technically reminiscent of Flemish altarpieces. Not concerned with creating a realistic representation of space, but rather with capturing the essence of interiority— a place outside of time.

&

Unbodied, draws from a personal medical struggle and subsequent diagnosis, sparking a conversation on the historically complex and often misunderstood nature of women’s bodies and health. It considers the historical lens through which their physical and mental health has been viewed, a lens often clouded by misogyny and myth surrounding ‘female nature’.
Within the series, the age-old narratives of hysteria, witchcraft, and other damaging myths become points of inquiry. These archaic constructs, once used to police and pathologies women’s bodies, linger subtly within Western healthcare today, affecting diagnosis and treatment.

BLINDSIDE openings are supported by:




[Image 1: Rachael Robb, Garlic with Goo Vinyl and The Blue Bower, Female Head Study (Rossetti), 2023. Photo by: Matthew Stanton. Image 2: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Veiled Vessels, 2023. Courtesy the artist.]

Opening this week BLINDSIDE G2 - Light Duty
feat. Rachael Robb 💫

22 May–15 Jun 2024
Opening event Thursday 23 May 6-8pm 🥂🎉

Light Duty represents a personal scrying through fragments and objects— some carried through life and others unexpectedly triggering past memories. Centering on the interplay of the mundane and the sublime, these paintings explore déjà vu and the non-linear nature of time, seeking visual stillness and a space for symbolism in which the real and everyday intersect with the emotional, memorial, or otherworldly, layering past, present, and future.

Whilst personal, the subjects of these paintings give rise to universal connections and understanding, leaving them open to interpretation. Small scale with smooth surfaces, and drawing upon Northern European old masters, these works are technically reminiscent of Flemish altarpieces. Not concerned with creating a realistic representation of space, but rather with capturing the essence of interiority— a place outside of time.

[Image 1: Rachael Robb, You And I Are Earth, Plate 2061, 2023. Oil on claybord, 35.5cm x 28cm. Photograph Matthew Stanton. Courtesy the artist.
Image 2: Rachael Robb, Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman clothed in Sun, with Bottled Water, 2023. Oil on claybord, 41cm x 31cm. Photograph Matthew Stanton. Courtesy the artist.
Image 3: Rachael Robb, Garlic with Goo Vinyl and The Blue Bower, Female Head Study (Rossetti), 2023. Oil on gesso panel, 25.5cm x 20.5cm. Photograph Matthew Stanton. Courtesy the artist.]

Opening this week BLINDSIDE G1 - Unbodied
feat. Gabrielle Hall-Lomax ✨

22 May–15 Jun 2024
Opening event Thursday 23 May 6-8pm 🥂🎉
Lumen Printing Workshop Saturday 1 June 2-4pm

Unbodied, draws from a personal medical struggle and subsequent diagnosis, sparking a conversation on the historically complex and often misunderstood nature of women’s bodies and health. It considers the historical lens through which their physical and mental health has been viewed, a lens often clouded by misogyny and myth surrounding ‘female nature’.

Within the series, the age-old narratives of hysteria, witchcraft, and other damaging myths become points of inquiry. These archaic constructs, once used to police and pathologies women’s bodies, linger subtly within Western healthcare today, affecting diagnosis and treatment.

Unbodied employs photography, moving image and performative self-portraiture to confront these misinterpretations. The work deepens the conversation by layering these elements with archival material concerning representations of women’s health, presenting an interdisciplinary exploration across different periods and societal contexts. It probes into how these historical perceptions persist and influence the contemporary understanding of our bodies.

Gabrielle will hold the Lumen printing workshop, on Saturday June 1 at BLINDSIDE ✨

This interactive session introduces lumen printing, an early photographic process using sunlight and photosensitive materials to produce images. Participants will grasp the basics, then craft their own prints with materials provided, reflecting the exhibition’s themes.

Workshop will run for 2 hours. 12 places.

[Image1: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Skins, 2023, inkjet print, 65 x 65 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Image 2: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Veiled Vessels, 2023, silver gelatin print, 15 x 15 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Image 3: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax, Unbodied (self-portrait), 2023, silver gelatin print, 15 x 15 cm. Courtesy the artist.]

OPENING TONIGHT - No Hard Feelings & A Little Too Much ✨🥂💥
April 26, 6-8pm

No Hard Feelings is an exhibition about the unresolved art practices of working artists, highlighting the value of the artwork made while negotiating labour, finances, relationships, Health and burnout. These unfinished ideas serve as an ode to the endurance and persistence of working artist who pilfer from their situations in capitalist institutions to continue to make art.

feat. Maddy Barker, Christopher Doyle , Michael McCafferty , Sarah Murphy .in.progress

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A little too much is composed of how we wear our love for another. The work examines feminist economies of writing, reading, and sculpture practices. Intimate inscriptions of desire between lovers. Worn in like a jewel on your skin. Shifting the needs between the external and the internal voice, asking who is the author as she creates an entanglement with Sappho.

feat. Tara Denny

BLINDSIDE openings are supported by:




BLINDSIDE is located in the Nicholas Building - Room 14, Level 7, 37 Swanston Street

[Image 1, No Hard Feelings, 2004. Publication Image, courtesy of the artists. Image 2, Tara Denny, Utterance, 2023. Photograph Astrid Mulder. Courtesy the artist.]

Opening this week at BLINDSIDE - A Little Too Much
Tara Denny
24 Apr - 18 May 2024 🔥

Opening event Friday April 26, 2-8pm🥂

A little too much is composed of how we wear our love for another. The work examines feminist economies of writing, reading, and sculpture practices. Intimate inscriptions of desire between lovers. Worn in like a jewel on your skin. Shifting the needs between the external and the internal voice, asking who is the author as she creates an entanglement with Sappho.

[Image: ‘a lovers locket - hair lock’, Tara Denny. Photo by Astrid Mulder]

Opening this week at BLINDSIDE - No Hard Feelings
24 Apr–18 May 2024 ✨

No Hard Feelings is an exhibition about the unresolved art practices of working artists, highlighting the value of the artwork made while negotiating labour, finances, relationships, health and burnout. These unfinished ideas serve as an ode to the endurance and persistence of working artist who pilfer from their situations in capitalist institutions to continue to make art.

Different artists are drawn too certain mediums for different reasons, Working artist are usually drawn to mediums that revolve around some sort of economy. For the artist involved in this project, printmaking, photography and ceramics serve as dualistic mediums. On one hand they are our primary participation in capitalism, on the other our means of resistance and critique of capitalism through art practice.

feat. Maddy Barker, Christopher Doyle , Michael McCafferty, Sarah Murphy

[Image 1: Michael McCafferty, Shutter. 2023. Install shot. Photo by Carli Wilson. Image 2: Sarah Murphy, AV 20km/h. 2020.Velvet, Glitter, Recycled Sponge. Courtesy the artist. Image 3: Christopher Doyle, Learning to fall down, 2022. Courtesy the artist. Image 4: Maddy Barker, Three Hour Work Week. 2022. Ceramic Vase. Courtesy the artist.]