Grey Area Art Space Inc in Melbourne Victoria, started as a studio at the beginning of 1996. A group of young idealistic artists decided to set up a studio to sustain the artistic relationships that had developed at art school.
Imagine art without gatekeepers - no curators, no reviewers, no bureaurcrats. Emerging artists would no longer kowtow to the standards of a few curators in order to have their work seen. Audiences would no longer depend on the tastes of a select group of critics to determine which exhibition they should visit....the prospect of a transparent art world is in fact a mere extrapolation of current trends.
Sydney's artist run spaces have long played a role in nurturing new contemporary practices, allowing artists the relative freedom to experiment outside the pressures of commercial or institutional constraints, and providing a critical edge for emerging artists to cut their professional teeth. Emerging artists Mark Hislop, Alex Gawronski and My Lee Thi are here referred to.
Looks at two exhibitions 'Perspecta 1997: Between Art and Nature' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales curated by Victoria Lynn and 'Primavera: The Belinda Jackson Exhibition of Young Artists' curated by Rea at the Museum of Contemporary Art, in the context of assisting young and emerging artists.
Expression through technology creates another art world. Art which exists uniquely in bits and bytes in virtual space. Lists various web addresses www.
Empire Studios is a production group, collectively dedicated to taking art to the community, making work in electronic media more accessible, and presenting that work with a fresh approach. Located in Hobart Tasmania.
Opening in April 1994, Ist floor is an artists and writers run gallery space in Fitzroy Victoria. Lists the constituency, administration, funding, programming, documentation, influences and objectives.
Exhibiting or working in the public space provides opportunities and challenges for emerging artists not available in the gallery system. This article outlines Malone's personal understandings of the three distinct aspects of public space art activity: I Exhibiting in the Public Space, II Public Artwork and III Design of the Public Space. Public art and design contribute to making art more visible in the community and broaden the definition of art practice.
Gallery Dunce in Tasmania was born out of a group of ex-art school students' unanimous frustration with the lack of facilities for emerging/experimental artists. Looks at the work of Kim Kerze.