UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

JAMES PARRETT

JAMES PARRETT
Radius
10 August - 2 September 2023

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M-fortyseven 2023

Stainless steel
170 x 267 x 215 cm

M-fortyseven

Stainless steel
170 x 267 x 215 cm

M-fortyeight 2020

Stainless steel
54 x 90 x 70 cm

M-fortyeight 2020

Stainless steel
54 x 90 x 70 cm

M-fortynine 2021

Stainless steel
87 x 90 x 90 cm

M-fortynine 2021

Stainless steel
87 x 90 x 90 cm

M-fifty 2022

Stainless steel
230 x 310 x 230 cm

M-fifty 2022

Stainless steel
230 x 310 x 230 cm

M-fiftytwo 2022

Painted aluminium
160 x 200 x 100 cm (size does not include post)
*sculpture rotates on custom made base (not illustrated)

M-fiftytwo 2022

Painted aluminium
160 x 200 x 100 cm (size does not include post)
*sculpture rotates on custom made base (not illustrated)

M-fiftytwo 2022

Painted aluminium
160 x 200 x 100 cm (size does not include post)
*sculpture rotates on custom made base (not illustrated)

M-fiftythree 2023

Painted aluminium
140 x 160 x 150 cm

M-fiftythree 2023

Painted aluminium
140 x 160 x 150 cm

M-fiftyfour 2022

Stainless steel
170 x 225 x 187 cm

M-fiftyfour 2022

Stainless steel
170 x 225 x 187 cm

M-fiftyfive 2023

Painted aluminium
100 x 85 x 120 cm

M-fiftyfive 2023

Painted aluminium
100 x 85 x 120 cm

M-fiftyeight 2023

Stainless steel
280 x 200 x 200 cm

M-fiftyeight 2023

Stainless steel
280 x 200 x 200 cm

M-sixty 2023

Painted stainless steel
95 x 110 x 45 cm

M-sixty 2023

Painted stainless steel
95 x 110 x 45 cm

GROUP SHOW

Group Exhibition
1-17 December 2022

Andrew Browne

Moon and Trees 2001
Oil on linen
122 x 304.5 cm

Exhibited:
Andrew Browne, Gould Galleries, Melbourne 19 October - 11 November 2001, no.4

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne from the above in 2001

Andrew Browne

Light Effect, Silhouette 2005
Oil on linen
137 x 396 cm
Signed and dated verso

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne from Gould Galleries, Melbourne in 2005

John Brack

Nude at the Table 1970
Pencil on paper
71 x 38 cm
Inscribed lower right: John Brack 70

Provenance:
The artist;
Thence by descent to Mrs Helen Brack.

Exhibited:
John Brack: Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs. Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne, 10-30 August 2013, no. 11;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 16, illustrated.

John Brack

Mounting 1956
Drypoint
27 x 14 cm
Inscribed in margin 11 of 16 John Brack 56

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited:
John Brack: The Race Course Series, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 5-15 November 1956, no. 22;
John Brack: The Sport of Kings and Other Paintings, Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 27 March – 8 April 1957, no. 24;
John Brack: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 10 December 1987 – 31 January 1988, no. 144;
Twentieth Century Australian Art: A Major Collectors’ Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 25 March – 30 April 2000, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 13 May – 11 June 2000, no.17, illustrated;
John Brack, National Gallery of Victoria, 24 April – 9 August 2009, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2 October 2009 – 26 January 2010, illustrated;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 10, illustrated.

Literature:
Ronald Miller, John Brack, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1971, p. 106;
Sasha Grishin, The Art of John Brack, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990, cat. Pr 8, (illustrated).

Troy Emery

King of the Mountain 2013
High density taxidermy foam, polyester pompoms and glass eyes
106 x 83 x 30 cm

Troy Emery

Pioneer 2013
High density taxidermy foam, polyester pompoms, glass eyes and artificial rock
73 x 78 x 36 cm

eX de Medici

Black Flag (Trembling) 2006
Watercolour on paper
107 x 114 cm
inscribed lower left: Black Flag / (Trembling) Self-referencing Machine / IIII IIII
Inscribed verso: Ex de Medici / 2006 Nov/Dec

Exhibited:
Collectable + Exceptional - The Director’s Choice 2007, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 17 February- 30 March 2007, no. 22, (illustrated)

Donald Friend

The Barracks 1944
Watercolour and ink
34 x 40 cm
Inscribed upper left: Donald Friend 44 / The Barracks

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney.

Exhibited:
Director’s Choice 2006, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 8 February – 12 March 2006, no. 4, illustrated.

Lucian Freud

Portrait Head 2001
Etching ed: 33/46
59.5 x 46 cm
Inscribed in margin 33/46 L.F

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne from Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney in 2001.

Exhibited:
Lucian Freud: Etchings 1946-2004, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2 April – 13 June 2004, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 15 October – 23 December 2004, Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art, Birmingham, 29 January – 2 May 2005, Marlborough Graphics, London, summer 2005, no. 57, illustrated;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May - 13 June 2015, no.28, illustrated.

Literature:
S. Figura, Lucian Freud The Painter's Etchings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007, pp. 92 (illustrated), 138, 142.

Joy Hester

Untitled (Head)
Ink on paper
31 x 24.5 cm
Inscribed lower right: Joy Hester

Provenance:
Reed Family Collection, Victoria

Nicky Hoberman

Bewitched 1998
Oil on canvas
244 x 370 cm
Inscribed verso: Nicky Hoberman

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne from Feigen Contemporary, New York in 1999.

Exhibited:
Nicky Hoberman: Bewitched, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Switzerland, March 1999; Nicky Hoberman, Feigen Contemporary, New York, November 1999; The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May - 13 June 2015, no.26, illustrated.

Linde Ivimey

Vovo 2009
Steel armature, cast acrylic resin, dyed cotton, natural & cast turkey, chicken & fish bones, black pearls, garnet
53 x 41 x 44 cm

Provenance:
The Estate of Ms Lillian Hoffman

Exhibited:
Leave No Bone Unturned, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 2-26 May 2012;
If Pain Persists: Linde Ivimey Sculpture 2004-2012, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 3 November 2012 - 24 March 2013.

Literature:
Louise Martin-Chew, Linde Ivimey, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, pp. 152, 155 (illustrated)

Linde Ivimey

Arno 2009
Steel armature, acrylic resin, dyed cotton, natural and cast chicken & fish bones, 24ct gold & ruby
48 x 53 x 35 cm

Provenance:
The Estate of Lillian Hoffman, Sydney.

Exhibited:
Linde Ivimey: Leave No Bone Unturned, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 2-26 May 2012, no. 17;
The Director’s Choice 2012, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 19 July - 31 August 2012, no 30, illustrated;
If Pain Persists: Linde Ivimey Sculpture 2004-2012, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 3 November 2012 - 24 March 2013.

Literature:
Louise Martin-Chew, Linde Ivimey, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, p. 16 (illustrated), 22

Kitty Kantilla

Untitled 2001
Ochre on linen
84 x 94 cm
Inscribed verso: Kitty Kantilla / Fire / Rain / 666-01

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne in 2001.

Exhibited:
Kitty Kantilla, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, 29 November – 22 December 2001, no. 11;
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 27, illustrated.

Elizabeth Kruger

Pierre Climbing 2008
Oil on linen
45 x 40 cm

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney from Eva Bruer Gallery in 2008

David Larwill

Skull II 1996
Synthetic polymer paint on paper
65 x 47 cm
Inscribed in margin: Skull 2 1996 #18 David Larwill

David Larwill

Waving Boy
Screenprint Ed: A.P
76 x 56 cm
Signed, dated and titled in lower margin

Chris Langlois

Littoral Zone 9 2022
Oil on linen
168 x 183 cm

Chris Langlois

Littoral zone 6 2022
Oil on linen
137 x 168 cm

Chris Langlois

Half Light 1 2019
Digital pigment print on cotton rag
120 x 160 cm

Chris Langlois

Sea 10 2018
Oil on linen
153 x 183 cm

Sidney Nolan

Leda and Swan 1960
Polyvinyl acetate on composition board
91.5 x 122 cm
Inscribed lower right: N
Inscribed verso: LEDA + SWAN 1960 / To NEWCASTLE 59 / FOLKSTONE

Provenance:
The artist;
Thence by descent to Lady Mary Nolan;
Corporate collection, Melbourne.

Exhibited:
Probably, Sidney Nolan: Leda and the Swan and other recent work, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 16 June – 16 July 1960, no. 27-29;
Nolan, Hatton Gallery, University of Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Temple Newsam House, Leeds; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; City Art Gallery, Bristol; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Scottish Royal Academy, Edinburgh; City Art Gallery, Wakefield, March-November 1961, no. 59;
Sidney Nolan: 1937 to 1979, Arts Centre, New Metropole, The Leas, Folkstone, United Kingdom, 5 May – 3 June 1979, no. 40, illustrated;
Possibly, Waddington Galleries, London (label attached verso)
Possibly, Agnew's Gallery, London (label attached verso)
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 1 May – 13 June 2015, no. 13, illustrated;
Sidney Nolan: Myth Rider, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 4 December 2021 - 6 March 2022, Illustrated

Literature:
Nolan, University of Durham, United Kingdom, 1961, no. 59.

David Noonan

Untitled (Girl) 2005
Fabric painting
152.5 x 101.5 cm

Provenance:
Uplands Gallery, Melbourne;
Private collection, Melbourne, purchased from the above in 2005

Celia Paul

My Mother Seated 1993
Etching: ed 6/25
29 x 23 cm
Inscribed lower right: Celia Paul

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne, through Marlborough Fine Art, London in 1994

Celia Paul

Steve 1993
Etching: ed 4/25
29 x 23 cm
Inscribed lower right: Celia Paul

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne, through Marlborough Fine Art, London in 1994

Valentina Palonen

Humming ground (day’s end) 2019
Oil on canvas
152.0 x 121.0 cm
inscribed verso: Valentina Palonen '19

Exhibited:
The Land of the Green Ghosts, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea, 15-25 June 2019

Valentina Palonen

The Gathering 2019
Oil on canvas
122 x 122 cm

Valentina Palonen

The Circle 2018
oil on canvas
122.0 x 122.0 cm
inscribed verso: Valentina Palonen '18

Exhibited:
The Land of the Green Ghosts, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea, 15-25 June 2019

Valentina Palonen

The Hum at Twilight 2019
Oil on canvas
152 x 121 cm

James Parrett

M-fiftytwo 2022
Painted aluminium
165.5 x 237.5 x 50 cm

James Parrett

M-fortynine 2020
Stainless Steel
83 x 86 x 82 cm

Mark Rodda

Cloudy Day 2011
acrylic and oil on linen
152.5 x 154 cm
Inscribed verso: Mark Rodda ‘Cloudy Day’ oil & acrylic 2011

Exhibited:
Mark Rodda: Sleeping Giants, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, 1-23 April 2011

Provenance:
Purchased by private collection, Melbourne from the above in 2011

Louise Saxton

Rest (The Sleeping Hermaphrodite after Anon (ancient) and Bernini 1620) 2018-21
Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle, beading-pins, archival mount board
135 x 190 cm

Louise Saxton

Pearl (after Vermeer c.1665) 2017-18
Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, beading pins, cotton-velvet, nylon tulle, on archival mount-board
73 x 102 cm

Louise Saxton

Lover’s Eye (after Vermeer c.1665) 2018-19
Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, beading pins, cotton-velvet, nylon tulle, on archival mount-board
73 x 102 cm

CHRIS LANGLOIS

CHRIS LANGLOIS
Ocean Songs
4-27 May 2023

Tasman 1 2023

Oil on linen 
153 x 198 cm

Tasman 2 2023

Oil on linen 
137 x 153 cm

Tasman 3 2023

Oil on linen 
112 x 122 cm

Tasman 4 2023

Oil on linen 
122 x 137 cm

Tasman 5 2023

Oil on linen 
122 x 153 cm

Tasman 6 2023

Oil on linen 
122 x 137 cm

Tasman 7 2023

Oil on linen 
168 x 183 cm

Tasman 8 2023

Oil on linen 
168 x 183 cm

Tasman 9 2023

Oil on linen 
153 x 137 cm

Tasman 10 2023

Oil on linen 
153 x 137 cm

Tasman 11 2023

Oil on linen 
137 x 153 cm

Tasman 12 2023

Oil on linen 
137 x 153 cm

Littoral Zone 6 2022

Oil on linen 
137 x 168 cm

Littoral Zone 9 2022

Oil on linen 
168 x 183 cm

LOUISE SAXTON

Reclaimed
Fabric works 2017-2021
12 February - 5 March

Artist statement

Rest (The Sleeping Hermaphrodite after Anon (ancient) and Bernini 1620) 2018-21

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle, beading-pins, archival mount board
135.0 x 190.0 cm

Flee – Koala and Joey (after Ferdinand Bauer c.1800) 2020-21

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle, beading-pins, museum-board
110.0 X 81.0 cm

Frida (after Kahlo 1946) 2017-18

Reclaimed needlework, glass beads, lace-pins, beading-pins, satin ribbon, nylon tulle, on archival mount-board
128.0 x 83.0 cm

Pearl (after Vermeer c.1665) 2017-18

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, beading pins, cotton-velvet, nylon tulle, on archival mount-board
73.0 x 102.0 cm

Lover’s Eye (after Vermeer c.1665) 2018-19

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, beading pins, cotton-velvet, nylon tulle, on archival mount-board
73.0 x 102.0 cm

Rest-aura 2022

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle
194.0 x 97.0 cm
*Can be hung vertically or horizontally

Coral Amber 2020-21

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle, plaster bandage, muslin, edging-lace, antique silk fringe, vintage dressmakers’ mannequin, embroidery hoop, antique French chandelier with Venetian glass beads, stainless steel wire, marine swivel and hook
H227.0 x W45.0 cm at shoulder, W50.0 cm at base

Four Moons – Screen 2018

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle, vintage hospital screen c.1940
172.0 x 228.0 x 2.0 cm

Coral Dolores 2020-21

Reclaimed needlework, lace-pins, nylon tulle, edging-lace, antique silk fringe, vintage dressmaker’s mannequin, vintage ceramic and Lucite flower arrangement
Artwork: H170.0 x W36.0 cm at shoulder, W50.0 cm at base
Floor plinth: 85.0 x 130.0 cm

Coral Garden 2020-21

Reclaimed needlework, antique glass-beaded embroidery, lace-pins, nylon tulle, beading-pins on archival mountboard
68.0 x 60.0 cm

Sampler 2018

Pigment print on archival cotton rag paper
105.0 x 273.0 cm

Pincushion Pagoda 2019-21

Reclaimed vintage milliner’s mannequin, gouache, needlework, lace-pins, beading-pins, beaded fascinator, hand-made native flower jewellery, pincushions, buttons, beads, antique foot stool
H58.0 x W33.0 x D26.5.0 cm

Lady Bric-a-brac 2021

Reclaimed milliner’s mannequin, gouache, glass beads, found haberdashery objects, vintage crochet, costume jewellery, shell, hat pins, hair comb, Chinese silk pincushion, antique Russian tassel beading-pins, feather, vintage biscuit-tin, glass dome
H39.0 x W17.0 x D17.0 cm
Including glass dome: 55 x 33 cm

Belle’s Epoque 2021

Reclaimed velour mannequin, antique and vintage needlework, beaded embroidery, beading-pins, gouache, vintage foot stool
H47.0 x W30.0 x D30.0 cm

Blue Barnacle 2019-21

Reclaimed milliner’s mannequin, gouache, vintage embroidery, glass beaded fringing, glass-headed pins, beading-pins, antique doily stand, glass dome
H32.0 x W29.0 x D29.0 cm
Including glass dome: 46.0 x 38.0 cm

Buddha’s Babies 2021

Reclaimed milliner’s mannequin, gouache, vintage silk pincushions & extracted vintage & new silk pincushion ‘babies’, silk braid, glass-headed pins, beading-pins, Chinese embroidery in frame, silk Japanese temple gong cushion, silk braid
Hand-crafted cabinet (Spotted-gum, glass, museum mountboard) & plinth by Macka –
Cabinet: H65.5 x W55.0 x D55.0 cm
Plinth: H90 x W60 x D60 cm

Poppy’s Pouffe 2019-21

Reclaimed milliner’s mannequin, gouache, needlework-tapestry, glass-head pins, beading-pins, braid, vintage foot stool
H52.0 x W28.0 x D25.5 cm

Coral Anne 2021

Jewellery mannequin, reclaimed embroidery, edging-lace, lace-pins, beading-pins, antique and vintage crochet-lace doilies, Japanese lacquered tray, glass dome
H54.0 x W11.0 x D9.0 at shoulder, W41.0 at base
Including glass dome: 79.0 x 31.0 cm