Art Notes Constructed Landscapes

constructed landscapes: Australia-China connections at ME Photo Gallery in Beijing's 798 art district, features artists associated with both Australia and China: Huang Xu and Tony Scott; Jane Dyer; Hu Qinwu; Anne Graham and Allan Chawner. The works in the exhibition respond to Chinese landscapes - physical, psychological and cultural - with irony, wit and sardonic humour. The exhibition is part of the larger program of cultural events associated with imagine Australia (Year of Australian Culture in China) 2010-2011, and is planned to tour galleries in Australia later this year. www.chinaartprojects.com ...more

Rae Bolotin

Rae Bolotin's sculptures are as intellectually stimulating as they are exciting to look at. With an engineering background, Bolotin is highly innovative in terms of how she approaches her art, altering existing technologies such as metal beating and those involving the metal surface to produce her seamless steel sculptures. Her work is strongly influenced by shapes, surroundings and new technologies. Bolotin has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize (2007), exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea (2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004) and the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (2007). ...more

Studio Visit - May Barrie's in Albion Park

Our last organised studio visit was to May Barrie's studio in Albion Park. may is 91 years old and has been a sculptor for over 60 years. Last year she won Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi with her large granite sculpture which stood 2 (h) x 3 (w) x 1 (d) meters. Eve Chant our secretary was there and this is what she saw...
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Tanya Chaitow - Feature Artist

Tanya Chaitow's works are alive with subconscious narrative. Like heady childhood fever dreams, part nightmare, part fairytale, these paintings take the viewer on a journey.  ...more

Wendy Teakel - 'Touching Dust' Box Office

Wendy Teakel lives near Canberra and produces weathered, poetic works evoking the countryside. Her work is influenced by drought and she is known for creating scorched and branded surfaces using heated pieces of fencing wire (such as After Burning, 2010, above).

Until June 19, Stella Downer Fine Art, 2 Danks St, Waterloo. Admission: free. Phone: 9319 1006.

Open Gallery Merrick Fry

Fry constructs colourful towers out of recycled glass in which intriguing little objects - such as a thumb-sized human figure, a transparent protractor or a ring of shiny paper sardines - are imprisoned. Prolonged staring may ensue.

Stella Downer Fine Art, 2 Danks Street, Waterloo, 9319 1006 Tue-Sat, 11am-6pm, until May 22.