August 24, 2010 | Current Show, Gallery | | No Comments »
Somewhere will be hosting the opening of Sarah Hankinson’s exhibition Rasberry Tarts in conjunction with www.melbournestreetfashion.com as part of the official 2010 Melbourne Spring Fashion Week program.
Please join us for drinks and one off shopping specials as we help to celebrate the beginning of Spring
August 9, 2010 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
Thank you to all who came and helped celebrate the opening of STUART’S EROGENY last Friday, it was a lovely night full of Uluru Cake, good friends and well deserved drinkies. The exhibition will run until August 28th – (n.b unfortunately the cake has all been eaten)
August 2, 2010 | Future Shows, Gallery | | No Comments »
An exhibition by Sarah Hankinson
Sarah Hankinson will be exhibiting her latest work entitled “Rasberry Tarts” at Somewhere Gallery as part of an exclusive shopping event during Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, September 2010.
“I wanted to play on the sensual, delicious, decadence and richness of French pastries and sweets, naming each subject after a sweet and relating it to her in some way through both colour and texture.
Several of the works are in collaboration with local Melbourne photographers including She is Frank and Elvina-Mae Farkas, their beautiful portraits being the basis for several of the illustrations .
Each piece is made up of mixed media, primarily pencil and encompassing lashings of vibrant colour. Hankinson’s works are ultra feminine, glamorous, chic and always sexy.
Sarah’s illustrations have been featured in several fashion publications including YEN, Cleo and Shop Til You Drop..
Rasberry tarts will run from Thursday the 2nd of September – (Opening night) through to September 30, 2010
www.sarahhankinson.com
July 11, 2010 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
OPENING THIS FRIDAY THE 6TH OF AUGUST – please join us for a drink to help celebrate
Stuart stumbles, a white explorer in a red landscape, the lost intruder.
A playful prod at the outsiders who colonised this land, through
installation, projection and portraiture. From the makers of
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DIET and the STOP ANNE GEDDES CAMPAIGN.
CURATED BY Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris, with
COLLABORATIONS BY Sam Icklow, Alistair Watts & Jen Vallentine
Somewhere Gallery
Level 2, Royal Arcade,
Little Collins St, Melbourne
Opening night Friday August 6th, 6-8pm
Exhibition runs till August 28th
IMAGE Alistair Watts
DESIGN Elliott Bryce Foulkes
July 11, 2010 | Gallery, News, Past Shows | | No Comments »
The State of Design Festival is a relatively new initiative of the Victorian Government, now in its second year and encompassing a host of interactive events, exhibitions, workshops and talks throughout Melbourne from the 14-25th of July 2010. As part of this years festival, City of Melbourne will present LOOK.STOP.SHOP.
Somewhere store have been chosen as one of 25 innovative retailers to participate in the LOOK.STOP.SHOP program, where by retailers create themed window displays which explore the festivals theme – Change by Design – Maps of all stores involved in the program can be found at www.stateofdesign.com.au
Come along and check it out, available for viewing from 10am Wednesday the 14th of July
May 24, 2010 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
Come and join us for complimentary Swedish hot chocolate to help celebrate the opening of “We’re Only Mammal” This Friday, June 11, 6-8pm
Nina Waldron interview below:
| Have you studied, and if so where?
I haven’t actually studied anywhere, aside from completing VCE in high school and studying studio art. I applied to both the VCA and RMIT to do a bachelor in fine art and was unsuccessful. But hey! I’m doing ma’ thang and am pretty pleased that I didn’t wind up going to uni straight out of school. No, unless being exhibited at my schools’s ‘Art extravaganza’ counts. I did get a spot in this year’s Top Arts though, I was pretty excited to be exhibited at the NGV. Who or what inspires you most? Lately, I’ve been spending lots of money on buying really great magazines, well, they’re more like books with articles, I found a really nice one called ‘Monica’ and another called ‘Qompendium’, they’re so cute and pretty and aesthetically pleasing. There’s a bunch of others I like to buy too but I really like those ones at the moment. I do like particular artists but they’re sort of changing at the moment and feel a bit outdated. My best source of inspiration at the moment comes from artist features in the above magazines. Also I’ve been kind of addicted to watching weird music film clips from the late 90’s, they’re very stimulating. Where did the Concept for “We’re Only Mammal” come from? I’m always thinking about people and some days I hate humans and sometimes I like humans and sometimes I pity them, and sometimes I laugh at them. Animals just always seemed so much better in every way, they look better, they act better, they’re simple and just far more appealing. One thought leads to another and I start to see animal qualities in people and people are suddenly a lot more charming, and cute and understandable. I’ve always been interested in drawing people and portraying weird people and creepy people and both ideas sort of worked well together. The whole ‘we’re only human’, ‘I’m only human’, ‘you’re only human’ excuse worked well as ‘we’re only mammal’…I thought. Can you tell me about your blog? I’ve been very lazy with my blog the past few months, when I first created it I was so damned excited, mainly its just a place for me to refer people to, to see what my things look like and seem professional, everybody has blogs and I didn’t want to seem like I was just jumping on the bandwagon…but I totally am. Its www.ninagoatwaldron.com though, and everybody should look at it. What else have you been working on lately? NINA WALDRON “WE”RE ONLY MAMMAL” OPENS THURSDAY THE 3RD OF JUNE |
April 11, 2010 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
Circle Pit is the name given to describe the creative relationship that
exists between Sydney based artists Angela Bermuda and Jack
Mannix. Through this friendship they create and contribute on many
different levels, producing music, film, painting, songs and conversation.
This continual dialogue reaches beyond the realms of conventional
friendship and in doing so seems to know no limits.
Stadium glory, rock and roll personalities, the journey from the gutter to
the stars and back again are the main inspirations for the second solo
exhibition at Somewhere Gallery in Melbourne. Fueled by the personal
mythology they seek to create, Jack and Angie have collected artifacts,
artworks, conversations, memorabilia, mail, records, film and more to
construct a kind of universe all their own, and in doing so adding to the
ever-changing, ongoing legacy that is Circle Pit.
Their latest work incorporates video (one of which was made for MTV)
collages and photographic prints. The first issue of their debut 7” recently
out of print has been repressed specifically for the exhibition in a limited
edition run of 200, each individual sleeve will be hand painted over the
course of the month. The exhibition will also include a sculptural work in
progress, which will be made up of – Fake/unique memorabilia,
Collaborative collages/photos, Paintings, mail, Flyers, notebooks, and
other personal items.
www.ourmajesty.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/circlepit
Circle Pit will show at Somewhere Gallery from April 9th through
to May 3rd, 2010
April 5, 2010 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
Desire showcases some of Australia’s greatest established and emerging fashion photography talent. Ten leading fashion photographers including Paul Westlake, James Pipino, Trevor King and Cory White together with ten emerging talents interpret the theme of obtaining anything one desires. The exhibition reinforces photography’s importance of bringing fashion to the fore, while also appreciating the caliber of artistic mastery behind the profession and recognizing Australia’s talent on a global scale. In support of the Australian fashion industry, each photograph features an Australian fashion designer.
www.passion-victims.com
Desire is presented as part of the Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program and will run from March 25th through to April 8th, 2010
February 21, 2010 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
Artist Rachel Burton has been a contributor to the Brisbane fashion and art scene for many years as have some of her besties, who also double as muses for her latest work, and happen to include some of Australia’s most successful creative’s and entrepreneurs. Geoffrey J Finch(Antipodium), Karl Maier(Rinzen), Barrie Barton(Right Angle Studio), Joseph Tenni(Chadwick’s Models), Jolyon Mason (stylist) and Stevie King (Modular Records) to name but a few.
For Rachel’s latest work she has chosen to focus specifically on the men who have helped inspire, shape and colour her life.
Having designed clothes for her own boutique SUPAFUN from 1994 – 2004, which was situated in Brisbane’s Fortitude valley. Through the design process of her contemporary line Rachel is drawn (excuse the pun) to the details of garments, prints and patterns, texture, detail in fabric, stitching and design quirks.
“I like drawing my peers- for me drawing a person I don’t know personally makes no sense! Sounds a bit naff – but I feel that I understand their character, know their flaws, ambitions and motivations which in turn makes the image creation process so much more rewarding- hopefully this becomes evident through the expression of the drawing.”
The garment is a key part of the image making process, and considering her contemporaries are such individual and ostentatious dressers one can only be fascinated by the minute details of their day to day clobber.
By using minimal colour, usually only one at a time and through the effective use of white background space which is almost as vital as the drawing itself, Rachel highlights the characteristics, facial mannerisms and peculiarities of her closest friends and in doing so, gets to know them even better.
Rachel will showcase THE BOYS at Somewhere Gallery from the 10th of February through to the 3rd of March.
November 13, 2009 | Gallery, Past Shows | | No Comments »
A quick type into the old wikipedia will tell you that a fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized, and that illustrate a “moral” lesson of sorts.
Craig Dermody’s work is akin to a fable in pictorial form and morals aside he himself has been described as “part stoner visionary, part share house future predictor”, with these latest pieces Dermody takes us on a sideways step away from the humdrum of day to day life and into something mysterious with a hint of necromancy, where witches sit astride wild horses, giant monsters come a knocking and pumpkin headed scarecrows are reclining in amongst it.
Juxtaposed red octopus’s drip amongst lush pastoral and Victorian style backdrops. These views are simultaneously rambunctious yet earthy, the characters play host to the most common of human emotions, love and jealousy, yet a more sober subtext lurks beneath. Something wicked this way comes. Craig will be showcasing his latest pieces from the 18th of November at Somewhere Gallery.
