Exhibition

24.11.06 - 16.12.06
Front and Main Gallery
Kate Fulton, Alicia Frankovich, Starlie Geikie, Bianca Hester, Lily Hibberd, Simon Horsburgh, Katherine Huang, Natalya Hughes, Alex Martinis Roe, Rob McHaffie, Vivienne Miller, Florentina Munteneau, Kiron Robinson, Nick Selenitsch, Christian Thompson, Michelle Ussher
Gertrude Studios 2006

GCAS is pleased to present the 2006 annual Studio Artists exhibition. Featuring work by 16 of Australia’s most innovative artists, this exhibition provides an insight into the diversity of ideas and discussions present in Australian contemporary art practice today.

This year’s Studio Artists’ exhibition is characterised by an emphasis on collaborative practices, with many of the artists choosing to work with and extend on each other’s projects, both physically and conceptually. This exhibition is structured around several large sculptural intervention pieces that act as counterpoints and launch pads for projects in a variety of media, including site-specific projection works, intricate drawings, digital paintings, along with sprawling installations and stylised basketball hoops adorned with geometric abstractions.

2006’s Studio Artists’ Exhibition also features two performative, relational projects that combine a diversity of practitioners and media to highlight ideas of interconnection within the artists’ own practice, and its relationship to the broader cultural context.

The 2006 group of studio artists are exceptional in their significant contribution to Australian contemporary art, locally and internationally. The GCAS artists have been involved in major projects, including Primavera at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art; a collaborative project at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; a solo exhibition at Centre for Contemporary Photography; exhibition at The Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art; and exhibition at The Armory Show, in New York, as well numerous projects for artist-run spaces, museums, festivals and publications. This year one of GCAS's studio artists was awarded The Australia Council studio residency in Los Angeles.

OPEN STUDIO DAY 2006

Saturday 9 December 2006, 2-5pm

On Gertrude’s annual Open Studio Day, the 16 artists’ studios at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces will be open to the public. This is a unique opportunity to meet the current studio artists in person, in the context of their working environments. The open studio day provides the opportunity to view behind the scenes, and discuss and discover more about the work of some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists.

Gertrude Studios 2006 exhibition and catalogue is generously supported by Mark Henry, Maddocks and Yanni Florence.