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2009 Exhibition program - Closed as of 30 May 2008



Gertrude Studios program 2009-2010 - 26 September 2008

2009 "Studio 18" International and interstate residency program for artists and curators - 11 July 2008

2008 Emerging Writers program - 31 March 2008

GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES AND NICK MANGAN AT SITE SANTA FE BIENNIAL

OPENING: JUNE 20TH EXHIBITION DATES: JUNE 22 - OCT 26, 2008

The Site Santa Fe Biennial is the only international contemporary art biennial in the USA, running for seven years, it occupies a pivotal position in international contemporary art. With past directors including acclaimed curators such as Francesco Bonami (1997), Rosa Martínez (1999), and Robert Storr (2004), this biennial is world renown for its innovative approach and dynamic projects.

This year’s exhibition is no exception, entitled Lucky Number Seven, it has been curated by Lance Fung who invited 18 institutional partners from around the world to collaborate with him in the creation of this biennial. Fung selected institutions that he felt reflected most successfully independent contemporary art from 18 countries. Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (GCAS) was invited to be the Australian partner, with Alexie Glass, Director of GCAS, as curatorial partner. Glass nominated five Australian artists for consideration and in dialogue with Fung identified former GCAS studio artist Nick Mangan as the artist for inclusion in Lucky Number Seven.

Nick Mangan, who is currently on a Samstag Scholarship in Berlin will be creating a site specific archaeological dig of a derelict garage in Santa Fe eponymously called ‘South West Stone’. As Alexie Glass explains Mangan’s faux archaeological excavations “create fictions that draw from the history of New Mexico - he collapses references that range from adobe architecture to atomic testings, casino’s to Indian reservations, literally unearthing new hybrid relics and revealing what lies beneath undisturbed surfaces.”

Mangan’s work will be presented alongside work by 25 artists from 16 countries to create 18 site-specific projects. In addition all of the works are temporary, existing only for the duration of the exhibition when the materials will be recycled back into the community.

Fung’s unique approach to this biennial allows him access to artists who are relatively unknown on an international scale, and offers a new and exciting model for collaboration between institutions and countries in this context, setting a bench mark for curatorial projects of this kind in the future.

Incoming Studio Artists for 2008/2009

The eight new Gertrude Studio artists were announced at the annual Gertrude Studio exhibition opening on Friday 16th November they are: Kel Glaister, Nathan Gray, Ardi Gunawan, Kate Just, Ash Keating, Richard Lewer, Jackson Slattery and Matthew Shannon.

NICK SELENITSCH’S EXHIBITION @ SUTTON GALLERY PROJECT SPACE

“Not flying, jumping” is a solo exhibition of new work by Nick Selenitsch at Sutton Gallery Project Space, 230 Young St Fitzroy (June 5th – July 19th). http://www.suttongallery.com.au/exhibitions/exhibitioninfo.php?id=49

Matthew Shannon's exhibition at TCB

Shannon suggests that many artists have explored the optical subjectivity of the viewer;this work explores the chemical subjectivity.

The exhibition will open 16 July and continue to 2 August at TCB - 1/12 Waratah Place, Melbourne, 3000. www.tcbartinc.org.au.