1996

WASP

RMIT Gallery

29 August - 28 September 1996

Rising young stars from the British art world.

Artists: Jake & Dinos Chapman, Rachel Evans, Mona Hatoum, Sarah Lucas, Hadrian Pigott and Mark Wallinger.

Birrell: works from the office of James Birrell

RMIT Gallery

29 August - 28 September 1996

An exhibition documenting the building design practices of James Birrell

The erection of his public buildings in Brisbane followed a period of building hiatus after the second world war.

“They are distinctive and exemplary buildings that provide a reference and benchmark for all those interested in the evolution of architecture in Australia.” - Michael Keniger

Curators: Andrew Wilson and Dr James Macarthur

Ruins in Reverse

RMIT Gallery

20 April - 1 June 1996

Ashton Raggatt and McDougall were the architects of the new RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall. The novel which tackled the relationship between art and architecture; in particular the predicament faced by art within the new gallery.

The exhibition showcased 14 artists employing unorthodox and prosaic materials (masonite, MDF, cardboard, concrete, vinyl, lurex, fake fur) in works which reference and undermine historical moments of aesthetic purity and transcendence, and interact with RMIT Gallery’s recently renovated interior.

Curator: Susan Fereday (Inaugural Director of RMIT Gallery)

Artists: Lauren Berkowitz, Adam Boyd, Colin Duncan, Hewson/Walker, Shaun Kirby, Christopher Langton, Callum Morton, Rose Nolan, Deborah Ostrow, Kathy Temin, Chris Ulbrick, Chris White, Constanze Zikos.

Frances Burke Fabrics

RMIT Gallery

7 - 30 March 1996

This exhibition is a project of the Textile Resource Collection, Department of Fashion and Textile Design, RMIT. Research into Burke’s life and work was the catalyst for the establishment of the Resource Collection.

The work exhibited is largely drawn from the Burke archive within the Resource Collection, with supplementary pieces kindly loaned by the Ararat Gallery, Anna Sande and John Leslie.