1998

Transformations – The fine art of print and the computer

RMIT Gallery

10 July - 15 August 1998

The works in this exhibition of British artists represents a diverse range of approaches to the integration of digital imaging and printing techniques within the fine art context. The resulting work includes three dimensional works, works on paper using digital output and traditional printmaking techniques of lithography, etching and silk screen printing. The touring exhibition has been supported by the British Council.

Curator: Tristan Humphries

Artists: George Whale, Naren Barfield, Tim O’Rielly, Tony Wilson, Jeffry Edwards, Raz Barfield,  Paul Coldwell, Charlotte Hodes, Brian Hodgson, Eileen Hogan, Christopher Kent, Peter Laurie, Peter Lee, Richard Slee, and Tristan Humphries.

Aurora

RMIT Gallery

10 July - 15 August 1998

This exhibition was created for Aisialink and first showed at the Seoul Arts Centre, South Korea in 1996. It has subsequently travelled extensively throughout Asia. The works display a sensual appreciation of diverse and rich materials, a pared down minimal asthetic, and most importantly wit and playfulness in their realisation.

Curators: Suzanne Davies, Grant Hannan, Ray Stebbins and Rachel Young

Artists: Bruce Armstrong, Marie Funaki, Gwyn Hanssen Piggott, Elizabeth Kelly, Bom-Jun Kim, Junji Konishi, Andrew Last, Carlier Makigawa, Sally Marsland, Richard Morrell, Marc Pascal, Prue Venables, the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Gloria Petyarre and Vixen Australia.

YOIN: Reverberations between Australia & Japan

RMIT Gallery

22 May - 27 June 1998

The exhibition involves the work of four Melbourne-based artists who have all been residents of the Australia Council Tokyo studio.

First mounted at the Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, January- March 1998, before travelling to Melbourne, the exhibition builds on the existing program of residencies in Tokyo and acknowledges the cultural ties between Australia and Japan.

Curator: Natalie King

Artists: Charles Anderson, Louise Forthun, Andrew Hurtle and Penelope Lee.

It’s About Time: an exhibition by Kim Donaldson

RMIT Gallery

3 April - 9 May 1998

These works focus on the role and content of time capsules, repositories for “objects chosen as representations of life at a particular time, which are then buried for discovery in the future.”

The exhibition draws on objects held within RMIT collections.

AEROWARE: Contemporary Silversmithing works by Andrew Last

RMIT Gallery

3 April - 9 May 1998

Andrew Last describes the works in this exhibition as ‘vessels containing and emitting light.’ Strongly influenced by aerodynamics and aircraft fabrication, the works challenge notions of scale, utility and identity.

Nineteen Sixty-Three: News and Information – A Photographic Installation of one hundred images by Martyn Jolly

RMIT Gallery

13 February - 21 March 1998

This exhibition is an idiosyncratic visual archaeology of Australia’s recent past. Jolly has undertaken a visual excavation of photographs taken for the Australian News and Information Bureau in 1963 concentrating on gestures, unconscious body language, the folds and creases of clothing, the juxtaposition of patterns and surfaces.

HYPE: Fashion, Art and Advertising

RMIT Gallery

13 February - 21 March 1998

A joint project of the 1998 Woolmark Melbourne Fashion Festival and RMIT Gallery, Hype explores the role of exaggerated presentation within the fashion industry and the relationship between fashion and contemporary art practice.

Curator: Robert Buckingham

Artists: Bjork, Susan Cohn, Kate Durham, Parfums Jean Paul Gaultier, Lisa Grocott, Sarah Harmarnee, Peter Hennessey, Bill Henson, Katerina Jebb, Calvin Klein, Maria Kozic, Mambo Promotional Material, Christopher Langton, Baz Luhrmann, Mooks, Mariko Mori, Patricia Piccinini, Michael Pogia, David Rosetzky, Jacinta Schreuder, Justin Smith, Lyndal Walker and W&LT.

Exhibition conceived by Mark Pennings and Justin Clemens.