2007

Christopher Köller: Floating Worlds

RMIT Gallery

5 December 2007 - 26 January 2008

Floating Worlds is Köller’s photographic investigation of the contemporary Japanese surfing subculture, compiled during a residency at the Australia Council’s Tokyo studio in 2003.

Köller’s photographs and videos document the emergence of surfing images on advertising billboards throughout the city as evidence of a shift in perception of surfing, from a transgressive subculture to a major thread in the contemporary Japanese imagination.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Echoes of Home: Memory and Mobility in Recent Austral-Asian Art

RMIT Gallery

3 December 2007 - 27 January 2008

Echoes of Home draws together 14 Australian-based artists from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds within the Asia-Pacific region.

The exhibition highlights the various skills, traditions and stories these artists have brought to Australia from their homelands and how these are used within the context of a new cultural environment.

Made from a variety of media, works in the exhibition reveal the significant contribution these artists have made to visual culture, particularly craft, in Australia.

This exhibition is toured by Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane City Council and supported by Visions of Australia.

Siemens–RMIT Fine Art Awards 2007

RMIT Gallery

5 - 17 November 2007

The Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Partnership is one of the most exciting business-arts initiatives to be launched in Australia.

The Siemens-RMIT Fine Art Partnership culminates annually with the selection of eight students to receive a combined $32,000 in financial scholarships to further their studies and careers.

Living Elvis

RMIT Gallery

17 August - 20 October 2007

RMIT Gallery commemorates the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley.

This exhibition features artwork responding to Elvis’ impact on contemporary visual culture, including fresh interpretations of Andy Warhol’s iconic Elvis prints.

Artists: Irene Barberis, Peter Barnes, Simon Barney, Baz Blakeney, Bonita Bub, Sadie Chandler, David Disher, Richard Dunn, Phil Edwards, Matthys Gerber, Ian Haig, Stephen Haley, Richard Harding, Marcus Kaiser, Alex Lawler, Stephen Little, Xiao Xian Liu, Michalis Nicolaides, Polixeni Papapetrou, Joan Ross, Giles Ryder, Stephen Skok, Soda_Jerk, Darren Wardle, Jenny Watson.

Marks & Motifs prints from the PCA collection

RMIT Gallery

20 June - 28 July 2007

This exhibition showcases 45 works commissioned by the Print Council of Australia since the 1960s.

Artists:

Ray Arnold, Tatipai Barsa, Yvonne Boag, G. W. Bot, John Coburn, Noel Counihan, Caroline Durré, Lesley Duxbury, Belinda Fox, Juli Haas, Treahna Hamm, Barbara Hanrahan, Cecil Hardy, Euan Heng, Tim Jones, William Kelly, Franz Kempf, Grahame King, Deborah Klein, Hertha Kluge-Pott, Les Kossatz, Maria Kozic, Graham Kuo, Alun Leach-Jones, Bruno Leti, Bea Maddock, Diane Mantzaris, Marie McMahon, Arone Raymond Meeks, Ann Newmarch, Graeme Peebles, Susan Pickering, Cat Poljski, Julie Purvis, Sally Robinson, Olga Sankey, Michael Schlitz, Jan Senbergs, Heather Shimmen, Melissa Smith, Sophia Szilagyi, Judy Watson, Arthur Wicks, Christine Willcocks, Fred Williams.

New trends of architecture in Europe and Asia-Pacific 2006-2007

RMIT Gallery

20 June - 28 July 2007

Architects R & Sie (n) /Francois Roche, Stephanie Lavaux, Jean Navarro (France); B.I.G. Bjarke Ingels Group (former PLOT, Denmark); Polaris architects (Luxembourg); JDS Architects (former PLOT, Denmark); NL architects (Netherlands); Enric Ruiz-Geli/Cloud 9 (Spain); Andreas Angelidakis (Greece); Polaris architects (Luxembourg); DOGMA｜OFFICE (Italy); Zizi & Yoyo arhitektid (Estonia); Taira Nishizawa Architects (Japan); MADA s.p.a.m. (China); Edge Design Institute Ltd. (Hong Kong); Mass Studies (Korea); Duangrit Bunnag (Thailand); Sean Godsell Architects (Australia); Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects (Australia)

Material Evidence: Jenny Watson Works on fabric 1981 – 2005

RMIT Gallery

3 May - 9 June 2007

Jenny Watson is a major figure in contemporary art whose work continues to command an international audience engages by its freshness, gentle humour and eloquence.

This selection of works on fabric recall times past. Watson’s works are drawn from images of her life and from her dreams. Her unconventional approach to painting combines colour, text, figures and recurring motifs, to create a meaningful narrative. The combination of images and text encourages the viewer to draw their own conclusions from the disparate pairings Watson offers.

New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985: Leonard Crawford, George Johnson, Grahame King

RMIT Gallery

1 May - 9 June 2007

Crawford, Johnson and King were central to the advancement of non-objective art in Melbourne in the post-war decades.

They shared international modernists’ experimental attitudes to materials and to form and composition – with investigations of colour, shape, line, tone and texture – but their preference for abstraction over the figurative imagery favoured by many other artists ensured that there was a strong alternative in the modern art movement as it was experienced in Melbourne.

New Abstraction RMIT 1965-1985 celebrates RMIT University’s 120th anniversary by honouring these three senior artists who have made a significant contribution to RMIT, the Melbourne art community and to Australian art as a whole.

Rich Text emerging artists and the written word

RMIT Gallery

1 May - 9 June 2007

This exhibition of work by 10 artists and two writers explores the allure and integration of the written word into installation, neon, performance, graffiti, moving image and printed publications.

Rich Text presents the work of Gabrielle De Vietri, James Dodd, Tim Fleming, Danielle Freakley, Is Not Magazine, David Keating, Antuong Nguyen, Pandarosa, Narinda Reeders and Kiron Robinson, and texts by Kate Just and Amy Spiers.

Fabsolute: the fashion illustration of Alfredo Bouret 1940s-1960s

RMIT Gallery

2 March - 14 April 2007

This exhibition follows fashion illustrator Alfredo Bouret’s career from 1946 through to the early 1960s.

Work presented in the exhibition was created for fashion magazines such as Vogue, Tatler, Queen and Glamour and advertising campaigns for British Vogue, Jaeger and Bally of Switzerland.

Fashion Face: Fashion photography by Robyn Beeche 1979-1989

RMIT Gallery

2 March - 14 April 2007

Australian photographer Robyn Beeche’s photographic style moved from the realm of straight fashion photography into that of high art.

Based in London throughout the 80’s, Australian photographer Robyn Beeche’s photographic style moved from the realm of straight fashion photography into that of high art, melding make-up and costuming to create fantastical tableaux and exotic narratives.