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Ivy Tropes | 28 July - 9 August 2009 - Thu, Jul 23 2009

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Ivy Tropes
Curated by Melissa Loughnan, acga Programme Manager

Lynne Boyd Charles Nodrum Gallery
Jane Burton Heiser Gallery
Lynda Draper Stella Downer Fine Art
Roy Jackson Heiser Gallery
Kate Just Nellie Castan Gallery
Yvonne Kendall Niagara Galleries
Julia Robinson Über Gallery
Roh Singh Dianne Tanzer Gallery

The Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA) is pleased to announce the opening of Ivy Tropes curated by Melissa Loughnan, ACGA Programme Manager, at the acga gallery, Federation Square from 6 - 8pm on Tuesday 28 July 2009.

Ivy Tropes explores narrative in nature; whether traversing the landscape of the fantastical or the everyday, each work selected for inclusion in the exhibition recounts a tale. Eight artists represented by ACGA member galleries present works across a variety of media to explore the mythologising of nature through subversive or puristic binaries.

Kate Just’s practice, for example, depicts the connection between women and nature, positing the female form as a metaphor for the human condition and the fragile state of our environment. Her collages have informed her most recent installation work, exploring a foreign landscape comprising various creatures, plants and unknown forms in the process of metamorphosis. Her highly aesthetic, purist works at times promote a sombre mood through their environmental messages.

Contrastingly, Julia Robinson’s works delight in the tension between the aesthetic and the abject, shifting between the boundaries of the jocular and macabre. Her three-dimensional works combine traditional craft techniques, ornamental veneers and hybridised objects. Untitled is emblematic of this combination, and presents a soft sculpture of a goat formed from highly adorned tapestry fabric. Lying on its back, with its head tilted and legs in the air, the creature appears to be in a state of submission or defeat.

Ivy Tropes will take place at the acga gallery, Federation Square, from Tuesday 28 July to Sunday 9 August 2009. For further information, images or to arrange an interview please contact Melissa Loughnan via melissal@acga.com.au or (03) 9662 2209.

acga gallery I atrium, federation square I cnr flinders +swanston sts melb
tues – sun 10 – 5pm I www.acga.com.au | mail@acga.com.au | (03) 9662 2209


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