CHALK HORSE AT MIAMI SCOPE ART FAIR 2011

MIAMI SCOPE ART FAIR
29 NOVEMBER - 4 DECEMBER, 2011

FEATURING:
YINJAA BARNI
SAM DOCTOR
JASPER KNIGHT
JULIAN MEAGHER
CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
GREGORY & WATTS

Christian Thompson, Howl For Your Troubles, 2011, c-type photograph, 100 x 100 cm.

Clifton Mack, Jarman Island Lighthouse I, 2010, Acrylic on Canvas, 91 x 94 cm

GREGORY & WATTS SUPPLEMENT GARY CARSLEY'S 'GARDENESQUE' at CACSA

GREGORY & WATTS FEATURE AUDIO GUIDE IN

GARY CARSLEY'S

'GARDENESQUE'

5 NOVEMBER - 11 DECEMBER, 2011

CACSA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The exhibition 'Gardenesque' represents an overview of the Gary Carsley's recent practice, specifically configured for the CACSA gallery. As a central focus of his pratice, the artist creates large scale digital photographic works created by scanning wood grain laminates which are then used to create highly textured composite images of public gardens and parks. The artist terms the resultant images Draguerrotypes, referencing both the nineteenth-century photographic technique as well as the garden as a drag performance: a site of constant negotiation between nature and culture. Other more recent works include the presence of a black, painterly silhouette in the foreground of these photographic collages. In this series of works the absence of the statue figure relates directly to postcolonialist ideals, addressing the unique position of Australia in relation to European history and our position within the Asia-Pacific region. 

Alongside the work of Gary Carsley, Gardenesque will feature a specially commissioned audio guide by Chalkie's very own Sydney-based artists/theorists Tim Gregoy and Oliver Watts, downloadable here.

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Nothing is true, everything is permitted 

curated by Clementine Blackman and Kat Sapera

David Capra / Yvette Coppersmith / John A Douglas

Sanné Mestrom / Kate Mitchell / Christian Thompson

and Gregory & Watts

A couple of months ago Chalk Horse moved. They went  further into Surry Hills to Lacey St, about three minutes down from their old Cooper St digs, and became the first Sydney artist run initiative to turn into a commercial gallery. The big re-opening show was of paintings by Jasper Knight, because when one of Australia's highest profile artists co-founded your gallery and is one of it's directors you tend to leverage that. Then there was a group show, and now there's another group show, which is great because it's a chance to get their whole stable of artists on display in this space while it still has that new-car smell.

Co-curated by longtime gallery manager Clementine Blackman and newer addition Kat Sapera, Nothing is true, everything is permitted promises to evidence the gallery's ongoing commitment to intelligent and rigorous work by emerging and mid-career artists across a variety of media. Chalk Horse is one of the galleries most likely to confuse you on entry, but it's also very good at explaining itself (the catalogue essays are really great) and it's a prime provider of high-concept LOLs. This show features work by David Capra, Yvette Coppersmith, Sanné Mestrom, Kate Mitchell, Christian Thompson, John A Douglas (image above) and Gregory & Watts.

Image: John A Douglas, Starella

Words: Bethany Small