Event | Young Art Collectors: Photography

The Art Gallery of NSW will be holding a panel discussion this month giving "an insight into the world of collecting photography". This is part of AGNSW's series of Young Art Collectors Events which aims to encourage young art appreciators to step into the world of collecting and to inform those who are interested in the mechanics of building an art collection. If you're in Sydney this month and interested in the process of building an art collection it would be well worth booking yourself a seat for what will surely be an informative hour and a half.


Young art collectors: photography - Wednesday 23 May

An insight into the world of collecting photography.


In this panel discussion we bring together Gallery benefactor and prolific art collector, Andrew Cameron, Judy Annear, the Gallery’s head of photographs, and Kon Gouriotis, director, Australian Centre of Photography, to share with you their experience of collecting and appreciating photography. 
The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session.

Date: Wednesday 23 May 
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Centenary Auditorium (Lower Level 1), AGNSW  
Cost: Members $35, Non-members $40

Bookings and enquiries: 
Phone: 9225 1878
On-line: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/young-art-collectors-photography/

Website | AustralianPhotographers.org

AustralianPhotographers.org is an online collection of 150 photographers and their work. It is an extensive database that provides a description of the artists’ work, 6 images and selected publications for each artist. The material for the website was collected during Anne Marsh’s extensive research project on contemporary Australian photography for which she received an Australian Research Council Grant in 2005.

It is particularly interesting in that it is a static resource which functions as a book, presented online.  As stated on the website:

This material, including photographs and texts, is drawn from a select period and thus attests to historical specificity and contexts within which this particular research project was undertaken. Much of the material about the artists’ works was collected from the artists and edited in 2006-2007 and acts as a form of historical snapshot of their creative practice at the time that the primary research was undertaken. To this end, no artist’s curriculum vitae are available through this website and nor are their current undertakings such as recent exhibitions. Where available, the artist’s URL should direct the visitor to this kind of current material.

The website is a simple and effective format for this type of online resource which is taking the print approach and is excellent for researchers, students and the public to access key material that was discovered during this research project. For the casual visitor, the home page presents a different artist each time on refresh, providing a random introduction to what may be unknown work but for the researcher or student a search box and browse by name option is provided. It is a great resource for international artists/curators to discover or gain deeper understanding to what happening in Australia.

Anne Marsh’s project produced the website and a large format book:  Look: Australian Contemporary Photography since 1980 was published by Macmillan Art Publishing and released in December 2010. It is a collection of over 400 photographs with a series of critical essays written by Anne analysing key themes and issues. 

makinotomoaki.net | tuomaslaitinen.net

Exhibition runs until May 15 | Open Monday - Friday 10: 00 - 5: 00 & Saturday 12: 00 - 4: 00

5022 9542, 41 Deakin Ave, Mildura, VIC 3502 manager@artsmildura.com.au

Press | Sunraysia Daily | Wallflower Photomedia Gallery Launch

Wallflower's launch was covered in Mildura's local paper, The Sunraysia Daily, by the lovely Allyson Fonseca who valiantly struggled through the interview during the crowded and noisy opening last Sunday. A slight correction we should mention is that although both artists exhibited work about Tokyo, Mr Tuomas A. Laitinen is not from Japan, he is from Finland.


Here is the link to the article which was published in Friday April 27th's issue page 2.



 
Opportunity: Wallflower Photomedia Gallery curator Kristian Haggblom says the new gallery will bring international visitors here. Picture: Luke Birch


 Tuomas A Laitinen's Website
 Tomoaki Makino's Website

Invitation | Opening Drinks 6-8pm Thurs 3 May | Katrin Koenning & Hugh Stewart | HeadOn at MiCK  




If you're in Sydney this week head on out to MiCK in Paddington for the opening of Katrin Koenning's show "From A Changed North". Katrin will soon be part of the Wallflower Photomedia Gallery curatorial initiative exhibition ___on this site which we will be formally announcing tomorrow on the blog and Facebook but in anticipation of this, check out Katrin's work in Sydney or, if distance forbids, via her website.

KATRIN KOENNING | From A Changed North
 Winner 2011 HeadOn Portrait Prize Critic's Choice Award
 Winner 2011 Australia's Top Emerging Documentary Photographer

http://mickthegallery.com/exhibitions/head-on-photo-festival-katrin-koenning/

Photo Set | The launch of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery



As promised, some photos from the launch of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery last Sunday.

We were pleased to see a wide range of people attend the opening from Mildura and beyond and would love to see any photo's you captured. Post them to our Facebook page and don't forget to tag the cool people so we can stalk, I mean, friend them.

Wallflower launch

There's been exciting happenings in the world of Wallflower...

Wallflower Photomedia Gallery was launched to great successlast Sunday in Mildura with work from Tuomas A. Laitinen and Tomoaki Makino. We had an excellent response to the shows and the future of Wallflower is lookingvery exciting. Two of Tomoaki Makino's publications are available to purchase through the gallery and we encourage everyone to take a look.

Photos from the opening will be coming soon and keep watch for details about upcoming shows.

Thanks to everyone who made it to the opening and made it such a great event.

Wallflower Photomedia Gallery is supported by Arts Mildura and entry is via the Arts Mildura offices located at 41 Deakin Ave. Gallery hours are 10-5 Monday- Friday and 12-4 Saturday. The current exhibition runs until May 15.