Some wag has suggested Robert Guth (PhD, Photomedia) ’s thesis must be about the embodiment of both global warming and post-colonialism? I’m sure you can book a spin around the block in this particular boundary object, and contribute to his relational aesthetic…

Taking another approach to mobile art, ecowarrior Mark Frith well and truly put the boundaries of art to the test when he took his mobile sculpture Climate Change Express in Bermagui’s Main Street parade on Saturday and nearly lost it on the downhill stretch. Unusual in the artworld, Mark is happy to deny his artistic ego, seeing Sculpture on the Edge more as an opportunity for creative activism in “Sculpture on the Edge” last weekend. See ArtWranglers and glasscentralcanberra for more pics and reflections on the event.

The third and final exhibition of the Graduate Season 2008 opens at the ANU School of Art Gallery on March 6th. All sculptures in various media and modes of installation. The artists in this season are Masahiro Asaka (Master of Arts, Visual Arts, Glass), Margaret Carlin (Master of Visual Arts, Ceramics), Linda Davy (Graduate Diploma of Art, Ceramics) and Ayako Saito (Master of Visual Arts, Sculpture). The show is up until Friday March 14 and the ANU School of Art Gallery is open Wednesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm. Phone 02 6125 5841. Please wait for titles and more images in the the artists’ galleries —–>

Masahiro Asaka (Master of Arts, Visual Arts, Glass: Surge 1, 2007 (cast glass, cold-worked)

Margaret Carlin (Master of Visual Arts, Ceramics): Regeneration series 2 (1-6), 2008, (mixed clay, glaze, timber)

Linda Davy (Graduate Diploma of Art, Ceramics: from the Shift series (porcelain, terrasigillata)

Ayako Saito (Master of Visual Arts, Sculpture): from the ground, 2007, (plaster for bronze)

here’s Ayako Saito, in the Sculpture studio three weeks ago, and she’s still working. Wait and see the outcomes this week in the third exhibition of the graduate season…

Two ANU PhD Sculpture students Hannah Hoyne and Amanda Stuart, together with a graduate from 2007, Rosalind Lemoh, have all been invited to participate in the third Bermagui “Sculpture on the Edge” exhibition, which will be held in and around the town of Bermagui from March 7th to 12th. ANU School of Art faculty member Phil Spellman has also been invited to exhibit and together with Nigel Lendon will be participating in the exhibition symposium, to be held on Sunday 9th March from 10.00am (enquiries and bookings phone Jan Ireland, 02 64933808). Watch this site for photographs of the event!

PhD candidate David Wills (Photomedia) is showing work in progress in an exhibition titled “Salad Days” at the National Art School Gallery in Sydney. His exhibition is the outcome of an Artist in Residency and will run from March 6th to 15th, beginning with an “event” on the evening of March 6th, from 6.00 to 9.00 pm. David’s work is characteristic of his use of photography to create multi-thematic archives. For a better idea of the (extraordinary) scope of his work, and his methods, go and explore his website turnstile.

The second exhibition of the Graduate Season 2008 opens at the ANU School of Art Gallery on February 20. The show is up until February 29. The artists in this season are Leila Feuer (Master of Visual Arts, Painting), Daniel Flood (Graduate Diploma of Art, Painting) and Frank Lindner (Master of Visual Arts, Photomedia). The Gallery is open Wednesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm. Phone 02 6125 5841.

Leila Feuer: Got My Eye On You Mr. – puff-paint, iron-on transfer, rhinestones on baby singlet: 17 cm x 27 cm, 2007. Lazy Daisy – puff-paint, iron-on transfer, googly eyes, paper on men’s underwear: 34 cm x 36 cm, 2007

Frank Lindner: Shaving Time, Matted to aluminium, no border C print, 65cm x 80cm

Daniel Flood: the arrival, 2007, digital painting, Photoshop

The Graduate Season 2008 was launched at the ANU School of Art Gallery on February 6. The show is up until February 15. The featured artists are Judith Fuller (Graduate Diploma of Art), Kerrie O’Dea (MVA) and Isadora Mack (MVA). The Gallery is open Wednesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm. Phone 02 6125 5841.

Judith Fuller, Stages of Death, photogram, 2007. 49 cm x 92 cm. Photograph by ANU Photography - and see more images in the online gallery

Kerrie O’Dea, The Spirit of Airlie, still image from digital video, “The Spirit of Airlie”, 15 minute multi-screen archival documentary - and see more images in the online gallery.

Isadora Mack, Atmospheric Light II, acrylic on canvas, 1m x 1m, 2007 - and see more images in the online gallery

We start the year with more good news! Congratulations to Janet May Fieldhouse (MPhil, Ceramics) who is the recipient of the inaugural Indigenous Ceramic Art Award. The award is an initiative of the Shepparton Art Gallery in Victoria. Janet holds an ANU Postgraduate Indigenous Scholarship, which the $15,000 prize will top up very nicely as she enters the final semester of her degree. The work above is one of her submissions to the award: “Woven Armband”, Keraflex porcelain, light box, 14 x 41 x 30cm, 2007.

It was quite an honour for Nicky Dickson (PhD, Painting) to be represented in the Poster section of the 32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art in Melbourne in January. Keep your diaries free on March 12th for an all-day seminar at the Research School of the Humanities by all those from the ANU who gave papers at this conference…

You’ll also find Nigel confronting his past at the same event here.

The ANU School of Art is pleased to acknowledge the generous support of Henry Ergas, whose patronage has enabled the development of this site.

In addition to a number of other key programs, Henry Ergas has supported the production of previous Graduate Season catalogues:

::LOOK:: 2007

omniscience 2006

(links are to pdf documents).