I’m still in Holiday mode, as many of you are also. Here is just a sanpshot of some of the best of the best to be seen in Melbourne at the moment.

 

 

Heidie Gallery- Heildelberg

• Louise Borgeouis-Presenting over twenty of her latest works direct from the artsts studio in New York prioir to her death in 2010
• Albert Tucker- Presenting major paintings and photgraphs from Tucker’s travels in England, Europe and America
• Sidney Nolan: Early Experiments-a selection of Sidney Nolan’s innovative explorations in unconventional media, produced during his formative years at Heide from 1938 to 1947.

 

Monash gallery of Art

• Pat Brassington is one of Australia’s leading photographic artists. For three decades she has developed a significant reputation for her visually striking pictures.
• A showcase of Ingeborg Tyssen’s earliest photographs, taken in the city streets, fun parks, and suburbs of ‘70s Australia and America, radiate a gentle surrealism mixed with urban isolation.

 

NGV-Federation Square

Jeff Wall is a most influential contemporary photographer. His work is shaped by his profound awareness of Western art and literature.

 

NGV INTERNATIONAL-

RALLY- Contemporary Indonesian Art

• Jompet Kuswidananto & Eko Nugroho- Come and see some brilliant installations and mural artworks from these two members of the Java city of Yogyakarta in Indonesia.

 

• Radiance: The Neo-Impressionists, the first Australian exhibition dedicated to Neo-Impressionism, will introduce visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria to the birth and development of Neo-Impressionism in France and Belgium

accaDesire Lines

The title Desire Lines refers to the wayward, improvised tracks created by walkers and others who defy the ways designed for them by urban regulators and councils. Sometime known as ‘goat trails’ they show the preferable path, and indicate our more maverick and intuitive navigations.Extrapolating from this premise, the exhibition takes us on a number of unexpected journeys, unleashing many lines, both actual and conceptual, pragmatic and poetic. Geographies, geometries and g-force elements are all activated in works that form poetic encounters and memorable moments, as artists seek to follow their hearts, minds and navigational desires.Including work by more than thirty artists, this international exhibition features important and seminal works by Samuel Beckett, Bruce Nauman, Lawrence Weiner and Richard Long.

 

• Walker Street Gallery -Dandenong

Opening- Saturday the 12^th Of January-2:30pm   Mo(u)rning -by Zanele Muholi

A solo exhibition by South African artist and activist Zanele Muholi. Muholi documents the lives of black lesbian women in her community, helping prevent their victimisation and abuse. At the same time, her work is an exhibition of love and true strength in the face of hardship