EXHIBITION NUMBER 18

c3 contemporary art space opens it's new show on:

Wednesday February 3rd at 6 - 8pm

Exhibition runs:

February 3rd to the 21st

FOYER INSTALLATION

Pippa Makgill

Archs, surfaces and architectural idiosyracies are drawn on in creating a

responsive installation to this space.

A cultural memory of objects is used to reveal perceptions and

notions of physicality. Forms and objects are playfully bought together

to capture a fluidity though fixed objects and a curiosity of associations.

Pippa Makgill graduated with a BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland

University in 2004. After working, travelling and exhibiting around

New Zealand for a few years she moved to Melbourne where she is currently

undertaking a MFA by Research at Monash University.

Gallery 1

Space A

George banks is not for sale

Laura Sheehan

Laura Sheehan uses paint techniques to explore the real and the fantasy elements of her life. Employing a continuous line to illustrate members of her family as well as characters from movies or stories her brightly colored images transport the viewer thru a web of layered narratives

This is Laura’s first solo exhibition she has exhibited at Federation Square, Royal Exhibition Building and Arts Project Australia.

Her work is featured in various collections around Australia.

Laura is 26 years of age and has a disability that prevents her from reading or writing.

Her art is her expression.

Space B

Wordless

Vivian Cooper Smith

Wordless is a collection of images that examine a life without anchors, without precedents and without hope in eternity. It examines life in the dark, without the illumination of understanding and description. It is a meditation on losing a faith and unbelieving in God.

Vivian Cooper Smith grew up the son of missionaries in Bangladesh. After finishing school and a Fine Arts degree in Perth he moved to Melbourne 10 years ago. He works as a photographer and graphic designer and has exhibited widely both locally and nationally.

Project Room

In-Habit In Situ

Coordinating artists: Jude Anderson & Emilie Collyer

Artists include: Rachael Guy, David Churchill, Andy Jackson, Kate Hunter, berni m janssen, Scott Lyon, Daniel Armstrong, Amy Tsilemanis, Caitlin Dullard.

In-Habit In Situ is a relocated live art office of archives and investigation. In late 2008, the In-Habit office issued an invitation to a range of artists to undertake 15 minute 'Instant Actions' throughout a further 12 months on the grounds of the Abbotsford Convent. In Situ is a presentation of the findings and documentation of these actions. It also marks the opening of the In-Habit season of 11 live art events resulting from the year long In-Habit residency hosted by Punctum at the Convent. In-Habit investigates con

nections between people, site, place and space with a focus on cultural exchange. Events of the unique In-Habit season will take place in venues within the convent and across the City of Yarra from 3rd February until 28th February 2010

Gallery 2

Cultural Fractures

Joseph Flynn

Joseph is a self-taught artist working from the Blender Studios.

Working in ink and pencil on paper, and oil on canvas his work is reflective of the multicultural world in which we live and how these worlds are often fractured. Largely concentrating on faces Joseph creates his imagery by splicing and mixing the identities of various cultures together in his painting and has developed highly detailed patterns that are representative of the many different cultures of the world that come together or drift apart to create faces on the paper, the faces of humanity.

Gallery 3

Scenic Wonders

John Parkinson

Pictures of the world.

Made with computers.

In this exhibition:

Panoramic vistas. Gardens. Tourist Resorts. Rain. Waterfalls. Mountains.Tennis Courts and Natural Disasters.

1000 Milk Bars make a Westfield. 20,000 Waiting Room Ferns make a Forest.

Small things fill the big things. Big things fill the exceptionally big things.

John Parkinson plays in Melbourne, graduated from painting at the VCA in 2008 and makes music with his band World’s End Press. He has a studio at the Abbotsford Convent.