SALON September 2015






COVER: Julio Falagán, Pretendientes 2015, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist. Power to the People!, RMIT Gallery, Swanston Street Melbourne (VIC), 25 September – 24 October 2015

Michael Zavros (Australia QLD, B 1974), ‘Bad Dad’ 2013, oil on canvas, 110 x 150cm. Courtesy of the artist, Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane and Starkwhite, Auckland. ‘GOMA Q: Contemporary Queensland Art’, QAGOMA, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane (QLD), until 11 October 2015

Frans SNYDERS (Flemish 1579–1657), ‘Concert of birds’ (1630–40) oil on canvas, 136.5 х 240.0 cm. The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (Inv. no. ГЭ-607). Acquired from the collection of Sir Robert Walpole, Houghton Hall, 1779. ‘Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great’, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne (VIC), until 8 November 2015

Andrew Rogers, ‘Bunjil, You Yangs, Australia’ 2006, granite, 100m x 80m. Reproduced courtesy of the artist. ‘Geoglyphs—the land art projects of Andrew Rogers’, Geelong Art Gallery, Little Malop Street Geelong (VIC), until 22 November

Tim Hiller, ‘Domestic Connecting No.1’ 2015, photograph, edition of 4 + 1 AP. ‘Domestic Connecting’, TRISTIAN KOENIG, 19 Glasshouse Road Collingwood (VIC), until 15 September 2015
![Shaun TAN (Australian born 1974), They made their own houses 1997, illustration for The Rabbits by John Marsden, published by Thomas C. Lothian, Melbourne, 1998, pp. [9-10], synthetic polymer paint, gouache and coloured pencils, 34.8 x 52.3 cm (image) 39.7 x 56.2 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Gift of Albert Ullin OAM, 2014 © Shaun Tan. Bunyips and Dragons: Australian Children’s Book Illustrations, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square Melbourne (VIC), until 4 October 2015](http://troublemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/salonDf109990_RGB.jpg)
Shaun TAN (Australian born 1974), ‘They made their own houses’ 1997, illustration for ‘The Rabbits’ by John Marsden, published by Thomas C. Lothian, Melbourne, 1998, pp. [9-10], synthetic polymer paint, gouache and coloured pencils, 34.8 x 52.3 cm (image) 39.7 x 56.2 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Gift of Albert Ullin OAM, 2014 © Shaun Tan. ‘Bunyips and Dragons: Australian Children’s Book Illustrations’, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square Melbourne (VIC), until 4 October 2015

Martha ACKROYD CURTIS, ‘The Video’s Suitcase Walk’ 2015, a public art performance, supported by City of Yarra, in the City of Yarra Council Area (VIC), 1 August 2015 – 1 March 2016

Rona GREEN, ‘The Surgeon’ 2015, hand coloured linocut, 108 x 76cm. Image reproduced courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries. ‘Inking Up: Clayton Tremlett, Deborah Klein, Rona Green’, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, 14 Lyttleton Street Castlemaine (VIC), 29 August – 18 October 2015
The Sydney Opera House presents the fifth GRAPHIC festival,
Sydney (NSW), 28 September – 11 October 2015

Nicola Scott (art) Trevor Scott (inks), for ‘Earth 2 #1’, July 2012 cover date, DC Comics © copyright DC Comics. Part of FREE TALKS on Sunday 11 October.

Still from Del Kathryn Barton in collaboration with acclaimed director Brendan Fletcher on Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Nightingale & the Rose’, featuring the voices of Mia Wasikowska, Geoffrey Rush and David Wenham, with a soundtrack composed by GRAPHIC’s very own Sarah Blasko – the screening will be followed by an intimate Q&A with filmmaker Brendan Fletcher.
RELEVANT SITES
– rmit.edu.au
– qagoma.qld.gov.au
– ngv.vic.gov.au
– geelonggallery.org.au
– tristiankoenig.com
– thevideossuitcasewalk.net
– castlemainegallery.com
– graphic.sydneyoperahouse.com
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