Hand Held Gallery

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Hand Held News

The 'In Suspense' exhibition is into it's last two days so if you haven't seen it yet head down to the gallery Thursday or Friday to check it out (you might be lucky on Saturday as i'm not sure when I will need to take it down). It's a show that I am pretty proud of and would love for you all to get the chance to see it in person.

Up next is Suse Scholem's 'Abject Object' opening next Thursday eve December 1st 6-8pm.

Which looks like it's going to be a fascination exhibition!

The wonderful creative things fair is on THIS SUNDAY (27th Nov) at St.Helliers @ Abbotsford convent from 11am - 4pm - i'll be there with my littleredfish books and have a few new things on the go.

Finally - we are now taking applications for the end of 2012. Proposals should be emailed or posted. It's a pretty casual application process however as I usually get more applications than I have spaces I would recommend getting your app. in fairly quickly.

Friday, November 4, 2011

In Suspense

My latest curatorial project 'In Suspense' opened last Thursday eve at Hand Held. Thanks to all participants. I think you will agree if you were here on Thursday, drop in in the next few weeks or check out the images below, that it has come together as a lovely exhibition which has fulfilled it's brief with works exploring the possibilities of suspension whether it be literally, physically or metaphorically.

Artists in order of images:
Priscilla Ambrosini
Paul Compton
Sarah Eve Deaman
Jill Hermans
Jenny Bolhofner
Helen Malone
Jill Hermans
Sheridan Jones
Louise Jennison
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
Shellaine Godbold
Deborah Klein
Clayton Tremlett
Bonnie Hanlon
Noela Mills

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Join us at Hand Held on Thursday eve 6-8pm for the opening of
'In Suspense' and exhibition of jewellery, objects, print and paint exploring the many possibilities of suspension.

Exhibitions Jan - June 2013

January 24 to February 16, Sampler, small woven tapestries by Mardi Nowak
February 21 to March 16, Renuka Rajiv. For this exhibition opportunity I would like to come up with a collection of zines and artist books. They will work across observational and imaginative drawing, with some being handmade while others are photocopy reproductions. What I would like to express through this is a need to keep drawing, as well as making little collections through books.
March 21 to April 13, Jenny Bolhofner, 'A Map to Nowhere' . Maps are supposed to tell us where we are. They show us how to go from point A to point B. Maps reveal relationships. They represent space and orientation. But I always wondered what a map of isolation would look like. How do you show space without anything in that space? How do you depict something without having anything nearby to determine scale, location, or relation? How do you make a map to nowhere?
April 18 to May 11, Susan Baran and Diane Longley. 'Chances and Changes'. an exhibition of prints, artist books, encaustic panels, and porcelain works. This eclectic mix of works by Susan Baran and Dianne Longley has been selected to complement the remarkable and intimate space of Hand Held Gallery. Enjoy having a close and even closer look at these small and beautifully crafted works..
May 16 to June 8, Kat Teede, 'I Want to be Your Shadow'. “I Want to be Your Shadow” is a statement that was once made known to me and has stayed in my memory for the tension that it creates between intimacy and suffocation. Appearing as an endearing declaration of love, “I Want to Be Your Shadow” can also be viewed as a burdening entrapment… Within this exhibition, small-scale sculpture and text combine in considering this tension, together with the recollection of our memories of past relationships. As with this statement, the works within I Want to be Your Shadow are both beautiful and intimate though haunting.
June 13 to July 6, Deborah Klein, 'Tall Tales'. unique artist books and painted miniatures. Check out some sneak peaks of Deb's work for the show at her Moth Woman Press blogspot. www.mothwomanpress.blogspot.com

Past Exhibitions July - Dec 2012

August 23 - September 15, Megan Herring, 'Tea Party',Exploring the fragility of tradition, the loss of simple ceremony and the degradation of the importance of heirloom objects. Tea bag books and objects.
September 20 - October 20, 'Vignette/Vitrine', a group exhibition of objects and illustrations but Paul Compton, Deborah Klein, Priscilla Ambroscini, Sheridan Jones, Bonnie Hanlon and Megan Herring.
October 25 - November 17, Priscilla Ambroscini
November 22-Dec 15, MELT by Jill Herman's and Chloe McColl. Melt Unpredictable things can happen when a material is heated. A transition takes place - structures collapse and reform, separate units bond together, the internal structure contracts or expands, colours can develop and fade, shapes melt and textures are formed or transformed. The response of the material changes. In their separate practices Chloe McColl and Jill Hermans use heat as a means of creation. Through these transitions they hope to tell a deeper truth about the essential qualities of their materials. Chloe McColl aims to simultaneously question and intensify the viewer’s relationship with discarded consumer products. Through her work she provides a new perception of the strange, wondrous and aesthetic forms, which we interact with daily; to offer the viewer ‘new eyes’ for a new discovery of the familiar. Jill Hermans’ practice is material and process driven, utilizing and uniting elements of unpredictability and chance with carefully considered pattern and repetition. Heat plays an essential part in the making process, and the variable nature of the metal when introduced to heat helps to determine the shape and colour. This collaboration between metal, flame and the hand of the artist is essential in forming the works.
December 20-Jan 19, BAZE book art and zine exhibition featuring 35 artist book and zine makers from around Australia.

past exhibitions Jan-July 2012

July 26 - August 18, Brydie Dyson, 'Peg is 40', A collection of works from Brydie Dyson’s solo developments, and community collaboration: embroidered silk text panels and handkerchiefs, silver cast seedpods, botanical plant matter, soundscapes.'
May - Sheridan Jones, 'The Hunter and the Hawker'. We’re headed back out on an expedition, back into the exquisite detail of the natural world. The world of jars, vials, cloches, becomes a world of exploration, of discovery, of beauty and awe. Together through the medium of print we can once again discover the intricacy, delicacy and beauty of even the smallest elements nature has to offer.
31st May - 23rd June - Kate Gorringe-Smith, ‘Fly Me to the Moon' The Bar-tailed Godwit, a migratory shorebird, journeys annually from the northern to the southern hemisphere and back, chasing the sun across the globe. On its journey, it can fly for up to eight days without stopping, a flight that covers over 11,000 kilometres. Over the course of a lifetime, individual birds have been known to fly the equivalent distance as from the earth to the moon. My work is inspired by these tiny navigators: the miracle and mystery of their journeys, their beauty, and the way they embody our own hopes and dreams.
June 28th to July 21st - Paul Compton, 'Domestic Disturbance'. Domestic Disturbance suggests the underbelly of an imagined Victorian era house through depictions of uninhabited rooms and curious portraits. The drawings, prints, handmade books and zines in this exhibition hint at narratives of strange places, deaths, secrets and peculiar activities that go on behind closed doors.

Past Exhibitions