Collaborative practice between local Bendigo artist Pete Byrne and Jessica Murtagh. Together they mapped what it meant to collaborate, and the dynamics of a partnership production. Responding to themes of degradation and reproduction, allowed for a unique tension in the work. A push and pull between spontaneity (Pete) and order (Jess).
Pete Byrne’s solo practice investigates the body and mind, exploring these themes through enigmatic film photography, as well as printmaking, and bold colourful paintings with stylized figures.
Jessica Murtagh’s practice explores process, using themes from the Italian art movement Arte Povera, exploring a range of unconventional processes and non-traditional everyday materials.
Together they created mixed media installations, large works on paper, and sculptures. Combining ideas of the body with processes of the everyday.
About the works:
Acrylic paint on A4 watercolour paper
Subject matter is found images and quotes of Kim Kardashian from a ‘Zoo’ magazine.
About the show:
The Fort Collective presents… ‘Girlhood #2’
Bringing together the work of over forty artists, mostly based in Melbourne, Girlhood #2 aims to showcase a broad range of creative interpretations and reflections on gender. From the minds of artists who, themselves, are women or non binary folk, what does it mean to have experienced a girlhood in some way? Or to have had one thrust upon you? Our experiences with gender, and how we are treated because of it, have to some extent helped form who we are. Each of these artists gives us a glimpse into their internal landscape, and by extension, pieces of the collective journey of girlhood, of womanhood, or something in between. Dealing with misinformation and underrepresentation on a daily basis, living in a sexualised and undereducated society. The artists of ‘Girlhood’ are asked to explore these themes within their work, and are free to show anything that speaks ‘girlhood’ to them, or that says something about themselves, as women, as people familiar with the experience of girlhood.
When: 20th of November 6.30 pm 2015
Where: 164 Gore Street, Melbourne, Australia 3065
What: ‘Girlhood 2’ an art exhibition.
STRICTLY NO BYO
18 + event
Visual artists:
Katie Gray/Alice Chalmers/Gemma Flack/ Edwina Stawski/Ray Pulman/Olga Tsara/Jazz Milburn/Bryanna Pearl Taylor/ Claire Maud/ Joanna Beck/Lara Chamas/Mouse/Naomi Reiber/Erica Wrigley/Gina Bo Bina/Sophie Collier/ Natasha Hansen/ Chloe Hagger/Tanya Bickers/Simsala Grimm/Katie Bishop/Tammy Scott/Alice Shiny/Chiara Ze/ Crystal Knight/Wishcandy/Stephanie Sultana/Ziggy Firth/Yasemin Sabuncu/ Nina Cheles/ Tiffany Willenberg/Stephanie Rooney/ Hannah Lily Campbell/ Emily Beasy/Sage Fury/Natalia Bennett/Georgina Savage/Kat Karamitros/Jessica Murtagh/Yaren Ilayda Ceylan /Jenny Huang/Megan Jean/Julie Milton/Sharyn Del Giudice/Marisa Matear/Samara Joy Owens /Lucy Hodgson/ Katerina Capel/Alana Maree Wilkie/Heidi Ann/Lowana leereveld/Thao Bee Nguyen/Jessie Adams/Baby Voodoo/Saeromi Park/Maite Pons/Coco Sims/Alison George/Jodie Fraser/Kater Horvath May/Elloise Mae Foster/Tessa Rose/Tamar Dolev/Danielle Walker/Emma Bovill/Lucy Hodgson/Catherine Dyhin/Kalindy Williams/Priscila Madalena Santos
