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Support Materials, Soft Furnishings

RMIT Project Space. 2016
Elizabeth Newman, Angela Brennan, Alek O., Koji Ryui, Katherine Hattam, Natasha Madden, Howard Arkley, Pat Forster & Jen Berean, Spiros Panigirakis, Tony Schwensen, Kati Rule, Sanja Pahoki, Kate Daw, Liang Luscombe & Lisa Radford.

Support materials, soft furnishings evolved through conversation stemming from an interest in artists whose work can be located in a space between art and furniture and/ or art and dwelling. Instead of picturing the domestic or describing the use value of art/design objects, Support material, soft furnishings attempted to collect, arrange and re-arrange a selection of works that create a tension between surface and function be that the inane, socio-political, psychological or experiential.

Support material, soft furnishing uses Kati Rule’s project Site Unseen (which is permanently located in her parent’s home and inaccessible to the public) and an accompanying text by Kate Daw as a way of contextualising the exhibition and its focus around arrangement. Support material, soft furnishing uses the RMIT Project Space–which finds its form architecturally akin to that of a shop front or display warehouse–as a way of framing and re-arranging the selected artworks. During the six weeks of the exhibition, Liang Luscombe and Lisa Radford will alter and re-organise the works in the exhibition to create four iterations of the project as a way of examining each work and their relation to other works through their individual and temporal arrangement.

Iteration 1
Friday 12 February to Friday 26 February
Iteration 2
Friday 26 February to Monday 7 March
Iteration 3
Monday 7 March to Tuesday 15 March
Iteration 4
Tuesday 15 March to Thursday 24 March

Site Unseen; The Enigmatic Work of Kati Rule, text by Kate Daw.

Tony Schwensen, Elegy to the Australian Republic ( Motherwell avoids relegation), 2003, concrete, pvc, buckets, lights. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery.

Natasha Madden, Be My Love (Macbook Duet), 2014, Digital Film on USB, TV, Nanna's Fabric. Courtesy the artist.

Support materials, soft furnishings, 2016. RMIT Project Space

Katherine Hattam, Specific Object (Green, Yellow, Red), wood. Courtesy the artist and Daine Singer.

Elizabeth Newman, Soft Furnishings (various), 2008-2009, Fabric, cushions, tree trunks, vinyl cushion. Courtesy the artist and Neon Park.

Koji Ryui, Bell, 2014, carpet squares, found ceramic bell, stud. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery.

Alek O., Untitled (Umbrellas), 2015, Polyester Fabric from Umbrellas. Courtesy the artist and Frutta Gallery, Rome.

Natasha Madden, Be My Love (Macbook Duet), 2014, Digital Film on USB, TV, Nanna's Fabric. Courtesy the artist.

Angela Brennan, Melbourne University, 1988, iron, wood, paper. Courtesy the artist and Niagara Gallery.

Tony Schwensen, Elegy to the Australian Republic ( Motherwell avoids relegation), 2003, concrete, pvc, buckets, lights. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery.

Howard Arkley

Pat Foster & Jen Berean, Principles & Practicalities (hot/cold), 2016, Daylight fluorescent lamps, Warm White fluorescent lamps. Courtesy the artist and Evelyn Yard, London

Lucina Lane

(front)

Katherine Hattam, Specific Object (Green, Yellow, Red), wood. Courtesy the artist and Daine Singer.

Natasha Madden, Be My Love (Macbook Duet), 2014, Digital Film on USB, TV, Nanna's Fabric. Courtesy the artist.

Lucina Lane

(background)

Alek O., Untitled (Umbrellas), 2015, Polyester Fabric from Umbrellas. Courtesy the artist and Frutta Gallery, Rome.

Tony Schwensen, Elegy to the Australian Republic ( Motherwell avoids relegation), 2003, concrete, pvc, buckets, lights. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery.

(front)

Katherine Hattam, Specific Object (Green, Yellow, Red), wood. Courtesy the artist and Daine Singer.

Elizabeth Newman, Soft Furnishings (various), 2008-2009, Fabric, cushions, tree trunks, vinyl cushion. Courtesy the artist and Neon Park.

Natasha Madden, Be My Love (Macbook Duet), 2014, Digital Film on USB, TV, Nanna's Fabric. Courtesy the artist.

Lucina Lane

(background)

Alek O., Untitled (Umbrellas), 2015, Polyester Fabric from Umbrellas. Courtesy the artist and Frutta Gallery, Rome.

Tony Schwensen, Elegy to the Australian Republic ( Motherwell avoids relegation), 2003, concrete, pvc, buckets, lights. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery.

Angela Brennan, Melbourne University, 1988, iron, wood, paper. Courtesy the artist and Niagara Gallery. (detail)

Elizabeth Newman, Soft Furnishings (various), 2008-2009, Fabric, cushions, tree trunks, vinyl cushion. Courtesy the artist and Neon Park.

Spiros Panigirakis Opening, 2016, medium density fibreboard, cardboard, digital print on paper, acrylic, steel fasteners, synthetic polymer paint. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Scout Presents.

Sanja Pahoki, Floorwork (Mother), 2014, HD-video, Courtesy the artist and Sarah Scout Presents.

Lucina Lane

Angela Brennan, Melbourne University, 1988, iron, wood, paper. Courtesy the artist and Niagara Gallery.

Elizabeth Newman, Soft Furnishings (various), 2008-2009, Fabric, cushions, tree trunks, vinyl cushion. Courtesy the artist and Neon Parc.

Spiros Panigirakis Opening, 2016, medium density fibreboard, cardboard, digital print on paper, acrylic, steel fasteners, synthetic polymer paint. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Scout Presents.

Tony Schwensen, Elegy to the Australian Republic ( Motherwell avoids relegation), 2003, concrete, pvc, buckets, lights. Courtesy the artist and Sarah Cottier Gallery.

Natasha Madden, Be My Love (Macbook Duet), 2014, Digital Film on USB, TV, Nanna's Fabric. Courtesy the artist.

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