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Katthy Cavaliere, 1972 – 2012
Artspace sadly notes the death of Sydney artist Katthy Cavaliere at the age of 39. Katthy passed away on 23 January following a stroke on New Year’s Eve. She had been suffering from cancer.
Working across a range of media – installation, performance, drawing, video and photography – Katthy utilised objects and experiences drawn from her immediate life in often poignant manners. Born in Italy and a graduate of College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Katthy came to prominence in the late 1990s, her work selected for presentation in the first four Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship (HLTAS) exhibitions at Artspace (1997 – 2000). Her 1999 solo project at Artspace – story of a girl (1999) – is well remembered for both its formal beauty and the generosity at its core, based as it was around acts of gifting personal objects to audience members.
Katthy was recipient of the HLTAS in 2000, providing her with the opportunity to study in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Brera, Milano and the Fondazione Ratti Advanced Course in Visual Arts in Como under Marina Abramovic. Upon her return to Australia Katthy exhibited widely, with her solo exhibition Suspended Moment touring galleries in regional NSW in 2004-05. She held a number of residencies, including at Artspace in 2009-10. Her live performance Loved for Artspace 24/25 in 2008 formed the basis of a video work that was last year presented in the In the World exhibition for the Italian Institute of Culture at the Venice Biennale.
Katthy was closely associated with Artspace for many years. She will be sadly missed by everyone here, and by all her peers, friends and colleagues.
Posted by Blair French
25 January 2012
Working across a range of media – installation, performance, drawing, video and photography – Katthy utilised objects and experiences drawn from her immediate life in often poignant manners. Born in Italy and a graduate of College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Katthy came to prominence in the late 1990s, her work selected for presentation in the first four Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship (HLTAS) exhibitions at Artspace (1997 – 2000). Her 1999 solo project at Artspace – story of a girl (1999) – is well remembered for both its formal beauty and the generosity at its core, based as it was around acts of gifting personal objects to audience members.
Katthy was recipient of the HLTAS in 2000, providing her with the opportunity to study in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Brera, Milano and the Fondazione Ratti Advanced Course in Visual Arts in Como under Marina Abramovic. Upon her return to Australia Katthy exhibited widely, with her solo exhibition Suspended Moment touring galleries in regional NSW in 2004-05. She held a number of residencies, including at Artspace in 2009-10. Her live performance Loved for Artspace 24/25 in 2008 formed the basis of a video work that was last year presented in the In the World exhibition for the Italian Institute of Culture at the Venice Biennale.
Katthy was closely associated with Artspace for many years. She will be sadly missed by everyone here, and by all her peers, friends and colleagues.
Posted by Blair French
25 January 2012
non-writing histories encounter events @ Artspace
Alex Martinis Roe's non-writing histories will include a sound installation produced by a series of actions that the artist undertakes in the gallery space.
Visitors are invited to join the artist for these encounter events:
1 February for the duration of the exhibition opening
2 and 3 February between 2pm and 5pm
4 February following the conclusion of the 2pm artist discussion
9, 10 and 11 February between 2pm and 5pm
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
19 January 2012
Alex Martinis Roe's non-writing histories will include a sound installation produced by a series of actions that the artist undertakes in the gallery space.
Visitors are invited to join the artist for these encounter events:
1 February for the duration of the exhibition opening
2 and 3 February between 2pm and 5pm
4 February following the conclusion of the 2pm artist discussion
9, 10 and 11 February between 2pm and 5pm
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
19 January 2012
Exhibition Opening and Artist Discussion @ Artspace
Join us for the opening of projects by Alex Gawronski, Kate Mitchell and Alex Martinis Roe Wednesday 1 February from 6pm.
Artspace will also present an artist discussion with all three artists in conversation with Mark Feary Saturday 4 February at 2pm.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
18 January 2012
Join us for the opening of projects by Alex Gawronski, Kate Mitchell and Alex Martinis Roe Wednesday 1 February from 6pm.
Artspace will also present an artist discussion with all three artists in conversation with Mark Feary Saturday 4 February at 2pm.
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
18 January 2012
A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance, curated by Mark Feary, opens today at apexart
Artspace curator, Mark Feary, is currently in New York for the exhibition of A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance a project presented at influential not-for-profit space apexart in Lower Manhattan, New York.
The exhibition, which features work by: Magnus Bärtås, Peter Cave, Alain Declercq, Jim Finn, Tony Garifalakis, Soni Kum, Jung Lee and Karl Tuikkanen, is an attempt to envisage a state and culture that is shrouded in secrecy, being both the producer and victim of oppositional propaganda mechanisms. The project brings together new and recent works by a selection of international artists attempting to develop a picture of what the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea might be, in the absence of reliable, unbiased information of a nation that operates in exile from the international community.
The project emerges out of the Unsolicited Proposals Program which apexart began in 2003. Mark’s proposal for A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance was one of two projects selected from an international pool of nearly 500 curatorial proposals. Mark is the first Australasian curator to have been selected to develop a project within the apexart program.
A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance opens in New York today and continues until 10 March 2012.
Image: Tony Garifalakis, Leader of the Pack, 2011, mixed media on denim vest, courtesy of the artist and apexart
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
11 January 2012
Artspace curator, Mark Feary, is currently in New York for the exhibition of A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance a project presented at influential not-for-profit space apexart in Lower Manhattan, New York.
The exhibition, which features work by: Magnus Bärtås, Peter Cave, Alain Declercq, Jim Finn, Tony Garifalakis, Soni Kum, Jung Lee and Karl Tuikkanen, is an attempt to envisage a state and culture that is shrouded in secrecy, being both the producer and victim of oppositional propaganda mechanisms. The project brings together new and recent works by a selection of international artists attempting to develop a picture of what the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea might be, in the absence of reliable, unbiased information of a nation that operates in exile from the international community.
The project emerges out of the Unsolicited Proposals Program which apexart began in 2003. Mark’s proposal for A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance was one of two projects selected from an international pool of nearly 500 curatorial proposals. Mark is the first Australasian curator to have been selected to develop a project within the apexart program.
A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance opens in New York today and continues until 10 March 2012.
Image: Tony Garifalakis, Leader of the Pack, 2011, mixed media on denim vest, courtesy of the artist and apexart
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Posted by Caraline Douglas
11 January 2012