Chiharu Shiota: Available Works

I Hope, 2021. Lamp (drawings, chandelier, Stainless steel, Heat-resistant Satin Glass, transparent Din A5 sheets). 28 x printed artworks by the artist. 65 x “I HOPE…” pages to customize. 1 x hand-signed and numbered page.

Hello Art Collectors,

Following our very special virtual event last week, Chiharu Shiota at Koenig Galerie in Berlin, our International Curatorial Associate Anais Lellouche has kindly shared a list of available works of the artist.

There is a waiting list for her drawings in EU but the ones in the shared list are available for purchase in Australia. I thought it was also interesting to note that the sculpture ‘Belonging' is a cast of the artist’s hand, her husband and their child coming together as one unit.

Anais has also added the editioned mobile of 'I Hope' — a lamp with suspended drawings, where you are also invited to add your messages of hope!

Here is a link to the list of works.

Please get in touch with me if any of these are of interest.

Kind regards

Alana

FIAC ONLINE VIEWING ROOMS (OVR) VIP ACCESS FOR GUEST CLUB MEMBERS

Established in Paris in 1974, the Foire Internationale d’art Contemporain (FIAC) is one of the worlds leading art fairs, bringing together modern and contemporary art galleries where of art forms are celebrated.

FIAC will soon launch the inaugural edition of FIAC Online Viewing Rooms (OVR), which is an online event that will host 210 gallery exhibitors. Running from 4 March to 7 March 2021, and it will also feature a curated segment by five French and international curators.

The online fair will be accompanied by Conversation Room launches a program where French and international institutions will contribute to discussions regarding contemporary creation. This conference will be presented by: the Bourse de Commerce (Paris), the Museo Tamayo (Mexico), the Petit Palais (Paris) and M WOODS (Beijing), in partnership with Centre Pompidou, La Fondation Pernod Ricard, and The Louvre.

We are excited to let you know that Guest Club members will receive VIP early access to FIAC OVR, taking place from Tuesday 2 March to Thursday 4 March 2021. Enter the password FIAC!OVR on FIAC.viewingrooms.com/vip and enjoy!

South South, a new gallery-led platform launches next week with OVR, Online auction and virtual events

Devoted to the Global South, SOUTH SOUTH was conceived by Johannesburg's Goodman Gallery and now brings together a consortium of international galleries which exchange and collaborate with the goal of creating a wider and more inclusive art world.

The platform’s inaugural event SOUTH SOUTH VEZA takes its name from the isiZulu word for “to show, produce or reveal.” It will run from 23 February to 7 March 2021 featuring 50+ galleries from more than 40 cities spread across 30 countries and 5 continents. To kick-off, the program will host a live vernissage and online bidding auction on Tuesday, 23 February, at 1pm GMT. Amongst available works, you’ll find a paper-based work by beloved Australian artist Lindy Lee, a tapestry by Syrian-American Etel Adnan (featured in our Visionary Women Artists Masterclass), a collage by Brazillian Beatriz Milhazes, known for record-breaking auction sales, a multi-layered work by acclaimed South-African William Kentridge, and a unique print by British-Nigerian Yinka Shonibare CBE RA from the Young British Artists generation. A percentage of profits will go to non-profit art organisations.

The program also comprises Gallery-Curated Online Viewing Rooms (OVRs); an exhibition presented by independent Angola-based curators Paula Nascimento and Suzana Souza; a think thank organised by Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director of The Showroom, London; and a film program curated by Rodrigo Moura, Chief Curator of Museo del Barrio, New York. Par­tic­i­pat­ing gal­leries include Anna Schwartz (Mel­bourne) and Sullivan+Strumpf (Sydney-Singapore).

Download the SOUTH SOUTH VEZA program here.

Image Credits:

South South website (screenprint). Basim Magdy, New Acid, 2019. Super 16mm and computer generated text messages transferred to Full HD, Commissioned by La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France, courtesy the artist and Gypsum Gallery, Cairo (Film Programme). Yinka Shonibare CBE, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle, 2009 (Kiximbi OVR). Marco Fusinato, This Is Not My World, 2019, installation view, photo by Andrew Curtis (Anna Schwartz Gallery OVR). Ernesto Neto, One Day We Were All Fish and The Earth’s Belly, 2019, (Goodman Gallery OVR). Jes Fan, Mother Is A Woman, 2018, video (Film Programme). Elvira Dyangani Ose, photo by Maureen M. Evans. William Kentridge, photo by Norbert Miguletz.

ALANA'S TOP PICKS - QUARANTINE ART FAIR 2021

Teelah George Window, 2020. Thread, linen, bronze. 131 x 120 cm. Courtesy of Neon Parc.

Here at the Guest Club our 2021 plans are already in full swing. I can’t wait to welcome you to our first in-person event for the year at the Quarantine Art Fair for some bubbles, schmoozing, and of course, plenty of art! This Fair is a unique concept which I’m really looking forward to experience in person. Each room of the Commanding Officer’s House at Point Nepean National Park, Portsea, will be occupied by one of Melbourne’s top galleries. 

The galleries have generously given me a sneak peek of what’s to come, so I thought I’d share my top picks with you, our Art Collector and Art Supporter members. Note, this started off as a list of Top 5 but I just couldn’t narrow it down so it’s a Top 10! If you’d like to reserve one of these in advance or would like to preview more works, get in touch and I’d be happy to assist.

Adrienne Gaha
Cypress and Angophora, 2019 
Oil on linen
91 x 71 cm
$8,000.00
Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art

There’s something quite romantic in the weeping effect of Gaha’s oil on linen works. Traditionally, oil on linen is painted in numerous layers, built up over time so that the presence of the work is gained through this process. However, Gaha’s use of oil is quite experimental. You can see the layers creep through. The image borders between a landscape reality and some kind of dreamy fantasy. The gnarled beaches and gloomy shadows add to the mystery of the piece. 

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Caleb Shea
Untitled (Single Line Gradient) 
Aluminium, polyurethane paint 230 x 93 x 89 cm
$15,000
Showing with LON Gallery

Like Shea, many artists have a love affair with colour gradients (these days it’s usually got something to do with the influence of digital drawing tools like Photoshop). What stands out to me about this piece is its snake-like body, reaching upwards to meet your gaze. It looks as good on the screen as it does in real life, and unlike most artworks it can live well outside, as well as in.

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Lakin Ogunbanwo 
Not So Sorry, 2017 
Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle cotton rag 126 x 87 cm, edition of 10 
$5500 framed
Showing with THIS IS NO FANTASY

Have you been to the NGV’s spectacular Triennial yet? If you have, then chances are would come across this piece in the company of dozens of others from the same series, by Lakin Ogunbanwo. Ogunbanwo is a Nigerian photographer who began shooting traditional men’s headwear as a way to preserve his culture and observe how it had trickled down through the generations. His photographs are both bold and formal, combining the styles of African studio portraiture of the 60s and 70s with contemporary fashion.

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Casey Jeffery
The Sense in the Nonsense, 2020 Acrylic and oil on pine
65 x 91 cm
$3,000
Showing with LON Gallery

I’m a sucker for mementos so on my list is this work by young artist Casey Jeffrey, an ode to the year that was. Jeffrey’s works tend to have an illusory aspect to them, one glance is not enough.

With painstaking detail, three dimensional and two dimensional elements are played against each other. The work is part of a series created in 2020 the artist has called Isolation Paintings. 

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Teelah George Window, 2020 
Thread, linen, bronze 
131 x 120 cm 
$14,000 
Showing with Neon Parc

Teelah George’s beautiful embroidery work has been created stitch by stitch, layer by layer. She makes subtle variations in the stitch direction intuitively, rather than on a pre-planned basis. Pinned to the wall with it’s bronze hanging devices, the piece looks like a hanging relic, with layers of history and messages embedded within. 

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Howard Arkley, Untitled [A72], c. 1974-76
Synthetic polymer paint and ink on paper 
31.8 x 25.3 cm (sheet)
$8,000.00 (framed)
Showing with Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art

Full disclosure, I’ve had the privilege of doing legal work for the Arkley Estate for a couple of years now. But long before I came to work with one of my dream clients, as a born and bred Melbournian I grew up with the Arkley effect. So when the Estate brings out one of these black and white beauties from the mid-70s, I can’t help but jump with excitement. This work is a good example of Arkley’s early experiments with tone, shape and line. A piece of Australian art history, for a very decent price. 

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Darren Sylvester
Broken model, 2016
Digital type C print
120 x 160 cm
Ed. 3/3 + 2AP SYLVD074
$12,200 (includes framing)
Showing with Neon Parc

This is one of Darren Sylvester’s most iconic works to date (and my personal favourite). In a staged fashion runway setting, a model lays splayed across the mirrored floor post-fall. Her companion leans over, supposedly concerned, but we also notice that her eyes are still fixated on what must be the camera. Other glamazons continue to strut their stuff, as the show goes on. Buyers note - this is the very last edition of this image left!