MONO

MONO 9 – 28 March 2021

AU S T R A L I A N GA L L E R I E S MELBOURNE

Australian Galleries Stock Rooms

AU S T R A L I A N GA L L E R I E S MELBOURNE

Invites you to the opening

MONO Tuesday 9 March 2021 6pm - 8pm 28 Derby Street Collingwood VIC 3066 Current until Sunday 28 March 2021 Open 7 days 10am to 6pm T 03 9417 2422 melbourne@australiangalleries.com.au australiangalleries.com.au

Front cover: Kyoko Imazu Beetle puppet (detail) 2021 photogravure 17.5 cm x 14.5 cm edition 20

Jock Clutterbuck Moonlight on the garden of Good and Evil 2018 etching and aquatint 50 x 90 cm

MONO presents a curated selection of artworks which focus on the visual power of a restrained colour palette, the potency and immediacy of black and white.

Through the sparing and at times deliberate use of limited colour, these works draw attention to tone and composition; to form, texture, mark making, and technique.

Many of the works in this show focus on a single subject, or concept, which is echoed by the simplicity and strength of the monochromatic palette. Rich atmospheres are created through light and shade, balance and texture, and as a result we engage directly with subjects, themes and symbolic meaning.

This exhibition showcases an extensive selection of works on paper, complimented by key pieces from earlier eras by some of the most significant contemporary artists practicing today.

Rona Green in her studio

Rona Green Maestro 2010 pencil and ink on paper 69 x 50 cm

John Wolseley’s studio

John Wolseley Sea wrack with turtle shell and dugong bone - Baniyala 2009 etching (monochrome) 49 x 61 cm edition 30

Chris Ingham Urban anonymity 2021 etching, sugar lift and aquatint 39 x 140 cm edition 5

Martin King in his studio

Martin King ghost dance, the volume I 2020 etching, wax, hard cover book 49 x 70 cm unique

Graham Fransella Dance 2019 etching 176 x 140 cm edition 10

Left: Dianne Fogwell Collection V 2015 linocut on archival rag paper 107.5 x 78.5 cm unique Right: Dianne Fogwell Collection IV 2015 linocut on archival rag paper 78 x 54 cm unique

August Carpenter in her studio

Above: August Carpenter Studies for Terra Incognita #3 2020 monotype on kozo paper 13 x 43 cm unique Below: August Carpenter Studies for Terra Incognita #4 2020 monotype on kozo paper 13 x 43 cm unique

G.W. Bot Bent Glyph - Homage to Corot 2017 linocut on Kozo paper 64 x 98 cm edition 25

Above: Deborah Williams I choose you 2018 etching, roulette, engraving, drypoint and spit bite intaglio 28 x 59 cm edition 20 Below: Deborah Williams Nuzzle loud 2011 etching, engraving and roulette intaglio 29 x 38 cm edition 20

Danielle Creenaune in her studio

Danielle Creenaune Silent falls: Carrington 2020 stone lithograph and chin collé 52 x 43 cm edition 12

Ian Westacott Homage to Bewick, Cadzow 2012 etching 60 x 60 cm edition 20

Left: Angus Fisher Portrait of a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo 2017 ink pen and watercolour on paper 21 x 15 cm Right: Angus Fisher Portrait of an Australian Magpie 2017 ink pen and watercolour on paper 21 x 15 cm

David Frazer in his studio

David Frazer Love letters (panels I & II) 2020 linocut 100 x 148 cm edition 50

Kyoko Imazu in her studio

Kyoko Imazu Shadow portrait 2021 etching and aquatint 49.5 x 44 cm edition 20

Above: Wayne Viney Flood plains IV 2021 monotype 23 x 24 cm unique Below: Wayne Viney Flood plains III 2021 monotyoe 23 x 24 cm unique

Above: Stephanie Jane Rampton Window in the woods 2020 etching and aquatint 9.5 x 10 cm edition 10 Below: Jenny Bell Untitled 2002 oil on board 20 x 20 cm

Raymond Arnold in his studio

Raymond Arnold Eastern curlew 2017 multi panel etching, poem by Sarah Day 152 x 40 cm edition 10

William Robinson William Robinson Farmyard c.1984 pencil on paper 56 x 76 cm

Above: Nerissa Lea The doorway to a nameless town 2013-14 oil on board 29.5 x 45 cm Below: Nerissa Lea Escapement 2013-14 oil on board 30 x 30 cm

Barbie Kjar in her studio

Barbie Kjar Moustakion 2013 charcoal, ink and conté on Somerset paper 76 x 56 cm

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Jenny Bell Caesar no 2 2014 charcoal on cartridge paper 59 x 42 cm

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