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‘Surreal’ exhibition opens A NEW exhibition from the artist behind the Love Flower sculpture has opened at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin. John Meade created the Love Flower with Emily Karanikolopolous. It has been at the Cranbourne Road overpass of the Peninsula Link freeway for the last four years, and has now moved permanently to the McClelland Gallery’s sculpture park. John Meade: It’s Personal! is now open at the gallery. It runs until 17 March. McClelland Gallery director Lisa Byrne said the exhibition reflects “various threads in Meade’s work relating to alterity, including queer culture, politics, and artistic experimentation”. “Through sculpture, video, and installation, John Meade draws relations between the metaphysical and
surreal in the experience of contemporary life and culture. A refined and adventurous materiality defines his work, through sensuous forms and unexpected juxtapositions inflected by the erotic and uncanny,” she said. “McClelland is an entirely relevant site for the survey exhibition given Meade’s respected standing within Australian sculpture, and his long history with the area and the institution. Meade’s family live in the area, and a video work to be included in the show was shot on the freeway near the gallery and sculpture park.” McClelland Gallery is at 390 McClelland Drive in Langwarrin.
AN artwork by John Meade. Picture: Supplied
ROTARY president David Cross with Community Support Frankston chair Susan Smith. Picture: Supplied
Golf day raises $20,000 A COMMUNITY golf day organised by the Frankston Rotary Club has raised more than $20,000. The money has been donated to Community Support Frankston. The annual Rotary-Wrangler’s Charity Golf Day took place in October. 178 golfers took part - the team of Joe Russo, Dallas Brooks, Ben Croker, and Michael Nugent were the winning men’s side, Jo Miles, John Miles, Jan Sharwood, and David Sharwood
won the mixed title, and Sara French, Serena Palmer, June Luxmoore, and Penny Theobold won in the women’s division. Rotary Club of Frankston president David Cross said “the Frankston Rotary Club is delighted to be able to present a $20,000 donation to Community Support Frankston, to help those experiencing hardship and homelessness in our local community, especially in the lead up to Christmas.”
“Successful events like this one would not be possible without the efforts and support of our Rotarians, their families and our event sponsors. I extend our deepest thanks to the City of Frankston, ClubLinks, Centenary Park Golf Club and the Frankston Wranglers, along with all our sponsors, for their generosity,” he said. The 2024 charity golf day is expected to be held at the Centenary Park Golf Course on Sunday, 27 October.
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Frankston Times
12 December 2023
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