Asher Bilu Cosmic Strings
9 Sep - 1 Oct 2023
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Born in Israel in 1936, Asher Bilu began his career as an artist soon after arriving in Australia in December 1956. His first solo exhibition at Dalgetty Street Gallery in 1959 was quickly followed by two exhibitions at John Reed’s renowned Museum of Modern Art of Australia. Since then he has exhibited widely in Australia and Europe, and has work held by major collecting institutions throughout Australia, including four commissioned works for the Concert Hall of the Victoria Arts Centre. Other commissioned work includes his installations in public galleries, such as Amaze (1982), Mysterium (2003), and Heavens (2006), some of which have toured to regional venues in Australia. Bilu studied classical violin before beginning his career as a visual artist soon after arriving in Australia but his musical passion continues through study of classical Hindustani music on the Indian instrument, the sarod, which he plays privately.
Cosmic Strings
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.
Johannes Kepler
Cosmic strings are still only a theoretical idea in cosmology that could add to our understanding of the universe. They are mathematical models describing invisible threads of pure energy important to the formation of galaxies in the early universe. Sometimes things exist that we can never see. But as an artist, I can be inspired by the beauty of an idea, as I am inspired by the pursuit of science and the mystery of life on earth and in the heavens.
- Asher Bilu1. Edge of the Unknown 2
Resin & pigment, lava rocks, glass, semi-precious stones on board
183 x 183 cm
$50,000
2. Cosmic Strings 7
Acrylic, string, felt, lava rocks on board
244 x 424 cm (In 2 sections each 244 x 212)
$85,000
$40,000
3. Cosmic Strings 3
PVA resin, pigments, string on canvas
240 x 252 cm
4. Cosmic Strings 4
PVA resin, pigments, string on canvas
240 x 252 cm
$40,000
5. Cosmic Strings 5
PVA resin, pigments, string, felt on canvas
240 x 252 cm
$40,000
6. Cosmic Strings 6
Acrylic, string, felt, on canvas
240 x 252 cm
$ 50,000
7. Cosmic Strings 1 Flower Power
PVA resin, pigments, string, felt on canvas
234 x 243 cm
$40,000
8. Cosmic Strings 2 Control out of Control
PVA resin, pigments, string, felt on canvas
236 x 248 cm
$ 40,000
9. Array
PVA resin, plywood, felt, copper, compact discs, LED lights on canvas
232 x 360 cm
$ 85,000
10. Transmutation
Lava rocks, silver copper and gold gilding, charcoal, coal & wood.
Base: Mirrored plywood 250 cm diam x 10 cm high
$ POA
Curriculum Vitae
1936 Born Israel.
1956 Arrived in Australia.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Circles, Qdos Fine Arts, Victoria
2013 Cosmotifs, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria.
2012 SpaceTime, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney.
2012 M- Theory, Langford120, Melbourne
2007 In-Visible, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney.
2006-2007 Heavens, Jewish Museum of Australia, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery; Latrobe Regional Gallery; Benalla Art Gallery.
2005 Eppur Si Muove: Works from the Astronomer Series
2004-2005, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne.
2003 Mysterium, McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park, Melbourne.
2002 Explanandum, (in collaboration with Philip Lethlean), TheatreWorks, Melbourne.
2002 The Infinity Towers, Brighton, Melbourne.
2000 Life Forms, Gould Galleries at Span Galleries, Melbourne.
1996 Recent Paintings, Gould Galleries, Melbourne.
1993 Sanctum (Sculpture), Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.
1992 Escape, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.
1990 Asher Bilu, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
1990 Recent Paintings, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.
1988 Recent Paintings, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.
1988 Recent Paintings, L.A Art Fair , Los Angeles, USA
1985 Paintings by Asher Bilu, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
1984 Amaze, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, N.S.W.
1984 Amaze, Coventry Gallery, Sydney. 1983 Amaze, Institute Space, Mt. Gambier, S.A.
1983 Arcs and Scrolls, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
1983 New Paintings, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
1982 Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
1982 Amaze, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
1981 Works 80/81, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
1979 Infinities, Realities Gallery, Melbourne.
1974 Recent Works, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne.
1973 Asher Bilu Paintings, with Jim Dine Prints, Bonython Galleries, Sydney.
1972 Asher Bilu Drawings, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne.
1972 John Guild Gallery, Perth.
1971 Paintings by Asher Bilu, Bonython Galleries, Adelaide.
1970 Bilu at Holdsworth, Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney.
1970 Asher Bilu, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne.
1969 Asher Bilu, Clune Gallery , Sydney.
1969 Asher Bilu, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne.
1968 Bilu, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne.
1967 Sculptron, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne.
1966 Rowan Gallery, London.
1966 Bilu, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne.
1965 Asher Bilu, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne.
1964 Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Rotterdam.
1963 Paintings by Asher Bilu, Rowan Gallery, London.
1962 Asher Bilu: Paintings, Prints, Scrolls, Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
1962 David Jones Gallery, Sydney. 1962 Asher Bilu, Bonython Galleries, Adelaide.
1960 Asher Bilu Paintings, Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
1959 Asher Bilu, Dalgety Street Gallery, Melbourne.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne.
2021 Portrait of Place, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne.
2019-2020 Between the Moon and the Stars, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
2018 BOAA (Biennale of Australian Art) Ballarat, Victoria.
2017 Artist Profile/Australasian Painters
2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW.
2015 21st Century Heide: The Collection since 2000, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
2013 Contemporary Australian Drawing #2, University of the Arts, Wimbeldon Gallery, UK; Langford120, Melbourne; New York Studio School, New York.
2012 Volume One: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
2011 Lines of Thinking, Global Centre for Drawing and Langford120, Melbourne.
2011 Forever Young; 30 Years of the Heide Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
2008 Abstract Works from the Latrobe University Art Collection, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne.
2007-8 Earthly reflections of heavenly things, 3 person exhibition with Leonard Brown & Emily Kame Kngwarreye, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne.
2005 after Van Gogh: Australian artists in homage to Vincent, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria.
2005 Abstraction 4, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne.
2005 Heide – Home and Haven for Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
2004 Abstracting the Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
2001 O Soul O Spirit O Fire, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane.
1999 We are Australian, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne and touring.
1997 I Had a Dream – Australian Art in the 1960’s, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997 World Without End, St. Patricks Cathedral, Melbourne.
1994 Forgotten Treasures, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne.
1993 Chandler Coventry: A Private Collection, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW.
1990 100 Artists Against Animal Experimentation, Deutscher Gallery, Melbourne.
1990 SPECIAL… it’s been used before, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne.
1989 Re:Creation/Re-creation, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne.
1988 Images of Religion in Australian Painting 1942-1988, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
1986 Pure Abstraction, Painters Gallery, Sydney
1984 The Blake Prize: A Survey, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne.
1983 Works on Paper, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
1982 United Artists Group Show, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne.
1979 McCaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
1975 Artist’s Artists-Painting, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1975 Looking Back, travelling exhibition by National Gallery of Victoria.
1970 First Leasing Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
1969 Australian Art Today, touring exhibition to SE Asia, organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1965 Blake Prize for Religious Art, Sydney.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1973 Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council
1970 First Leasing Prize, Melbourne.
1965 Henry Caselli Richards Memorial Prize, Brisbane.
1965 Blake Prize, Sydney.
COMMISSIONS
2010 Circular Keys, Quay Restaurant, Sydney
2006 Heavens, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
2003 Mysterium, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Melbourne.
2000 Colour Fall, Quay Restaurant, Sydney
1994 Wedding, Melbourne
1982 Four paintings, Concert Hall, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.
FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION DESIGN
2015: Force of Destiny, Director: Paul Cox
2005 Human Touch, Director: Paul Cox
1986 Cactus, Director: Paul Cox
1984 My First Wife , Director: Paul Cox
1983 Man of Flowers, Director: Paul Cox
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne.
National Australia Bank Collection.
Wespac Bank Collection
A.N.Z. Bank Collection.
B.H.P. Collection.
Latrobe University, Melbourne.
Jewish Museum of Australia
Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
The Centre Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland.
Albury Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne.
The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund (C+Bus)