NEWS
JUAN FORD @ ART BASEL HONG KONG – ON NOW!
May 22, 2013
We are currently exhibiting a solo exhibition by Juan Ford at the inaugural edition of Art Basel Hong Kong.
Kicking off with the VIP Preview and Vernissage opening party tonight, Art Basel Hong Kong will attract collectors and art enthusiasts from all over the globe to view thousands of artworks from over 250 exhibiting galleries.
To view Juan’s exhibition online, click here. For details of what’s on during the fair and for ticketing information, visit the Art Basel Hong Kong website.
If you’re in Hong Kong, come visit us at Booth 3D-18!
Juan Ford will be presenting an artist talk at our booth at 2pm on Thursday 23 May.
23-26 May 2013
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Click here to download the Juan Ford catalogue PDF
dianne tanzer gallery + projects goes overseas…
May 14, 2013
dianne tanzer gallery + projects will be closed Monday 20 May - Wednesday 29 May whilst we are exhibiting at Art Basel Hong Kong. We won’t be without our iPads so do not hesitate to email any enquiries to dtanzer@ozemail.com.au. Check Facebook and Twitter for continuous updates of our solo presentation with Juan Ford!
Yhonnie Scarce is also packing her bags for the Venice Biennale – opening the last week of May. Watch this space for news and images of Yhonnie’s work at the Palazzo Bembo as part of this prestigious exhibition!
ARTIST TALKS
JUAN FORD @ Art Basel Hong Kong, Thursday 23 May
2pm at Booth 3D-18
YHONNIE SCARCE @ Personal Structures, Friday 31 May
4pm at Palazzo Bembo, Venice
Juan Ford, Entwine and Implode, Detail, 2013, oil on linen, 91x71cm
Yhonnie Scarce, Blood on the Wattle, Detail, 2013, 292 pieces blown glass, perspex, steel, aluminium and fabric, 210x70x60cm
These projects have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body.
COMING SOON @ DIANNE TANZER GALLERY + PROJECTS
March 6, 2013
CHARLES ROBB
LOSS CONTROL
Loss Control is a solo exhibition of new sculptural works by Charles Robb. Loss Control was conceived as part of an ongoing self-portraiture project, shaped by the artist’s interest in figurative and incidental form – especially the mundane objects and materials that accumulated in the studio during the modeling and casting process. In bringing these very different orders of objects together Robb seeks to testify to the strange slippages and correspondences that occur in the studio, and the new subjectivities that they produce.
23 March – 20 April 2013
dianne tanzer gallery + projects
Exhibition preview: 21 – 22 March 2013
JUAN FORD
ART BASEL HONG KONG
We are proud to announce that we will be presenting a solo exhibition of new major paintings by Juan Ford at the premier edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong.
23 – 26 May 2013
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Hong Kong
Juan Ford, Disobey Yourself, 2013, oil on linen, 91 x 71cm
YHONNIE SCARCE
VENICE BIENNALE
Yhonnie Scarce has been selected to feature in Personal Structures: Time, Place, Existence, a collateral event of the 55th Venice Biennale.
1 June – 24 November 2013
Palazzo Bembo, Venice
Yhonnie Scarce, Burial Ground 2012, 224 pieces blown glass, Collection Art Gallery South Australia
To register your interest in any of our exciting projects please email dtanzer@ozemail.com.au.
dianne tanzer gallery + projects summer holidays
December 20, 2012
dianne tanzer gallery + projects will be closed 22 Dec – 1 February 2013…
…But don’t miss out on Drop-By Drawing with Juan Ford at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Sunday 13 January 2-4pm.
Juan Ford in the studio
Juan Ford & Marian Drew -The Rapture of Death Gippsland Gallery, Sale
November 15, 2012
THE RAPTURE OF DEATH
Juan Ford, Marian Drew, Jo Bertini, Andrew Browne, Adam Cullen, Julia deVille, Linde Ivimey, Anne Judell, Sam Leach, eX de Medici, V.R. Morrison, Ben Quilty, Kate Rhode, Ricky Swallow, Michael Zavros
10 November 2012 to 20 January 2013
The Rapture of Death is the experience of delight upon escaping grave danger, writes Prue Gibson. It offers the sweet knowledge that you are safe, at least for the moment, from the clutches of darkness. And it is a phrase which refers to the fear or apprehension of death, rather than the actual experience of dying.
Based on the book of the same name by Prue Gibson, The Rapture of Death features major works by some of Australia’s leading artists. Like the book, this unusual exhibition is a philosophical enquiry into the use of deathly imagery in contemporary art, and investigates why fear of death is an intrinsic part of life.
BASED ON THE BOOK: The Rapture of Death by Prue Gibson. Published by Boccalatte Pty Ltd.
OPENING: Friday 30 November 6.00pm. To be opened by Prue Gibson, Author, The Rapture of Death
VIDEO: IN THE STUDIO WITH JUAN FORD
September 13, 2012
Want to know more about Juan Ford?
Take a sneak peek inside Juan’s Melbourne studio and learn about his artistic practice, including his most recent body of work now showing at the gallery!
Video produced by Rachel Feery for dianne tanzer gallery + projects
JUAN FORD – National Gallery of Victoria Acquisition
September 6, 2012
We are thrilled to announce that Juan Ford‘s painting Last Laugh has been acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria.
Last Laugh is from Juan’s latest body of work, which is currently being exhibited at dianne tanzer gallery + projects. The work will then feature in the NGV’s permanent collection of Australian contemporary art.
Join us for exhibition opening drinks at the gallery this Saturday 8 September, 3-5pm!
Click here to download Juan’s exhibition catalogue with essay by Dr Vincent Alessi, Artistic Director, La Trobe University Museum of Art (LUMA)
Juan Ford, Last Laugh, 2012, oil on linen, 107 x 92 cm
Acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria
JUAN FORD – exhibition opens next week
August 30, 2012
Juan Ford‘s much anticipated solo exhibition opens next week at dianne tanzer gallery + projects.
A determination made in 2007 to briefly conduct an un-clicheed re-engagement Australian painting has turned into an ongoing and ever-expansive project for Juan Ford. Since then he has unceremoniously and disrespectfully mashed together painted realism, figuration, botanical illustration and landscape traditions with junk, plastic, gaffer tape, house paint, stickers and sludge to produce a unique series of paintings.
In this series, portraits have become landscapes, landscapes become portraits, but in a way that gives these ludicrous ‘traditional’ demarcations a swift kick up the posterior. His project focuses on the idea that human hubris to our natural environment will be our own undoing, and thus mocks the tendency of painted realism to salute colonialism, and the nature-fearing, resource-devouring, self-destructive attitudes it embodies.
This series is also an exquisitely and lovingly rendered study of the play of Australian light, and an ode to all that grows here naturally.
Join us for drinks at our official opening on Saturday 8 September, 3-5pm!
Juan Ford, Circular Logic, 2012, oil on linen, 107 x 92 cm
Juan Ford – Official Portrait of the Honourable John Brumby Unveiled
August 16, 2012
Juan Ford’s official portrait of the Honourable John Brumby was unveiled Wednesday night at the Victorian Parliament House. The portrait will form part of the collection of Victorian Premiers’ Portraits.
Ford has gained considerable recognition for his portraiture. His portrait commissions include dignitaries from Monash, Melbourne, La Trobe, RMIT and Sydney Universities.
His solo exhibition at dianne tanzer gallery + projects is opening 8 September.
Juan Ford, The Honourable John Brumby, 2012, oil on linen, 130 x 100 cm
Shaun O’Connor and Juan Ford in New York
August 2, 2012
We are looking forward to Shaun O’Connor and Juan Ford’s exhibition opening at Krause Gallery next week!
Entitled Minor History, the exhibition is a collection of new painterly sculpture by Shaun O’Connor exhibited alongside fellow dianne tanzer gallery + projects artist Juan Ford. Exhibition opens August 11 – September 1.
The work in Minor History presents O’Connor’s astute reflections on the commonplace signs, symbols and inscriptions that activate the street surfaces of the artist’s Brooklyn neighborhood. Anonymous inscriptions, protest graffiti, doodled abstractions, buffed tags and faded blue collar handbills serve as starting points for a collection of meticulously modeled painterly sculptures. The artist utilizes everyday materials to craft slick objects that read as pop editorial.
Juan Ford is exhibiting new work – see below!!
Shaun O’Connor - 2012