Current, Future and Past Exhibition calendar at FLinders Lane Gallery

CURRENT
		PETER JAMES SMITH Under South - A History of Fugitive Marks 7 - 25 May 2013 Peter James Smith's work covers a wide range of interlinking topics and approaches to themes around beauty, time, space, history and perception. His new body of work, Under South, explores the point of impact between the sea and land, depicting decaying shorelines stretching from Port Phillip Bay, across the islands of the Southern Ocean, to as far as the Antarctic.

UPCOMING
		MARGARET ACKLAND Vestiges 28 May - 15 June 2013 Known for her exploration of clothing and the way it holds memory, history and identity, Ackland’s work has recently begun to incorporate elements of the Australian landscape. In her latest work the character of the land and the stories of those who lived in it are bound together in an exploration of personal histories.

		REBECCA HASTINGS Disquiet 28 May - 15 June 2013 Exploring themes of maternal ambivalence, Hastings' work subverts the sentimental and romantic ideal of motherhood with her psychologically charged images which beckon us into an unsettling world. This highly anticipated exhibition will be her first solo show with FLG after winning the Pleysier Perkins Acquisitive Emerging Art Prize as part of 2012’s Exploration.

		EXPLORATION 13 18 June - 13 July 2013 For the thirteenth year, FLG presents our annual showcase of emerging and unsigned artists. Exploration was created to provide a platform for emerging and unsigned artists to showcase their art within a commercial gallery context. A broad selection of artists experimenting with a variety of media are presented. View this year's artist's here.

		CLAIRE BRIDGE Alchemy 16 July - 3 August Claire Bridge’s exquisite brushwork reveals a deep sensitivity toward her subject matter. Having proven her mastery of traditional Neo-Classical oil painting techniques, Bridge’s work seductively investigates transitions; from stillness to movement, changes of psychological states and notions of shifting time.

		SMALL SCULPTURE 16 July - 3 August A special show of small scuptural works. Artists include McClelland Scuplture Award finalist Damien Elderfield with his impeccably designed steel and basalt forms, Jon Eiseman's poetic bronze sculpture, and Dr Dan Wollmering with new works that continue his formalist interest in materiality.

		KARLEE RAWKINS Honey Gully 6 - 24 August Karlee Rawkins’ poignant imagery of wildlife and flora examines the symbolic and totemic meanings nature holds within the human psyche. Skillfully integrating representation with subtle abstraction, her confident and joyful use of colour, line and form is interwoven with patterns reminiscent of vintage prints and fabric design.

		SARAH AMOS 6 - 24 August Amos explores the generative nature of image making. Within the repeated and shifting forms of her prints and drawings the progressive and evolving function of a visual language can be observed. Working with collagraphic printing techniques, Amos’s works on paper are built up through the printing of multiple textured plates and finished with a variety of media.

		DION HORSTMANS Voltage 27 August - 14 September While elements of geometry form the basis of Dion Horstmans’ sculptural practice, preoccupations with dynamism and artificial dimensionality are the binding principle behind his work. His sharp edged forms, drenched in energetic fluorescents, unabashedly reflect a desire to manifest movement.

		RICHARD BLACKWELL 27 August - 14 September Fulbright Scholarship recipient Richard Blackwell manipulates perception and invites intrigue with his illusionary sculptures and prints. His playful illusions lie flat on the wall yet challenge our visual preconceptions, exploring the idea of scale and blurring the boundaries between accessible and inaccessible space.

		AGNETA EKHOLM 17 September - 5 October Serene, vast, immersive - Agneta Ekholm’s sensitively layered paintings evoke a myriad of emotional and cognitive responses. With their slow and fluid quality and translucent ribbons of colour, the seemingly delicate works exude a false fragility that only adds to their sensual elusiveness.

		HANNAH QUINLIVAN 17 September - 5 October Recent ANU graduate and newly signed to FLG, Hannah Quinlivan’s utilises a broad variety of print techniques, drawings, paintings and sculptures. Although the media used to deliver them are diverse, her artworks are all intrinsically connected, each new piece referencing the last while reaching out to explore new territories. This will be Quinlivan’s first solo at FLG.

		KATHRYN RYAN 8 - 26 October 2013 Kathryn Ryan’s painterly interpretations of nature move beyond the merely representational. Driven by a desire to express something of the deeper, intimate experience that the landscape can offer, Ryan uses horizon lines, paddocks and the trees within them as her enduring muse. Her work is the collections Parliament House Collection, Warrnambool Art Gallery and Artbank.

		COASTAL 8 - 26 October 2013 FLG presents a group show of coastal paintings from some of our most popular landscape artists. Featuring new works from Peter James Smith, William Breen, Naomi White, and Ken Smith.

		EMMA WALKER 29 October - 16 November Emma Walker’s practice consistently engages with the natural world. An explorer at heart, Walker has informed her visual language through extensive travel and an inbuilt desire to constantly engage with the world around her. Her multi-layered paintings display a keen sensitivity for colour, form and texture.

		ALAN GARCIA (Guest Artist) 29 October - 16 November Juxtaposed mono-chromatic pastel panels characterise Garcia’s recent work. At once quixotic and compelling, these works draw you in quickly and keep you there. But the longer you look the more you wonder exactly where ‘there’ might actually be. Garcia’s simple, expressive and colourful works fuse the soul and intellect.

		JULIE DAVIDSON 19 November - 7 December Julie Davidson presents her first highly anticipated solo exhibition at FLG. Her beautiful still life oil paintings are an investigation of pictorial tradition and the relationship between interior and exterior. Davidson has been successfully exhibiting since 1992. This will be her first solo at FLG.

		DANIELA MISZKINIS (Guest Artist) 19 November - 7 December Always working directly from life, Miskinis’ work centres on the psychological realms of the human mind and gives expression to her fascination with the interior, deep and hidden realms of the life force. Miszkinis aims to portray the richness of human experience, the beauty of beginnings, the sorrow and heroism of illness, & the lyrical inevitability of death.