“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;” So runs a line from a poem by W. B Yeats that imagines the earthly conditions which prefigure the Apocalypse and the Christian second coming. The line is prophetic; not so much of the end of the world but of a mathematical phenomenon, a ‘strange attractor’, described some fifty years later by scientists researching non linear systems and chaos theory. I won’t baffle you with science, but think ‘The Butterfly Effect’; think order, flow, chaos; and then view the paintings of three Melbourne painters showing at D11 Gallery in the Docklands.
These three artists depict the world in a state of becoming; time doesn’t stand still in these works. They are not frantic images; there is an air of stillness about them, but a stillness that suggests change rather than stasis. Grant Hill has painted Australian suburbia in a state of slumber. He pictures the Great Australian Dream, the suburban house snug in its self-centered allotment. Paul Keller has also painted landscapes, although not of an Australian kind. Hieronymus Bosch meets Hello Kitty would best describe these exquisitely painted works. Ben Howe presents the urban streets as places of digital discord. Strolling figures dissolve and reform in binary bifurcation.
Friday, April 4, 2014
STRANGE ATTRACTOR, Opens this Saturday
April 12-26, 2014 at D11 Gallery, Docklands.
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;” So runs a line from a poem by W. B Yeats that imagines the earthly conditions which prefigure the Apocalypse and the Christian second coming. The line is prophetic; not so much of the end of the world but of a mathematical phenomenon, a ‘strange attractor’, described some fifty years later by scientists researching non linear systems and chaos theory. I won’t baffle you with science, but think ‘The Butterfly Effect’; think order, flow, chaos; and then view the paintings of three Melbourne painters showing at D11 Gallery in the Docklands.
These three artists depict the world in a state of becoming; time doesn’t stand still in these works. They are not frantic images; there is an air of stillness about them, but a stillness that suggests change rather than stasis. Grant Hill has painted Australian suburbia in a state of slumber. He pictures the Great Australian Dream, the suburban house snug in its self-centered allotment. Paul Keller has also painted landscapes, although not of an Australian kind. Hieronymus Bosch meets Hello Kitty would best describe these exquisitely painted works. Ben Howe presents the urban streets as places of digital discord. Strolling figures dissolve and reform in binary bifurcation.
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;” So runs a line from a poem by W. B Yeats that imagines the earthly conditions which prefigure the Apocalypse and the Christian second coming. The line is prophetic; not so much of the end of the world but of a mathematical phenomenon, a ‘strange attractor’, described some fifty years later by scientists researching non linear systems and chaos theory. I won’t baffle you with science, but think ‘The Butterfly Effect’; think order, flow, chaos; and then view the paintings of three Melbourne painters showing at D11 Gallery in the Docklands.
These three artists depict the world in a state of becoming; time doesn’t stand still in these works. They are not frantic images; there is an air of stillness about them, but a stillness that suggests change rather than stasis. Grant Hill has painted Australian suburbia in a state of slumber. He pictures the Great Australian Dream, the suburban house snug in its self-centered allotment. Paul Keller has also painted landscapes, although not of an Australian kind. Hieronymus Bosch meets Hello Kitty would best describe these exquisitely painted works. Ben Howe presents the urban streets as places of digital discord. Strolling figures dissolve and reform in binary bifurcation.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Ha Ha and Ben Howe: Open Studio
We are opening our studio to the public on Sat 29th March from 12 noon to 6 pm.
See where the 'magic' happens: experiments, studies, errors in judgement and other unseen works.
Second story studios, 159 Sackville Street Collingwood
See where the 'magic' happens: experiments, studies, errors in judgement and other unseen works.
Second story studios, 159 Sackville Street Collingwood
Monday, December 9, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Sum of Its Parts: Solo Exhibition
Friday, December 21, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
METRO ART AWARD
Wednesday 18th July, 6:30pm
Runs until the 28th
http://www.metrogallery.com.au/exhibitions/60/2012-metro-gallery-art-award/
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
EXPLORATION 12
Flinders Lane Gallery
29 May - 16 June.
With Dan Bowran, Emily Valentine, Zoe Croggon, Michelle Day, Rebecca Hastings, Peter Jordan, Chia-Liang (Lisa) Kao, Josh Robbins, Kat Shapiro Wood and
Lawrence Wong
Thursday, January 19, 2012
CLIMATE CHANGE
Opening night 1st February 2012
In the first exhibition of its kind, nine of Australia's leading artists will take on the role of problem solvers in the highly anticipated show, Climate Change, which will explore the power of art to cut through political dialogue and scientific debate.
The exhibition will feature large scale works by John Olsen, Daniel Smith, Deborah Walker, John Forrest, E.L.K., JKB Fletcher, Michael Peck, Stormie Mills, Ben Howe and Vincent Fantauzzo. Their creative process was filmed over several months as part of a long term documentary by award winning film maker Alan Woodruff and Deakin University Professor, Ann McCulloch. The documentary will be previewed at Metro Gallery before its international screening in New York and a tour of regional Australian in late 2012.
http://www.metrogallery.com.au/exhibitions/52/climate-change/
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