After all that time in 2020 not being able to go very far at all, escaping the city seemed like the perfect thing to do for our first Linden Contemporaries event of 2021. The Linden team hit the road and travelled to the stunning Point Leo Estate sculpture park in Merricks.
Linden’s Deputy Chair Owen Craven and Director Melinda Martin guided guests through the collection highlighting the work of KAWS, Clement
Meadmore, Juame Plensa, Reko Rennie and Richard Tipping among many. Thank you to everyone who braved the cool breeze, then warm sunshine as
we explored this outdoor collection of nationally significant sculptures and finished off with a glass of wine or two.
Linden Contemporaries is a unique donor program and takes supporters behind the scenes and into:
Each event is different to the next, so things never get boring and there is always ample time for warm conversations and new insights.
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This Linden Contemporaries event takes us across the river to make our way to the industrial heartland of the northern suburbs of Melbourne for a very special studio visit.
Ash Keating’s exhibition Duality was created in response to Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown and his desire for audiences to see new work in real life. Duality is an exhibition in two parts and as the season of autumn turns the leaves in Melbourne different shades, the Linden team will install a second series of paintings for this exhibition.
This is a very special opportunity to see the new works that form part two of this exhibition in the space they were created in prior to them coming to the gallery, and chat to Ash about his creative process and the inspiration behind this body of work.
Ash’s large studio allows us to accommodate up to 10 guests in each session and we will run two sessions on the day to ensure everyone has the chance to meet Ash and learn more about his practice.
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DATE > Sunday 21 March 2021
GUEST TICKETS > $35 per person
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2.00-3.00PM
+ SESSION 2 >
3.30-4.30PM
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Editing: Chloé Hazelwood | Design: Mathieu Vendeville
IMAGES [Top to bottom] > Reko RENNIE. Mirri, 2018. Photographer David Hannah. Image courtesy of Pt Leo Estate > Owen
Craven & Melinda Martin looking at KAWS, Share, 2020. Photograph: Lyn Johnson > Linden Contemporaries members at Point Leo
Estate. Photograph: Lyn Johnson > Linden Contemporaries' event at Susie Nathan's home, 2019. Photograph: Mathieu Vendeville.
> Ash Keating in his studio. Photograph: Dan Preston. > Portrait of Ash Keating. Photograph: Dan Preston.
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Dr Marion Piper's essay Creating Certainty explores her response to seeing art in real life in
January, when she visited the Linden Postcard Show 2020-21.
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Stunning studio photographs by Theresa Harrison accompanied by a series of reflections from the artists, providing new insights into their practice.
I see death and the passage of time as a natural part of life and want to engage in ideas about the power
of loss ..
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Often my work draws upon nostalgia to playfully engage with the mundane every day .+ Read more
My creative process becomes a meditative act in itself…drawing me into the moment of self-forgetting ...
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I paint mainly women in interiors. I want to create a recognisable intensity and intimacy ...
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I hope viewers experience Joy in the sensuality of the elaborate and boldly theatrical, and surprise at
the allure of this artifice ...
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In 2020 I decided to use the strange year and lockdowns as an opportunity to experiment with textures and
mark making which I had long been hoping to find time to explore ...
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I very briefly studied fashion and considered it as a career, which certainly shaped my approach to making
work ...
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My work responds to both the domestic and to natural environments, often looking for a point where these
two areas collide or come into conflict
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22 May 2021 > 22 August 2021
To Feed your Oracle
Ruth Höflich is an artist and filmmaker, born in Munich, Germany, and currently based in Melbourne. In an
installation of video, photography and site intervention, To
Feed Your Oracle will
explore how we might understand, or predict, things that we can’t see and how our expectations might affect how we experience the
unknown.
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Wellness Deity
Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born Melbourne-based artist, curator and arts activist. This exhibition will present the Wellness Deity Project,
which Srivilasa undertook in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaborative, community-driven project invited people to submit a
drawing of their Wellness Deity, a being that has a special empowering or protective power.
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Natasha Bieniek is best-known for her miniature oil paintings. Bieniek’s paintings are meticulous in their
execution and demand close inspection. They link the ancient tradition of 16th century miniature painting with present-day image culture.
This exhibition brings together a suit of recent works that have not been seen together before, including Bieniek’s stand out painting, Biophilia,
which was the winner of the Wynne Prize in 2015.
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Things to explore in our Local Neighbourhood to enhance your next visit to St Kilda and the gallery.
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A recap of recent Linden Contemporaries adventures exploring some of the best private art
collections in Melbourne.
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We look forward to welcoming you at the gallery soon to see our latest series of solo exhibitions by leading
mid-career artists.
> Troy Emery's Sonder
> Nicholas Folland's Burn Down the House
> Ash
Keating's Duality.
If you would like to find out more about these exceptional artists, book into a Meet the Artist
session to hear from them what drives their practice and what inspires their creativity.
I would like to offer my thanks to Creative Victoria for the additional funding to support this new initiative and to the fabulous team at Linden who have worked behind the scenes to create Linden Extra.
Melinda Martin
Director
March 2021
Q&A by Juliette Hanson | Editing: Juliette Hanson & Chloé Hazelwood | Design: Mathieu Vendeville
