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Susan Wyers
The Honoured Object
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Susan Wyers
The fetishism of fashion items and its perception from a female perspective
is the central focus of Susan Wyer's latest solo exhibition at Span Galleries
from Sunday, March 10. The exhibition will re-define the symbolism of
fashion artefacts and establish a female claim on fetishised objects.
Susan Wyer claims that while the main purpose of the items in the exhibition
is primarily seen as attracting the male gaze, this perception denies
a woman’s ownership of a fetish for her own gratification. This exhibition
reassesses this perception through associating these objects with the
pleasure and rituals of the owner (woman), and reinstates her as the recipient
and the claimer of her own objects of desire.
Span Galleries, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Tel: 03 9650 0589
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, March 10–Friday, March 28
Opening Hours: 11am–5pm Tuesday–Friday, 11am–4pm SaturdayPlastique
Irene Barberis
Curated by Irene Barberis, Plastique is an installation of objects constructed
from the newest and most innovative plastics available in Australia. The
effect is one of revisited ‘60s. Plastique opens at Span Galleries
on Sunday, March 10.
Plastique is a nexus of interchanges – from visual art and fashion,
contemporary synthetic materials, to ideas generated from a revisit to
the ‘60s. Artist Irene Barberis and the SIX Designers – Peter
Boyd and Denise Sprynski – have worked with newly available plastics
and meshes to produce an exhibition of works and space which are imbued
with light, refractions and reflection and will be on show at Span Galleries
from Sunday, March 10.
Irene Barberis’ new works are large glowing fluorescent pink inflatable
objects and a sequence of reflective transparent works. The elements of
breath and light are playfully used in contemporary plastics, in an exploration
into early ‘women’s work’ and feminist works of the ‘60s.
These are accompanied by a series of three-dimensional pieces honouring
the ‘60s work of American conceptualist, Sol Lewitt. Following individual
crafting by Barbaris, each piece is then industry-worked for its final
finish. Clipper Plastics which has manufactured specialist products since
1958, have worked with the artist in the latter part of this project.
Later this year, the exhibition is planned to be shown internationally,
including Hong Kong, Beijing and New York, as part of a larger installation.
The work of SIX Designers – Peter Boyd and Denise Sprynski –
includes the production of contemporary clothing pieces that reflect retrospective
‘60s and early ‘70s sensibilities and fabric usage. This work
complements Barberis’ Plastique, utilizing transparency, light and
colour in the newly available spectrum of plastics and meshes.
Span Galleries, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Tel: 03 9650 0589
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, March 10–Thursday, March 28
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 5pm, Saturdays 11am - 4pm
Span Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Tel: 03 9650 0589
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, March 12–Thursday, March 28
Opening Hours: 11am–5pm Tuesday–Friday, 11am–4pm Saturday
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Transition
Sophie Röet
Sophie Roët is a textile designer and artist who works closely
with the fashion industry, designing textiles for John Galliano, Alexander
McQueen, Marni, Hussein Chalayan and Cerutti. The Transition exhibition
at RMIT Project Space from Tuesday, March 12– Thursday, March 28,
will highlight Röet’s use of materials and finishes, linking
high technology and traditional weaving techniques.
Röet’s entrance into the fashion world began when she was
studying for her Baccalaureate in Kent, England. There she specialised
in garment manufacture, taking an unconventional approach bonding paper
and photographs onto paper bodices. Her relationship with textile manufactures
began in 1996 when she was awarded a place on the Lea and Bullukian
Textile Competition, a privately funded event that takes place in Lyon,
France every second year.
Over the last few years, Röet has worked and exhibited widely,
from London, to Paris, Milan, Glasgow, Toronto and New York
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
curated by Patrick Remy
This exhibition has been curated by French-born publisher Patrick Remy.
Last year the exhibition premiered at the Tokyo Fashion Festival. The
photographers represented are the key international players within the
world of Fashion Photography. The exhibition is being sponsored by Westfields.
Text by P Remy
"There are 46 photographers, for me they represent the very best
in ongoing fashion photography. All these artists have their own universe,
often their own technique, they are the barometers of our society and
have all understood the magic of photography and clothing! They come
from a variety of places, many originated from New York, London or Paris,
but today, fashion photography, just like other areas of the economy,
is becoming global - the proof?
This exhibition comprises many different vistas: Australia, Denmark,
Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Brazil or Switzerland. Some
are fashion photographers; others delve in fashion for the pleasure,
for the challenge... or the money! You know some of them, displayed
on the front pages since a number of years.
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