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CURRENT EXHIBITION

THIS IS A POEM

On view from Friday 9 July 2021. Bringing contemporary art and poetry into dialogue, This is a poem is a multi-disciplinary project encompassing new commissions in a diverse mix of media and forms, live performances, a publication and an exhibition.

SEE THE EXHIBITION

Exhibition installation views, photography by Christian Capurro

AVAILABLE PUBLICATIONS

Recent publications by poets featured in This is a poem Spoken word & performance program, available for purchase from our bookshop.

SPOKEN WORD & PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

Spoken Word & performance Program to accompany the exhibition, all dates to be confirmed

This is a poem exhibition catalogue

Contributing essays by Melissa Keys, Jeanine Leane & Justin Clemens

Melbourne’s major new art museum draws upon the Michael Buxton Collection as a springboard for exhibitions, events, research, publishing and ideas.

👀 People in the gallery! 💭ART IRL! 💖 ⁣

✏️ Aleks Danko 📐⁣ ⁣ Installation view,

Alex Selenitsch & John Nixon 🟧🧡🟧 ⁣ Ins

🌸 Rose Nolan 🔨⁣
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Installation view, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘮, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 2021, with Rose Nolan, Flat flower work 2021, photography Christian Capurro⁣
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Exhibition installation with Rose Nolan July 2021 ❤️

This is a poem reopens TOMORROW Friday 30 July 💙 Capacity limits are in place, pre-book your visit to ensure there's room for you and your soul 🧡 Free entry & open 11am til 5pm all weekend
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Image: Installation view, This is a poem, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 9 July–14 November 2021, with (front to back) Lou Hubbard, Uneasy body 2010–21; Janet Burchill, Room with my soul left out 2000, photography Christian Capurro⁣
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H(e)R {~~~} ... , ... ; ⁣ ✨@muckletimes @bend $H(e)R {~~~} ... , ... ; ⁣ ✨@muckletimes @bendy_ben ✨⁣ Playing 24/7 on the screen above our entrance, (Cnr Southbank Blvd & Dodds St) which you view can anytime. Stay tuned for our exhibition reopening date...(soon) 👀⁣ ⁣ Video: Fayen d'Evie & Benjamin Hancock, H(e)R {~~~} ... , ... ; x 2021 (detail), video, colour, sound, 6.23 minutes, courtesy of the artists$

These are some familiar faces celebrating the open

This is a poem. ⁣ ‼️ Opens Friday 9 July ⁣

This is poem. ⁣ ‼️ Opens 11am Friday 9 July

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We respectfully acknowledge the Boonwurung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation, the traditional owners of the land on which Buxton Contemporary is situated.