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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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nightshifts

Contemplate the importance of solitude through contemporary art.

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Louise Weaver’s multidisciplinary practice cente

Louise Weaver’s multidisciplinary practice centers around the natural world. 🕸️ The animals and environments she depicts act as vessel to explore broader themes— from contemporary social concerns, including conventional expectations of femininity and environmentalism, to broader philosophical constructs of artificiality and transformation.

Weaver’s work is exhibiting now as part of 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm.

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Image 1: Louise Weaver, Spider web (midnight) (2006). Image courtesy of the artist and Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection.

Image 2: Louise Weaver, Spider (midnight) (2006). Image courtesy of the artist and Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection.

Image 3: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Louise Weaver, Spider (midnight) 2006. Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Photography by Christian Capurro.

Filmed in slow motion, ‘Maximus swept out to sea

Filmed in slow motion, ‘Maximus swept out to sea (Wattamolla)’ sees the artist’s alter-ego drifting through a lagoon while holding a flaming torch above the water. As he moves into the ocean, the solitary figure struggles to stay afloat and is eventually subsumed by the turbulent waves. 🕯️🌊

The slow but hypnotic video piece evokes notions of the solo journey, particularly endurance and exhaustion, ritualism and transformation.

𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 is exhibiting now at Buxton Contemporary, Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm.

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Image 1: Shaun Gladwell, Maximus Swept out to Sea (Wattamolla) (2013). Image courtesy of the artist and the Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery.

Image 2: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring Shaun Gladwell, Maximus Swept out to Sea (Wattamolla) 2013. Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery. Photography by Christian Capurro.

Tracey Moffatt taps into the shared subconscious f

Tracey Moffatt taps into the shared subconscious fear of being alone and afraid in her work ‘Invocations #5'.

The carefully staged scene sees a dreamscape evolving into nightmare, with a distressed woman in an exposed landscape functioning as a cinematic horror reference to Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’. 🐦‍⬛ This familiar archetypal character speaks to universally recognised fear and anxieties.

See the work as part of 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, exhibiting Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm.

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Image 1: Tracey Moffatt, Invocations #5 (2000). Image courtesy of the artist and Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection.

Image 2: Installation view of nightshifts, Buxton Contemporary, the University of Melbourne, 2023. Featuring David Noonan, Owl 2006, Tracey Moffatt, Invocations #5 2000. Michael Buxton Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Photography by Christian Capurro.

This SWOTVAC season, Buxton Contemporary is giving

𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 is no

𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 is now open at Buxton Contemporary, Wednesday to Sunday, 11am - 5pm. 🌗

Curated by Hannah Presley and Annika Aitken.

One week until 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 opens.

This contemplative group exhibition highlights the deep thinking that happens away from the public eye: during moments alone in the studio, in the quiet of the night, and subconsciously while asleep.

More than 30 works from the Michael Buxton and @unimelb Collections, alongside select loans and commissions, consider the importance of solitude through contemporary arts practice.

Exhibition artists include:
Benjamin Armstong • Peter Booth • Rob Bundle • Tony Clark • Vicki Couzens • Mikala Dwyer • Marco Fusinato • Teelah George • Shaun Gladwell • Mira Gojak • Brent Harris • David Jolly • Mabel Juli • Emily Kame Kngwarreye • Laresa Kosloff • Lindy Lee • Tracey Moffatt • Callum Morton • John Nixon • David Noonan • Gekko Ogata • Mike Parr • Rosslynd Piggott • Lisa Sammut • Sandra Selig • Ricky Swallow • Louise Weaver • Constanze Zikos

𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 opens 26 May 2023. Curated by Hannah Presley and Annika Aitken.

We are thrilled to announce BLAK C.O.R.E. fellowsh

We are thrilled to announce BLAK C.O.R.E. fellowship alumni Grace Ndiritu has released a mid-career monograph, Healing The Museum, published by Motto Books and coinciding with her exhibition at S.M.A.K. in Ghent.

Grace devoted a substantial portion of her BLAK C.O.R.E. fellowship to the publication, which offers an extensive overview of Grace's diverse artistic practice over the past two decades. Additionally, the monograph includes conversations with Director of Reimagining Museum & Collections at the University of Melbourne, Professor Brook Andrews.

We highly recommend checking out her latest publication and exploring the power of radical energy in healing and systemic change.

BLAK C.O.R.E (Care of Radical Energy), an initiative of the Department of Museums and Collections at the University of Melbourne.

🔗 Order now at the link in our bio!

We are saddened to hear of the death of William Mo

We are saddened to hear of the death of William Mora, the wonderfully witty and compassionate contemporary art gallerist who supported and represented Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists for over 30 years.

William is recognised as one of the first gallerists to host solo shows by Indigenous artists. He sat on numerous committees including the National Gallery Society and the Art Committee for the Council of Adult Education. William, alongside his mother, artist Mirka Mora and father, commercial gallerist Georges Mora, played a critical role in nurturing Melbourne's distinct contemporary art culture, and their impact ripples beyond the confines of the city.

We extend our deepest condolences to his partner Anna Mortley, his family and friends, as well as the wider arts community.

Image courtesy of @kozminsky.

Announcing 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, a contemplative new group exhibition considering the importance of solitude through contemporary art practice.

Featuring more than 30 works from the Michael Buxton and @unimelb Collections, 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 looks to the ‘after hours’ as a metaphor for rest, privacy and temporary seclusion from peers and public. Rather than focusing on notions of loneliness and despair, artists demonstrate the power of reflection and singular focus to reveal things ‘unseen’.

Curated by Hannah Presley and Annika Aitken.

26 May – 29 October 2023 🌗

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

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