We are currently closed for the installation of our next exhibition, reopening Friday 12 March

In conversation: Thursday 7 June – 6:30pm

Buxton Contemporary artist Mikala Dwyer will be in conversation with Phillip Adams, founder and Artistic Director of BalletLab.

Mikala Dwyer, Necklace for wall (silver), 2011

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

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𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 by @talo

• @taloihavini ⁣ “Light Source commission:

Our 6th Light Source Commission, 𝙐𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙨 by @taloihavini
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In 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴, dynamic, floating compositions and arrangements of objects, places and designs, combined with hand-rendered digital painting, drawing and erasure, destabilise dominant narratives of place as well as colonising practices of documentation and mapping. ⁣
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Layered assemblages of images, maps, museums and colonial institutions some recognisable and seemingly half familiar, some indiscernible to all but those with shared cultural knowledge, resist externally imposed categorisation and are richly alive with personal, cultural, historical and political narratives and significance.⁣
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Images: Taloi Havini, 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 2021, 11 composite digital images © the artist, Light Source commission, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 2021

Following Victorian Government advice Buxton Conte

🚨FINAL WEEK OF XENOGENESIS🚨⁣ ⁣ Current e

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶

Don’t miss the first Australian presentation of

The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis, curated by Annie F

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵⁣

Our 5th light source commission 'What Goes Around' evolved from a sculpture that Hossein Valamanesh crafted from items he serendipitously found in his studio during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown. Upon re-finding materials that he hadn’t worked with for some time, Hossein decided to use them to make a series of new forms that engage with ideas around chance and coincidence.⁣
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One of the outcomes was a memorial, formed from an upside-down chair holding a nest-like bundle of sticks with the four upwards facing legs alight with flames from small oil burners. The piece was made in memory of Honey, the Valamanesh’s much-loved family dog, who at the time of making had recently passed. ⁣🤍
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Image: #HosseinValamanesh 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 2020, Wooden chair, Persian salt bag, red-gum sticks & copper oil burners, 107 x 45 x 40 cm, © the artist, Photo by M. Kluvane⁣
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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.

In conversation: Thursday 7 June – 6:30pm

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