Current Season Current Exhibitions Current Events Future Exhibitions Past Exhibitions Touring Exhibitions News Catalogues Online Projects How to propose an exhibition Exhibitions for Hire Future Exhibitions Darren Sylvester: Our Future Was Ours Friday 25 July to Saturday 30 August 2008 Tue - Fri: 12.00 - 7.00pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am - 6.00pm Gallery 1 & 2 "Sylvester's taste for pop music and cinematic production values creates images that pulse with life." Time Out Darren Sylvester's photographs tackle life's big issues: the fleeting nature of happiness; the importance of friendship; disappointment in love; the inevitability of death. Intuitive rather than didactic, each image is a contemporary parable; each title a distilled prose poem. His characters are emotionally taut and conflicted, forever contemplating what could have been, what may be to come and what will never be. This exhibition is the first survey of the work of one of Australia's leading Gen Y artists. Spanning ten years it explores the bittersweet candour that Sylvester has made his own. Eschewing both the critical theorizing of the baby-boomers and the cynicism of Gen X, he harnesses the perfected visual language of advertising, cinema and the video clip to speak with deep sincerity of the human condition in the 21st century. Born in 1974, Darren Sylvester lives and works in Melbourne. He is represented by Sullivan and Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne and Johnston Gallery, Perth. IMAGE © Darren Sylvester Don't Substitute A Life To Satisfy Mine 2007 IMAGE © Darren Sylvester Our Future Was Ours 2005 IMAGE © Darren Sylvester Dont Worry, I'm JustTemporary 2006 Marian Drew: Every Living Thing Friday 25 July to Saturday 30 August 2008 Tue - Fri: 12.00 - 7.00pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am - 6.00pm Gallery 3 Presented in partnership with Queensland Centre for Photography. In Every Living Thing, Marian Drew embraces the formal properties of seventeenth century European painting in a series of works which contrast the violence of road-kill with the gentrified traditions of the still life. Draping lifeless corpses over the best linen, these images are as disquieting as they are seductive. Drew's images refer in particular to the genre of vanitas paintings, which often featured human skulls or worm infested fruit as a reminder of the transience of life and a warning against overindulgence. Killed by cars, domestic pets or power lines; the animals in these photographs are casualties of urban growth and increasing consumption. Marian Drew is represented by Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney; Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne and Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide. IMAGE © Marian Drew Tasmanian Rosella with apple 2005 IMAGE © Marian Drew Possum with five birds 2003 IMAGE © Marian Drew Marsupial with Protea 2004 James Brickwood: Schoolies Friday 25 July to Saturday 30 August 2008 Tue - Fri: 12.00 - 7.00pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am - 6.00pm Gallery 4 In researching this series of works, Sydney photojournalist James Brickwood accompanied two groups of teenagers on the annual end-of-high-school pilgrimage to the Gold Coast known as Schoolies week. With great sensitivity and without judgement, he documents the filthy hotel rooms, beachfront trysts, and beer-sculling competitions that are the rites of passage young people undergo on their way to adulthood. James Brickwood is a member of the Australian documentary collective Oculi. He has worked for Fairfax Media since 2003 as well as for leading international publications. He is now a staff Photographer for the Sun Herald. IMAGE © James Brickwood Untitled 2006 IMAGE © James Brickwood Untitled 2006 IMAGE © James Brickwood Untitled 2005 Video Program Garry Trinh The Queue 25 July - 30 August ACP Courtyard In 2005, over 300 fans lined up for over 10 hours to buy tickets to a Strokes concert. Presented as a long leisurely tracking shot, Garry Trinh's video documents the easy camaraderie and aching ennui of a night spent waiting on the pavement in Newtown. IMAGE © Garry Trihn The Queue 2005 Elvis Richardson Please Stand By 25 July - 30 August ACP Courtyard Using coloured pencils, felt-tip pens and gouache, Elvis Richardson's witty video recreates a variety of television test cards used by local, national and international networks. Now things of the past, these reference patterns were broadcast after hours to allow engineers to tune and adjust television sets. IMAGE © Elvis Richardson Please Stand By 2007. Courtesy James Dorahy Project Space Terms and Conditions of Use | © Copyright: Australian Centre for Photography, 2008. All Rights Reserved. Site by Suture Net | Hosting by Dreamhost SUBSCRIBE TO THE ACP E-LIST Exhibition E-List About ACP Recruitment Volunteers Sponsors Featured Links Links Directory Copyright Access Details