Exhibitions Held
10 January - 23 Feburary 2025
I ME MY:
SEEING ONE'S QUEER SELF
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Bringing together 6 Artists who have made significant contributions to the genre.
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Ayman Kaake (Melbourne), Jonathan Alexander (USA), Santy Mito (Mexico), Liu Tao (China), Alexis Orosa (Sydney) and William Yang (Sydney) work in the self portrait genre to express more about themselves and their experience than a selfie can.​
20th Century Monochrome
Weegee, Mary Ellen Mark, Marc Riboud, Eve Arnold, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Duane Michaels, W Eugene Smith, Arnold Newman, Horst P Horst, Bruce Webber, Lewis Morley, Eddie Adams, Walker Evans, Andy Warhol, Fan Ho and others from the gallery's stock room.
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Melbourne and the world is experience the comeback of film. The tactile nature and restraints are now admired. To the photographers who are just discovering the joys of film to those of us who grew up with it, this exhibition is for you. The gallery has assembled 50+ prints by some of the most important figures of that century and placed them on the walls. There is three masterpieces, Marc Riboud’s Washington, Eddie Adams’ Death of a Vietcong suspect and Arnold Newman’s Stravinsky alongside important works by Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, W Eugene Smith and so many more.
This exhibition features some of the best prints collected over the last 20 years by the gallery director.
60 Views of
Melbourne
Gerry Angelos, Harry Baker, Celeste de Clario Davis, EFP, Chip Elliott, Jacqui Elizabeth, Gil Gilmour, Gavin la Grange, Milly Haig, Derek Nguyen, Jesse Pretorius, Scott Ransley, Andrew Tan, Luke Tipping, Santina Velo, Archie Vova, Ricardo Yamamoto, Frank Yuwono with prints by Cakeface & John Gollings from the gallery's stock room.
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From the streets to the people, the buildings, the landscape, even the details – in this exhibition by 19 local Melbourne artists, each photographer brings their take on this great city.​
This exhibition was made possible with the assistance of
Traveling the Portillo Way: Rail Stories 1869-2023
Scott Gould, Jonny Tanoto and photographs from the stockroom.
Main Gallery:
Digital reproductions of four of the Golden Spike glass plates, Trainspotters images of the 4500 and Castle Class locomotives, 1930-1950s, Images from the Dienst Van Economishche Zaken (Netherlands) 1942-1947. Contemporary images of the diesel locomotives of Victoria Rail and Jonny Tango's images of Chinese fast rail stations.
Director’s space:
Photographs of the Beijing subway in 2011-13 and photographs from the stock room including Churchgate Station by Salgado.
This exhibition was made possible with the assistance of
Echoes of
A perfect Moment
in Cincinnati
Brian Sergio/
Arthur Tress/garrie maguire
Main Gallery:
What links these three artists more then a curator’s linking them as echoes, is that they like Mapplethorpe, is they have perspectives on masculinity, the Tress’ fantasies delving into the psyche, Sergio’s depiction of the realities of Manila through a heterosexual male gaze and maguire who allows males to present themselves to viewers consideration.
This exhibition was made possible with the assistance of
Curated by Zhipéng Guo
What do we do in shadows? When no one is watching, when no one is judging, when we are free to be who we are and express our true selves. Explore the little exposed fetish side, through the lens of a single historical culture, from places close and far.
Staged by Zhipéng Guo (Sir Z), from artists he admires.
Artists:
Main Gallery: Zee, Tong Se Fang, SIR, Studio Dee and BuWay Kang.
Director’s space: Domasan and Zhipéng Guo
inShadows
At the Laird Hotel
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A second showing at the foremost leather bear bars. A survey of Male fetish photography in China.​
Impressing God
of Buildings for Worship
21 July - 27 August 2023
Religion provides people with a sense of purpose, moral guidance, and a framework for understanding the world. It allows like-minded individuals to foster a shared identity and a sense of belonging, to gather as a community. Every community needs a space. As each of the worlds great religions developed they created their own design language to instill in their followers an understanding of their Gods.
George Washington Wilson, Prajwal Bhattarai,
Said Elmobasher, Võ Duy Kim
and garrie maguire in the Director's Space
Sheet Film
An overview of work made in Victoria
26 May - 2 July 2023
A survey of photographers working in Victoria making work on sheet film. This is an exhibition to inspire, to show the public that photography can a considered, precise and beautiful.
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Zo Damage, David Patterson, Hody Hong, Ali Choudhry, Andrew Green, Mark Darragh, Ellie Young, Lachan Fysh, Mat Hughes,
Kurt Baldonado, Avner Ben-Arieh, Kevin Xue, Shea Kirk,
Keria Hudson, Charles Li, garrie maguire and Stuart Murdoch
From Dags to Digital
a history of commercial photographic processes
30 March - 7 May 2023
We invite you to step into a world where art and technology meet, where creativity and precision merge into a dazzling display of photographic craftsmanship. This exhibition showcases the beauty of commercial photographic print processes that became commercial, from the early days of daguerreotype to the cutting-edge techniques of digital printing.
Men/Still/Shooting
Scott Davis, Travis De Jonk, Eureka O'Hanlon,
Bentron Parry, Rod Spark & Ross Spirou
25 January - 12 March 2023
A brief survey of middle-aged gay men, photographing male friends and acquaintances. Each is working within this newish photographic trope, and making it fresh. The rise of the gay liberation movement and photography as collectable art is parallel. The naked male still has the ability to make people feel uncomfortable, as the reality of the penis is disappointing compared to the phallus and its role in perpetuating patriarchal structures. By displaying these images we are conducting a reality check on masculine dominance.
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This exhibition is part of the Midsumma Festival
XMAS STOCK SALON
A new place for xmas gifts
9 - 18 December 2022
For the end of our first year we are gathering some of the many interesting photographs we have collected and exhibiting them for sale. This is a salon hang so when a photograph is purchased it will be taken down for the new owner and replaced with another interesting image.
TALAMITAM INTIMACY
//Dansk Santos // Raul Policarpio
// Zairene Yeoh // Miguel de Quiros
29 September - 24 November 2022
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Four photographers who make work that looks at aspects of talamitam/intimacy. Each approach and style being unique to their vision. They express the longing for intimacy, and that of self, the photographer's significant others and one's own child. The gallery is very proud to show these artists for the first time. Two make their homes in Melbourne two are based in the Philippines.
a Flower Blossoms
for its Own Pleasure
Matthew Schiavello, Victoria Bilogan,
Minh Khoa Tran (Olly) & Danny Tasmakis
28 July - 15 September 2022
A survey of photography of flowers in Victoria, featuring artists who are reinterpreting this genre of photography. Each brings personality and pushes the subject to find build on the traditions of this emotive subject.
