Featured artists
Nicki Gordon is a local Newtown artist, working under the name Organised Mess. Nicki’s work plays with the space between control and chaos. Influenced by modernist architecture, surrealism and introspection, her work holds a quiet tension, where things feel like they might fall in on themselves, but don't.
$1000
Kalana Grace is a young artist based in Sydney, on Gadigal Country and Eora Nation, who explores topics of identity and community through art. As a Queer Multi-Modal Artist, Kalana focuses on portraying people and studying the way humans exist, interact, love, and feel. “I have always felt it was integral to my artist practice to portray the community around me. My aim in doing so has been to seek out empathy, curiosity and love. I want to show all the intricacies and complications of human bodies and relations. We are vessels that respond to the societal structures in which we live. Society teaches us how to exist, and the people that don’t fall under this umbrella blanket of expectations can be ostracised. There is so much beauty in love persevering despite the shame and stigma that can be cast onto others because of it.”
$900 for large | $330 for small
Julian Maguire
Julian Maguire is an artist that plays around with the theme of organised chaos. He uses all sorts of mediums such as plaster in this work to create texture and depth. The plaster has been carved into to create an almost organic and rigid effect as if mountains jumping out from the canvas, also creating a feeling of uncertainty in its messy design. This artwork is based on the 7 deadly sins and amongst the painting are 5 of the sins where two are now completely covered. The artwork is primarily composed of spray paint as are most of Julians works.
Transcendance- $1000
Charlie Kennedy is an artist, curator and writer living just up the road in Newtown. The two works featured are part of an ongoing series, in which Charlie brings back to life photos that have been lost in the digital archive. The series focusses on photographs of angels and cherubs that people have taken and uploaded online, often over ten years ago. Through this, the artist plays with form, from stone, to pixels, to pigment on linen.
'Cherub headstone' 45 x 35 cm Oil on canvas $300
‘Angel frontispiece’ 25 x 30 cm Oil on canvas $200
Charlie Kennedy