EXHIBITION INFORMATION:
GORKER GALLERY PROUDLY PRESENTS ‘SOFT & SHINY’ BY MELBOURNE ARTIST DREWFUNK. ‘SOFT & SHINY’ IS A HARMONIOUS ORIENTAL GETAWAY FILLED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES, CULINARY DELIGHTS AND TIMELESS ICONS OF BONSAI AND PENZAI GARDENS. A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS THAT STRETCH THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR IMAGINATION AND TAKE US TO A PLACE OF MEDITATION AND ZEN ENVIRONMENTS.
MALAYSIAN BORN ILLUSTRATOR/GRAFFITI ARTIST DREWFUNK NOW RESIDES IN MELBOURNE. HE DRAWS HIS INSPIRATIONS FROM THE CITY STREETS WHILST STAYING TRUE TO HIS ORIENTAL HERITAGE AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED AS ONE OF OUR FINEST.
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OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
3PM - 7:00PM WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
11AM - 7:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
WINE TASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6:00PM - 7:00PM
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUSTINS WINE)
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EXHIBITION INFORMATION:
DRY WHEAT LEAVES STREAM LIKE RIBBONS IN THE HOT WIND AND THE SUN WON’T GO TO SLEEP. HARVEST TIME IS COMING AND THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD HIDDEN IN THE CORN FIELDS - A WORLD OF INNOCENCE AND NOSTALGIA, CHILDREN WITH SKIN LIKE HONEY AND FEATHERS IN THEIR HAIR HIDING FROM THE FUTURE, SINGING SONGS ABOUT THE SUMMER AND FREEDOM.
LEAH BARTHOLOMEW’S DEBUT EXHIBITION “WHERE THE DRY LEAVES FALL” COMES FROM A PLACE OF OPTIMISM AND WARMTH, SIMPLE NEEDS AND VAST DREAMS. HER GICLEE PRINTS, POTATO STAMPS, WOODEN SCULPTURES, WATERCOLOURS AND TISSUE COLLAGES WILL REMIND YOU OF CAREFREE DAYS, CHILD CRAFTS, BIRTHDAY CARDS YOU WISHED YOU’D KEPT AND YOUR FAVOURITE STORY BOOKS.
AMANDA MAXWELL, 2008
OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
3PM - 7:00PM WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
11AM - 7:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
WINE TASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6:00PM - 7:00PM
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUSTINS WINE)
EXHIBITION INFORMATION:
FROM DIRECTOR OF LOVE MY WAY, SECRET LIFE OF US AND 2002 TROPFEST BEST FILM LAMB, GORKER GALLERY IS PROUD TO PRESENT FLATLANDS BY FILMMAKER EMMA FREEMAN.
FLATLANDS IS AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO INSTALLATION WHICH CHALLENGES CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN CONNECTION AND ROMANTICISM IN THE MODERN AGE, EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEMORY AND THE MOVING IMAGE.
ARTIST: EMMA FREEMAN
CINEMATOGRAPHER: KATIE MILWRIGHT
SOUND DESIGN: ROBERT CURGENVEN
WWW.THEGUILDFILM.COM
OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
3PM - 7:00PM WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
11AM - 7:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
WINE TASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6:00PM - 7:00PM
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUSTINS WINE)
EXHIBITION INFORMATION:
GORKER GALLERY IS PROUD TO PRESENT “THE SNEAKY 6” EXHIBITION BY SANTHA KING - A CREATIVE AND DIVERSE MELBOURNE BASED SHOE ARTIST. THE SNEAKY 6 SERIES FEATURES COLLABORATIVE LIMITED SETS OF ORIGINAL HAND MADE SNEAKERS WITH 5 OF MELBOURNE’S LEADING EMERGING STREET AND ILLUSTRATIVE ARTISTS. KING’S GOAL IS TO SUPPORT AND CREATE EXPOSURE FOR LOCAL AND UP AND COMING ARTISTS WHILST TAKING ART ORIGINALLY BORN FROM THE STREETS AND GIVING IT A NEW AUDIENCE AMONGST THE FASHION AND ART INDUSTRIES.
FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH MELBOURNE ARTISTS:
NIOR • SNUF • NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL • TIMBA & TWOONE
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OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 28 AUGUST, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
3PM - 7:00PM WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
11AM - 7:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
WINE TASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6:00PM - 7:00PM
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUSTINS WINE)
PICTURED COLLABORATION WITH ‘NIOR’
GORKER GALLERY IS PROUD TO PRESENT “THE FINE LINE”: A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY EMERGING AUSTRALIAN ARTIST NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL (THE SOUTHPAW). IN A STYLISTIC BODY OF LARGE SCALE DETAILED RENDERINGS CREATED SOLELY FROM FINE-LINERS, NATE SHOWCASES HIS UNIQUE CROSS-POLLINATED STYLE OF ILLUSTRATION ENCOMPASSING HOT ROD, GRAFFITI AND COMIC BOOK INFLUENCES. WWW.THESOUTHPAW.COM.AU
OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 3 JULY, 6-9PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL WEDNESDAY 23 JULY
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
11:00AM - 7:00PM TUESDAY - SUNDAY
WINE TASTING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6PM - 7PM
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUSTINS WINE)
CURATED BY TIMBA (WOODEN TOY QUARTERLY) AND NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL (THE SOUTHPAW) COMES ‘THE FORTY THIEVES’ (GROUP SHOW) FOR GORKER GALLERY. THE FORTY THIEVES CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF THIS BRAND NEW ARTIST SPACE WITH A COLLECTION OF 15X15x2 INCH ARTWORKS BY SOME OF THE BEST LEADING INTERNATIONAL STREET AND FINE ARTISTS.
ACORN (CAN) • AKINA • BECK WHEELER • BEC WINNEL • BEN FROST • BENZO • BIDDY MARONEY (WBYK) • BONSAI • BOZ MCCORMACK • CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN • CREEPY • DARREN HENDERSON • DEB • DREWSTER • EAMO • GHOSTPATROL • JAE COPP • JUNIOR • KARL KWASNY • KID ZOOM • MEGGS • MEL STRINGER • MEPHISTO JONES (NZ) • MISO • NAILS • NANAMI COWDROY • NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL • PHIBS • REUBEN RUDE (USA) • SEAN KELLY • SIDE PROJECT • SONNY DAY (WBYK) • STEPHANIE WILSON • TAI SNAITH • TIMBA • TOBIAS J • TRISTAN JALLEH • TWOONE • WADE BURKITT AND THE YOK
OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 19 JUNE, 6-9PM
SHOW RUNS UNTIL WEDNESDAY 2 JULY
GORKER GALLERY OPENING HOURS:
11:00AM - 7:00PM TUESDAY - SUNDAY
