A NETS Victoria touring exhibition curated by Emily Jones
Cut with the kitchen knife
Cut with the kitchen knife surveyed the current manifestations of collage in contemporary art; a movement which takes as its starting point the absurdist collages arising from the highly influential Dadaist movement of the early twentieth century.
Less concerned with addressing the problems of the picture plane and more those of an existential nature, works on paper were selected from contemporary Australian and international artists who traverse the surface, relay absurdisms and reorganise obsessive collections.
Featuring works by artists including Christian Capurro, Simon Evans, Elizabeth Gower, Mandy Gunn, Deborah Kelly, Nicholas Mangan, Stuart Ringholt, Joan Ross and Heather Shimmen, Cut with the kitchen knife explored the use of collected material; arranging and reordering as a means of interacting with, and thus shaping, the physical world.
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Gallery
Christian Capurro grafting #1 1996 – 1997
removable sticky tape, ink, paper
14.6 x 10.9 cm
Courtesy the artist, Milani Gallery and Breenspace, Sydney
Simon Evans 25 Pictures of the World. 21. (Defection, Copulation and Murder) 2009
collage
27 x 21.59 cm
Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery, New York
Elizabeth Gower Savings 11 2010
paper cuttings on canvas
45 x 45 cm
Courtesy the artist, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Mandy Gunn Between the lines 2011
(4 works)
recycled printed and Braille paper
65 x 65 x 12 cm framed (each)
Courtesy of the artist
Deborah Kelly Incomplete notes from timespace tourism (1 – 6) 2011
collage on pigment ink digital reproductions from Magazin, 12 August 1971, Jugoslavia
60 x 45 cm
Courtesy the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Nicholas Mangan Flohetrauling 2008
Collage, shelf
5 panels: 30 x 24 cm, 30 x 21 cm, 24 x 30 cm, 35 x 25 cm, 30 x 40 cm
White gloss shelf: 183 x 5 cm
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Stuart Ringholt Circles Passing (page 43) 2007
collage on paper
33 x 40 cm framed
Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Joan Ross BBQ this Sunday (Brave New Years) 2011
(edition of 5)
pigment print on premium photo paper
76x45cm (unmounted)
Courtesy the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Heather Shimmen Suspended Anima- 1 2011
moveable artists book, solvent transfer and linocut on paper
98 x 29 x 25 cm
Courtesy the artist
Deborah Kelly workshop at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick 2012
Heather Shimmen artist talk at Arts Space Wodonga 2012
Cut with the kitchen knife at Latrobe Regional Gallery 2012
Cut with the kitchen knife at East Gippsland Art Gallery 2013
Presented By
National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Community Support Fund, by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its art funding and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. NETS Victoria also received significant in-kind support from the National Gallery of Victoria.