URBAN COW GALLERY
EXHIBITION OPENING AUGUST 2008
SAMPLE SPACE
Anodised Aluminium works by
KEN BAKER
7 August to 29 Friday August 2008
Opening 6.30 PM Thursday 7 August
Ken Baker returns to Urban Cow Studio for his fourth year running, pushing hard at the boundaries with what is probably the most challenging base medium; anodised aluminium.
Ken Baker’s latest offerings in Sample Space take you on a 2D visual exploration into the depths of this unique material. Vivid colours and intricate etchings, each piece shining with the complexity and relationship Baker shares with his work. A complicated method, Baker applies the anodising dyes and acids by hand, as opposed to immersing, and selectively etches back areas to create individual multilayered works. An obsessive artist who freely admits that he finds anodised aluminium an object of “juju”; a magical or supernatural power within an object.
Amusing, mysterious and down right clever, Sample Space is an incredible feast for the mind and senses. Ken Baker presents an exhibition not to be missed during SALA 2008 (South Australian Living Artists Festival, August 1-17).
ARCHIVE 2008
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KNIGHT OF THE RED HOUSE
Peta Kruger
3rd July - 3rd August 2008
In her first solo exhibition Peta Kruger presents an exquisite collection of jewellery inspired by romance, sadness, historical fiction, and the life of Marie Antoinette. |
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'SCHAFFAS'
Screamdance
5th July - 29th July 2008
The International Fauna Dossier describes a schaffas (Marcum-Schaffidius) as a gentle and un-aspiring creature of great mystery. This exhibition will demonstrate the various and complex forms that the schaffas adopts.
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ACH!RIOT
Luku
1st May - 1st June 2008
digital daubed drawings
! with projector picture power !
Come along for the ride - you are guaranteed to leave this exhibition a LUKU fan! |
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DIVIDING LINES
Ebony Addinsall, Kristel Britcher & Matt Burgess
3rd April - 30th April 2008
Dividing Lines presents exquisite works in glass by South Austrlian School of Art, UniSA honours graduate. The blown and cast glass works differ aesthetically and formally but connect with each other through the concepts of interaction and the human condition. |
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DEAR LITTLE EMMIE & AS I TOLD YOU
Adam Oehlers & Nom Kinnear King
6th March - 30th March 2008
Dear Little Emmie, a fifty piece illustrated tale, takes you on her journey across the rolling hills, through the woods and into the swamp. As I Told You, an acrylic and oil series, based on the world within a gypsy troop of tattered performers, living life within a mysterious magic.
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MARTYMORPHOSE
Michael Huppatz & Shelley Smith
7th January - 3rd March 2008
Martyr: undergoes death or suffering for his beliefs Metamorphose: change of form
Michael and Shelley present paintings and jewellery in an exhibition exploring changes in culture, religion, perceptions and nature. |
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ESSENCE
Metal Circus
24th January - 3rd February 2008
The Metal Circus menagerie of makers of small and wonderful wearable
art is back with their second exhibition. Expression and
interpretation, each artist takes an individual journey through the
five senses of human existince, Essence. |
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COLUMBIA* NO ES QUE SU IMAGEN...
Natalia Ponton
22nd December 2007 - 6th January 2008
Columbia challenges the negative image of Ponton's country through
expressive and textured paintings. Original artworks by refugee
children of Columbia and sponsorship was developed to raise funds. |
ARCHIVE 2007
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STUFF 'N' THAT
Violet Cooper
22nd November - 22nd December 2007
Violet was asked to fill a vacant spot in the Urban Cow gallery, and only given a whole 2 weeks to stage an entire solo
exhibition from scratch. Featuring texture, humour, colour, words, some of
her near extent nanna skils and everything else that pours out during
this creative frenzy. |
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THE PAPERED LADY
Bronwyn Dann
25th October - 18th November 2007
The Papered Lady
relaxes the mind, body and soul with a collection of life
drawings in indian ink, patterened backgrounds, old wallpaper, Chinese ricepaper, acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal and found
objects. |
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HOW TO EAT ICE CREAM
Claire Richards
21st September - 21st October 2007
Claire
Richards relieves our hearts with her world of little
people and their imaginative tales in
How to eat
Ice Cream, each painting sharing a story with us through
watercolour and oil paints. |
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SUBSTANCE
Kim Thomson
24th August - 16th September 2007
Kim Thomson brings us to a pure state of mind with Substance, a raw
series of jewellery that rely solely on their material, medium...
substance. |
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BRITTLE DREAMS
Ken Baker
26th July - 19th August 2007
An extended exploration of anodised aluminium, anodising dyes applied
by hand, and etched back seleted areas, Baker creates complex
multialyered 2D
wallpieces. |
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A QUIET PLACE
Nom Kinnear King and Adam Oehlers
28th June - 22nd July 2007
The duo present contemplative character based narratives, through
delciate patterned illustrations and paintings using watercolour, pen,
pencil and acrylic paint on canvas. |
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1% TURKISH EFFECT
Qi Zhang
31st May - 24th June 2007
The reflection of a recent trip to study glass casting in Instanbul,
the jewellery and glass exhibition faces the fact that it took Turkey
for Zhang to realise her fondness for her Australian 'home".
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PRIA MITRA STENCIL AND
COLLAGE
Pria Mitra
4th May - 27th May 2007
A combination of collage, spray paints and fabric with stencilling
techniques, while iconic childhood imagery is displaced and finds new
context in multilayered works. |
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CHANGE OR DIE
Rosie Hannam and Debbie Pryor
6th April - 29th April 2007
Natural, fashionable, abstract and hand designed textiles. |
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EAT CAKE
Violet Cooper
2nd March - 1st April 2007
Whacky images put together, with Cooper's own collection of old
wallpaper, acrylic paints, or bits and bobs to assemble pictures
reflecting her many varied moods and witty observations on life. |
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DARK ELEGANT POP
Jess Dare, Georgia Gabrielle,
Andrew Ioannou,
Meghan O'Rourke, Alice Potter, Sarah Rothe, Anna Taylor, Minnette
Walker & Trent Woods
1st February - 25th February 2007
The group of artists respond to the world around them, searching out
the beautiful and elegant in the darker side of society, along with
exploring popular culture in a contemporary context. |
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SENSITIVE LITTLE SOUL
Sally Kitten
5th January - 28th January 2007
The reconstruction of childlike emotional responses drawing from the
love stories around Sally Kitten, presented in mixed media works. |
ARCHIVE
2006
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SHELTER
Kim Thomson
24th November - 24th December 2006
Contemporary jewellery exploring the notion of shelter and its
influence on society using recycled materials for sustainable living. |
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INTO THE MACHINE
Ken Baker
27th October - 19th November 2006
An exhibition of sculptural works by Urban Cow Studio's most popular
jewellery supplier, the acolyte of anodised aluminum Mr Ken Baker. |
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THE SUM OF EVERYTHING
Prue Gramp
29th September - 22nd October 2006
Mixed media layered text and mark-making compositions.
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FROM OUR TREE
Alison Bradshaw, Chris Butcher,
Lucy Cardwell
1st September - 24th September 2006
Photography; built, found, imagined. |
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INTERSECTION
Nicole Ayliffe, Steven Dounton,
& Jenny Pedler
4th August – 27th August 2006
They are the next wave of glass art stars. With a swagger of awards and
accolades already under their belts, these recent SASA Honours
Graduates will fill the gallery with seductive glass. |
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3-WAY
Ewa Card, Violet Cooper, & Marie
Littlewood
7th July - 30th July 2006
There will be lots of little things to see when this exciting trio take
over the gallery with their unique brand of art that will have lips
twitching in constant formations of small smiles. |
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PERTAMA
Eleanor Scicchitano
9th June - 2nd July 2006
Eleanor's background in film production brings a dynamic theatrical
quality to these cross-processed c-type photographs that suggest
stories but are devoid of human presence. |
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SOME SEX AND A CUP OF TEA
Gina Leonello
23rd March - 15th April 2006
Gina Leonello combines semi-erotic images of the male and female forms
with that of birds and orchids. These juxtaposed small embroidered
works are both beautiful and alluring. |
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GOOD Vs EVIL
Josh2000 & Browny
20th April - 7th May 2006
A collection of three dimensional sculpture and fabric toys. Designee,
cool and possibly a bit funny.... |
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MILKING THE MUSE
Anne Weckert
19th May - 4th June 2006
Small Silver Objects + Text.
A creation of fictional interludes from an avid reader and occasional
insomniac. |
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