SAND&SOAP by Claudio Parentela

Born in Catanzaro, Italy (1962) Claudio Parentela lives and works as an illustrator, painter, photographer, journalist, and much more..

MAFF Loves Melbourne 🇦🇺 : Karla Laidlaw

Artist Walkthrough with Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH

'Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH' is an extensive survey exhibition encompassing the full scope of the artist’s work, including appliquéd quilts and needlework, banners and pendants, collage and assemblage, and large-scale mixed media installation. The exhibition, which continues ACCA’s contemporary Australian solo series, is constructed maximally as a 'gesamtkunstwerk', presenting work over the past fifteen years, alongside a major new room-scaled sculptural installation developed especially for the exhibition. Curators: Max Delany, in collaboration with Devon Ackermann and Paul Yore Advisory note: This exhibition contains adult content of a sensitive nature. Viewer discretion is advised. Some parts of the exhibition also contain flashing lights and sound. Video produced by Gatherer Media

MICHAEL STANIAK

Michael Staniak’s work concerns the changing dynamics of images and materiality in light of the proliferation of digital culture. Grouped into the post-internet movement, Staniak’s process-oriented paintings explore the relationship between flatness and texture in digital images. To create his paintings, he builds up textural surfaces out of materials such as casting compound that he then sprays with acrylic paint, creating subtle gradients of texture color with minor stippling that evoke the effects of inkjet printers. The work oscillates between a sensation of a flat, screen-mediated image and the rich texture of an analog painting. For Staniak, the life of the painting both as object and image is crucial. “I consider the finished work as a moment in my practice; something to be considered and valued as an object that will ultimately end up as another picture entering the stream of the internet,” he has said.

Esther Stewart at Heide Museum of Modern Art

MAFF Shop: Snake Divine

Rebecca Adam's work is inspired by the beginning time. She works with unique layering printing techniques and experiments fabrics with different media such as silver, print and paper, clay, resin, latex. The garments are often embellished with fictive symbols and spiritual influences that give the wearer a protection for their journey on this planet.

In the Studio with Nevena Prijic

Nevena Prijic earned her BFA and MFA in Painting from The University of Novi Sad, Academy of Fine Arts, Serbia. Prijic immigrated to the United States in 2017. Her work has recently been exhibited at Mrs.New York City, NY; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA; Public Gallery, London, UK; Bozomag and M+B, Los Angeles, CA. Prijic lives and works in Los Angeles and has been represented by M+B since 2023.

Yuichi Hirako • New Home

“How we interact with nature and how we think about it is very different from a hundred years ago. It will be different a hundred years from now and that’s natural, so I make work considering the changes that will come. I've been working on this subject for a long time.” — Yuichi Hirako Gallery Baton is pleased to announce 《 New Home 》 , a solo exhibition of Yuichi Hirako, from 5th June to 13th July 2024 in the Hannam-dong space, Seoul. Hirako deals with the coexistence and interdependent relationship between nature and humans through his original style of depiction, in which metaphors and symbols stand out. In this second solo exhibition with Gallery Baton, Hirako manifests his interests and particular subjects in richer expression by organically combining painting with sculpture or installation and selectively applying traits of diverse media.

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MAFF ♥s 🇬🇪: Nika Qutelia

Georgian artist working in the direction of digital art. In the past, the artist was actively involved in music, soon decided to devote himself entirely to visual art, from collages on a mobile device to abstract 3D renders. He calls his self-expression "Phantom bridges between the past and the future." Through his works, the artist shows a subtle connection between violent fantasy and everyday reality, between innermost memories and our self.

Rusudan Khizanishvili : Velvet Armor

Velvet Armor, a solo exhibition by the Tbilisi, Georgia-born female artist Rusudan Khizanishvili (1979-). Khizanishvili, whose practice is influenced by an array of themes, including architecture, mythology, selfhood, and womanhood, explores the ways in which art connects us to the world beyond our introspective selves. As hinted by the exhibition's title, Velvet Armor — Khizanishvili's Korean debut — stands for the soft yet potent power of women. She veers away from portraying women as solely beautiful and romanticized subjects, a trope often found in pre-modern art. Instead, she vividly expresses their vibrant energy, painting them as strong, occasionally eccentric figures. This emphasis on female strength is a recurring theme in Khizanishvili's work, demonstrating her belief that "armor" is not designed to segregate us from our adversaries but rather to embrace them. Accompanying Khizanishvili's pieces, a work by Saeng Kwang Park (1904-1985) is featured in the exhibition, drawing a parallel between Georgia and Korea. Through Park's vibrant pentachromatic portrayal of Korean folklore and shamanism, Khizanishvili discerns resonances with her practice. The cross-cultural dialogue between the distinctively Korean elements in Park's work and the traditional Georgian context of Khizanishvili's pieces invites contemplation of the convergences among diverse cultures.

“How can I endure solitude in the month of blossom” by Irma Sharikadze

Music: Giorgi Shamanauri Cast: Irma Sharikadze /Salome Paghava/ Saba Assistant /Mariam Lebanidze "How can I endure solitude in the month of blossom" Film by Irma Sahrikadze exciting performance, at the intersection of a conceptual art, music and fashion, celebrating the distinctive character of the Georgian cultural and visual identity and the typical beauty and mysteries of a Georgian women. Renowned Georgian visual artist, photographer and designer, Irma Sharikadze, creates unique design concepts that merge the past and present of the Georgian history. Her fashion brand 'Maison Irma de Flore' revitalises the ancient cultural heritage of clothes, sewing technics and textiles. Working with antique suppliers in Tbilisi and the regions, she is reusing high-quality silk for her luxury brand to design sustainable collection and one-off pieces, creating modern, colorful and feminine silhouettes. Renowned Georgian visual artist, photographer and designer, Irma Sharikadze, creates unique design concepts that merge the past and present of the Georgian history. Her fashion brand 'Maison Irma de Flore' revitaliz ses the ancient cultural heritage of clothes, sewing technics and textiles. Working with antique suppliers in Tbilisi and the regions, she is reusing high-quality silk for her luxury brand to design sustainable collection and one-off pieces, creating modern, colorful and feminine silhouettes.