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we love to utilize our windows as a creative outlet.
we’ve filled the window with dirt and grown cheap lawn seed, watching it sprout and grow out of control during spring time (I say cheap because it grew in a lovely shade of fluoro green!!).
one time we had a super 8 film looped over reels ‘floating’ in the window. at night time the projector would play the film so passers-by could engage in a ‘remedy cinema’ experience with a soundtrack of john cale.
every few months we provide the footpath gallery for the public and invite artists to hijack our window space for a few weeks. over the past years we’ve had all sorts of results, from whimsical to political, and everything in between.
shuffle along this season to see….
join us during april to celebrate the beautiful photography of the very
talented Amanda Brown. we have teamed up for the Foto Freo photographic
festival. miss it and you will be disappointed.
"I waited many years to gaze out from the large French windows of café Madeleine onto the square in New Orleans to experience the glorious tastes of endless cups of French coffee and croissants, to wander the galleries, old bookshops and meet the people on the street. Where else in the world can you meet a park ranger called “Bambi”, two people in one day with vampire teeth and a cowboy with a Chihuahua called “Buddy love”. Bomb scare at LA terminal, mugged in New Orleans, shot at on the Navajo reservation, nearly bitten by a rattle snake, watching a huge boulder roll past my leg on the side of a mountain, sitting in Nellie Silks kitchen on the Sioux reservation in Montana listening to her life stories, a man called “Jesus” draped in robes showing me the way to Hollywood...
Sharing of life and dreams with a nation within my heart I dedicate this exhibition to all these people that have touched my life and to the graffiti
artist in Fremantle that with the words “The Wild I tell you was Beautiful”
etched on the pavement a gentle reminder that life can be rather wonderful."
february 2008 : Aedan Howlett
25 year-old emerging artist, Aedan Howlett, based in Fremantle
works out of his Whitegum Valley studio in the Artsource run
complex at 19 Blinco St.
His bold, graphic style in painted works is obviously influenced
by comic and street art, using movement and colour to create strongly
expressive images.
Lately Aedan has largely been producing acrylic works on canvas and
wood but is always looking to learn different artistic techniques
and mediums. Previously Aedan has worked on steel sculpture,
murals, installations and is now turning his hand to screen
printing amongst other things.
we can't wait to see what he comes up with for our windows.
Stormie Mills :
Stormie began drawing as a child as a way to express his thoughts, forming a particularly intimate style, which can be seen in the faces of the portraits and depictions of people, which characterise many of his works today.
Commencing with graffiti in the streets around the world, he worked on raw surfaces, creating images with an inherently rich texture to all of his pieces. When he transferred to canvas and other surfaces, he continued to create texture by layering the paint, crafting another dimension to his paintings.
Initially commissioned in Wales in 1988, he returned to Australia in 1991 and has spent the last 12 years working on commissioned paintings and murals throughout Australia, Asia, the United States and Europe.
Having exhibited in numerous group collections, Stormie presented his first solo exhibit in 1999 to critical acclaim, with all of his works selling within the first ten minutes.
As well as being profiled in various international arts publications, his prolific talent was acknowledged in 2002 when he was chosen for the Chromopolis Project as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Greece, as part of a group of international graffiti writers who toured throughout Greece painting large scale public murals.
In the 2002 Perth Art Award, Western Australia’s most prestigious visual art competition Stormie was awarded a commendation for his painting “370 William St”. Stormie was signed to LK Galleries in Australia in 2006 and presented his third solo exhibition in May 2007.
www.stormie.com.au
www.lkgalleries.com.au
Theo Koning :
At the tender age of 24 this incredibly talented man was selected to participate in the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s “Western Australian Painters and Sculptors”. His works have gained extensive representation in art galleries throughout Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia.
Tanya Schultz :
We joined forces with Tanya for WA’s Artopia 2005. She created a window installation using toy animals, plastic trees and magazine cutouts – contemplating ideas of desire and excess, and our often ambiguous relationship with consumerism.
Andrew Hayim de-Vries :
Most well known for his ‘Homeware’ project at 100 Hubble Street in East Fremantle.
Over 18 years the local arts community, art students, friends and neighbours helped Andrew create his vision of an eclectic, environmentally friendly house made from ‘urban rubble’.
Before Andrew moved from the house he ‘preserved’ the dolls, toys and trinkets from the front fence in various forms of sealed glassware creating new sculptures. They were exhibited at both remedy and the Fremantle Arts Centre with proceeds from the sales going to charity.
His artwork is represented in the following collections: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Holmes-à-Court Collection, Wesfarmers Collection, Artbank and private collections
(Australia and overseas).
