Cultural

Hinterlands: Albert Tucker’s landscapes 1960-1975
28 June 2008—22 February 2009
Heide Museum of Modern Art

Hinterlands examines Albert Tucker’s new vision of his homeland, with particular emphasis on works depicting the bush around his property in rural Hurstbridge on Melbourne’s fringes; the distinctive Gippsland landscape off the coast of south-east Victoria; and the spectacular Barmah Forest in the north of the state.

The catalogue for this exhibition is the 5th in the Tucker series and moves to a landscape format with slipcase, to reflect the landscape orientation of this body of work. The project was supported by Spicers Paper, with the catalogue being printed on their new recycled coated stock, Hello and the slip case being printed on the new Stephen Spicy White. An additional customised run of these catalogues were produced for Spicers Paper for the promotion of these new stocks.

The studio has been responsible for the creative direction of the Venice Biennale New Australian Pavilion: Di Stasio Ideas Competition for their client Rinaldo di Stasio to celebrate his 20th anniversary of Café di Stasio in St Kilda. The ideas competition involved an open brief to design a new Australian Pavilion in the Giardini Della Biennale in Venice to replace the temporary structure design by Philip Cox in 1988.

The competition attracted over 450 registrations of interest from architects and students from 51 countries around the world, with 170 entries being finally submitted. A judging panel lead by architect and critic Norman Day and including photographer John Gollings, artist Callum Morton and City of Sydney architect Bridget Smyth devised a short list of 56 projects, 37 professional and 19 pre-professional. A subsequent list of 11 finalists has been selected, with the winners in each category being announced on Monday 28 July 2008. For a full list of finalists visit the di Stasio website.

To celebrate the competition, the studio has designed an exhibition featuring all of the short listed entries at Heide Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition will be on view until 3 August 2008. A 256 page publication is currently in production and will be available from Heide Museum of Modern Art or through Café di Stasio.

Click here to listen to Alan Saunders interview with competition judges Norman Day and Callum Morton on Radio National’s By Design program from Saturday 28 June 2008.

A single mind: Rick Amor curated by Linda Short is open at Heide Museum of Modern Art from 22 March–13 July 2008. Rick Amor is one of Australia’s most significant contemporary artists. The exhibition presents for the first time a complete survey of his paintings and works on paper from the 1960s to today.

The exhibition catalogue and signage was designed to reflect the strong use of classic proportions and grids within Rick’s work.

We just took delivery of the Rick Amor catalogue and want to say thank you for a beautiful design job. Absolutely the best catalogue that Rick has ever had or is ever likely to have.
Rick Amor and Meg Williams

Comissioned by Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi to create a catalogue for an exhibition of Christian Thompson self-portraits. The exhibition is open until 5 April 2008.

Publication of recent work for photographer John Gollings which explores his approach to documenting both ancient and modern buildings.