Art thoughts

John Nixon

Song of the Earth 1968-2020
To March 9
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Melbourne

Drawing reference or influence from Russian Constructivism, John Nixon, 1949-2020, paid homage to simplicity and the everyday materials and methodology of the labourer or the unskilled. Using materials now symbolically associated with the Great Depression and interwar era of the 20th Century, including hessian, silver frost paint, wheat, tools and vessels.

Selected images.

Five Walls

Gallery and Project Spaces

To October 11

1/119 Hopkins st, Footscray
https://fivewalls.com.au

Sean Hogan 'The Disconnect Paintings'

Installation view

The night is between the sound, 2025, synthetic polymer aerosol on acrylic sheet,

aluminium frame, 60.9 x 43.2 cm.

Peter Brook 'The Space Between'

Installation view

Mojavi, 2025, acrylic on linen, 81.5 x 76 cm.

Susan Andrews 'Three, nine, twelve'

L: Pink box, 2025, synthetic polymer, marble dust, marine ply, oak.
R: Prop, 2025, synthetic polymer, marble dust, oak.

Blink: Orange, pink, 2025, synthetic polymer,

marble dust, marine ply, oak, 35 x 25 x 4 cm.

Tracey Lamb 'Take the Stairs to the Inside Out'

Soft hard, 2025, Steel and powder coating, 25.5 x 30 x 9 cm.

Installation view

Selected exhibition images

4th Australian Biennale of Reductive Arts

ABORA 4
6–28 September 2025
Articulate project space

497 Parramatta Rd, Leichhardt NSW
Friday–Sunday, 11am–5pm
Saturday 6 September, 3–5pm

https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/

Curator: Beata Geyer

Artists: Aaron Martin, Angharad Evans, Annelies Jahn, Anya Pesce, Beata Geyer, Belinda Yee, Billy Gruner, Brent Hallard, Chantal Grech, Chris Packer, Christine Dean, Cornelis Timmer, Deb Covell, Don Voisine, Elizabeth Day, Elizabeth Rankin, Elke Wohlfahrt, Gary Warner and Audrey Warner, Giles Ryder, Helen Shields, Isobel Johnston, Jamie Jude Smith, Jan Handel, Kate Galea, Kate Mackay, Kath O'Donnell, Kendal Heyes, Kyle Jenkins, Laurence Kimmel, Lisa Jones, Lisa Pang, Liz Shreeve, Louise Blyton, Louise Owen, Louise P Sloane, Luna Gui, Lynne Eastaway, Margaret Roberts, Mark Titmarsh, Marlene Sarroff, Merryn Trevethan, Neerja Chandna Peters, Nicole Ellis, Penny Coss, Peter de Lorenzo, Phong Le, Pia Larsen, PJ Hickman, Pollyxenia Joannou, Raymond Carter, Rolande Souliere, Sandra Curry, Sarah Fitzgerald, Sarah Keighery, Sarah Robson, Shelley Jardine, Sue Callanan, Susan Andrews, Suzan Shutan, Tarn McLean, Terri Brooks, Tilman, Tom Loveday, Yvette Hamilton

Selected exhibiton images:

Photos by artist, Louise Blyton.

Curator Beata Geyer with artist Chris Packer.

8th International Biennale of Non Objective Arts

Curated by Arvid Boecker

Kunstraum Heidelberg

Germany
To October 3

https://www.vielmehr.heidelberg.de/dankstelle/boeckercontemporary-heidelberg/

Five Walls Gallery and Project Spaces

To August 30

1/119 Hopkins st, Footscray
https://fivewalls.com.au

‘5 Abstractions’ curated by Aaron Martin
Lachlan Stonehouse, Emma Langridge, Aaron Martin, John Aslanidis, Michael Vandorpe (BE)

Installation image:

L-R: Lachlan Stonehouse, Aaron Martin

‘Invocations’ Fiona Schoer

Selected work:

Fiona Schoer, Everything You’ve Ever Wanted, 2025,
oil, on Masonite, vintage frame 53.5 x 46 cm.

‘Folded’ Raymond Carter

The exhibition features wall paintings and intimate bronze sculptures cast from folded cardboard.

Installation Images

Australian Biennale of Reductive Arts (ABORA – 4)

Installation images:

L-R: Don Voisine, Kyle Jenkins, Louise Blyton

L-R: Aaron Martin, Billy Gruner, Sarah Keighley

L-R: Turn McLean, PJ Hickman, Beata Geyer

Five Walls

To June 28th

1/119 Hopkins st, Footscray, 3011
https://fivewalls.com.au/

Selected works

Gallery

John Aslanidis 'Sonic Network no.25'

sonic network no.102, 2025, oil and acrylic on canvas, 92 x 123 cm.

Project Spaces

Thalia Robertson 'The Third Element'

Diptych 2, 2025, oil and graphite on wood, 24 x 24 cm each panel.

Elif Sezen 'Atmospheres'

Elif Sezen with her works. L: Presence #9, R: Presence #10, 2025.
Both are archival prints on Hahnemühle photo rag metallic (framed). Edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP, 105 x 105 cm.

Britt Salt & Shannon Slee 'Me and the Girls Don’t Want to be Boxed'

Shannon Slee: String of Geese #1, 2025, wool, jute, cotton warp, copper, painted steel, 110 x 50 x 21 cm.
String of Geese #2, 2025, wool, cotton selvedge remnant from Britt, jute, cotton warp, copper,
painted steel, 106 x 50 x 21 cm.