anna schwartz gallery

Chiharu Shiota: Absent Bodies

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, 7 October – 5 November 2016. “I use red because it symbolises the colour of blood and therefore human relationships connected to one another. When the red string behind a rope is visible, you can view the connections in society. Chiharu Shiota, ‘An interview with Chiharu Shiota by Andrea Jahn’, 2016 “For her inaugural exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Chiharu Shiota has created Absent Bodies, an immersive new installation that embraces the architecture of the gallery.Read more

Jessica Rankin: Field of Mars

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, 2016. “Jessica Rankin’s inaugural exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery Field of Mars is inspired by the artist’s last trip to Australia in 2014, when Rankin came to find her mother’s burial site, in the aptly named ‘Field of Mars’ cemetery outside Sydney. Rankin’s mother was the prominent poet and playwright Jennifer Rankin who passed away in 1979.  Her poetic influence is expressed in Rankin’s practice through textual arrangements and word collages that she composes and recomposes using methodologiesRead more