Group Exhibition

GROUP EXHIBITION

Threshold of things 1301SW 27 May–8 July 2023 Melbourne

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An exhibition presenting works alluding to everyday images, motifs, materials and language, composed with a particular poetic refinement. A combination allowing for a distortion of the threshold of things, through a breaking down of elements then an animated evolution.

This play with the threshold of things allows for elements to remain unrefined, while others are poised, leading to outcomes of ill-defined form and agency, while other elements are bold and definitive. All this allows for a grounding effect and removes conversations concerning high and low, instead offering an evolution and repositioning of the threshold of art.

Thinking of time, places and things: late 1960s Turin, hand painted signs on the roadside, Paula Cooper’s New York, newspaper wrapped around uranium glassware, the words of Borges, the contents of an attic belonging to three generations of a family, the restoration of an old French car and stones placed in a circle in a wood by an unknown individual.

Isa Genzken appears courtesy of ARNDT Collection, Cape SchanckRobert MacPherson appears courtesy of Yuill|Crowley, SydneyLawrence Weiner appears courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

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Installation Views

Lawrence WeinerIN THE WAY, 2016Language + the materials referred toDimensions variableLawrence Weiner appears courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Threshold of things, 2023 (installation view) Courtesy of the artists and 1301SW

Selected Works

MY SHOES ARE PAINTINGS 20 FROG POEMS LITORIA CHLORIS by Robert Macpherson contemporary artwork sculpture

Robert Macpherson "MY SHOES ARE PAINTINGS!!!" 20 FROG POEMS, LITORIA CHLORIS, 1982 - 1988 Metal-stick on wood, plastic lobster
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CUBISM ANOTHER ASPECT UNTITLED by Robert Macpherson contemporary artwork painting

Robert Macpherson CUBISM (ANOTHER ASPECT) UNTITLED, 1983 Paint brush, wooden numbers
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Featherweight 01 by Simryn Gill contemporary artwork works on paper

Simryn Gill Featherweight (01), 2023 Collage on book pages
27 x 54 cm
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Featherweight 02 by Simryn Gill contemporary artwork works on paper

Simryn Gill Featherweight (02), 2023 Collage on book pages
27 x 54 cm
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Featherweight 03 by Simryn Gill contemporary artwork mixed media works on paper

Simryn Gill Featherweight (03), 2023 Collage on book pages
27 x 21 cm
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Featherweight 04 by Simryn Gill contemporary artwork mixed media works on paper

Simryn Gill Featherweight (04), 2023 Collage on book pages
27 x 23 cm
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Featherweight 05 by Simryn Gill contemporary artwork mixed media works on paper

Simryn Gill Featherweight (05), 2023 Collage on book pages
27 x 21 cm
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IN THE WAY by Lawrence Weiner contemporary artwork mixed media

Lawrence Weiner IN THE WAY, 2016 Language + the materials referred to
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Make a Wish beige by Lewis Fidock Joshua Petherick contemporary artwork sculpture

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick Make a Wish! (beige), 2022-23 Burlap, steel, muslin, rope, latex, synthetic polymer paint
238 x 112 x 7 cm
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Make a Wish dusk by Lewis Fidock Joshua Petherick contemporary artwork sculpture

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick Make a Wish! (dusk), 2022-23 Burlap, steel, muslin, rope, latex, synthetic polymer paint
83 x 14.5 x 21.5 cm
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Make a Wish plum by Lewis Fidock Joshua Petherick contemporary artwork sculpture

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick Make a Wish! (plum), 2022-23 Burlap, steel, muslin, rope, latex, synthetic polymer paint
104 x 65.5 x 26.5 cm
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Make a Wish red by Lewis Fidock Joshua Petherick contemporary artwork sculpture

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick Make a Wish! (red), 2022-23 Burlap, steel, muslin, rope, latex, synthetic polymer paint
157 x 92.5 x 11.5 cm
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Make a Wish tan by Lewis Fidock Joshua Petherick contemporary artwork sculpture

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick Make a Wish! (tan), 2022-23 Burlap, steel, muslin, rope, latex, synthetic polymer paint
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MAYFAIR ROPE A DOPE HERES ONE FOR YOU SAMMY by Robert Macpherson contemporary artwork painting

Robert Macpherson MAYFAIR; “ROPE A DOPE” HERE’S ONE FOR YOU SAMMY, 2002 - 2007 Deluxe Weathershield acrylic on Masonite
122 x 273 cm
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Oozlum by Mikala Dwyer contemporary artwork installation sculpture

Mikala Dwyer Oozlum, 2023 Ceramic, glass, bronze, wood, plastic and feathers
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Portrait of the Artist in a Drip-Dry Suit Blue by Billy Apple contemporary artwork print

Billy Apple Portrait of the Artist in a Drip-Dry Suit (Blue), 1962/1964 Xerography on fabric, mounted on stretched canvas
31 x 39.8 x 4.5 cm
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Untitled by Jessica Stockholder contemporary artwork mixed media

Jessica Stockholder Untitled, 2010 Prismacolour drawing on paper, oil pastels, oil paint, wooden furniture fragment, plastic bits, plastic pumpkin fragment, hardware
48.3 x 106.7 x 7.6 cm
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untitled 2017 its raining men los angeles times december 2017 by Rirkrit Tiravanija contemporary artwork painting

Rirkrit Tiravanija untitled 2017 (its raining men, los angeles times, december 2017), 2018 Enamel paint on newspaper mounted on linen
240 x 175.3 cm
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Artists Exhibiting

Billy Apple contemporary artist

Billy Apple b. 1935 Follow +

Mikala Dwyer contemporary artist

Mikala Dwyer b. 1959 Follow +

Isa Genzken contemporary artist

Isa Genzken b. 1948 Follow +

Simryn Gill contemporary artist

Simryn Gill b. 1959 Follow +

Robert Macpherson contemporary artist

Robert Macpherson Follow +

Jessica Stockholder contemporary artist

Jessica Stockholder b. 1959 Follow +

Rirkrit Tiravanija contemporary artist

Rirkrit Tiravanija b. 1961 Follow +

Lawrence Weiner contemporary artist

Lawrence Weiner 1942-2021 Follow +

Lewis Fidock Joshua Petherick contemporary artist

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick Follow +

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About the Gallery

1301SW was founded in 2022 in Naarm/Melbourne’s inner-south, embracing the region while having strong roots internationally. Extending from its Melbourne base, the gallery expanded its unique and ambitious exhibition program to Gadigal/Sydney with the opening of a second gallery space in late 2024.

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1301SW contemporary art gallery in Melbourne Australia

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4 George St, South Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

+61 414 229 278
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