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Steven Rhall

STEVEN RHALL

ABORIGINAL ART DISCOUNT GLASSHOUSE Gertrude Contemporary 4 October–2 November 2024 Melbourne
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ABORIGINAL ART DISCOUNT GLASSHOUSE continues Rhall’s exploration of First Nations art in relation to capital, creating new moving image works that incorporate various marketing tropes in a parodic manner. These advertisement and mockumentary-like declarations also serve to promote the ‘ABORIGINAL ART DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE’ (at Gertrude Glasshouse and online via Galabid), functioning both as a parody and a platform for selling Rhall’s artwork and personal archive.

The project is shaped by Rhall’s new responsibilities as a parent, which have led to a broader shift in his practice and are reflected by his difficulty engaging with his (residency) studio-based work. In response, Rhall has also relocated his Gertrude studio to Glasshouse, presenting the ‘studio as archive’ within the ABORIGINAL ART DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE installation. In addition to his continued examination of the art market, this project reflects Rhall’s intent to prioritise collaborative and conceptual work over material, studio-based practice because ‘everything (material) must gawn’.

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Gertrude Contemporary is a non-profit contemporary art organisation in Preston South, Naarm/Melbourne, with an additional project space, Gertrude Glasshouse, in nearby Collingwood. Established in 1983 as 200 Gertrude Street in Fitzroy, it pioneered Australia’s first combined gallery and studio complex and remains one of the country’s longest-running centres for experimental art.

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21 - 31 High Street
Preston South, VIC
Melbourne
Australia
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Tuesday - Sunday: 11am - 5pm
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Melbourne 21 - 31 High Street, Preston South, VIC
Gertrude Contemporary contemporary art institution in Melbourne Australia
Gertrude Contemporary
21 - 31 High Street, Preston South, VIC, Melbourne, Australia
+ 61 3 9480 0068.
http://www.gertrude.org.au

Opening hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 11am - 5pm
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