 Ancestor V, 2012 Ancestor V
Thea Costantino 16 October - 14 November, 2019 This month Peekaboo Gallery is showcasing work by Gotham Studios' Thea Costantino, from her acclaimed Ancestors series (2012). Ancestor V is part of an eight-part series which considers legacies of empire and colonialism. Resplendent in elaborate headdresses and dressed in second hand clothing in various stages of ruin, these ‘ancestors’ seem borrowed from military, religious and horror imagery. While satirising nationalistic and imperial nostalgia for a ‘better time’ by alluding to the violent subtext of such desires, through its title the series also considers the uncomfortable position of belonging to, and benefiting from, a colonial culture.  Image by Rikard Fåhraeus & Kate Koivisto Wheeler, 2018 BeQuest ReVolution
Rikard Fåhraeus & Kate Koivisto Wheeler 16 December 2018 to 14 February 2019 Rikard Fåhraeus (Stockholm, Sweden) and Kate Koivisto Wheeler (Perth, Australia) met briefly at "Meetings" at Supermarket Art Fair 2014. They have since then stayed in touch via e-mail. Some months after the meeting they started sending each other leads, traces, hints and evidence that there is something to be found, each finding connected to the one before. In April 2018, a two-week focus on this process, BeQuest, was presented at Studio 44, Stockholm, in the Studio 44 group exhibition Bestruction (stage 2). In September 2018, another version of BeQuest was exhibited during Berlin Art Week 2018 at >top, Berlin, in Bestruction (stage 3), Fåhraeus and Koivisto Wheeler walking the streets of Berlin each day in their quest, which was presented on the gallery wall. They also produced a book, BeQuest, an artists’ edition of 8, from 26 days of their process in August, and included this in the exhibition at Berlin. Beginning with hammering a pin through two books featured in the Stockholm exhibition, "La Place de l’Étoile” by Patrick Modiano, and “Earthly Paradise” by Colette, the process for BeQuest ReVolution involved each sending an exhortation to the other, which led to an action, from which the next exhortation was found. Then came a process of developing artworks from reflections and interpretations of the results. Peek-a-Boo is Gotham's window-box gallery, viewable 24/7 from James Street Northbridge, directly opposite the Alex Hotel.  'Some Thing', Ian Haig, mixed media, 2011 17 October - 14 November
Gotham Studios is delighted to host Ian Haig's 'Some Thing' at Peek-a-Boo Gallery in conjunction with UWA and SymbioticA's 'Unhallowed Arts' festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. 'Some Thing' is a fusion of David Cronenberg's 'New Flesh' and William S. Burroughs' transmuted bodies that populate 'The Naked Lunch'. When referring to the junkie's mutating body in 'The Naked Lunch', Burroughs sees it as losing its "human citizenship and was in consequence, a creature without a species'. 'Some Thing' is too perhaps a creature without a species, an aberration of flesh, guts and gristle that renders the human body an unclassifiable meat. It is what Burroughs refers to as un-D.T. - Undifferentiated Tissue, a condition whereby the body and its flesh liquefies and transforms into a new form. Peek-a-Boo is Gotham's window-box gallery, viewable 24/7 from James Street Northbridge, directly opposite the Alex Hotel.  Sharon Callow, 'Erasure', oil on panel, 50.8 x 40.6 cm, 2018 Currently a subletting artist in residence at Gotham Studios, Sharon Callow is a recent visual arts graduate from Edith Cowan University, and winner of the Louise Macfie Painting Prize, the university’s painting residency for 2018, and the NAVA Ignition Prize. Primarily a painter, her practice also utilises photography, digital media and textiles. This work, on show at Peek-a-Boo Gallery during August and September, is from her current project To sleep, perchance to dream. In this project Sharon seeks to create quiet, reflective spaces into which one could retreat. Begun as a response to insomnia, these works are intended to offer a respite from the informational overload and multiple responsibilities entailed in attempting to lead an ethically, socially, politically and environmentally aware existence.
Peek-a-Boo is Gotham's window-box gallery, viewable 24/7 from James Street Northbridge, directly opposite the Alex Hotel.  Guardian (Scallop), Tarryn Gill, mixed media (inc. foam, hand stitched fabrics, artificial human eyes, artificial human teeth), 98 x 130 x 50 cm, 2016 15 July - 15 August, 2018
Nationally-acclaimed Gotham artist Tarryn Gill is currently exhibiting at Peek-a-Boo Gallery. Peek-a-Boo is Gotham's window-box gallery, viewable 24/7 from James Street Northbridge, directly opposite the Alex Hotel.  Remembering, Carly Lynch, mixed media on canvas, 84 x 86cm, 2018 15 June - 15 July, 2018
Gotham artist Carly Lynch presents a work from her recent solo exhibition at The Lobby. Peek-a-Boo is Gotham's window-box gallery, viewable 24/7 from James Street Northbridge, directly opposite the Alex Hotel.  Magda Joubert, 'Bloom', acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm, 2018 15 May – 15 June, 2018 In preparation for her exhibition, Landscape of Bloom at Linton & Kay Galleries, West Perth later this year, Gotham artist Magda Joubert has prepared some new designs for large scale paintings in the making. The new designs were inspired by Joubert’s successful completion of a commission in 2017 to paint 187 paintings for the new Intercontinental Hotel Perth. The theme for hotel commission was native Western Australia wildflowers, and birds found in Perth bushland. Prints of the designs will rotate, with two new works showing every 4th day, during the months of May/June, at Peek-a-Boo gallery, Gotham Studios. Peek-a-Boo is Gotham's window-box gallery, viewable 24/7 from James Street Northbridge, directly opposite the Alex Hotel.  Gotham Studios – forthcoming studio vacancy. Gotham Studios is currently accepting applications for its largest studio space, at 57 James Street, Northbridge. This very large studio of two rooms, totalling 52.5 (37 + 15.5) square meters will be available for rent of $591.00 per month, inclusive. Applications are invited from Western Australian artists, with an application deadline of Sunday 1 October. The successful applicant will be informed by Sunday 8 October, and will be able to move in on Sunday 15 October. For further information, to arrange to view the space, or to submit an application, please email Emily at trickyemmo@yahoo.com.au Applicants must include a current CV (maximum 2 pages), an artist’s statement outlining their current practice (maximum 1 page), and a selection of images of recent artworks (maximum 10 images).  GOTHAM STUDIO SPACE VACANCY!
Call for Expressions of Interest Gotham Studios are currently seeking expressions of interest from visual artists interested in renting studio space in the James Street building in Northbridge. The studios include shared communal space, kitchen, and 24hr access. The studio available is approximately 15sqm and $269/mth. After EOIs, a selection process will require interested artists to submit a CV, 6 images of recent work and evidence of a committed art practice. The studios are unsuitable for sculpture or industrial processes. EOI's closing date: Friday 9th June Enquiries: gothamartstudios@gmail.com Currently at Peek-a-Boo Gallery:  Walker Jackson C 'Untitled' 2017, oil on ply, 40 x 40 cm.
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