Michael Reid Sydney

YOU'RE INVITED! Join us this evening from 6–8pm as we toast two exhibitions showing this month at Michael Reid Sydney. Open to anyone who would like to attend, tonight's reception will be a celebration of ‘Forage' by ANDREA HUELIN – the first new series from the Cairns-based contemporary painter since she was awarded this year's Archibald Packing Room Prize. Joining Huelin this evening will be newly represented artist MICHELLE GEARIN with her first solo exhibition at the gallery, ‘Lux Aeterna'. We look forward to welcoming guests to the gallery. To RSVP, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au Thursday, 21 September, 6–8pm Michael Reid Sydney 109 Shepherd Street, Chippendale NSW 2008 @andreahuelinartist @michelle.gearin #andreahuelin #michellegearin #forage #luxaeterna #invitation #michaelreidsydney

Congratulations to ISCA GREENFIELD-SANDERS on her survey exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Curated by Dena Woodall, ‘Paulson Fontaine Press: Prints by Isca Greenfield-Sanders' brings together a series of works created between 2006 and 2019 at the titular intaglio printmaking studio in Berkeley, California. Merging centuries-old painting and printmaking techniques with late-20th-century photography and more recent scanning and retouching technologies, Greenfield-Sanders's body of work is on view at the museum until January 2024. Examples of the artist's delicate mixed-media compositions in watercolour and pencil are also available from the Michael Reid Sydney stockroom. To enquire about available works by Isca Greenfield-Sanders, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au @iscags @mfahouston @paulsonfontainepress #iscagreenfieldsanders #mfah #museumoffineartshouston #paulsonfontainepress #denawoodall #michaelreidsydney

Join us at the gallery tomorrow from 6–8pm as we celebrate two exciting exhibitions on view this month: ‘Lux Aeterna', the debut solo show at Michael Reid Sydney for newly represented artist MICHELLE GEARIN, and ‘Forage', contemporary painter ANDREA HUELIN's first new series since winning the Packing Room Prize at this year's Archibald. The event is open to anyone who would like to attend. Both the artists will be present and refreshments will be served. To RSVP, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au We look forward to welcoming guests to the gallery. And for those who can't make it, ‘Forage' by Andrea Huelin and ‘Lux Aeterna' by Michelle Gearin will continue until 30 September. Thursday, 21 September, 6–8pm Michael Reid Sydney 109 Shepherd Street, Chippendale NSW 2008 @andreahuelinartist @michelle.gearin #andreahuelin #michellegearin #forage #luxaeterna #invitation #michaelreidsydney

Today at 12:15pm, DR CHRISTIAN THOMPSON AO will present his immersive, 360-degree virtual reality work Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert) as part of a guest lecture at Western Sydney University’s Parramatta South campus. This free lunchtime talk is an opportunity to hear from one of our most acclaimed and innovative visual artists and thinkers, whose multidisciplinary practice spans photography, video, sculpture, performance and sound. “If I sing even one word of our language, which is considered an extinct or lost language, then it can’t be described as such,” says the Bidjara Chinese Australian-born contemporary artist, “because it is being presented as a living language within the art context.” Presented by Western Sydney Creative in partnership with the Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor Indigenous Leadership and the School of Humanities and Communication Art, Thompson’s lecture coincides with the exhibition ‘Between the Details: ⁠Video Art from the ACMI Collection’, which features Bayi Gardiya and is on view at the university's Margaret Whitlam Galleries until 6 October. Event Details: Tuesday, 19 September, 12:15pm Lecture Theatre EA.G.18 Parramatta South campus Western Sydney University Click the link in our bio to get your free tickets to today’s lunchtime talk and experience Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert) by Dr Christian Thompson AO as part of ‘Between the Details' at the Margaret Whitlam Galleries until 6 October. Portrait by Brontë Godden, courtesy of Phoenix Central Park. @christianthompsonartist @westerncreatives @westernsydneyu @thewhitlaminstitute @acmionline #drchristianthompsonao #christianthompson #bayigardiya #singingdesert #acmicollection #betweenthedetails #westernsydneyuniversity #guestlecture #freetalk #michaelreidsydney

ANDREA HUELIN ‘Forage’ | Opening Reception this Thursday, 21 September Michael Reid Sydney The latest exhibition from ANDREA HUELIN and her first since winning the Packing Room Prize at the Archibald, ‘Forage’ continues this week at Michael Reid Sydney and will be celebrated this Thursday evening with an opening reception. “For this series, I focused on the foliage and the natural elements like coconuts and ginger instead of the glass and ceramic vessels,” says the artist. “It’s the first time I have included backgrounds in the still-life paintings, and I’m happy with the way the forms in those patterns sometimes echo the elements in the foreground, and sometimes they are contrasting.” We look forward to welcoming guests to the gallery from 6–8pm this Thursday, 21 September, where the artist will be in attendance and refreshments will be served. The event is open to anyone who would like to attend. To RSVP, and for enquiries about Huelin’s work, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au @andreahuelinartist @archibaldprize #andreahuelin #forage #archibaldprize #packingroomprize #contemporarypainting #openingevent #openingreception #michaelreidsydney

MICHELLE GEARIN ‘Lux Aeterna’ | Until 30 September Michael Reid Sydney ‘Lux Aeterna’ is MICHELLE GEARIN’s first solo exhibition with Michael Reid Sydney and her first since joining the gallery as a represented artist. Gearin’s work is poetic, delicate and confronting all at once, inviting viewers to gaze into imagined micro-worlds. Her new series brings together a constellation of circular watercolour paintings – collectively titled ‘AntiPrism’ – alongside a suite of ethereal oil paintings. ‘AntiPrism’ is the sequel to Gearin's ‘Prism’ installation, a work of similar construction now held in the Maitland Regional Gallery collection. Works from the series can be viewed and acquired online. For more, please contact ✉️ dean@michaelreid.com.au @michelle.gearin #michellegearin #luxaeterna #antiprism #prism #preview #michaelreidsydney

ANDREA HUELIN ‘Forage’ | 7–30 September Michael Reid Sydney Earlier this year, Cairns-based painter ANDREA HEULIN made national news headlines when her delightful portrait of Cal Wilson won the 2023 Archibald Packing Room Prize. This career-defining moment thrust Huelin's work into mainstream collecting conversations and is now followed by the artist's next major exhibition, ‘Forage', comprising ten new paintings inspired by her tropical garden. The series sees Huelin incorporate patterned backdrops in her work for the first time, illustrating vintage wallpaper designs prominent during her childhood. This creative departure introduces a refreshing dimension and again demonstrates her superior sense of form, narrative, colour and light. On Thursday, 21 September, Michael Reid Sydney will host an evening reception to celebrate Andrea Huelin's new exhibition. To RSVP and for all enquiries about the series, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au @andreahuelinartist @archibaldprize #andreahuelin #forage #archibaldprize #packingroomprize #contemporarypainting #michaelreidsydney

MICHELLE GEARIN ‘Lux Aeterna’ | Until 30 September Michael Reid Sydney The first solo exhibition at Michael Reid Sydney for Newcastle-based artist MICHELLE GEARIN, ‘Lux Aeterna’ brings together a vast constellation of circular watercolour paintings – collectively titled ‘AntiPrism’ – alongside a suite of ethereal oil paintings. Conjuring hybrid mythological creatures that exude luminous threads of energy in moments of shared eroticism, the artist depicts her subjects shrouded in a protective aura with glowing, ghostly wisps of colour. For Gearin, the synergies embedded in her compositions speak to universal desires for connection, binding humanity to natural and metaphysical worlds. We look forward to welcoming visitors to Gearin's solo debut with the gallery. Works from ‘Lux Aeterna’ can be viewed and acquired online. For more, please contact ✉️ dean@michaelreid.com.au @michelle.gearin #michellegearin #luxaeterna #antiprism #prism #michaelreidsydney

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Sydney Contemporary 2023. Our largest art fair presentation to date also proved to be our most successful, with art lovers filling the Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin booth to experience and acquire new work from an incredible line-up of artists. We were thrilled to see so many of our artists and catch up with the collectors who passionately support their practice. Our Sydney Contemporary Online Portal remains open for anyone who couldn't attend this year's fair, allowing you to register interest in upcoming shows from the artists featured in last week's program. Thank you to all the artists, collectors, visitors and organisers who made Sydney Contemporary 2023 a spectacular success. To request further details, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au @michaelreidsydney @michaelreidberlin @sydneycontemporary #sydneycontemporary #sydneycontemporary23 #SC23 #contemporaryart #michaelreidberlin #michaelreidsydney

ANDREA HUELIN ‘Forage’ | 7–30 September Michael Reid Sydney ‘Forage’ by ANDREA HUELIN is now on view at Michael Reid Sydney, and we look forward to welcoming visitors to the artist's first solo exhibition since her Packing Room Prize win at this year's Archibald. A love letter to her home of 28 years in the tropical climes of Far North Queensland, Huelin's new work embraces the spiky, rooty, overscale forms of the flora growing wild in her Cairns backyard. The series sees these fecund plantings form striking compositions against graphic wallpaper designs reminiscent of those from the artist's childhood. To enquire about works from ‘Forage’, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au @andreahuelinartist @michaelreidberlin @archibaldprize #andreahuelin #forage #archibaldprize #packingroomprize #contemporarypainting #michaelreidberlin #michaelreidsydney

MICHELLE GEARIN ‘Lux Aeterna’ | 7–30 September Michael Reid Sydney MICHELLE GEARIN’s first solo exhibition with Michael Reid Sydney is now on view, bringing together an arresting series of oil paintings alongside the artist’s vast assemblage of 42 circular watercolour works collectively titled ‘AntiPrism’. Building on themes from her multi-panel work ‘Prism’ – now in the Maitland Regional Gallery collection – each individual painting within the ‘AntiPrism’ constellation symbolises a stream of light coalescing to form a polyhedron. It is at once an evolution of her previous work and its more brooding antithesis. Awash with an ethereal, romantic haze, the artist’s oils are an attempt to reach back through family history and re-author personal narratives, as memoiristic reflections play out through allegorical figures and arcane symbolism on a glowing, dreamlike plane. We look forward to welcoming visitors to this captivating exhibition. Works are available to view and acquire online. For more, please contact dean@michaelreid.com.au @michelle.gearin #michellegearin #luxaeterna #antiprism #prism #preview #michaelreidsydney

Sydney Contemporary Until 10 September | Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin, Carriageworks Artists were out in force at Sydney Contemporary last night, coming together at the Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin exhibition in a spirit of conviviality as we toasted this year’s fair and our fabulous creative community. Sydney Contemporary continues this weekend, and we look forward to welcoming visitors until 6pm. Featuring new work by Dr CHRISTIAN THOMPSON AO, PETRINA HICKS, GAYPALANI WANAMBI, REGINA PILAWUK WILSON, OWEN YALANDJA, JUAN FORD, CARLY LE CERF, BETTY CHIMNEY and many more, our Sydney Contemporary exhibition is a celebration of our artists and the here-and-now of their extraordinary practice. Swipe to view highlights from last night’s soirée. And for anyone who can’t make it to this year’s art fair, our Sydney Contemporary Online Portal is now live, with artworks from the exhibition available to view and acquire on our website. For information about available works by the featured artists, please contact ✉️ danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au @sydneycontemporary @michaelreidberlin #sydneycontemporary #sydneycontemporary23 #SC23 #contemporaryart #michaelreidberlin #michaelreidsydney