Upcoming Show : Andre Liew

Former RMIT Drawing Talent Andre Liew opens his exhibit, 6-8pm, Thursday, 27 October at West Space, Located 1st Floor 15-19 Anthony Street, Melbourne.



Artist Statement

A story of giving form to cultural workings by adopting models from the neurosciences and phenomenology writings of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, on how the individual constructs image or perception of body. A dialogue between drawings and installation.

Andre Liew is a Melbourne based artist, he completed his Fine-Arts Ba at RMIT in 2005. Andre has showed at Esa Jaske Gallery (Sydney), Span and Area Contemporary Art Space and at First Site Gallery.

Upcoming Show former RMIT Drawing talent Lewis Gallagher opens his exhibit titled 'Schematics For Living' at 6pm, Tuesday the 17th of October at Bus Gallery, located at 117 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.


Artist Statement
This exhibition comprises of a series of diagrams relating to a compendium of obsessions, mannerisms and habits. They are based on the desire to understand the causal workings of the world not through logic or empirical investigation, but instead through imagination and intuition. They all contain the same basic system (a categorical break-down of possible ways to move/act/see in the world) but act as guidelines for different states of play, schematics for living, with differing emphasis and interpretations.


'Schematics For Living' running dates: 17/10/06 - 04/11/06
Opening Hours: Wed - Fri 12-6pm, Sat 12-5pm

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Ellen Benson (RMIT Drawing Blog Administrator/Editor)

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