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Group Show
‘Frozen Blood’
South Yarra
23 Nov.–16 Dec.
2023

Neon Parc is excited to present ‘Frozen Blood’, a group exhibition taking place over the gallery’s three spaces in the City, Brunswick and South Yarra. This will be the final exhibition in the City gallery since its inception in 2006.

Featuring works by Hugo Blomley, Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Trevelyan Clay, Vita Cochran, Marco Fusinato, Irene Hanenbergh, Yasmin Hopkins, Spencer Lai, Lee Lozano, Ali McCann, Moya McKenna, Jamie O’Connell, Jon Rafman, Siobhan Ryan, Darren Sylvester, Brett Whiteley and Iannis Xenakis.

Frozen Blood, the extract of a breathing body; is the suspension of something which used to flow and gush with life but is now static and waiting for reanimation.

Presenting new works by contemporary artists alongside historical works important to the lineage of Australian art, the exhibition reveals the threads of influence that tease out stylistic and conceptual underpinnings of contemporary practice.

Conjuring a visceral image or sensation, ‘Frozen Blood’ evokes themes of immortality, time, lust, the body, transfusion and Bad Taste. The exhibition juxtaposes the coolness of abstraction against the pulse of naked flesh, at once meticulous and laboured, yet articulating something primal and rudimentary.

Looking at the link between artists who have produced abstraction and figuration, and also probing the moment when figuration becomes abstraction, Frozen Blood allows uncertainty and hidden layers to underpin it.

Highlights include historical works by Mike Brown, Maria Kozic and Peter Booth; new paintings by Sarah Drinan, Yasmin Hopkins; new works by Spencer Lai; works on paper by Marco Fusinato, Brett Whiteley and Rob McLeish; sculptures by Claire Lambe, Gaetano Pesce, Hugo Blomley; paintings by Richard Bell, Gemma Smith and Sam Martin; textiles by Vita Cochran.

‘Frozen Blood’: Vivienne Binns, Richard Bell, Hugo Blomley, Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Peter Booth, Mike Brown, Trevelyan Clay, Vita Cochran, William Crawford, Marco Fusinato, Matthys Gerber, Isabella Darcy, Sarah Drinan, Teelah George, Irene Hanenbergh, Yasmin Hopkins, Raafat Ishak, Josey Kidd-Crowe, Kieren Kinney, Maria Kozic, Spencer Lai, Claire Lambe, Pat Larter, Richard Larter, Lee Lozano, Nunzio Madden, Sam Martin, Ali McCann, David McDiarmid, Rob McLeish, Moya McKenna, Nick Mullaly, Nabilah Nordin, Jamie O’Connell, Gaetano Pesce, Jon Rafman, Siobhan Ryan, Darren Sylvester, Brett Whiteley, Iannis Xenakis

Peter Booth and Mike Brown courtesy Charles Nodrum Gallery
Vivienne Binns and Raafat Ishak courtesy Sutton Gallery
Claire Lambe courtesy Sarah Scout Presents
Gemma Smith courtesy Sarah Cottier Gallery

Artworks
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Darren Sylvester, ‘Who you are or how I meet you, I don’t know’, 2007. Digital type C print, 120 x 160 cm.
Ali McCann, ‘The Democratic Voice’, 2022. Archival pigment print (framed), 126 x 105.5 cm, Edition of 3 + 2AP.
Siobhan Ryan, ‘Toxic Force: fragment two’, 2023. Copolyester, FDM, 42 x 20 x 39 cm, 1/3 + 2AP.
Siobhan Ryan, ‘Toxic Force: fragment one’, 2023. Copolyester, FDM, 44 x 26 x 42 cm, 1/3 + 2 AP.
Marco Fusinato, ‘Mass Black Implosion (Mikrokosmos: Chords together and opposed, Béla Bartók)’, 2012. Ink on archival facsimile of score, 64 x 83 cm.
Marco Fusinato, ‘Mass Black Implosion (Mikrokosmos: Free variations, Béla Bartók)’, 2012. Ink on archival facsimile of score, 83 x 64 cm.
Marco Fusinato, ‘Mass Black Implosion (Mikrokosmos: Line and point, Béla Bartók)’, 2012. Ink on archival facsimile of score, 64 x 83 cm.
Marco Fusinato, ‘Mass Black Implosion (Mikrokosmos: Six unison melodies, Béla Bartók)’, 2012. Ink on archival facsimile of score, 64 x 83 cm.
Marco Fusinato, ‘Mass Black Implosion (Mikrokosmos: Village joke, Béla Bartók)’, 2012. Ink on archival facsimile of score, 64 x 83 cm.
Marco Fusinato, ‘Mass Black Implosion (Mikrokosmos: Village joke, Béla Bartók)’, 2012. Ink on archival facsimile of score, 64 x 83 cm.
Lee Lozano, ‘A Boring Drawing’, 1963-69. Pencil on paper, 74.5 x 84 cm.
Yasmin Hopkins, ‘Tying knots in airplane pose (Elephant and crouching skull)’, 2023. Oil paint, wax and rabbit skin glue on wood board, 50 x 40 cm.
Yasmin Hopkins, ‘Pharaoh sunset’, 2023. Oil paint on stretched canvas, 35.5 x 25 cm.
Brett Whiteley, ‘Untitled’, 1988. Pencil on paper, 61 x 92 cm.
Moya McKenna, ‘Velvet’, 2013. Oil on canvas, 107 x 71 cm.
Yasmin Hopkins, ‘Doeful dalling’, 2023. Oil paint, wax and rabbit skin glue on canvas board, 30.5 x 35.5 cm.
Yasmin Hopkins, ‘Pick and Shovel’, 2023. Oil paint, poster paint on mdf board, 20 x 25 cm.
Spencer Lai, ‘Trinket miasma in the afternoon’, 2023. Foam core, acrylic, epoxy, nail polish, gloss medium, imitation gold leaf, beads, lab grown gem, plastic door buffers, adhesive, 40 x 18.5 cm.
Spencer Lai, ‘Throat’, 2023. Foam core, acrylic, epoxy, varnish, beads, lab grown gem, antique jet mourning brooch, adhesive, 38.5 x 25.3 cm.
Spencer Lai, ‘In the evening time I tell you everything’, 2023. Foam core, gesso, acrylic, nail polish, wire, antique sequins, thread, beads, plastic door buffers, adhesive, 30 x 11 cm.
Hugo Blomley, ‘A Defensive Tendency’, 2023. Foam, polyurethane, acrylic lacquer, 53 x 25 x 28 cm, AP 1/1 - ED of 3.
Ali McCann, ‘Europe’, 2023. Archival pigment print (framed), 59 x 49 cm, Edition of 3 + 2AP.
Ali McCann, ‘Mansion’, 2023. Archival pigment print (framed), 59 x 49 cm, Edition of 3 + 2AP.
Ali McCann, ‘I can see you easily from a distance’, 2023. Archival pigment print (framed), 59 x 49 cm, Edition of 3 + 2AP.
Irene Hanenbergh, ‘Sisu’, 2023. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30.5 cm.
Irene Hanenbergh, ‘Dix Maisonettes’, 2023. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm.
Irene Hanenbergh, ‘Spa Benthium’, 2023. Oil on canvas, 23 x 13 cm.
Iannis Xenakis, ‘UPIC Drawing’, 1978-1982. Signed Lithograph, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
Jamie O’Connell, ‘SHMF’, 2023. Neon, dimensions variable, Ed 1/3, 1AP.
Iannis Xenakis, ‘Notes for Persephassa’, 1972. Typed letter with hand drawn elements (double sided), 2 pages; 29 x 21 cm.
Jennifer McCamley, ‘Astrology for racehorses’, 2010. Bronze, stainless steel, enamel, galvanised steel, Dimensions variable.
Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, ‘Papin Sisters’, 2007. Engraved stainless steel, 34 x 4 cm.
Jon Rafman, ‘You Are Standing in an Open Field (Supercut)’, 2021. Single-channel HD video Runtime: 38:44, Ed of 5 + 2AP.
Trevelyan Clay, ‘Purple Painting’, 2017. Oil on canvas, 183 x 147 cm.