We’re delighted to partner with the wonderful Marfa Gallery in Abbotsford, Melbourne, to show you the amazing body of work done by Goodie and Kitt Bennett during their residency in Queenstown. See you at the opening on 15th March, 6pm to 9pm at 288 Johnston St, Abbotsford. For sales enquires, email qbankgallery@gmail.com. Exhibition will be open until 20th March.
~Goodie:
How does one look at all objects and people as friends? This is the sense you get from Goodie’s art.
Like one of her influences, the surrealist René Magritte, you immediately feel a connection to her subjects, even though they are out of place or perspective.
This is because she is ultimately influenced by her friends. And this is not only the artists she knows and admires.
“Anything can be a friend,” she says, “whether it’s an object, feeling, place or otherwise.”
It’s the essential aspect her underlying interest in notions of familiarity and association, particularly how recognisable objects, people and spaces can be defamiliarised and re-understood through different narratives or structures. Originally from Canberra, Goodie is now ensconced in Melbourne, where she graduated from VCA. As an interdisciplinary artist working predominantly in painting as well as installation, performance, sculpture and poetry, you’ll find her shows and artworks all over Australia, including Tasmania, where she’s been in residency at Q Bank Gallery.
She recently curated a show for Juddy Roller called “Intermission” at the Collingwood Arts Precinct, featuring some of the best Australian artists.
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~Kitt Bennett:
You know you’re in Kitt Bennett’s artistic world when you find everything full of life, even typically inanimate objects like discarded bicycles and skeletons.
The latter recently featured in a huge mural by him across three basketball courts. It’s a fascination he’s had since a child when he started collecting bones, including human fingers.
Primarily an illustrator, Kitt is constantly exploring new media and techniques that help him develop and evolve.
But the common threads that inspire him to create art are his infectious dark humour and the examination of individuality and the mysterious phenomena that surround us.
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“everything in the universe is an ashtray” by Kitt Bennett”. 92x122cm. Mixed media. $1500.
“Back pedal” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Bin chicken” by Kitt Bennett. 92x122cm. Acrylic on board. $1500.
“Burlesque 1” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Burlesque 2” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Bush mechanic” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Camera” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240. (Sold.)
“Ceiling fan” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Fake docs” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Self-portrait 2” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240. (Sold.)
“Draw more pegs” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Question mark” by Kitt Bennet. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper. $240. (Sold.)
“Sleeping Dogs” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240. (Sold.)
“Hung-over” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Married at first sight” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Nutragrain” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pen on paper $320.
“Pissed” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Precious minerals 2” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Precious minerals 3” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Precious minerals 1” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Question” by Kitt Bennett – 92x122cm. Acrylic on board. $1500. (Sold.)
“Re-Cycle” by Kitt Bennett. 92x122cm. Acrylic on board $1500.
“Room study” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“Self-portrait 1” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Sober” by Kitt Bennett. 29x38cm. Pencil on paper $320.
“The spirit of Tasmania” by Kitt Bennett. 92x122cm. Pencil on paper on board $2000 (88 small drawings).
“Clown boot” by Kitt Bennett. 19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
View from the noodle” by Kitt Bennett.19x29cm. Pencil on paper $240.
“Welcome to Queenstown” by Kitt Bennett. 92x122cm. Acrylic on board. $1500.
“Coat Hangers” by Kitt Bennet. Mixed Media. $100.
“Weatherboard Weathered bored” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230. (Sold.)
“The trash heap has spoken” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Synchronise and plunder” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Some sort of fence” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230
“Acknowledge Violence of the Past” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“so this is a footpath” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Neighbourhood Watch” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Network of Utility Objects (1)” by Goodie. 57 x 38cm, watercolour on paper mounted on cardboard box, $400 (or $470 framed).
“Network of Utility Objects (2)” by Goodie. 57 x 38cm, watercolour on paper mounted on cardboard box, $400 (or $470 framed).
“Not your Sweetheart” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Private Prop” by Goodie. 55 x 37cm, watercolour on paper, $400.
“Map of Chairs” by Goodie.16 individual tiles, 14 x 10cm, watercolour on paper, $30 each .
“Map of Chairs” by Goodie.16 individual tiles, 14 x 10cm, watercolour on paper, $30 each .
“Map of Chairs” by Goodie. 25 individual tiles, 14 x 10cm, watercolour on paper, $30 each .
“Learning the Vernacular” by Goodie. 10 x 60cm, found object and watercolour on paper, $70.
“Human Constructs” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Cafe Serenade” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230
“Council of Utility Objects Convenes” by Goodie. 4 sculptures 200 x 90cm, cardboard collected in Queenstown, tape, paint, cans of corn, $150 each
“Emoji noticing the corner” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Fences and Thresholds” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Helping Hand Learns Curtain Posture” by Goodie. 200 x 50 cm, found piping, curtain rings, paint, gloves, $150.
“Behind the scenes” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“Bad poetry” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230
“Background, Foreground” by Goodie. Fence, 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230. (Sold.)
“Articulate vernacular, it’s saying it’s a house” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230
“And Don’t Touch Me” by Goodie. 21 x 15 cm, watercolour on paper, $230.
“5 Times Round the Same Room” by Goodie. 35 x 34cm, watercolour on paper, $400.
BOOK: How To Sit For A Portrait (Chairs in Queenstown) – 60 page hardcover book – $700.
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