Sarah Brasier

Blindside

17 Nov - 4 Dec 2021

SARAH BRASIER, JEMI GALE, MATTHEW HARRIS, WILLIAM HAWKINS, LOU HUBBARD, MICHAEL KENNEDY, CARLA MILENTIS, SANJA PAHOKI, NAT THOMAS, KALINDA VARY.

CURATED BY SARAH BRASIER + WILLIAM HAWKINS

The Impressionists brings together a group of artists who use humour in their practice under the guise of a fake collective called S.O.F.A. (Society Of Funny Artists).

Each artist submits a work which aims to act as an impression of another artist's work who is also in the collective. The artists in the show will aim to make a work as if they were this artist, rather than mimicking an already existing work. The result is be an exhibition of ‘impressions’, the artist’s actual work will leak into the exhibition by way of parody.

The exhibited works are as lacking in authenticity as the fake collective which frames them. Each artist contributed a statement for the S.O.F.A. manifesto to accompany the exhibition.

The Impressionists aims to question the aesthetic of authority and legitimacy created by the formation of artist collectives while also providing insight by way of caricature into each artist's individual practice.

The Impressionists aims to draw links between modernist aims of depicting ‘essence’ to comedic practices of caricature and parody.

view the S.O.F.A manifesto and room sheet here

2-25 October 2019 - firstdraft - 13-17 Riley st, Woolloomooloo NSW, 2011

OPENING ⇨Wed 2 Oct, 6-8pm

Beth Caird, Brahmony McCrossin, Jemi Gale, Katie Foster, Michael Kennedy, Robyn Doherty, Rosie O’Brien, Sarah Brasier

Curated by Sarah Brasier

“and on the eyes, black sleep of night” brings together artists who have experienced the death of a parent. Each of the artists explore their shared incidents of loss in a variety of ways. Themes of childhood are common amongst Brahmony McCrossin, Michael Kennedy, Jemi Gale and Sarah Brasier. They utilise imagery that appeals to a childlike sensibility; toing and froing between melancholy and playfulness, their works explore the complexity of life and death. For Beth Caird, her work has a focus on grief processes and life-after-death experiences, self-made myths and the truth buried under fabrications. Katie Foster’s text work and drawings capture the feeling of fear that you might never recover from such grief. In Robyn Doherty’s zine “The wonderful colours reminds me of the memories I had of Dad” she memorialises her father in a sincere and sanguine nature. Rosie O’Brien’s records the still and simple beauty of flowers before they wither and die, reminding us that life is ephemeral. Artworks presented in the exhibition intermingle new work with historic and personal artefacts, across the disciplines of painting, video and installation. Together the artists present a series of thoughtful offerings that pay homage to their departed loved ones

The artists acknowledge the traditional owners of the country where we work, the Wurundjeri and neighbours Boonwurrung people, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders both past and present.

view the catalogue essay and room sheet here

20 June - 12 July 2019 - SEVENTH Gallery 155 Gertrude St, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Opening ⇨Wednesday 19 June, 6-8PM

Beth Caird, Brahmony McCrossin, Jemi Gale, Katie Foster, Michael Kennedy, Robyn Doherty, Rosie O’Brien, Sarah Brasier

Curated by Sarah Brasier

“and on the eyes, black sleep of night” brings together artists who have experienced the death of a parent. Each of the artists explore their shared incidents of loss in a variety of ways. Themes of childhood are common amongst Brahmony McCrossin, Michael Kennedy, Jemi Gale and Sarah Brasier. They utilise imagery that appeals to a childlike sensibility; toing and froing between melancholy and playfulness, their works explore the complexity of life and death. For Beth Caird, her work has a focus on grief processes and life-after-death experiences, self-made myths and the truth buried under fabrications. Katie Foster’s text work and drawings capture the feeling of fear that you might never recover from such grief. In Robyn Doherty’s zine “The wonderful colours reminds me of the memories I had of Dad” she memorialises her father in a sincere and sanguine nature. Rosie O’Brien’s records the still and simple beauty of flowers before they wither and die, reminding us that life is ephemeral. Artworks presented in the exhibition intermingle new work with historic and personal artefacts, across the disciplines of painting, video and installation. Together the artists present a series of thoughtful offerings that pay homage to their departed loved ones

SEVENTH and the artists acknowledge the traditional owners of the country where we work, the Wurundjeri and neighbours Boonwurrung people, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders both past and present.

WINTER1706 - a curatorial project by Sarah Brasier. Held in a suite of abandoned apartment buildings in Melbourne, WINTER1706 is a young and exciting art show that draws on the traditions of the Gramercy Park Fair, New York to present the best of contemporary art practice from Melbourne and beyond.

WINTER1706 was established in 2016 by Fair Director Sarah Brasier and an artist collective including Casey Jeffery, Benjamin Baker, Harry Zed Hughes, Tia Ansell, Jesse Surridge, Lauren Brown, Georgie North, Karen Franssen and Jack Coventry.

Through its intervention into a vacated building context, WINTER1706 sees the traditional art fair model replaced with a spontaneous abandoned residence as a site for dialogue and interaction between artists, collectors and friends. Conceived by artists for artists, participation in WINTER1706 is through personal invitation or by registering your interest, allowing the project to evolve out of shared conceptual engagements. 

Winter Echo Location was the second iteration in the Winter exhibition series that was held in a public Car Park in the Melbourne CBD. Utilising this space that is commonly occupied by skaters and other groups of people looking for a place to congregate free of charge, this space straddles the line between public and private. This exhibition draws attention to the physical space of our urban environment and how it is becoming harder to find a place to exist in the city unless you are a customer or a consumer.

Curatorial project by Sarah Brasier and collaboration with artist Jacqui Stockdale.

The Mini Boho - a limited edition book created by Sarah Brasier exclusively for the Melbourne Art Book Fair 2016, held at the National Gallery of Victoria. The book celebrates “The Mini Boho” a traveling show on the inside of a trench coat at the 2016 Melbourne Art Book Fair.

“The Boho” is a stunning series of 9 photographs by Jacqui Stockdale. It is her most recent body of work shown as a part of the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magical Object.