Artereal Gallery announce that contemporary artists Ken and Julia Yonetani have joined the stable. Ken + Julia are currently collaborating on a new solo exhibition to be held at Artereal in June 2011. In addition, their Ultrabuddha will be exhibited at Artereal during Art Month Sydney in March 2011.
Ken + Julia Yonetani began collaborating in 2009 with Sweet Barrier Reef for the 21st century – Play Strauss’s waltz grandly; an installation of photographs, DVD, performance, and coral shaped cakes on raked sugar bed at La Trobe University Museum of Art, Melbourne. This followed Ken’s collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Science, which resulted in the work Sweet Barrier Reef, being exhibited in a group show Once Removed, curated by Felicity Fenner for the Venice Biennale in 2009.
Ken + Julia Yonetani have since shifted their focus from the Great Barrier Reef to inland Australia and exchanged sugar for salt in a major project currently underway whilst undertaking an artist’s residency in Mildura, Victoria. This project is supported by ANAT (Australian Network for Art & Technology) SYNAPSE Grant and furthers their practice of collaborating with local scientists to produce meticulous works engaging with the fragility of the environment. Investigating salinity and water issues and the complex relationships between the native landscape and the irrigated food bowl, the work will be exhibited in the #8 Palimpsest 2011, Mildura and at Artereal Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney in June 2011.
Ken + Julia Yonetani
Ultrabuddha
2 March – 2 April 2011
Artereal Gallery
Artereal was founded in March 2006 and is housed in a restored 1890s heritage fire station building in Sydney’s inner west. Artereal has been established as a space for contemporary art with a focus on exhibitions with significant international content and heavy curatorial influence.
Artereal represents mid career and established artists while providing exhibition opportunities for emerging artists.
Exhibitions include: photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, video, print making and installation, with an exciting and varied program of curated group and solo exhibitions.
Artereal encourages variety and experimentation in contemporary art practice and aims to promote a greater appreciation for the vital role that artists play in our local and broader community.
Luisa Catanzaro – Founder
Artereal Gallery
747 Darling Street, Rozelle NSW 2039, Australia
+61 2 9818 7473
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