Image: Richard Lewer, Northside Boxing Gym, charcoal on wall.2013. Photo: Bo Wong.
Co-curated by Richard Lewer and Ric Spencer
Inside Running: the sport of art brings together nine artists whose passion for sport has bled into their art, in an exhibition of specially commissioned work. Sport takes constant practice and for these artists the discipline and challenges of training and playing has become part of the way they make art and what they make art about.
The artists’ commitment to sports, ranging from surfing, scuba diving and basketball to boxing and climbing, informs and influences their work, which includes video, sculpture and large-scale installation.
More about participation and less about spectatorship Inside Running delves into Australia’s underlying obsession to play.
Erin Coates (WA) Simon Horsburgh (VIC) Richard Lewer (WA) Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano (VIC) Todd McMillan (NSW) Sarah Jane Pell (VIC) Patrick Pound (VIC) Nick Selenitsch (VIC)
Sat 2 February – Sun 7 April
ARTSPOKEN
MC Ric Spencer, FAC’s Curator, guides you through a behind-the-scenes visit. Enjoy current exhibitions, peek into the studios of our artists in residence and enjoy a relaxed experience of art in conversation.
Join Inside Running curators and artists Ric Spencer, Richard Lewer and Erin Coates for a discussion about Australia’s obsession with sport and how this influences art. See a live demonstration of bouldering; climbing without ropes.
