the formguide – by Ken Bolton

THE FORMGUIDE  —  for september / october 2020   FROM OUT OF THE PAST   Artists: Stewart MacFarlane, Ben Sando, Annabel Nowlan, and others—Better Together—Aptos Cruz, September 5—October 18, 2020; Eugeniusz Lipczyk and Aleda Laszczuk—We Kill What We Eat—SALA show at Epworth Bldg, City, August […]

THE FORMGUIDE  —  for june 2020   REAR VIEW MIRROR   Artists: Craige Andrae—Backyarder—SouthWest Contemporary, February 29—April 11, 2020 • Clara Adolphs—In Between Days—Paul Yore—Crown of Thorns—Hugo Michell, February 6 – March 7, 2020 • Johnnie Dady + Louise Haselton + Rick Martin + Sonja […]

THE FORMGUIDE  —  for September 2019   ARE WE KEEPING YOU WAITING?   Artists: Hossein Valamanesh—In Love—ACE Open, August 8—September 28 • Louise Haselton—Like Cures Like—Samstag Gallery, August 2—September 27 • Andrew Petrusevics—Dissonant Nation—Southwest contemporary, July 28—August 24 • Matt Huppatz—High Society—and Shoufay Derz—The Face […]

THE FORMGUIDE  —  for May 2016 Artists: Ben Leslie—The Palace of Vulture—Fontanelle, February 13th —April 10th; Roy Ananda and Johnny Dady—Three Lists—AEAF 24/7, dates; MAGIC OBJECT—various artists—AGSA and other venues, dates vary; Lisa Roet—Heart Beat—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, February 25th—April 4th; Matthew Bradley—Destroyer Of Worlds—Greenaway […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for November 2015 Artists: Heath Franco—Alterland—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, July 10th—August 8th; Patrick Heath—Happy Mediums—Format Systems, August 13th—September 3rd; Birth Of The Cool—Syd Ball, Dick Watkins, David Aspden, Michael Johnson— and Geoff Wilson—Interrogated Landscape—SAMSTAG Museum—July 17th—September 18th; Deborah Pryor—Tangled Saints—Australian Experimental Art […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for July 2015 Artists: Matt Huppatz—‘WORK!’—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, May 29th —June 27th; Derek Sargent—Allure Me— and Julie Robinson—One To Rot And One To Grow—at Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, June 5th—July 5th; various artists—the first show—FORMAT. June 4th—December 24th; Sophie […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for May 2015 Artists: Ian North—East Antarctica 1915—and James Tylor—These Are Our Objects—Greenaway Art Gallery, April 1st—April 26th; Lisa Roet—When I Laugh…—Hugo Michel Gallery, April 22nd—May 23rd; Paul Sloan and Dan McLean—World Index—Hugo Michell Gallery, April 22nd—May 23rd; Christian Lock—Greenaway Art Gallery, […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for March 2015 Artists: Trent Parke—The Black Rose—Art Gallery of South Australia, March 13th —May 31st and Bill Viola—Bill Viola:Selected Works—Art Gallery of South Australia, February 27 th—March 29th; Simon Pericich—tERROr—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, February 20th—March 21st 2015.     by Ken […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for December 2014   Artists: Louise Haselton—Outsides—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, October 16th—July 18th—November 22nd; Jenny Watson—I woke up in France—and John Foubister in an end of year group exhibition—Greenaway Art Gallery, November 19th —December 19th 2014.     by Ken Bolton   […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for August 2014   Artists: Madison Bycroft—Synonyms for Savages—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, May 22nd—July 18th—August 16th; Nicholas Folland—The Extreme Climate Of Nicholas Folland—AGSA, July 19th—Feb 1st, 2015, and—Touch and Go——Greenaway Art Gallery, July 30th—August 31st; Maarten Daudeij—Black Hole Dreaming—Tooth and Nail Gallery, […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for July 2014   Artists: Sarah crowEST—A Serious Of Objects—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, May 22nd—June 28th; Sam Howie—Survey—and Return Threshold—Patrick Hartigan, Michelle Nikou, Marcin Kobylecki, Charlie Sofo—Fontanelle, May 18th—June 8th; Peter Atkins—Silence—and James Guerts—Topography Of Water—Greenaway Art Gallery, May 28th—June 22nd; Juz […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for May 2014   Artists: Collaborator—Aleksandra Antic, Anjo Bolardo, Rommel Joson, Glenn Kestell, Tristram Miravalles, Mark Valenzuela—Boxplot, April 25th—May 11th; Zoe Kirkwood—Enter Excess: Space Invaders and Sam Songailo—Digital Wasteland—CACSA, April 25th —May 24th; (The exhibition formerly known as) Aspy Kids—Celeste Aldahn, David […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for December 2013   Artists: Daniel Crooks—Samstag Museum, October 10th—December 20th; Christian Lock—New Work—Greenaway Gallery, October 20th—November 17th; Arte Magre—various artists—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, dates; Daniele Puppi—432 Hertz—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, November 1st—December 7th; Provisional State II—Johnnie Dady, James Dodd, KaB101—Contemporary Art […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for August 2013   Artists: Ian North—Haven 2001—Greenaway Gallery, July 31st—August 30th; Heartland—various artists—AGSA, June 21st—September 8th; Lorry Humphreys—in Blender—various artists—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, July 26th—August 17th; Paul Sloan in On Men—various artists—Felt Gallery, September 5th—21st; Sandra Uray-Kennett—A knight’s tour through a […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for March 2013   Artists: Matt Huppatz, Owen Leong, Juz Kitson, Drew Pettifer—Instinct—Greenaway Gallery, October 24th—November 18th, 2012; Bronwyn Platten, Sarah Coggrave and others—Mouths and Meaning—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, February 1st—March 2nd; Aldo Iacobelli—In the shadow of forgetting—SASA Gallery, February 12th—March 22nd; […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for November 2012   Artists: Lee Salomone—altre voci / other voices—Australian Experimental Art Foundation, September 21st—October 20th; Jeffrey Smart—Master Of Stillness: painting—1940—2011—Samstag Museum, October 12th—December 14th ; Katie Barber—Perceivable (painted) Objects—Sam Howie—Apainting— jointly at Felt Space, October 3rd—October 20th; Mark Valenzuela—Entry—Nexus, September […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for November 2012   Artists: CACSA Contemporary 2012: NEW South Australian Art—various artists—CACSA at the DuPlessis Bldg, Adelaide August 1st—26th; Anna Platten—AGSA, August 3rd’Nov 18th; Purpose-made Nothing-object—Katie Barber—Odradek space at Australian Experimental Art Foundation, August 28th—September 9th; Ordinary Beauty—Stewart MacFarlane—Adelaide Central Gallery, […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for August 2012   Artists: Endless Summer—various artists—at Nexus Gallery, 5 April 5–4 May; Sidney Nolan the Gallipoli series and Richard Grayson and Steve Wigg—Monument, at Samstag Gallery, Adelaide, April 20—June 1; Hossein Valamanesh at Greenaway Gallery April 26—May 27; Aida Tomescu […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for December 2011      “To go, Bo Diddley, where no man has gone before!” — Captain Kirk     Christian Lock—New Painting—and Chelsea Lehmann—Mise en Scene—Greenaway Gallery—October 19—November 13, 2011; Gary Carsley—gardenesque and Heidi Abraham—there is no god but god—Contemporary Arts […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for October 2011   Artists: Paul Sloan, James Dodd, Matthys Gerber—Group Show—Hugo Michel Gallery, September 9—October 15 • Peter Atkins—painting and drawing and Darren Siwes— Dalabon Biyi / Dalabon Dalok—Greenaway Gallery, September 21—October 16 • Sam Howie— Decomposition—Format Collective, October 12—November 9 […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for August / October 2011   Celeste Aldahn—New Works—A Basic Guide To Crystal & Colour Healing—CACSA project space, July 22—August 28 • Matthew Bradley—New vehicles and exploration—Greenaway Art Gallery, August 24—September 18 • Post Logical Form—Akira Akira, Masato Takasak, Koji Ryui—CACSA, September […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for July 2011   Abstractions—Nicholas Elliott, Ben Sando; Light Square Gallery, June 28—July 28, 2011. On Abstraction—The TwoPercent Collective; Clubhouse Lane Gallery dates. From Margin to Centre—various artists—SASA Gallery, July 5—August 5). room for plan B—Elizabeth Newman and Nicki Wynnychuk; Australian Experimental […]

THE FORMGUIDE — for March 2011   Artists: Li Gang—in the grey scale—at AEAF, Adelaide, January 27— February 18; Lost For Words—John Barbour, Louise Haselton, Olga Sankey, Simone Slee, Sandra Uray-Kennett—at SASA Gallery, Adelaide, March 1— March 23, 2011     by Ken Bolton    […]