past exhibitions



What’s Up DOCS?! is a response to a national campaign targeting the Department of Child Services’ treatment of Indigenous families and their children. Six years on from former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd’s apology for the ruinous effects of the colonization of Indigenous people, children continue to be taken into white custody.

In Australia today, popular belief is that this senseless kidnapping is part of a shameful history. Few people realize that the removal of Indigenous children from their families has continued unabated. Spokespeople from the Grandmothers Against Removals Gunnedah (GMAR) state that one in ten Indigenous children have been taken from their families in New South Wales alone.


This year Sorry Day will commemorate the families broken and the lives devastated by racist government policy. Each year we march together against the systematic destruction of our nation’s first people.

Together with filmmaker Kim Ramsay, Baru Art produced a short documentary featuring Blak Douglas, elder Uncle Albert Harnett and spokesperson Olivia Nigro. To view the video, click here.

 


Once in a while there are experiences that seem to halt us, capturing our attention and in that moment exposing to us some glitch in our normality. We uncover a malfunction in social or technological systems that grasps the illusive architecture of reality, offering us a perceptive glance at the true nature of things.


Baru Art is pleased to invite you to the opening of HUMAN NON HUMAN at M2 Gallery, Surry Hills.


The weeklong exhibition will feature the work of two emerging Australian artists, Cal Sinadinovic and Reece Cleveland. Though mediated through distinct and fascinating processes, their work ultimately questions the 21st century human's capacity to flourish within the systems we have created. Have digital and social politics precipitated a loss of humanity?



Join us for an evening of exciting new work in the fields of illustration, photography, videography and sound art. Lose yourself in the quiet destruction of Cal’s polychrome nightmares or become a part of the landscape itself through Reece’s mesmerising live feed installations. 

Following the opening on Thursday evening, Reece will be running a FREE glitch videography workshop on Saturday 19th of April at 1pm.

The workshop will guide you through his peculiar digital manipulation processes so you can learn how to produce your own digital glitch art using cheap and readily available materials.

View one of Reece's live performances here.

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Blake Paul Kendall is one of Sydney’s most fascinating creatures; his work appeals to both local communities and international sensibilities.

As part of his ongoing research into the cultural preservation of indigenous groups, Blake has had the honour of spending time with the Penan community in the jungles of Borneo. Like his work with Maya communities in Guatemala, his recent focus involves the study of Penan language, sadly at risk of being wiped out. With a world language ‘dying’ every two weeks, his work is urgently vital. 



In a bold effort to mediate the eventualities of a globalised world, Blake has developed an illustrated narrative inspired by Penan rituals and nomadic practise, one of the first in Penan language. And he will take it back to where it all began, by printing a copy of this book for every Penan child in Borneo.



To make this effort possible, Blake will be kicking off a crowd funding campaign with SECRETS FROM THE JUNGLE: an art exhibition and silent auction.

The profits from all works sold will go directly to the Pozible campaign to raise the funds needed for Blake to print the books and personally deliver them to the Penan communities.

This project is the first step in an urgently needed investment in cultural diversity. It is the beginning of a challenging and invaluable journey with the Penan people, to share their stories and protect their unique language and its innate knowledge.

Baru is pleased to represent 15 talented local and international artists have donated their work to the project.

Featuring:

Blak Douglas (aka Adam Hill)
Nam Nguyen 
Isobel Parker Philip
Josie Stowman
Prince Aydin 
Ben Vozzo 
Maya Newell 
Adam France 
Ray Morgan 
Kate Disher-Quill 
Connie Neighbour 
Squizzy Rider 
Sean Crowley 
Kara Otter 
Jacquie Manning 
Mercurio Mendez 
Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed 
Claire Bornhoffen 
Christina Conrad
Blake Paul Kendall

So come along to the Corner Co-operative for a tipple, a dance and a taste of some delicious sago. Bring your wallets and show your support for cultural diversity!



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Baru Art is pleased to invite you to the launch of Still Life – the new collection by fashion label, Articulers. Just in time for Sydney Fashion Week, Still Life is an event not to be missed. Articulers has collaborated with a host of creatives to produce an event that takes us beyond the ordinary, inviting the public to experience design brought to life. 


Join us at Stucco Space for a prospective meeting of art and fashion. The multi-faceted event offers a live art performance. Dancers will be modelling the garments, as they respond to the music of a live flautist. The performance will be followed by a set from rising star DJ Reactionary a.k.a Jake Walker.



Still Life presents an examination of the body within the imagined situation of a hospital. Laid bare are the moments of strength and weakness, the fragility of the human body contrasted with the bleak serenity of the clinical.


Like previous collections by Articulers, Still Life creates a mood that reflects on the wearer's relationship to the garments, concentrating particularly on notions of vulnerability and the profound transformative effect of something as simple as choosing which clothes to wear.

To view the performance, click here.

More about the label...

Articulers is a label that reworks classic design within a contemporary context, honouring the quiet detailing of traditional menswear while embracing the extant – the here and now. A neo-craft approach rekindles an artisanal, unique and luxurious intimacy between one and one’s clothes.

For Still Life, Articuler has worked closely with artist Lisa Keighery and illustrator Evelyn Wong, whose illustration and written poetry have been incorporated into the forms and detailing of the collection.

The range is designed and made in Australia, using hand-sourced fabrics abroad. The color palette is kept minimal; navy on navy, white on white. For Articulers, the integrity of the garment is crucial. 

Articulers is purposefully minimal. Multiple pieces can be worn two ways, highlighting the functionality of the garment. The effortlessness of each piece allow the garments to be easily adaptable to one’s personal style.

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