Just Another Manic Mundane

Hi there, hope you're going well!

Just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who's been to see the exhibition I've curated, From Mundane to Friday: The Art Of Everyday Melbourne, that opened last week at City Gallery.

(Photo by Peter Atkins)

(Photo by Tobias Titz)

(Photo by Tobias Titz)

I've loved working on this exhibition for so long and after a couple of postponements I'm so pleased that I'm now able to share it with everyone. 

Huge thank you as well to the great artist Elizabeth Gower, and Lord Mayor Sally Capp, for both giving such wonderful speeches to open the exhibition. Here's a nice pic of the three of us.


To read a little write-up about the exhibition published in Beat Magazine please click here!


Last Thursday evening I was invited to talk about the exhibition with wordsmith David Astle on ABC radio, which you can listen to by clicking here. (My interview starts around the 90 minute mark.)


And last night I also got to talk about the show with the fantastic presenter Aisha Pachoud on Triple R radio show Mystifying Melbourne, which you can listen to by clicking here. (My interview starts around the 19 minute mark.)


The exhibition is free, and it's wheelchair friendly, pram friendly, and also family friendly, (as demonstrated by this pic with parents, aunty's and cousin).

From Mundane to Friday continues until July 22nd so there's still lots of time to get there next time you're in town, open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm.

Be sure to pick up one of the free fancy catalogues while you're there!

If you're unable to get to the gallery but would like to read my essay, let me know and I can send you a copy of the catalogue.

Thanks so much for reading, hope you have a turtle-y awesome weekend!

(Photo by Tobias Titz)

(Photo by Annie Corey)

From Mundane to Friday

Hello, hope you're going well!

In exciting news, I've curated a show at the Melbourne Town Hall Gallery titled From Mundane to Friday: The Art of Everyday Melbourne.

The exhibition explores what can be learned about ourselves through the seemingly mundane and transient objects we leave behind. 

The show features artworks from the city collection by artists including Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Elizabeth Gower, Ghost Net Art Project, Jesse Marlow, Patrick Pound, Louiseann King, Peter Atkins and myself.

The exhibition opening is next Wednesday April 20, from 6pm, and will be opened by Lord Mayor Sally Capp, and artist Elizabeth Gower will be the guest speaker. All are welcome, hopefully see you there!

Melbourne Town Hall Gallery is located at 90-120 Swanston Street, Melbourne.

From Mundane to Friday: The Art of Everyday Melbourne is free, and open from Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm, until July 22. The gallery is fully wheelchair and pram accessible.

I've also written an essay to accompany the exhibition, if you'd like to read it but are unable to get to the exhibition then send me an email and I can send you a copy of the catalogue.

Found shopping List, Kenny Pittock, acrylic on ceramic, 11 x 6cm, 2021

Box Face, Jesse Marlow, pigment print, 48 x 68cm, 2008

Untitled 1-4, Patrick Pound, photographic paper, 38.8 x 52.8cm, 2013

Kooliman, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, rusted pressed tin, dimensions variable, 2012

The Passengers No. 1 Calder Raceway and Bonbeach, Peter Atkins, synthetic polymer paint on board, 42 x 62cm, 2018-19


Artefacts from the 20th Century, Elizabeth Gower, paper on drafting film, 113 x 113cm, 2000

Forever, Louiseann King, brass, 45 x 81cm, 2016

Eastern Long Necked Turtle, Ghost Net Art Project, fishing nets, wire, 170 x 95 x 23cm, 2014

I'd like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung People as the Traditional Owners of the land on which this exhibition is taking place, and pay my respect to their Elders past and present, who've been creating art here for thousands of years.