Counihan Gallery In Brunswick

2 collections

Palmyra: Tug of War, the Agony

Fassih Keiso presents a video installation documenting the destruction of Palmyra.

Saturday 01 April 2023 to Sunday 21 May 2023
Opening: Saturday 01 April 2023
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

3 collections

Real Job

This exhibition asserts creative practice is real work and interrogates how this labour is valued.

Saturday 01 April 2023 to Sunday 21 May 2023
Opening: Saturday 01 April 2023
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Portraits of the Anonymous

This solo show is a testament to female artists, photographers and videographers who documented Myanmar’s coup d’etat, which began in February 2021. This exhibition has been supported by Canson, Kayell Australia and Final Grade.

Saturday 04 February 2023 to Sunday 30 April 2023
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

I Take My City

This solo show explores the artist’s complex relationship to her home city, Tehran.

Saturday 04 February 2023 to Sunday 26 March 2023
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

The Elysian Fields

The Elysian Fields is a multi-medium installation presenting contemporary interpretations of ‘Paradise’ in relation to the politics of place.

Saturday 04 February 2023 to Sunday 26 March 2023
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

A Plant in the Wrong Place

The popular definition of a weed is ‘a plant in the wrong place’. This exhibition questions and complicates our relationship with invasive plants. Viewers are invited to explore the resilience and usefulness of weeds, as well as to consider how we can better care for the environment. Weeds are also used as an analogy to probe ideas of identity and displacement.

Saturday 17 September 2022 to Sunday 30 October 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Leftovers of a Ghost

In 'Leftovers of a Ghost', artists Emme Orbach and Noah Spivak collaborate on a new experiment-based installation. They explore one central question: what happens when you allow a chemical reaction to dictate the outcome of an artwork?

Saturday 30 July 2022 to Sunday 11 September 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Malleability

Mark Smith’s works navigate the complexities of living with a disability. His early work deals with the physicality of the body and how it relates to the human condition. For Smith, the body becomes a non-negotiable starting point for existence.

Saturday 30 July 2022 to Sunday 11 September 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Counihan Collection

The Counihan Gallery has acquired significant works by Noel Counihan (1913-1986) since opening in 1999. For the first time, the Gallery will present the entire holding of artworks by its namesake.

Saturday 23 July 2022 to Sunday 04 September 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Silence #1.6.1

Death is not the end but a new beginning. Death is not a result of life's frustrations, but a transition from this life into the next. From mortality into immortality.

Saturday 04 June 2022 to Sunday 24 July 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Means Without End

'Means Without End' offers a unique opportunity to view two recent projects by artist Hoda Afshar side by side.

Saturday 28 May 2022 to Sunday 17 July 2022
Opening: Saturday 01 January 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

The Sky After RainBlame the Shadows Collective

Blame the Shadows Collective is made of interdisciplinary artists from across the globe. By collaborating with each other, they tell captivating stories about raw human experiences. As part of the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival 2022, Blame the Shadows Collective will present ‘The Sky After Rain’ at the Counihan Gallery.

Saturday 02 April 2022 to Sunday 29 May 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Yeki Bood, Yeki Nabood

'Yeki Bood, Yeki Nabood' means 'one was there, one was absent’ in Farsi. It’s a phrase used to begin a story, similar to ‘once upon a time’.

Saturday 02 April 2022 to Sunday 29 May 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

William Kelly: Towards the Big Picture

William Kelly’s work explores issues of human rights, social justice, violence against women and children, and peace. The exhibition includes works such as 'The Prison of History or the Poetry of Possibilities', which was the precursor to the monumental work that features in the film ‘Can Art Stop a Bullet? William Kelly’s Big Picture’.

Saturday 09 April 2022 to Sunday 22 May 2022
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Drawn by stones

Drawn by stones brings together artists who use the ceramic medium to interrogate contested histories, stolen land, Indigenous sovereignty, and concepts of national identity.

Saturday 24 July 2021 to Sunday 12 September 2021
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Banj Banj/nawnta

Banj Banj/nawnta exhibits vibrant paintings from a long-standing friendship between Thelma Beeton (Palawa people) & Stacey (Taungurong/Boon Wurrung peoples)

Saturday 24 July 2021 to Sunday 05 September 2021
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

ALIWA

ALIWA! The haunted are haunting.

Saturday 24 July 2021 to Saturday 14 August 2021
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

NEWSROOM

NEWSROOM presents the work of three artists who reconstruct images and text from news sources.

Sunday 18 July 2021 to Sunday 18 July 2021
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Porch Diaries

Porch Diaries reflects on community as a remedy for isolation.

Sunday 18 July 2021 to Sunday 18 July 2021
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Urban Eats

Urban Eats unites multi-disciplinary artists as they explore the diversity of food in Melbourne

Friday 18 June 2021 to Sunday 18 July 2021
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

CONFLUENCE

How do humans relate to water?

Friday 12 June 2020 to Sunday 26 July 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

OBJECT LESSONS: Significance, Authenticity and Value

How do we relate to objects?

Saturday 02 May 2020 to Sunday 05 July 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Garden

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” Henry Thoreau

Friday 17 April 2020 to Sunday 31 May 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Making Marks: Australia to Afghanistan

Making Marks is a participatory art exchange between 20 Australian women artists and 43 Afghan women

Friday 17 April 2020 to Sunday 31 May 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

f_OCUS

f_OCUS is a selection of works by women from the Moreland Art Collection.

Saturday 08 February 2020 to Sunday 26 April 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Histrionic

Histrionic addresses the hyper-connectivity that defines the Post-Internet era.

Saturday 08 February 2020 to Sunday 29 March 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Screen Time

Screen Time reflects the viewer as the installations watch them within the gallery.

Saturday 08 February 2020 to Sunday 29 March 2020
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

The Light of Soul

Drawing upon the artist’s memories of relocating from Kurdistan to Australia, the Light of Soul installation is a response to the experience of identity crisis and displacement.

Friday 11 October 2019 to Sunday 10 November 2019
Opening: Thursday 10 October 2019
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Unfold

Unfold is a performative drawing installation that explores psychological states, human connectivity and the expression of emotion in spatial and social contexts.

Friday 11 October 2019 to Sunday 10 November 2019
Opening: Thursday 10 October 2019
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

m_othering the perceptual ars poetica

This exhibition seeks to explore how maternal roles are being approached in creative practice.

Friday 30 August 2019 to Sunday 29 September 2019
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.