Melbourne art exhibitions opening this Thursday night!

There is loads of art to see this Thursday night…perhaps an art crawl is in order!

Plenty
Tim Handfield
Colour Factory Gallery

Exhibition opening Thursday May 6, 6-8pm
To be opened by: Stephen Zagala, Curator, Monash Gallery of Art
Artist floor talk: Saturday May 22, 2.00pm
Exhibition dates: May 6 to 29, 2010

Plenty explores the margins of Plenty Road between Bundoora and South Morang, where Melbourne’s outer urban development meets the grassy eucalypt woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain. The photographs reveal a strange and compelling mixture of excess and decay, opportunity and loss as the landscape undergoes dramatic change.

Tim Handfield’s work is held in local and international collections including those of the National Gallery of Victoria, the National Gallery of Australia, Artbank and the Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego, CA.

First Born
Robert Doble & Simon Strong
Block Projects

Opening Thursday May 6, 6-8pm

Exhibition dates May 6 – May 29, 2010

“English-born Robert Doble studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London but now resides in Australia. Doble paintings explore symbolism, mythology and folklore along with Politics and religion. Vietnamese born Simon Strong creates works that explore our perception of what is plausible. His intrigue for dreams and the constructs of the human memory.”

Fragments
Artists include: Clinton Hayden, Todd Anderson-Kunert, Ashley Kerr, Shannon Crowe, Anita Stevens
Guildford Lane Gallery

Opening Thursday May 6, 6 – 8pm

Exhibition dates May 6 –  30, 2010