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Artists Space Gallery

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'''Artists Space Gallery''' was an [[Australia|Australian]] art gallery showing mainly photography, as well as other media, through the 1980s in [[Melbourne]].
==Foundation==
The gallery was founded in 1978 by Melbourne painter and photographer Wes Placek. He was later joined in the early 80's by his partner Sophie Nowicka a textile designer and artist, who assisted in administration of the gallery and in curatorial selection of exhibitions.
== Location ==
When it opened, the gallery occupied the top floor of a 1920s shopfront at 127 Buckley St., [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]], then in 1987 moved closer to Melbourne CBD. The new, larger space was in a former warehouse in [[Fitzroy North, Victoria|North Fitzroy]] at 150 Park St. opposite a [[linear park]] created from the [[Inner Circle railway line|Inner Circle Railway Line]] which had closed in 1981. A range of exhibitions included emerging artists and those well recognised nationally and internationally, including [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] and [[Bettina Rheims]].<ref>[[Beatrice Faust]], ‘Exhibitions with a touch of the unusual,’ ''The Age'', Thursday, Jul 6, 1989, p.14</ref>
==Closure==
Artists Space Gallery closed in 1990.

==Exhibitions included==
* 1986, October 11–November 9: Sol Weiner<ref></ref>
*1986, November 17–December 14: ''Displaced Objects - Works by Chris Barry''<ref>Listing, ''The Age'', Friday 14 Nov 1986, p.40</ref><ref></ref>
* 1987, from Nov 4: ''"Just Wot”, an exhibition of visual poetry''. Incl. [[Mimmo Cozzolino]], Norma Pearce, Anthony Figallo, Julie Clarke-Powell<ref>’Briefs’, The Age, Tuesday 03 Nov 1987, p.14</ref><ref>’Visual Poetry’, ''The Age'', Friday, 20 Nov 1987, p.37</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* 1988, to 29 Feb: Michael Caddy, Di Clark, Ann Slater<ref>Listing, ''The Age'', Friday 05 Feb 1988, p.36</ref>
* 1988, 7-25 September: Portraits by [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]], [[Ben Lewin]], [[Wolfgang Sievers]]<ref>''The Age'', Friday 26 Aug 1988, p.48</ref>
* 1988, September: ''Double Exposure''<ref>''The Age'', Wednesday, 07 Sep 1988, p.17</ref>
* 1988, to October 29: Peter Shaw, ''A Year of Bad Weather''<ref>Calendar. ‘Captured’. ''The Age'', Friday 07 Oct 1988, p.33</ref><ref>''Good Weekend'', ''The Age'', Saturday 08 Oct 1988,p.67</ref>
* 1988, to 22 October: [[Luís Geraldes|Louis Geraldes]] and Graham Willoughby, Paintings<ref>''The Age'', Wednesday, 12 Oct 1988, p.14</ref>
* 1988, to 18 November: Anthony Figallo and Lloyd Jones; ''Images of La Mama'', and ''Photographic Collages by Chris Barry'' <ref>''The Age'', Friday, 18 Nov 1988, p.50</ref><ref>''The Age'', Friday 25 Nov 1988, p.14</ref>
* 1988, to 18 December: ''Graduate Show, [[Victoria College, Melbourne|Victoria College]]''<ref>''The Age'', Friday 02 Dec 1988, p.54</ref>
* 1989, to April 7: ''Still Life'', photography by Janina Green, Robert Mapplethorpe, Wes Placek, Bettina Rheims<ref>''The Age'', Friday, Mar 31, 1989, p.40</ref>
* 1989, to 29 July:  Wes Placek, ''Works from the kitchen''<ref>[[Beatrice Faust]], ‘Exhibitions with a touch of the unusual,’ ''The Age'', Thursday, Jul 6, 1989, p.14</ref>
* 1990, to 28 July: ''Kodak Five Visions''<ref>Greg Neville, ‘Images explore myths, dreams and human reality,’ ''The Age'', Wednesday, 18 Jul 1990, p.14</ref>
* 1990, to August 25: Ian McIntosh ‘Affection’; Rick Wood ‘Fugue’<ref>Greg Neville, ‘A world of fragments and isolated parts,’ ''The Age'', Thursday, 09 Aug 1990, p.16</ref>
* 1990, to November 30: ''Phillip Institute of Technology 1990 Photography Graduates''<ref>''The Age'', Friday 09 Nov 1990, p.38</ref><ref>Greg Neville, ‘Photographic artists risk leaving viewer out of the picture,’ ''The Age'' Tuesday, Nov 20, 1990, p.14</ref>

== References ==



[[Category:1978 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1990 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Art galleries established in 1978]]
[[Category:Art galleries disestablished in 1990]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Photography in Australia]]
[[Category:Photography museums and galleries in Australia]]


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