HA HA – ANY HARMONY?
(Im)Materiality
… how long will I remember this work?
On the matter of art
… how long will other people remember it?
The medium
… is it better than works that are similarly styled?
And the message
… is it better than the blank white wall upon which it hangs?
The dematerialisation of art
… do I love this work, and, if so, how long would I love it?
Living in the age of ‘post’
… how much will I think about it?
Lost matter
… how much would I miss it?
Absolute concept
… how often does this work surprise me?
Concrete Universalism
… how many words can I write about it?
Thinking objects
… how much should I pay for it?
Conclusion
… how much should I sell it for?
Notes
… what would I trade it for?
References
… how deep is its historical reference?
Quality
… and, what does it mean, and does that meaning matter?
‘Sorry for having to make you suffer’ …
(after Dave Hickey Some Things Are Better Than Others)
– Aleks Danko
Aleks Danko would like to thank those who have assisted in the production of EMPTY VOID FILLER: at Spacecraft – Stewart Russell, Danica Miller, Donna Stewart & Ana Antunes; at Studio Tops – Simone Tops; at the Australian Print Workshop – Martin King; & at W.J. Robson and Sons, Glass – Brent Robson.
These works were made on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, and I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of these Lands and Waters and pay my respect to Elders past and present.
EMPTY VOID FILLER, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2024; KLIK! KLAK! VERTI-KLAK!, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2022; “[AS.YET.MAYBE.] NOT A TITLE … in, over, beside, next to, between, in front of, behind, through, by, with, for, up, to, against … are they still touching? …”, with Nigel Lendon, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, 2022; “Are we done? I’d like to get back to staring at nothing”, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2019; ‘Wait…I think this is where I lost my hula-hoop’, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2017; MY FELLOW AUS-TRA-ALIENS, (a survey), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2015-16; POINTLESS (more or less), Milani Gallery, Brisbane, 2013; DILLY-DALLY/SO-SO/SHIPPY-SHOPPY? /HO-HO/HANKY-PANKY?/BYE-BYE… shopping for and with the un-dead (YU-AH-TISH-YU-AH remix), Sutton Projects, Melbourne, 2012; Pointless, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2011; CHATTER…and more chatter upstairs, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, 2009; SOME CULTURAL MEDITATIONS 1949 – 2006 (just a little bit of ethnic folk art), Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2006; A Sing Song of Never Seven Ever/Ever, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney, 2005
Interfacial Intimacies (touring), Redcliffe Art Gallery, Redcliffe, QLD, 2024; A Space Between, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2024; Material Concern, Res Arts Project Space, Melbourne, 2024; 40 x 40, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2023; It’s not you it’s me, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2023; Listening to music played backwards, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2022; This is a poem, Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, 2021; Connecting the World Through Sculpture From the Ground Up, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2021; Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2019; MANIFESTO, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, School of Art, VCA, University of Melbourne, Southbank, Melbourne, 2019; Power & Imagination – Conceptual Art, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2018/19; BEYOND REASON – exploring the logic of the imagination, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, 2018/19; 9 X 5 NOW, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, 2017; MCA COLLECTION: TODAY TOMORROW YESTERDAY, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2016-17; HOWARD ARKLEY AND FRIENDS, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2015-16; Art as Verb, Artspace, Sydney, 2015; MELBOURNE NOW, NGV, Melbourne, 2013; Reinventing the Wheel: The Readymade Century, MUMA, Melbourne, 2013; Mortality, ACCA, Melbourne, 2010; 40 Years, Kaldor Public Art Projects 1969-2009, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009.
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