Hell Gallery

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Hell Is Other People

Hell Is Other People
Jess Johnson & Jordan Marani
Exhibition from 31 Oct - 21 Nov, 2009
Inflight Gallery / 237 Elizabeth St, Hobart
www.inflight.com.au

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Kate Smith and Alex Vivian Go To Hell

*tastes self*
an exhibition by Kate Smith & Alex Vivian
also Geoff Newton in Hell Toupee
October 24 – November 14, 2009
Opening Friday 23 October, 6pm til late, BBQ and Tunes

Friday, September 11, 2009

Joint Hassles (MEL) / Gambia Castle (NZ)

CROSS COLOURING
An exchange between Gambia Castle (NZ) / Joint Hassles (MEL)
Curated by Harriet Kate Morgan and Sarah Hopkinson
Opening Friday 18 September 6 til late
September 19 – October 10, 2009
Josh Petherick / Alex Vivian / Jess Lucas / Kate Smith / Harriet K Morgan / Christopher LG Hill / Lane Cormick / Rob McHaffie /Helen Johnson / Kain Picken / Nick Selenitsch / Sean Bailey / James Deutsher / Dan Arps / Nick Austin / Andrew Barber / Fiona Connor / Simon Denny / Daniel Malone / Tahi Moore / Kate Newby / Tao Wells

In early 2009, Joint Hassles were edged out of their gallery space in Northcote due to Melbourne’s inner-city rent hikes. On becoming spaceless the Joint Hassles artists have climbed out of the white cube and been making friends… hosting art events in bedrooms, backyards, public parks and music venues. In the interests of sharing, Hell Gallery decided to offer up its premises. Joint Hassles asked if they could bring a mate and a third gallery was invited to the party. Gambia Castle is a gallery co-operative based in Auckland, NZ. Sharing similar ideologies in community and collaboration, Joint Hassles and Gambia Castle will come together at Hell Gallery in a group show of over twenty artists.

Three Thousand Preview
http://jointhassles.blogspot.com
http://www.gambiacastle.net

Kate Smith, Clammy Hands, 2009, shells, hair, paint, stones, twigs and piping

Dan Arps, Shallow Relief, 2009, mixed media on particle board

Nick Selenitsch, Turbulence, 2009, paper collage pins and magnets

Kain Picken & Rob McKenzie, A History of Manners (Glove), 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Flippin Heck!

Flippin Heck!
Jess Johnson & Jordy Marani
August 29 – September 12, 2009
Opening Friday 28 August 6pm til late
Super Diminutive Disco (inside gallery) / DJ Helen Johnson playing a special dance set / Comeback Performance by the REAL HOT BITCHES! Melbourne dance troupe / BBQ Meat Feast / Movie playing in the side room ‘Funky Forest: First Contact’ (JPN).

and then it all turned to custard...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Home Is Where My Hell Is

Home Is Where My Hell Is
Jess Johnson & Jordan Marani
presented by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill
July 29 – September 3, 2009

An installation by Jess Johnson and Jordan Marani, founders and co-directors of Hell Gallery, Melbourne. The exhibition follows a Gippsland residency supported by Monash University’s Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD) and Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA).

"First trawl your area collecting up discarded materials. Start to build something from them. A shed. A shack. A fort. A dwelling. Whatever, it’s yours. Build it somewhere hard to find. Preferably in the forest but a city alleyway would suffice too. Hunker down and decorate. Make it safe. Surround the hut with booby traps and hang charms to ward off evil. Sustain yourself with meals of mushrooms boiled with bark. When you’re done with it walk away without looking back or push it over with your bare hands and stand back grinning at the big ‘WHUMP!’"

Monday, July 13, 2009

Jensen Tjhung Goes To Hell

The Hell
Jenson Tjhung
Opening Friday 24 July, 6 til late
Featuring Music by DJ Everyone + BBQ
July 25 – August 15, 2009

Blood Of Christ Illawarra (Hell Toupee)

Monday, June 15, 2009

Lisa Radford and Friends Go To Hell

dot, dot, dot
Lisa Radford, Sam George & friends Kati Rule, Richard Lewer,
Greatest Hits, Masato Takasaka, Kenny Pittock
Opening Friday 26 June 6pm til late
June 27 – July 18, 2009
BBQ + DJ Everyone