Utopian Slumps

The Age Saturday 26 November 2011

2011-11-26T17:07:00.000-08:00

Australian Art Collector Magazine Issue 58 October - December 2011

2011-10-06T17:10:00.000-07:00

Amber Wallis: Psychoactive landscapes

Landscape painting is one of the more traditional genres of Australian art. We are used to seeing the exterior used as a metaphor for the interior and psychological. But as Carrie Miller writes, Amber Wallis’s sexually charged canvases take us one step further, throwing us off the therapist’s couch and into a wild drug-fuelled haze.

The Age 27 August 2011

2011-08-27T13:39:00.000-07:00

Everguide 19 August 2011

2011-08-19T17:02:00.000-07:00

Three Thousand 18 August 2011

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Comic Foreground August 11

2011-08-05T05:30:00.000-07:00

The Age 29 July 2011

2011-07-29T05:28:00.000-07:00

Inkblot review 12 July 2011

2011-07-12T17:39:00.000-07:00

Arts Hub 8 July 2011

2011-07-08T05:29:00.000-07:00

Many Triangle 24 June 2011

2011-06-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

Christopher L.G. Hill 11 June 2011

2011-06-11T17:38:00.000-07:00

The Incidentalist 9 June 2011

2011-06-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.theincidentalist.com/archives/category/elsewhere

Todd James blog 9 June 2011

2011-06-09T23:05:00.000-07:00

Curated Mag 9 June 2011

2011-06-09T21:11:00.000-07:00

SLAMXHYPE 9 June 2011

2011-06-09T21:09:00.000-07:00

The Age 4 June 2011

2011-06-04T20:23:00.000-07:00

Urban Outfitters blog 31 May 2011

2011-05-31T23:01:00.000-07:00

http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/holey_hole

Beci Orpin 28 May 2011

2011-05-28T22:06:00.000-07:00

Ocula 27 May 2011

2011-05-27T23:09:00.000-07:00

The Age 26 May 2011

2011-05-26T22:57:00.000-07:00

Donut Chocula 26 May 2011

2011-05-26T21:59:00.000-07:00

http://donutchocula.blogspot.com/2011/05/misha-hollenbach-holey-hole-at-utopian.html

Someday 26 May 2011

2011-05-26T21:58:00.000-07:00

http://www.someday-store.com/misha-hollenbach-exhibition-holy-hole/

Hypebeast 23 May 2011

2011-05-23T22:58:00.000-07:00

http://hypebeast.com/blog/carrimunden/2011/05/holey-hole/

Living Proof Magazine 23 May 2011

2011-05-23T22:43:00.000-07:00

http://livingproofmag.com/2011/05/misha-hollenbach-holey-hole-at-utopian-slumps/

SLAMXHYPE 12 May 2011

2011-05-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

http://slamxhype.com/art-design/misha-hollenbach-holey-hole-exhibition/

The Age 7 May 2011

2011-05-07T08:23:00.000-07:00

The Age Melbourne Magazine

2011-05-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

The Australian Financial Review 28 April 2011

2011-04-28T20:19:00.000-07:00

Utopian Slumps has joined Ocula, which launched in Australia on 28th April 2011. Ocula is an online art market that gives access to leading contemporary galleries in Australia, New Zealand and soon Asia.

www.ocula.com

The Blackmail April 2011

2011-04-04T06:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.theblackmail.com.au/art/future-primitive/

Art Guide 1 April 2011

2011-04-01T20:34:00.000-07:00

Many Triangle 31 March 2011

2011-03-31T20:31:00.000-07:00

Dead Hare 21 March 2011

2011-03-21T19:59:00.000-07:00

Alice Euphemia blog 21 March 2011

2011-03-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.aliceeuphemia.com/news/?p=3378

The Age Penny Modra 13 March 2011

2011-03-13T20:18:00.000-07:00

The Age Dan Rule 12 March 2011

2011-03-12T20:17:00.000-08:00

Broadsheet 4 March 2011

2011-03-04T20:05:00.000-08:00

Pedestrian.TV 4 March 2011

2011-03-04T20:04:00.000-08:00

Art Guide 4 March 2011

2011-03-04T20:02:00.000-08:00

Oyster Issue 91

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Dead Hare blog 15 February 2011

2011-02-15T20:09:00.000-08:00

Three Thousand 14 February 2011

2011-02-14T20:10:00.000-08:00

The Age Online 10 February 2011

2011-02-10T01:05:00.000-08:00

Broadsheet February

2011-02-04T19:59:00.001-08:00

Leg of Lamb blog 16 December 2010

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The Leader 13 December 2010

2010-12-13T17:07:00.000-08:00

The Age 11 December 2010

2010-12-11T22:53:00.000-08:00

The Age 26 November 2010

2010-11-26T23:27:00.000-08:00

Kulone 25 November 2010

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Australian in front 25 November 2010

2010-11-25T23:10:00.000-08:00

Three Thousand 24 November 2010

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The Age 15 November 2010

2010-11-15T23:34:00.000-08:00

Three Thousand

2010-11-15T17:57:00.000-08:00

Broadsheet 27 October 2010

2010-10-27T18:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts-and-entertainment/article/duppy-housing

Lauren Berkowitz on Art Nation

2010-10-22T22:34:00.000-07:00

The Age 16 October 2010

2010-10-16T18:29:00.000-07:00

The Age 13 October 2010

2010-10-13T20:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/broadening-their-horizons-20101012-16hsg.html

The Age 6 October 2010

2010-10-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

Dynamic Business

2010-10-01T20:36:00.000-07:00

www.kogan.com.au/media/.../20101001_dynamic_business_young_guns.pdf

Three Thousand 30 September 2010

2010-09-30T16:06:00.000-07:00

Broadsheet 29 September 2010

2010-09-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts-and-entertainment/article/amber-wallis-i-fuck-mountains

artinfo.com.au 17 August 2010

2010-08-17T03:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.artinfo.com.au/opinions/read/steven-asquith-storm-concepts

The Age 6 August 2010

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Broadsheet 4 August 2010

2010-08-04T19:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts-and-entertainment/article/steven-asquith-storm-concepts

The Age 28 July 2010

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superfuture supernews 24 July 2010

2010-07-25T05:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.superfuture.com/supernews/?p=37815

Australian Art Collector July - September 2010

2010-07-07T19:17:00.000-07:00

Discreet Objects catalogue & essay

2010-07-06T18:33:00.000-07:00

Tom Polo 5 July 2010

2010-07-05T19:54:00.001-07:00

http://tompoloart.blogspot.com/2010/07/territorial-pissings-at-utopian-slumps.html

La La Hi Prism 3 July 2010

2010-07-03T19:52:00.000-07:00

http://lalahiprism.blogspot.com/2010/07/records-and-fluro.html

Melbourne Non Objective Project 2 July 2010

2010-07-02T23:23:00.000-07:00

http://noproject.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/discreet-objects-utopian-slumps/

Broadsheet Winter, July/August 2010

2010-06-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

The Age Saturday 19 June 2010

2010-06-19T19:37:00.000-07:00

The Internetwork 16 June 2010

2010-06-16T23:52:00.000-07:00

Amber Wallis home and studio visit

http://theinternetwork.com.au/#post/amber-wallis-dark-gully
http://theinternetwork.com.au/#post/dark-gully-studio

Triple R what's on

2010-06-10T21:07:00.000-07:00

http://www.rrr.org.au/whats-going-on/arts-diary/

The Vine 9 June 2010

2010-06-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment/art/vinyl-plus-paint-plus-neon20100609.aspx

The Art Life 7 June 2010

2010-06-07T21:01:00.000-07:00

http://theartlife.com.au/?p=2692

Hot Spots Winter 2010

2010-06-01T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hypebeast 24 May 2010

2010-05-24T20:40:00.000-07:00

http://hypebeast.com/2010/05/misha-hollenbach-forewards-exhibition-recap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hypebeast%2Ffeed+%28Hypebeast%29

Slamxhype 24 May 2010

2010-05-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

http://slamxhype.com/art-design/misha-hollenbach-forewards-at-utopian-slumps/

Oliver Cloke 22 May 2010

2010-05-22T20:35:00.000-07:00

http://www.olivercloke.com/tag/mischa-hollenbach

The Age Saturday 22 May 2010

2010-05-22T12:34:00.000-07:00

Around the Galleries by Dan Rule

Broadsheet 20 May 2010

2010-05-20T20:18:00.000-07:00

Dan Rule interview with Misha Hollenbach

Full interview here:
http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/arts-and-entertainment/article/studio-visit-misha-hollenbach

e-flux 14 May 2010

2010-05-14T21:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/8122

AC Journal 13 May 2010

2010-05-13T23:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.anacecilia.com.au/?p=1281

Three Thousand 13 May 2010

2010-05-13T22:24:00.000-07:00

Misha Hollenbach opening

http://www.threethousand.com.au/gallery/376/1/

Izrock 13 May 2010

2010-05-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.izrock.com/blog/?p=1089

Three Thousand 13 May 2010

2010-05-13T15:29:00.000-07:00

Beci Orpin 12 May 2010

2010-05-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

http://www.beciorpin.com/blog/?p=1048

The Vine 12 May 2010

2010-05-12T20:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment/art/forewards-with-misha-hollenbach20100512.aspx

The Blackmail 10 May 2010

2010-05-10T20:37:00.000-07:00

http://www.theblackmail.com.au/blog/art/forewards/

Hypebeast 4 May 2010

2010-05-04T22:33:00.000-07:00

http://hypebeast.com/2010/05/misha-hollenbach-forewards-exhibition/

Living Proof Magazine 4 May 2010

2010-05-04T20:54:00.000-07:00

http://livingproofmag.com/2010/05/utopian-slumps-presents-misha-hollenbach-forewards/

Juxtapoz 4 May 2010

2010-05-04T20:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.juxtapoz.com/21380-misha-hollenbach-of-perks-and-mini-has-an-exhibition-opening-next-week

she sees red 18 April 2010

2010-04-18T21:46:00.000-07:00

http://sheseesred.blogspot.com/2010/04/shows-shows-shows.html

Territorial Pissings opening - Thursday 15 April 2010

2010-04-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Photography by Jake Walker

Artlink Charlie Sofo review by Dunja Rmandic

2010-04-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

Artlink » Vol 30 no 1, 2010

Charlie Sofo

Dunja Rmandic, Review

Utopian Slumps, Melbourne
5--19 December 2009

Recently I came across a pile of transaction records, tram tickets and receipts acquired by me during a period of change, confrontation, poetics, disparities, connection and disconnection; a time when hyper-analyses and heightened emotion dominated my walks, grocery shopping and the like. These traces - mementoes with precise times and amounts paid, neatly sorted into chronological order – formed a narrative that was authorised by the official stamp of the public network. Here was confirmation of my self in space-time, of what I was going through, felt and thought.

It was in this context that 'Facts', an exhibition of Charlie Sofo's latest work at Utopian Slumps – and the last show for its Collingwood phase – had an immediate resonance. Like me, Sofo seemed concerned with merging into a formalist syntax an experiential element that bordered on obsessive. Successfully eschewing the didacticism that underlies much contemporary art dealing with experience and event, where the object itself is no more significant than the entry ticket, Sofo’s work is imbued with a measured formalism informed by craft practices and a process of found and made in which the subject maintains its 'aura’.

At the entrance appears the artist’s incessant obsession with one phone number, manifested in various forms on different pieces of paper and wood. The workbench in the main space holds an intricate arrangement of thin bamboo sticks topped with tiny balls of medication foil, 'One Full Course of Antibiotics' (2009) accompanied by a Duchamp-style rack adorned with thick red rubber bands (found during walks) and a beautiful stump of white birch that supports a carefully balanced array of colourful paper balls. A set of neon light interiors cast in candle wax sits in front of a video of flickering neons in numerous locations. Accompanied by a drumbeat, each flicker becomes mesmerising: a hagiographic event in itself.

In 'One Full Course' there is a method as well as madness. Dutifully taking his prescribed dose, Sofo externalises the curing process into a tangible point of exchange between the viewer and the artist, between the gesture and its significance. The quiet and premeditated obsession of documenting such an ascetic event deeply resonated with my remembered desire to compile tram tickets and contextualise the fragmented remnants of experience into a set of deeper meanings.

In 'Bookmarks' a picnic table stands on its own, covered with torn pieces of paper found by the artist in library books, inscribed with page references, comments no doubt crucial to the main argument of an undergraduate essay, or simply left blank. Although the most didactic of the works, in it Sofo chooses carefully when to resort to the index and strike with affect. Seeing the remnants of a vast but by no means exhaustive collection of links to thought dotted throughout the repository of public knowledge, there is a dormant panic that the one thought so overpowering at the time of reading a text, warranting leaving a ‘mark’ to return to it, is lost forever. By removing the mark, Sofo writes himself into the script, coming so close to (and almost becoming) that space between the author and the reader.

The obsessive hoarding of ‘thoughts’ in this show seems symptomatic of Sofo’s methodologies. The artist’s 'facts' – the things done or performed, as the word’s initial definition would have it – materialise quietly, spawned by a ubiquitous drive to capture the ‘punctum’ latent in the details of the everyday. The superficiality that sometimes dominates such an exploration in contemporary art is here countered by the poetics of the object, by expanding the object both conceptually and formally, integrating a system of thought and experience into a system of craft gestures, and simultaneously sustaining our intrigue with the production as well as consumption of art.

While for some it may be a revelation of the minute and the poetic, for others Facts may serve as a confirmation of their own obsessions and attempts to hold on to any tangible evidence of remaining humanistic traces embedded in the way we order our world. The parameters of Sofo’s work extend beyond a simple affinity between the viewer and the process into a world that needs us to make it meaningful.

http://www.artlink.com.au/articles/3385/charlie-sofo/

Lost and Found Volume 4 Snapshot 5

2010-04-15T22:49:00.000-07:00

http://www.wearelostandfound.com.au/publication/volume-4/snapshot-5/

Colour Factory 14 April 2010

2010-04-14T21:42:00.000-07:00

http://colourfactory.com.au/news/2010/04/14/utopian-slumps-opens-its-new-art-gallery-space-in-melbourne-this-thursday-night/

Three Thousand 14 April 2010

2010-04-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

The Heist 13 April 2010

2010-04-13T21:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.theheist.com.au/?p=475