MIGRATION MELBOURNE EDITION
30 October to 15 December 2012
MIGRATION migrates to Melbourne, Australia’s leading cultural city.
ARNDT Australia Announces Melbourne Pop Up Exhibition
Address:
Ormond Hall in the former Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind buildings
557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Opening Times:
Tues to Sat 11:00am to 5:00pm
Please click here to view the list of artworks and design objects.
Melbourne, Australia: ARNDT Australia presents its second international contemporary art pop-up exhibition Migration in Melbourne this November, following the success of its inaugural pop-up in Sydney earlier this year. Migration Melbourne opens to the public 1 November to 15 December 2012, as part of the Berlin gallery’s most recent initiative of shifting focus to Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.
Gallery owner Matthias Arndt has curated a group of established and emerging artists from Germany and Eastern Europe who will exhibit new paintings, sculpture along with some film and video works. Exhibited artists include Gilbert & George, Sophie Calle and Anselm Reyle. Migration will also include a ‘Design Chamber’ to showcase major design works from the 20th century and contemporary periods by designers including Joe Colombo, Franz West, Oscar Niemeyer, Marcel Breuer and Erno Saarinen.
Whilst maintaining a dynamic programme for his well-established Berlin Gallery, Matthias Arndt is now working in some of the new exciting markets, including Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia as an independent art specialist and adviser to both artists and collectors.
Matthias Arndt comments: ‘For these fast-developing areas, we are adopting a different approach for exhibiting contemporary art, creating pop-up exhibitions in unconventional and challenging spaces – a shift away from the permanent white wall space.’
‘I see a great opportunity in coming to Australia, being a direct neighbour to the most booming art landscapes and markets in Asia. In addition, the Australian private, corporate and public collections are now ready and committed to engage and collect contemporary art from all over the world,’ explained Matthias.
Migration is created and produced by Matthias Arndt and his wife, Tiffany Wood, who has 20 years experience in the art world with Sotheby’s in London and New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery New York and Phillips de Pury & Company New York, London and Berlin.
With 25 years as an art dealer and gallery owner in Europe, Matthias is an art adviser to corporate European collections and maintains an impressive portfolio of important international collectors and museums from the United States, Europe and Asia. Matthias has an innate feeling for artistic talent married with a gift for guiding the curious collector into a position of confidence and engagement when it comes to collecting art.
EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Migration Melbourne
1 November until 15 December 2012
Ormond Hall in the former Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind buildings
557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Information: www.arndtberlin.com
MIGRATION MELBOURNE ARTIST LIST:
Christine Ay Tjoe, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Mathieu Briand, Erik Bulatov, Jonas Burgert, Sophie Calle, Nick Cave, Hanne Darboven, Lippo d´Andrea (Ambrogio di Baldese), Gilbert and George, Marcel van Eden, Olafur Eliasson, Gregor Hildebrandt, Thomas Hirschhorn, Geraldine Javier, Jitish Kallat, Martin Kippenberger, Heinz Mack, MadeIn Company, Eko Nugroho, Magnus von Plessen, Qiu Zhi-Jie, Julian Rosefeldt, Anselm Reyle, Charles Sandison, Eugen Schönebeck, Chiharu Shiota, Nedko Solakov, Agus Suwage, Ena Swansea, Miroslav Tichý, Jorinde Voigt, Zhan Whang, Entang Wiharso, Ralf Ziervogel
Migration Melbourne will also contain a Design Chamber featuring major works of 20th Century and contemporary design, including objects by: Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Joe Colombo, Gianni Colombo, Oscar Niemeyer, Werner Panton, Dieter Rams, Marcel Wanders, Vogt & Weizenegger, Franz West, as well as objects by anonymous designers from 1960ies Denmark and 1960ies Germany.
ABOUT MATTHIAS ARNDT:
Matthias Arndt is a German Gallerist and founder of the gallery ''Arndt & Partner''. He established himself as a pioneering connoisseur of the Berlin art scene and an expert authority in the field of international contemporary art.
Born in Frankfurt am Main in 1968, Matthias Arndt attended a secondary school specialising in business and completed an apprenticeship with a bank. At the age of 20, however, his interest in art led him to switch fields and become a trainee at a Berlin and London based Gallery Galerie and the Centre national d´art contemporain Villa Arson in France. While studying Art History and Art Education at the Kassel School of Art and Design, Arndt established his first gallery project from 1990 to 1992, which received the city of Kassel's Cultural Promotion Award. He also worked as an art educator and visitors' guide at the documenta IX (under the artistic direction of Jan Hoet).
After earning a further degree in Education and Cultural Management at the Hamburg School of Economics and Politics, Matthias Arndt moved to Berlin and founded the gallery Arndt & Partner in 1994. Over 18 years, Matthias Arndt organised a total of 250 exhibitions and 80 international art fair participations, published almost 50 monographic publications and artists books, establishing himself as a pioneering connoisseur of the Berlin art scene and an expert authority in the field of international contemporary art.
In his capacity as arts and culture manager, Matthias Arndt founded the company artservices (1997-2001) and managed the guide and visitor support services of the documenta X. He subsequently devised the concept for the Berlin art platform Kunstherbst Berlin, managed the visitor support services for the Expo 2000, and acted as a consultant for the TUI Group responsible for the Expo's implementation. Again with artservices, Arndt developed the concept for the guide and visitor support services at AUTOSTADT Wolfsburg for the Volkswagen AG.
Matthias Arndt lectured at the Berlin Institute for Cultural and Media Management from 1996 to 2004. In 2001, Matthias Arndt was named a "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" and thus made a member of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.
PRESS
Video | New Era Media | December 2012 | Introduction to Migration Melbourne
Video | Das Platforms | December 2012 | Interview with Matthias Arndt
ABOUT ARNDT (formerly Arndt & Partner):
The new name ARNDT signals a change and decisive step forward in Matthias Arndt's 25-year career as a gallerist and cultural entrepreneur. Matthias Arndt will spend more of his time in Asia and the Pacific Region as an art dealer and independent expert to artists, museums, private and corporate collections.
In addition to the advisory services, the central mission for exhibitions will be to introduce the major positions of Contemporary Art from the new art landscapes in China and Southeast-Asia to the European audience and vice-versa; showing leading international artists in the markets in Asia, the Pacific Region and Australia.
The ARNDT gallery on Potsdamer Straße in Berlin will continue to present shows on a regular basis. These exhibitions will be a mix of emerging talents from the Asia Pacific region, internationally established artists and curatorial projects. Alongside the Berlin program, ARNDT will also stage Pop-Up shows in temporary, unconventional spaces around the world such as: Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and London.
ABOUT ORMOND HALL:
Migration Melbourne will be presented at Ormond Hall, one of the Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind buildings located at 557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. The owners of the Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind (RVIB) buildings and associated land areas are preparing a future redevelopment proposal for the site. As part of this the owners are inviting prominent businesses to come onboard and participate in the concept.
The plan is to create an Urban Village that showcases the best of Melbourne’s food, entertainment and cultural scene. In true ‘village’ fashion the concept will involve utilising the whole site in a seamless and integrated way. There are three main areas within the concept. Firstly it is envisaged that the main RVIB building will act as a cultural space that houses creative studios for eclectic individuals in the arts, music and film industries. Secondly, the existing Belgian Beer Cafe business will be transformed to include a roof top bar and renewed outdoor spaces, open-air food markets and artistic spaces. As the key dining space its intention is to foster stronger community involvement.
Thirdly, Ormond Hall has been earmarked as the entertainment hub with a full calendar of events including live music, film, comedy, cabaret etc. Other uses may include art exhibitions, festivals and community events.
Built in 1891, through the generosity of benefactor William Ormond, Ormond Hall was originally created as a music hall for the blind, run by the RVIB. In 1922, the hall was completely remodelled; a new dance floor was installed, and the interior was redecorated in the popular Art Deco style of the day. From then on the hall was opened to the public and showcased acclaimed artists such as Dame Nellie Melba. In later years Skyhooks, ACDC and other 1970’s groups rocked the stage. The famous music club Opus with host Molly Meldrum also had a successful stint in the venue. The current owners took possession in 2003 and invested considerable funds into refurbishment of the venue, which included installing an air conditioning system, significantly upgrading the audiovisual facilities and building a new bar. Since then the venue has hosted quality local and international musical performances and is currently used as a multipurpose venue.
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