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Shelf Life

- curated group exhibition, 2019

  • 2019 Shelf Life
    2019 Shelf Life
    Exhibition Install
  • Homage to the everyday - black and white
    Homage to the everyday
    Al Munro
  • To all the ladybugs I killed
    To all the ladybugs I killed
    Mylyn Nguyen
  • Waiting
    Waiting
    Mylyn Nguyen
  • I will burn incense for you
    I will burn incense for you
    Mylyn Nguyen
  • SLL003 (HC-1)
    SLL003 (HC-1)
    Jude Rae
  • Jude Rae - SLL001
    SLL001
    Jude Rae
  • Jude Rae - SLL002
    SLL002
    Jude Rae
  • Jude Rae - SLL003
    SLL003
    Jude Rae
  • Amy McGregor - Untitled #1
    Untitled #1
    Amy McGregor
  • Amy McGregor - Untitled #7
    Untitled #7
    Amy McGregor
  • Amy McGregor - Untitled #14
    Untitled #14
    Amy McGregor
  • Plastic Arts
    Plastic Arts
    Sarah Goffman
  • Coffee Cups + Saucers
    Coffee Cups + Saucers
    René Bolten
  • Glasses
    Glasses
    René Bolten
  • Bowls
    Bowls
    René Bolten
  • Tea Cups
    Tea Cups + Saucers
    René Bolten
  • Coupes
    Coupes
    René Bolten
  • Ascension
    Ascension
    Mikaela Castledine
  • Little Blue Church
    Little Blue Church
    Mikaela Castledine
  • Green Spires
    Green Spires
    Mikaela Castledine
  • Vase Collection at Night
    Vase Collection at Night
    Jane-Frances Tannock
  • Near the Fridge
    Near the Fridge
    Jane-Frances Tannock
  • Tannock_near-the-sink
    Near the Sink
    Jane-Frances Tannock
  • Laundry Shelf
    Laundry Shelf
    Jane-Frances Tannock
  • Murphy_Half_Head_Egg_cup
    Half Head Egg Cup
    Carol Murphy
  • Murphy-eye-vase
    Eye Vase I
    Carol Murphy
  • Murphy_Bulbous-Vase
    Bulbous Vase
    Carol Murphy
  • Murphy_Twisted-White-Coral-vase
    Twisted white coral vase
    Carol Murphy
  • Flammable Liquids 1
    Flammable Liquids 1
    Naomi Zouwer
  • Flammable Liquids 2
    Flammable Liquids 3
    Naomi Zouwer
  • Flammable Liquids 2
    Flammable Liquids 2
    Naomi Zouwer
  • Flammable Liquids 4
    Flammable Liquids 4
    Naomi Zouwer
  • Flammable Liquids 5
    Flammable Liquids 5
    Naomi Zouwer
  • Flammable Liquids 6
    Flammable Liquids 6
    Naomi Zouwer
  • Stilled Life
    Stilled Life
    Helen Mueller
  • Memories of Times Past #3
    Memories of Times Past #3
    Peter Tilley
  • tilley_Memories of Times Past #4
    Memories of Times Past #4
    Peter Tilley
  • Tilley_memories_of_times_past_6
    Memories of Times Past #6
    Peter Tilley
  • Tilley_Memories of Times Past #5
    Memories of Times Past #5
    Peter Tilley
  • Memories of Times Past (Interior)
    Memories of Times Past (Interior)
    Peter Tilley
  • Chest with Bottles
    Chest with Bottles
    Peter Tilley
  • Tilley_memories_of_times_past_7
    Memories of Times Past #7
    Peter Tilley
  • Peter Tilley, Poisoned Chalice
    Poisoned Chalice
    Peter Tilley

VIDEOS

  • Liam O'Brien - Untitled (Clean Skin) (video, detail)
    Untitled (Clean Skin) (video, detail)
    Liam O'Brien

Shelf Life

6 to 24 February

MAY SPACE

» Exhibition Catalogue

Shelf Life will consider the still life genre, with a particular focus on representations of bottles and containers, ubiquitous items that we use to carry, preserve and contain. An artistic linchpin since the 16th Century, the lush bouquets, glistening silver vessels, ripe fruit and lifeless game animals of early still life paintings became more humble as Realism, Impressionism and then Cubism watched artistic subjects and techniques change. The genre took on a three dimensional form through Dada, and as shopping carts began to fill with more packaged produce in the 1950s and 1960s, many Pop Artists let consumer goods take centre stage. Shelf Life will display paintings, photographs, sculptures and video artworks that aesthetically speak to different moments in the history of the still life. Hoarded, forgotten and expiring on shelves and in sheds, the vessels we use to store liquids, medications, toxic chemicals, food and other substances will be the central subject matter of these traditional and contemporary takes on an art historical genre.

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