THREE EXHIBITIONS, 2008–2009
1/ Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
We travel in search of sulfur
2009
Watercolour, pencil and collage on Fabriano traditional white 640gsm paper
A collaborative work created especially for Milly Sleeping
Exhibited as part of the 2009 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Sunday 15th of March – Sunday 22nd of March, 2009
Off the Kerb, 66B Johnston Street, Collingwood
Borrow
Part of GIVE/TAKE with Alexi Freeman and Aaron Roberts, Thorsten Richter, Naomi Tettmann and Yandell Walton, and (Coordinating Curator) Nella Themelios
Launched 17th of March, 2009
Contributors: Emma Grace, Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison, Hua (Tam Hua), Jasmina Krupic, MAIIKE (Aly Peel), Mücke (Ellie Mücke), JM, LM and MP for Milly Sleeping, Al Pea Co, Lani Sommer, Wah Wah Wears (Zoe Churchill)
Local artists and designers appropriated the entire space at Off the Kerb gallery for the duration of the festival. This included the gallery stairwell, where Milly Sleeping presented a collection of wearable works that visitors were encouraged to try on and borrow as they viewed the accompanying exhibitions.
Milly Sleeping
2/ Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
He was always mistaking her for someone else
and
Ah, yes, that’s it
2009
Watercolour, pencil and collage on Fabriano traditional white HP 640gsm paper
Two collaborative works on paper created especially for Milly Sleeping
Exhibited as part of the 2009 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Sunday 15th of March – Sunday 22nd of March, 2009
Milly Sleeping, 157 Elgin Street, Carlton
I Feel Fine
For the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program of 2009
Launched 16th of March, 2009
Contributors: Evian Lee (formerly of Von, with Lui Hon), Emma Grace, Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison, Hua (Tam Hua), Jasmina Krupic, Sheena Murray (Sheena Roberts)
Designers were briefed to consider the way dress impacts upon sensation and experience. A feature of the exhibit was a suite of collars made by Evian Lee from unconventional materials including tyvek and plaster. I Feel Fine was the partner stairwell installation to Borrow at Off the Kerb during LMFF 09.
Milly Sleeping
3/ Gracia Haby
A little arsenic, graphite and chalcopyrite grow from my armpits if I don’t move too often
2008
Pen, pencil and collage on Fabriano traditional white HP 640gsm paper
380mm X 560mm
Louise Jennison
Reflecting something entirely other
2008
Watercolour and pencil on Fabriano traditional white HP 640gsm paper
380mm X 560mm
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
Vessel additions
and
Hoping not to collide
2008
Watercolour, pen, pencil and collage on Fabriano traditional white HP 640gsm paper
380mm X 560mm
Four collaborative drawings exhibited as part of
The Last Hurrah!
Saturday 29th of November – Sunday 21st of December, 2008
Imp Gallery, above Greville Street Bookstore, 145 Greville St, Prahran
At the end of 2008, after two and a half chiefly charm-filled years, Imp Gallery closed its doors as a gallery space. But before doing so there was time for one final group exhibition, time for The Last Hurrah!; one last celebration before the caravan readied itself to roll in the direction of new things.
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