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ARTBANK
ARTBANK SYDNEY
2 May – 2 June 2024
Opening Wednesday 8 May
With sound/ text Performance by MP Hopkins
With artists: Belle Blau, Gunter Christmann, Lottie Consalvo, Leslie Dumbrell, Richard Dunn, Lynne Eastaway, Nathan Gray, Helga Groves, Matt Hinkley, Andrew Leslie, Ruark Lewis, Kerrie Poliness
'SNO (Sydney Non Objective) has been at the forefront of critical practice in the visual arts since 2005. With a particular focus on the abstract, the minimal, concrete poetry and the many hybrid forms of “non-objectivity” including sound and new media, the artists have worked at the cutting edge of Australian and International art.
Part gallery, part artist-run initiative, part research centre, SNO has been a nodal point for artists to meet, discuss, exhibit and publish. Over 400 artists, both Australian and International, have been a part of SNO (in one way or other) over the years. It has been a supportive and community-based project from the beginning.
Artbank has been a proud supporter of many artists in this flexible group. SNO always has, as part of their approach, an interest in emerging and new artists (which is shared ground with Artbank). SNO has also revisited historic moments of Australian abstraction, of which Artbank also developed a good holding.
The most provocative assertion SNO makes about the non-objective work being made is, far from a borrowed International style, the artists explore a particular Australian and regional vision of non- objective art “without losing their identity or authenticity.” This exhibition celebrates the strength of these artists.'