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Located
in the inner-west precinct, on the south side of the city, Sydney
Non-Objective Contemporary Art Projects occupies one of Australia’s
most culturally diverse areas. Marrickville lies 6kms from the Sydney
CBD, within easy access by public transport that takes visitors
directly to the doorstep (see the map in CONTACT
for details). Sydney Non Objective Group Inc. is a registered not-for-profit
association and is partially funded by Arts NSW. As such, the SNO
Group committee coordinates activities held locally, nationally,
and abroad. The board for the association is primarily comprised
of artists originating from NSW, VIC, QLD and WA, and associate
members and friends from around Australia.
SNO CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS has 3 main gallery rooms and a Sound
Project facility, and is currently housed in an ‘Arts and
Crafts’ style building on the high street of Marrickville’s
shopping district.
In mid 2004 the SNO Group committee opened a single room (Factory
11) in a nearby warehouse but did not officially begin an extended
exhibition program there until March 2005. At the Factory 11 warehouse
14 group exhibitions as well as a series of wall works and collective
overseas projects were completed from 2005 to 2006.
A significant number of Australian and International artists have
contributed to the development of the program (see the ARCHIVE
and ARTISTS section for relevant
material). Since relocating to its current site, SNO committee members
have invited groups of artists interested in working within the
scope of the project to exhibit. In the current venue about 4 artists
per month are invited by SNO and whilst a particular cohesive aesthetic,
or dynamic, is always evident, each artist is allocated a room and
is free to choose an individual or more collaborative engagement.
The projects reflect a variety of approaches to the investigation
of non-objective art, abstraction, and other concrete and post-conceptual
concerns, and provide a balance of different experiential levels.
Significantly SNO has sustained a policy of presenting established
and emerging artists together, allowing for a broader perspective
concerning questions around non-objective art in both contemporary
and art-historical terms. The central idea that informed the inception,
and management, of such a project space remains. It is based on
a deliberate refocusing, and critical appraisal, of contemporary
Australian non-objective art today and how it relates to the broader
spectrum internationally. |
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