The Rocks Archives

The Navigator – James McMahon Dale @ Galleryeight

It's really hard for us to appreciate landscape painting. Maybe its residual damage from harrowing high school essays on the Heidelberg School, who knows. James McMahon Dale in his exhibition "The Navigator", has taken the traditional landscape and cut the fat. All that remains is…

Film Stills from Westerns – Andrew Robards @ Rocks Popup

"Film Stills from Westerns" is a new project from Andrew Robards. As part of his Masters studies, Robards has been locked away at Rocks Pop-Up for a 2 week residency. The result of which was this exhibition. The project examines the repetition of images within…

Project 5 Volume 4 @ The Rocks

This year Project5 is turning 4. If you're new to Project 5, here's a nutshell explanation: 4 artists are provided a massive panel each and put out in public to entertain the masses with their arty skills by painting said panel. The finished works are then auctioned for…

Dementia – Tilly Leahy @ galleryeight

Sydney local and COFA 2011 graduate Tilly Leahy opened her latest exhibition at galleryeight last Friday night. There was something undeniably beautiful and devastating about the collection of portraits focusing on her grandmother's struggle with dementia. 4432

Fabrication – 12 artists @ galleryeight

galleryeight has once again come up with the goods with their new show 'Fabrication.' Opening on April Fools Day, 12 artists were asked to submit their response to the notion of the hoax or the idea of creative fabrication. 3588