Rose Nolan
Rose Nolan (born 1959) is an Australian visual artist based in Melbourne with work held in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.[1][2] She makes work in a variety of material forms: books, small sculptures, photographs, posters, paintings, banners, multiples and large-scale installations. A reduced palette of red and white is characteristic of her work. She uses raw and inexpensive materials, such as hessian and cardboard; with the work displaying an unmistakable sense of personal labour through its handmade aesthetic.[3][4]
Career
Nolan was a member of the group of artists who formed ‘Store 5’, a loose experimental collective and artist run space based in Melbourne between 1989 and 1993.[5] She was one of a group of Australian artists who were part a loose cooperative and space connected to the experimental Store 5 Melbourne ARI between 1989 and 1993.[3] The Store 5 artists shared an interest in the traditions of non-objective art, a form of art that relinquishes describing the exterior world in favour of examining the artwork in its material form.[4] Frequent tropes include language, concentrating on the linguistic qualities of words and their connection to architectural space as a material form .[3] Additionally conceptual art, as well the aesthetics of Russian constructivism which adopts the language of abstraction and revolutionary aesthetics and its relationship to a pragmatic utilitarian approach to art, architecture and design with utopian, even revolutionary, social ideals continue to inform Nolan's work today.[3][4] Since the 1980s Nolan has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally.[2]Nolan is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery.[3]
Selected exhibitions
Selected shows include
- f_OCUS, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, (2020)[6]
- Bauhaus Now, Buxton Contemporary Art, Melbourne, curated by Ann Stephen, (2019)[7]
- The National 2017; New Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, (2017)[3]
- GIVE OR TAKE, Public Art Commission, Monash University Caulfield Library , (2017)[8]
- Let's Talk About Text, Artbank, Sydney, (2017)[9]
- Big Words – To keep going, breathing helps (circle work), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, (2016–17)
- Image Worth Reading, Key Projects, Long Island City, New York (2015)[3]
- Big Words – UP DATE/DOWN LOAD (circle work), Art Basel, Hong Kong, (2014)
- Taking it all away: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, (2014)[10]
- Performance Architecture, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne (2013)[2]
- It’s okay to be alright Melbourne Art Tram. Commissioned by Yarra Trams and Melbourne Festival, (2013)[11]
- Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2013[10]
- Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales, MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca, Multiple Cultural Venues, Oaxaca, Mexico, curated by Matthew Deleget & Emi Winter (2012)[12]
- Forever Young: 30 Years of the Heide Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, (2011)[10]
- The Solo Projects, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne International Arts Festival (2011)[3]
- It's not good to worry about space, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, (2008)[4]
- Why Do We Do The Things We Do, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2008)[3]
- Whenever, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand, (2007)[13]
- Work in Progress #3, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne (2002)[3]
- White trash banners: Congratulations!, It's a girl!, Mother and daughter are both well!, First tooth!, She walked for the first time!, She said 'Papa' for the first time! The Potter Museum of Art, (1996)[14]
- My way to God # 1-30, Store 5, Melbourne, (1990)[15]
- No.One, Store 5, Melbourne (1989)[15]
Selected reviews
Reviews include
- The national, New Australian Art, Kelly McDonald, Big Words – To keep going, breathing helps (circle work), (2017)[16]
- Rose Nolan, With all one’s might and main, Chris McAuliffe, Project Space, RMIT, 1996, (2014)[17]
- Un Projects, Carolyn Barnes, Conflicted Territory: Aesthetics and practices in the work of Melinda Harper, Anne-Marie May, Rose Nolan and Kerrie Poliness, 2012) [18]
- Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, An orange constructed one, (2006)[19]
- Frieze, Sue Cramer, Forever, Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne, Australia, (2002)[20]
Selected publications
- Big Words (Not Mine) – Read the words 'public space'... Published by Negative Press, (2017)[21]
- Enough, Rose Nolan, Limited edition, Published by Negative Press (2016)[22]
- Rose Nolan, Why Do We Do The Things We Do, 2011, Eds.: Blair French, Robert Leonard, Published by Artspace Sydney and Institute of Modern Art. (2011)[23]
References
- "Rose Nolan | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- "Rose Nolan | Artist Profile, Exhibitions & Artworks | Ocula". ocula.com. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Rose Nolan | Anna Schwartz Gallery". Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Rose Nolan | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "In Conversation: Stephen Bram, John Nixon and Rose Nolan – Saturday 1 June, 11.30am". Buxton Contemporary. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- Council, Moreland City. "f_OCUS". Moreland City Council. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "BAUHAUS NOW!". Buxton Contemporary. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Rose Nolan". Monash University Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "ARTBANK". Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Rose Nolan · Events at The University of Melbourne". events.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Australian Centre for Contemporary Art". acca.melbourne. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "MINUS SPACE | MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca: Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales, Multiple Cultural Venues, Oaxaca, Mexico". www.minusspace.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Rose Nolan: Whenever". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "The Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s". The Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- Nolan, Rose (2019). "Nolan CV" (PDF). Anna Schwartz Gallery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Artists | The National". the-national.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Chris McAuliffe Art Writing Music". Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Conflicted Territory: Aesthetics and practices in the work of Melinda Harper, Anne-Marie May, Rose Nolan and Kerrie Poliness - un Magazine 6.1 - un Projects". unprojects.org.au. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "An orange constructed one, (1993) by Rose Nolan". Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- Cramer, Sue. "Rose Nolan". Frieze (70). ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "009 Rose Nolan". Negative Press. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- Nolan, Rose; Negative Press, publisher. (2016). Enough (Limited ed.). Melbourne : Negative Press. ISBN 978-0-9944139-5-6.
- Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art. "Rose Nolan: Why Do We Do The Things We Do". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 13 March 2020.