Curating Multisensory and Food-Based Art
On 21 September 2022, I presented the talk “Curating Multisensory and Food-Based Art” at the Museum & Galleries of NSW’s event, SPARK: Museums. Ideas. Connections., at the Art Gallery of New South...
View ArticleBrenda May Gallery/MAY SPACE
I held the role of Gallery Manager from 2010 – 2019 at MAY SPACE, Sydney (formerly known as Brenda May Gallery 2001-2016) where I worked on 258 exhibitions (146 solo, 55 group, 57 video art) and 6 art...
View ArticleElizabeth Willing – Dessert II
Elizabeth Willing, Dessert II, performed on 3 October 2013, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, as part of the curated exhibition Sugar, Sugar, 1 to 19 October 2013. As part of Sugar, Sugar, Elizabeth Willing...
View ArticleAffect and food art
Paper presented at HDR Conference (Panel 5), UNSW Art & Design, 24 October 2019. Elizabeth Willing, Goosebump. 2010 (reinstalled 2013), detail of a participant eating a biscuit. Installation view,...
View ArticleNow Accepting Proposals for ‘Sugar, Sugar’
I am pleased to announce that I will be curating a second art + food exhibition in October at Brenda May Gallery. We are now accepting proposals from professional practicing artists so please read the...
View ArticleFurther Reading – 16 March 2015
+ READ: I have an article in the current issue of IMPRINT magazine. The piece is titled “Squashings, pressings, and stains: food as a medium in printmaking and works on paper” and discusses the work...
View ArticleFood Artists on Social Media
Social media has become a useful tool for artists to share new work, current projects, and upcoming exhibitions. This page serves as a space to collate and collect the accounts of artists working...
View ArticleFurther Reading – 27 January 2015
+ VIEW: Claire Anna Waton’s film The Falling, created specifically for Sugar, Sugar, was exhibited in the Video Platform at Art Stage Singapore 2015, on view at Marina Bay Sands from the 22 to 25...
View ArticleFurther Reading – 2 November 2013
Shelley Miller, Velocity, 2013 (left: day 1, right: day 29) sugar, edible cake decorating inks, 120 x 102.5cm + VIEW: Today is the last day to view Shelley Miller‘s sugar mural Velocity on the facade...
View ArticleElizabeth Willing – Pfeffernüsse
One of the focal points in Sugar, Sugar at Brenda May Gallery is the installation Goosebump, the 7-metre wall covered with over 300 pfeffernüsse biscuits. It took the Brisbane-based artist Elizabeth...
View Article‘Sugar, Sugar’ at Brenda May Gallery
Using the beguiling substance of sugar as their medium, the ten artists of Sugar, Sugar at Brenda May Gallery in Sydney, engage notions of permanence given the transient nature of the material. With...
View ArticleMylyn Nguyen – Sweet Tea
Only one more week until we install Sugar, Sugar at Brenda May Gallery! The work has started to arrive at the Gallery and I am incredibly proud of this exhibition, all of the artists are outstanding....
View ArticleJanet Tavener – Asparagus Pie
The Sugar, Sugar exhibition will be installed at Brenda May Gallery in about three weeks and in the lead-up to the show, I will be sharing a selection of the work that will be on view. You can see...
View ArticleSugar, Sugar catalogue
The Sugar, Sugar exhibition catalogue is now complete and available for purchase. The 20 page book is available for $5 + postage and if you are interested, please send me an email (mfizell AT gmail DOT...
View ArticleSugar, Sugar exhibition
The artists for the upcoming exhibition Sugar, Sugar have now been finalised and the show will feature ten female artists working with sugar as their medium. The artists include Matina Bourmas, Irianna...
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