ART TALKS with .M Contemporary

Elefteria Vlavianos 'The Feeling of Memory' 2nd May to 23rd MayTodd Fuller 'Simple Love' 2nd May to 16th MayThis conversation brings together Todd Fuller and Elefteria Vlavianos, to discuss two practices that, at first glance, sit quite apart, yet, in discussion, reveal a number of shared beliefs.Moving between drawing and material-based processes, both artists reflect on how their works begin, and the role that repetition, labour, and accumulation play in shaping meaning over time. What emerges is a dialogue around making as a way of thinking, where images are not singular or fixed, but built through layering, fragmentation, and return.Central to the conversation are questions of multiplicity and memory. Whether through the doubling of forms or the proliferation of images across a surface, both practices explore how meaning shifts when an image is repeated, extended, or reworked. Time becomes embedded in the work itself, held within the marks, the process, and the duration of making.Rather than drawing direct parallels, the discussion opens up a shared space between the two practices, one that is shaped by process, attention, and an ongoing negotiation between control and intuition.

Lisa Jones, ORTIBAL ROOM 16th Oct - 08th NovClick the link bellow to browse this exhibition onlinehttps://mcontemp.com/exhibition/lisa-jones-solo-exhibition/The Orbital series draws it’s  inspiration from the intimate scale of 17th-century pocket globes — objects that mapped both earth and sky. Here, larger porcelain hemispheres invite new forms of interaction, their surfaces marked through a slow, tactile process of drawing on ceramic. Each line becomes a trace of movement, a record of time, and an echo of planetary rhythms. The meticulous process resists the immediacy of digital reproduction, transforming the ceramic surface into a site of reflection on presence, time, and space.Portable Hole shifts this lens to the overlooked surfaces of the urban environment. Through a combination of fine hand-drawn lines and laser-cut etchings on birch, the work captures the delicate fractures of pavements — small fissures that reveal hidden geographies shaped by time, wear, and the quiet force of nature. These circular forms evoke cycles of endurance and change, mapping the tension between the built environment and the natural elements breaking through.Together, these works present drawing as more than depiction: it is an embodied act of understanding. Whether tracing the vast motions of the cosmos or the smallest cracks underfoot, the exhibition invites viewers to consider how surface, line, and time intersect to reveal the narratives of place and presence.

🎙️ New Episode Out Now Resin Pouring Artist Rick Carlino sits down with Painter Cameron Haas to unpack his process and practice.From early life in Tasmania to completing his Honours at the National Art School in Sydney, Haas has developed a distinctive visual language rooted in the balance of form, colour, and precision. His seemingly simple, organic compositions invite viewers to project their own experiences, revealing the tension between control and openness in abstract painting.Hear Haas discuss how each work begins with a single line on paper and builds from there to resolve the pictorial space through colour, tone, and structure.NOVEMBER 13 — Exhibition Starts NOVEMBER 15 | 2–4PM — Opening Reception NOVEMBER 29 — Exhibition Ends🎧 Don’t miss this conversation and the upcoming exhibition — register now via the link in bio.

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Artist Talk with Andrew Nicholls at NASAndrew Nicholls, a finalist in the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize presents an artist talk at the National Art School (NAS). Recorded live on 12th April 2025 offering insight into his practice and the work selected for this prestigious award. Known for his meticulously detailed drawings, Nicholls explores themes of history and cultural exchange. This talk provides a unique opportunity to engage with his creative process and the broader dialogue surrounding contemporary drawing.-------------Andrew Nicholls is one of Western Australia’s most renowned and beloved contemporary artists, celebrated for his high-baroque and high-camp drawings, ceramics and photography, in addition to his expansive site-responsive curatorial projects, which have drawn inspiration from heritage and museum sites across Western Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom.Nicholls’ work explores how power has been expressed through aesthetics during the past three thousand years of Western culture. In particular, his works draw attention to seemingly benign or trivial artistic or folk traditions that nonetheless reveal profound insight into the political, social and economic context from which emerged. In recent years, this has particularly included the history of Western Magick, as a highly-subversive force on the fringes of Western culture.The artist explains:“As a lapsed Catholic boasting over two decades as an agnostic-atheist, during the 2020 lockdowns I was some-what bemused to find myself re-establishing a spiritual practice, when I was drawn to begin performing ritual magick. For me, as with practitioners throughout history, this provided a profound space of composure and empowerment from which to enact change in a world that had seemingly descended into chaos. My artmaking has subsequently aligned with this practice, resulting in works with a magickal intent built into them, or which are designed to encourage viewers to partake in ritual acts, or to strengthen my connection with various spiritual entities.”For 12 years, M Contemporary offered visitors and collectors the opportunity to experience a curated selection of the best emerging Australian artists alongside more established artists from around the world, fostering cross-cultural dialogue and provoking thoughtful reflection on global issues. Committed to being progressive, diverse, and nurturing fresh talent, we provide continuous visibility through exhibitions and art fairs.Visit us in Darlinghurst or explore our artists, events, and available works online.follow us @mcontemporary & visit https://mcontemp.com/ for more information. 

Join artist Todd Fuller for his artist talk in the gallery during his exhibition of '1940: BASED ON A TRUE STORY', recorded live Friday 13th June 2025.available to watch on youtube https://youtu.be/7p_OqUKskQY‘1940-Based on a True Story’, is a speculative history piece focusing on two men who may have been same-sex lovers during World War II. While the evidence around this pair is inconclusive, diary entries and other primary materials suggest a special relationship between a young Australian pilot who died in the Battle of Britain and his older male guardian, who sponsored his aeronautical training after bringing him to England. This piece also highlights the obscured nature of queer history—a consequence of homosexuality historically being illegal, often leading to the erasure of evidence. The elevation of queer history has been an important objective in my practice, aiming to challenge dominant narratives and honouring the lives and relationships of LGBTIQ Australians who were forced into the shadows. In my hand-drawn animation practice, I embrace the imperfections and traces left by the animation process, allowing the medium’s remnants to echo uncertainty and suggest gaps in historical narratives. Through this work, I aim to mobilise whispers of a past, inviting viewers to engage with the spaces between known facts and imagined realities.Todd Fuller is a well-known Australian Artist whose work extends traditional notions of drawing across film, animation and performance works. Fuller is best known for his hand drawn animations which address a broad range of themes including Queer and Regional Narratives of Australia past and present. His narratives often position audiences to consider connection between person and place, love and loss, commonality, difference and belonging.He has been awarded a number of residencies that have informed and developed his practice, including time spent at Bundanon Trust, Hill End, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, as well as international stints at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, the British School of Rome, and recently the NG Creative Residency in Provence.A graduate of Sydney’s National Art School, Fuller has exhibited widely across Australia. He was a finalist in the 2019 Sulman Prize, won the prestigious Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award in 2018, and his work is present in various public and private Australian collections, including the Parliament House Art Collection, Artbank, Sydney Harbour Trust, Museums of HIstory NSW, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Muswellbrook Arts Centre, Grafton Regional Gallery and the State Library of New South Wales . Alongside his national success, Fuller has gained international attention, with his works in exhibitions in the United States, Italy, France, South Korea, Bangladesh, England, Singapore and Malta.Follow us on instagram @mcontemporary