Exhibitions
Slash Panache: GALLOP WALLOP
Exhibition Opening: 5:30pm - 7:30pm 22 August 2017
Exhibition: 1 August 2017 - 22 August 2017
Slash Panache: GALLOP WALLOP is another instalment in an ongoing collaborative project between textile artist Louise Meuwissen and animation artist Milo Gluth. Their virtually hosted and theatrically installed embroidertations are a celebration of the overlaps between these distinct and notoriously laborious Crafts. Presented by Lord Coconut for Craft Cubed 2017 Slash Panache: GALLOP WALLOP focuses…
Beneath and Below
Exhibition: 1 August 2017 - 22 August 2017
Featuring the work of Sarah Parker and presented as part of the Craft Cubed Window Walk. Beneath and Below is a still life installation of randomly placed objects comprised of seed pods, coral fragments, fine bone, rocks and minerals, all cast from high fired porcelain. The underlying link between these objects from nature found…
Locked
Exhibition Opening: 5:00pm - 7:00pm 28 August 2017
Exhibition: 25 August 2017 - 9 September 2017
Contemporary jewellery presented by artists of SquarePeg Studios, Sydney Locked investigates ideas of the unseen and the forbidden, both in the political and personal realm. What are the consequences of denying access to ourselves and to others? How open should we be? Where do we draw the ‘line’? In this exhibition six artists associated…
The Melbourne Cufflink – 2017
Exhibition Opening: 5.30pm - 7.30pm 24 August 2017
Exhibition: 25 August 2017 - 9 September 2017
Lord Coconut presents the fifth annual Melbourne Cufflink Exhibition and Student Acquisitive Prize. The exhibition features handcrafted cufflinks by some of the best jewellery students from Melbourne Polytechnic, The Design Centre Enmore, Sydney College of the Arts and Queensland College of the Arts (Griffith). The designs this year are truly amazing and who will…
Hedonism
Exhibition Opening: 5:30pm - 7:30pm 19 September 2017
Exhibition: 20 September 2017 - 7 October 2017
Hedonism is an exhibition of white cotton baseball caps which have been embellished, painted, sculpted, modified and the like by local artisans and is proudly presented as part of the Fringe Festival 2017. Artisans who wish to submit a proposal for a cap can download an application form HERE
Bears, Boomerangs, Bathers and Booze – Kitsch Australiana
Exhibition Opening: 5:30pm - 7:30pm 10 October 2017
Exhibition: 9 October 2017 - 28 October 2017
Mulga wood ashtrays, shell houses, souvenir spoons, tea towels or a southern cross tattoo. We all have (or had) a secret collection of these fabulous, or not so fabulous, souvenirs of our travels throughout Australia celebrating this wonderful country. Help Lord Coconut celebrate Seniors Week Australian style in 2017 by showcasing your own take on…
Trophy Wife Barbie
Exhibition Opening: 5:30pm - 7:30pm 16 January 2018
Exhibition: 16 January 2018 - 3 February 2018
Following the rapid growth of Trophy Wife Barbie on social media, conceptual artist Annelies Hofmeyr is having her first solo exhibition of mounted Barbie heads at Lord Coconut. With pieces made especially for Midsumma, Hofmeyr is keen for her work to facilitate discussion on modern gender issues and roles. Presented as part of Midsumma…
