Amelia Winata at Spring1883
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On Wednesday morning, I begrudgingly took two trams (one of which, the 57, is dubbed Melbourne’s most dangerous) to Bridge Road, Richmond, where I began my slapdash tour of the Spring1883 “satellite” exhibitions. My first destination was LON, the quiet success story of Melbourne’s commercial-gallery community. Run by fresh-faced, professional-BMX-rider-slash-artist-turned-gallerist Adam Stone, LON has recently relocated from Collingwood (LON’s old Easey Street site is now occupied by FUTURES) to this slickly renovated space. An adorable set-up of Pellegrino and champagne greeted VIP guests upon arrival. Stone’s mother Meredith acted as host, offering up cute banter while Adam quickly ate down a snack. Despite it being only midday, ArtOpenings@Melbourne founder and consummate art enthusiast Charles Lai gleefully popped a bottle—this was Spring’s Wall Street Stock Exchange bell.
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Artists: Tia Ansell, Simon Zoric, Dord Burrough, Sarah CrowEST, Kate Wallace, Kate Ellis, Danica Chappell, Adam John Cullen, Naomi Eller, Caleb Shae, Grace Wood, Lisa Young, Jake Preval, Bryan Spier, King Houndekpinkou, Claire Lambe, Tony Garifalakis, Christian Thompson, Sandra Parker, Rhian Hinkley, Pia Murphy, Shannon May Powell, Mia Boe, Julian Hocking, Jordy van den Niewendijk
Amelia Winata is a Melbourne-based arts writer and PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Melbourne. For the record, Amelia Winata consumed no champagne during her Spring rounds.
