Established in 2002 the Gertrude Editions are an annual series of specially commissioned limited-edition works of art.
The Gertrude Editions have been developed to raise funds in support of Gertrude Contemporary and to promote the connection between current studio artists and previous generations of leading Australian artists who have held studios and/or exhibitions at Gertrude Contemporary. The Gertrude Editions are held in several major private and institutional collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria and Monash University Museum of Art. Released to the public at the end of each year the Gertrude Editions usually contain some aspect of production that reveals the hand of the artist.
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Gertrude is delighted to announce the 2020 Gertrude Edition, contributed by New Zealand -born, Melbourne- based artist Brent Harris.
Brent Harris was one of the first studio artists in the Gertrude Studio Program, from 1987 – 1989, and has since forged a significant career spanning three decades, methodically evolving a practice of unique distinction. Harris has gained renown for both shifting and revisiting his artistic language with prescient surety. Working principally in painting and printmaking, Harris has defined an artistic practice of idiosyncratic aesthetic trajectory that is distinct in its progression and capacity for historical reflection, combining motifs and symbolism relating to religion and mythology in his distinctive, graphically bold, yet nuanced style.
For the 2020 Gertrude Edition, the artist has worked with two master printmakers to produce two new works, each available in a limited edition of 25.
At the Door, 2020 (left) is a photopolymer gravure etching with screen-printed elements, made with master printer Trent Walter at Negative Press, Melbourne. On the work, Harris says: She stands as avatar, at the threshold of a possible deep cosmic dimension, wanting for meaning. Yet the space is disturbed by a vertical pictorial stutter, throwing some doubt upon the seamlessness of this vision, the question of life.
Peaks, 2020 (right) is a photopolymer gravure etching, individually hand coloured, made with master printer John Loane at Viridian Press, Benalla, Victoria. On the work, Harris says: As in a dream, floating above a landscape, disparate elements form themselves into a large head. This emerging physiognomy might depict a developing consciousness, one in relation to a terrain that, in waking reality, must inevitably be traversed.
Each work is:
Image size 47.5 x 36 cm
Paper size 68 x 54 cm, unframed.
The prints are available for purchase for $1200 each, unframed. Gertrude is currently accepting reservations for works, which will be made available for pick-up or delivery from mid-January 2021.
Gertrude has worked with United Measures to develop an artist-approved framing option which is available at additional cost of $300. This framing method will present the work floated with a matt black finish frame with UV non-reflective glass (approximate dimensions 70 x 56 x 2.5 cm).
To secure your edition or editions, please contact Tracy Burgess - tracy@gertrude.org.au
The 2019 Gertrude Edition is emblematic of London-based Renee So's long-standing exploration and repetition of the Bellarmine, a domestic vessel depicting a bearded man with origins in Rhineland during the 16th and 17th century. Created especially for Gertrude Contemporary, this sculptural edition of 50 has been individually hand-cast in black Jesmonite from a clay master.
Instigated in 2002, the Gertrude Editions are an annual initiative developed to raise funds in support of Gertrude Contemporary exhibition and studio programs, and to promote the connection between current Studio Artists and previous generations of leading Australian artists who have held studios at Gertrude Contemporary.
Work Details
Renee So, Bellarmine, 2019
Black Jesmonite cast from original clay sculpture produced by the artist,
individually hand fabricated by Nick Johns
22 cm w x 8 cm d x 22cm h
Edition of 50 / Courtesy of the artist
$1750 inc GST
Limited stock is available now.
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Mira Gojak, Cutting through #26, #5, #44, #11, #27 and #19, 2018. Images courtesy of the artist and Murray White Room, Melbourne. Photo: Christian Capurro.
The 2018 Gertrude Edition by Gertrude Studio Alumni Artist Mira Gojak.
About the work:
Mira Gojak
Cutting through #1-50, 2018
Framed: 33.5(w) x 41.5(h) cm
Edition of 50 unique works
Courtesy of the artist and Murray White Room, Melbourne
Price: $1650 each including custom blue framing by United Measures, Melbourne.
For the 2018 Gertrude Edition, Mira Gojak’s unique series of 50 works, Cutting Through (2018), presents photographs of the desert sky that have been variously perforated and folded. Shot at a single moment in time, each work captures the gradation of the blue sky. Slicing through each image, the artist disrupts the monochromatic ground, creating shapes and forms by folding the underside of the photographic paper through to the surface.
Editions are available for purchase Online or in person from the gallery.
Mira has presented solo exhibitions at Margaret Lawrence Gallery,Melbourne; Murray White Room, Melbourne; Monash University Museum of Art presentation at the Melbourne Art Fair 2006; Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces; Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra; and First Floor, Melbourne.
Mira Gojak's work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank, as well as the Monash University Collection. She was a Gertrude Studio Artist 2004 - 2005 and is represented by Murray White Room, Melbourne.
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The 2017 Gertrude Edition has been created by leading Melbourne-based artist and Gertrude Studio Artist Alumni Damiano Bertoli, represented by Neon Parc, Melbourne. Bertoli has had significant involvement with Gertrude for almost two decades and is one of the most highly regarded artists of his generation.
There are 5 variations available for purchase, each in editions of 10. Each edition is printed on rag paper, individually hand coloured in pencil, box framed with black, stained Tasmanian Oak, dry mounted with UV resistant acrylic, and is 40x50cm.
The Editions are for sale for $1650 incl. GST and are available HERE
Gertrude Contemporary is delighted to announce that the 2016 Gertrude Edition will be produced by Paul Yore (represented by Neon Parc, Melbourne), who held a studio at Gertrude from 2011–2013. For this year's Edition, Yore has created 52 unique works on fabric—one for each lower and upper case letter in the alphabet—each representing a phobia or anxiety.
This year, Yore's Editions will be sold for $1650 each (inc. GST). They will be released for public sale at Gertrude Glasshouse on Saturday 26 November at the opening of Gertrude Editions (2002–2016), which will bring together all of the previous Gertrude Editions alongside the full set of Yore's 2016 Gertrude Edition.
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Image: Paul Yore, Arachnophobia, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc, Melbourne.
Gertrude Contemporary is pleased to announce that Jess Johnson is the 2015 Gertrude Edition artist.
The Gertrude Editions are a series of new, limited edition works of art, released annually on the occasion of the Gertrude Studios exhibition. The Gertrude Editions have been developed to raise funds in support of Gertrude Contemporary, and to promote the connection between current Studio Artists and previous generations of leading Australian artists who have held studios and/or exhibitions at Gertrude Contemporary.
The 2015 Gertrude Edition is a specially commissioned series of unique collages by Jess Johnson. Each work combines a hand-drawn figure or group of figures affixed to an archival pigment printed background, of which there are eight different variants. The background prints form part of Johnson’s inimitable repertoire of landscapes from parallel universes, which are inspired by science fiction narratives and their cover artwork, comic books, and videogames. These landscapes comprise jet-black skies, gridded floors rippling with primitive gradients, tessellating patterns in bricked architecture, mystical domes and colonnades. The figures are a cast of bald-headed men twisting and stretching in impossible contortions, and hybrid human–animal beasts. Johnson’s Gertrude Edition continues her explorations into multiple and co-existent alternative realities through drawing.
The work has been generously donated by Jess Johnson, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney and Ivan Anthony, Auckland.
Jess Johnson
SENSORIUM MACHINE, 2015
Gouache, pen, fibre tipped markers on archival pigment print, unique
28.2 x 38.2cm (paper size)
33.8 x 43.8cm (framed)
Unique State Edition of 55
Photo credit: Jess Johnson
Courtesy Jess Johnson, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney and Ivan Anthony, Auckland
The 2015 Edition has been supported by Yanni Florence.
The artist would like to thank Nicole Breedon, Victor Kuskoff (Colour Square), and Vasili Kaliman.
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Gertrude Contemporary is pleased to announce that Anne-Marie May is the 2014 Gertrude Edition artist.
The 2014 Gertrude Edition is a specially commissioned edition of thermally formed acrylic sculptures by Anne-Marie May, each one individually hand-shaped by the artist. Continuing her investigations into materiality, May transforms acrylic sheets into dynamic arrangements of interlocking curves through a process of heating and folding. The reflections cast by the sculptures’ transparent surfaces give the impression of drawings in light and space, blurring the line between two- and three-dimensional form.
May has exhibited extensively in Australia and New Zealand, with recent major curated exhibitions including Melbourne Now, NGV, Melbourne, 2013–14; Less is More, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2013; and 21st Century Modern, the 2006 Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2006.
The work has been generously donated by Anne-Marie May and Murray White Room, Melbourne.
Anne-Marie May
Untitled, 2014
Thermally formed acrylic
Dimensions variable
Unique State Edition of 50
The 2014 Gertrude Edition has been supported by Yanni Florence.
The artist would like to thank Lucina Lane.
Photo credit: Christian Capurro.
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Gertrude Contemporary is pleased to announce that Jon Campbell is the creator of the 2013 Gertrude Edition.
The Gertrude Editions are a series of new limited edition works of art, released annually on the occasion of the Gertrude Studios exhibition. The Gertrude Editions have been developed to raise funds in support of Gertrude Contemporary, and to promote the connection between current studio artists and previous generations of leading Australian artists who have held studios and /or exhibitions at Gertrude Contemporary.
The 2013 Gertrude Edition Yeah/Gertrude is a specially commissioned series of screenprinted works mounted onto plywood panels. Campbell has printed the word “YEAH” onto calico, and then cut, mixed and collaged the segments to create a suite of variations on his well known “yeah flag”. In proposing this affirmative text as a replacement for the official Australian flag, Campbell engages in what has been described as a “gentle activism”. With humour and feel-good optimism, he eschews strident nationalism in favour of an inclusive celebration of the small, the overlooked and the everyday.
Jon Campbell has shown in group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally. His work is in major public and private Australian collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Portrait Gallery. Campbell was in residence at Gertrude Contemporary in 1985–87 making him amongst the first artists to hold a Gertrude studio.
Yeah/Gertrude will be on exhibition at Gertrude Contemporary during Gertrude Studios 2013, opening 15 November, 6 – 8pm and running 16 November – 1 December.
The work has been generously donated by Jon Campbell, KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney.
Jon Campbell Yeah/Gertrude 2013Screenprinted calico, plywood30 x 60cmLimited edition of 50
The 2012 limited edition artwork is by internationally acclaimed artist Richard Lewer, who has created 78 unique, hand painted works, each of which represent a Tarot card.
Comprising all of the cards in the Tarot deck these works continue Lewer’s investigations into the extremes of human behaviour. In each of the 78 works, Lewer employs his distinctive expressive painting style to engage us in the battle between good and evil, darkness and light, all seen through his viscerally humorous lens.
In creating the series, Richard Lewer referred to a number of historical precedents including the 15th Century Visconti-Sforza deck, one of the earliest surviving examples of tarot imagery. Here, Lewer found common ground between narratives that have been central to his oeuvre and in imagery that for centuries has been used to reveal the self and divine the future.
Lewer is one of Australasia’s most eminent painters whose work has been shown extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand and internationally. His work features in significant national collections such as the Art Gallery of South Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. He has had significant solo exhibitions surveying his practice at Monash University Museum of Art and at the Waikato Museum, New Zealand, as well as showing in a number of important group exhibitions at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Richard Lewer
Tarot Card Series 2012
oil on epoxy-coated steel
30.5 x 22.5cm
Limited edition of 78
Work courtesy of Richard Lewer, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
Special thanks to Kerryn Wilson, All Panel Paints Fremantle, St Lukes Artist Colourmen, C. Tech Engineering, Fremantle Arts Centre, Famous Visual Services
Photo credit: Bo Wong
The 2012 Edition has been supported by Yanni Florence.
The work has been generously donated by Richard Lewer, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne and Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
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The 2011 Gertrude Edition Mirrorrim Sees is a specially commissioned digital pigment and screen print on Somerset paper in an edition of 50, signed and numbered by Michelle Ussher. Responding to the repetitive process of printmaking, the series combines 4 images in 10 permutations with 5 variations making each print unique. Mirrorrim Sees depicts the narrative of a three-faced woman relentlessly pursuing an object through a universe of parallel reflections. Ussher’s print plays with the infinite possibilities of perception in relation to fiction, holographic principle, alternate realities and contemporary theory. The work has been generously donated by Michelle Ussher, KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne and Barbara Flynn, Sydney.
Michelle Ussher
Mirrorrim Sees 2011
Screen-print, printed with 12 colours, 5 screens, 1 digital print, embossing, silver
pigment, pencil and watercolour
Print size: 84 x 59.5cm
Frame size: 90 x 65cm
Limited edition of 50
Work courtesy of Michelle Ussher, KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne and Barbara Flynn, Sydney
Artworks printed by Michelle Ussher and Lesley Sharpe at Wimbledon School of Art
Special thanks to Lesley Sharpe, Stephen Beasley, Matthew Noel-Tod, Acme Studios
Photo credit: Paul Knight
The 2011 Edition has been generously supported by Yanni Florence and Colour Square
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The 2010 Gertrude Edition has been specially commissioned and generously donated by John Meade and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne. Comprising a new sculptural work by John Meade in a limited edition of 50, the 2010 Gertrude Edition consists of a hand-cast Hydrostone spine, inset with polyethylene bristles, on a steel base.
John Meade
Screw Babs 2010
Hydrostone, polyethylene and steel
height 55cm
limited edition of 50
Work courtesy of John Meade and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Special thanks to Jethro Harcourt, Gasworks Sculpture Studio, and Yanni Florence
Photo credit: Andrew Curtis
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Comprising a new work by Benjamin Armstrong in a limited edition of 50, the 2009 Gertrude Edition is a wax and glass sculpture in three parts. As the glass has been hand blown, there are variations between the glass forms that make each Edition individual.
Benjamin Armstrong
Pink and Black 2009
blown glass and wax
dimensions variable
limited edition of 50
Work courtesy of Benjamin Armstrong and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Special thanks to Philip Stokes and Liza Martin
Photo Credit: Andrew Curtis
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The 2008 Gertrude Edition is a new photographic collage by David Rosetzky, which combines two portraits to question the boundaries between self and other. This work continues Rosetzky's interest in layering and portraiture, and the relationships between interiority and exteriority, gender and identity, realism and fiction.
David Rosetzky
Lindsey 2008
C-Type photo collage
Print size: 42 x 33cm, Frame size: 44 x 35cm.
Limited edition of 45
Work courtesy of David Rosetzky; Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
Generously supported by Exhibit Framing and Prism Imaging
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The 2007 Gertrude Edition comprises a new sculptural work by Nick Mangan - a bronze sculpture, cast from an assemblage of banksia pods, beeswax and coins. Inhabiting an uneasy space between growth and decay, totem and tourist kitsch, the work explores the environmental effects of culture on nature and the dubious progress of capitalism.
Nick Mangan
monument for small change 2007
cast bronze
21 x 11 cm
Limited edition of 50
Courtesy of Nick Mangan and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Photo Credit: Andrew Curtis
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Comprising a new sculptural work by Robert Owen in a limited edition of 45 unique states, the 2006 Gertrude Edition is a series of open cubes, which have been broken down and reconfigured into five different arrangements. The work plays upon the idea of “flowering” and continues Robert’s poetic and associative investigations into colour, form, and space.
Robert Owen
Florentia
2006
Painted steel
Dimensions variable (longest edge 30cm)
Production: Peter Skerys; Studio Assistant: Rosa Voto
Limited edition of 45
Courtesy of Robert Owen, ARC 1 Gallery, Melbourne and Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Photo Credit: Andrew Curtis
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The 2005 Gertrude Edition comprises a new print by David Noonan, which continues his complex layering of histories and genres - from the romantic sublime and the historical gothic to 1970s bohemia and hippie culture.
David Noonan
Untitled 2005
Etching, photo-etching, spit bite and aquatint, printed in 3 colours from¨two copper plates and one aluminium photo-etching plate
Printed by Martin King at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne 2005
Sheet size: 76 x 56cm. Image size: 64 x 45cm
Limited edition of 45
Courtesy of David Noonan and Uplands Gallery, Melbourne; Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney; and Foxy Production, New York
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Emily Floyd's work for the Gertrude Editions continues her investigation into the ways in which artists, curators and audiences learn to internalize and reproduce art discourse. Parodying the hype that can surround young artists, Important Emerging Artist provides a humorous and insightful commentary on the cliches used to market emerging artists.
Emily Floyd
Important Emerging Artist 2004
MDF, 296 letters, dimensions variable
Limited edition of 35
Courtesy of Emily Floyd and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Photo Credit: John Brash
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The 2003 Gertrude Editions comprise two hand-painted works on canvas by Kate Beynon, in limited editions of 30 unique states. These works further develop the theme and imagery of the multiple lives of Li Ji - 4th century warrior girl / 19th century Forbidden City Princess / 21st century inner-city Australian-Chinese girl.
Kate Beynon
Li Ji - Forbidden City memory 2003
Acrylic and aerosol enamel paint on canvas with wooden stretcher
12.5 x 12.5 x 3.5 cms
Limited edition of 30
Kate Beynon
Li Ji - Melbourne life 2003
Acrylic and aerosol enamel paint on canvas with wooden stretcher
12.5 x 12.5 x 3.5 cms
Limited edition of 30
Courtesy of Kate Beynon and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Photo Credit: John Brash
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Ricky Swallow
Forgotten Foundation 2002
Pigmented urethane resin multiple, comprised of two components, cast from wooden hand-carved originals
2 parts: 12.0 x 5.5 x 5.5 cms and 7.0 x 3.5 x3.5 cms, overall height 19.0 cms.
Limited edition of 55
Courtesy of Ricky Swallow and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Photo Credit: John Brash
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