Megan Herring's Blog (17)

Until Oct 27; 'Tiny Peeks' Michael P Fikaris has curated an

exhibition of one page comics reflecting on the everyday. Artists in no

particular order are: Pip Stafford, Amber Carvan, Tim Molloy, James

James, Ben Hutchings, Jase Harper, Mandy Ord, Mel Roswell, Anthony

Woodward, Tom O'hern, Kirsty Madden, Michael Hawkins, Richard

Butler-Bowden, Ghostpatrol, M.P.Fikaris, Jo Waite, Athonk, Phoenix, Ha -

Ha, Cut, Rena Littleson, No Frills Art, Toni Ann, Tim Danko,… Continue

Don't miss out on the last week of Glen Skien's beautiful exhibition 'Oh Bird' which finishes up on the 26th of June at Hand Held Gallery.

Up next will be Collette Dane's Himalayan Annapurna, a handmade book installation accompanied by works on… Continue

Glen Skien's 'Oh Bird' opens at Hand Held on June 3, 6-8pm.

For almost a year now we have been looking forward to Glen Skien's exhibition at Hand Held. Opening NEXT WEEK, Glen will show his tobacco tin assemblages amongst other things.

" I'm not certain what came first…

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The next few months are going to be very exciting at Hand Held with an fantastic calendar of exhibitions lined up , many of them book arts exhibitions by Melbourne based as well as interstate artists.



Opening May 6 is Paul Compton's 'Houses of Blood and Rapture' a collection of pop-ups, fold-outs, zines and prints exploring Australian haunted houses (until May 29).



In June the much anticipated… Continue

Hand Held is back in swing for the new year an exciting exhibition program of objects, small works, book and paper arts. Our January exhibition, which continues through to Feb 6th, is Chloe Vallance's beautiful 'Step Lightly between the Branches. Chloe explores the figure in space with intricately detailed pencil drawings on a variety of surfaces from paint swatches to timber. From February 11 we will be exhibiting Selena de Carvalho's 'More Rogue… Continue

My Gallery, Hand Held,

is a small gallery in the centre of Melbourne.

The gallery focuses on the hand held object including the artist book- an innately hand held object that requires the viewer to touch in order to view. Alongside books, zines, posters, artist cards and postcards are other hand helds such as jewellery and metals, miniature sculpture and glass. The space is divided into two areas: an exhibition space to be rented by artists for… Continue

Hand Held Gallery (Melbourne) Presents Tangent Man Turns Left by Julian Chapple: an anthology of graphic works from recent travels. Opening tonight! The exhibition continues until December 5th. Also on show 'Travel Notes' a collection of artis

t books inspired by Travel. Gail Stiffe, Helen Malone, Judy Bourke, Jane Simon.

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Hand Held Gallery(Melbourne) will host its 2nd annual Bill Posters Poster and Postcard exhibition in December. Artists are asked to submit posters, prints or images in poster format ( how you interpret that - mounted, folded, rolled, loose, bound, one off or multiple, unconventional in shape and size- it's up to you!). Fee is $10 per image/item + 10 (A6) Postcards of the item (can be a detail - which will be collated into groups and sold by the gallery as part of… Continue

Hand Held Gallery is hosting an exhibition of photographic objects and small books by Jane Simon. Jane is a Sydney based artist who specialises in beautifully crafted miniature books and objects of a photographic nature. This exhibition involves a series of photographic objects documenting window frames, dusty glass, shutters, and views inside and beyond. The exhibition will include an artists’ book based on the series, and a collection of the… Continue

'Palm Reader',Hand Held's 1st Birthday Exhibition is in it's last week so if you get a chance, come on in to the gallery and take a look at this lovely book and object based exhibition which asked artists- object and book makers- to interpret the term Palm Reader. The responses are diverse and evocative. Exhibition continues until Saturday…

If you are in Melbourne this weekend, drop by Hand Held Gallery between 3-5pm for tea and cake and meet artists Melanie Wolfe and Lenni Morkel-Kingsbury. The girls will be in the gallery to chat about their current exhibition Axioms/Idioms: a mapping of language/culture; history/memory; emotion/truth.

Join Hand Held Gallery and artists Melanie Wolfe and Lenni Morkel-Kingsbury for the opening of Axioms/Idioms July 2nd 6-8pm. Exhibition Continues until August 1st, Mon-Sat 12-5pm.

Axioms/Idioms:

a mapping of language/culture; history/memory; emotion/truth...



Artists’ statement

Maps and charts are propositions of truth. They are axioms that we accept as being, somehow, 
self evidently true.
 Stumbling through both real… Continue

Axioms/Idioms: a mapping of language/culture; history/memory; emotion/truth… by Lenni Morkel-Kingsbury and Melanie Wolfe opens July 2nd(6-8pm) at Hand Held Gallery.

Maps and charts are propositions of truth. They are axioms that we accept as being, somehow, 
self evidently true.
 Stumbling through both real and imagined psychological geographies, 
we explore the subjective nature of language.
 Given the incongruities that exist between the… Continue

Just a reminder that Paul Compton's Tender Things exhibition is currently running at Hand Held. Tender Things playfully explores themes of the outsider, animism, nostalgia and the fragility of human life in a collection of handmade books, objects and drawings.The exhibition runs until May 26th. Gallery times are Mon-Sat 12-5pm. '…

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Miniscule/Massive/En Masse opens on the 27th Jan at Hand Held Gallery Melbourne6-8pm. The new exhibition is a playful experiment based around the experimental text 'Alley Cat Nomad', an unpublished novel by Adrian Lawson. The text, grammar and language of 'Alley Cat' is experimental, rythmic and unique and so too its bindings and reproductions should be rich with interpretation and play. In this exhibition the manuscript will be shown in many… Continue

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Colouring books, sketch books, paintings, miniature copies and a giant book will be on show in Andy Lawson’s new installation opening at Hand Held Gallery Tuesday 4th of November 2008, 7-9pm.



"There is Order...", is an installation which utilizes the methodology of multiples, collecting, enlargement, miniaturisation and collaborations with other artists, to create contemplative narratives from the mundane, the incidental and inconsequential.



Simple line… Continue

Hand Held gallery has recently opened in Melbourne. Hand Held is an object gallery with a focus on Artist books. I am seeking book makers who are interested in showing their work in the gallery, either as part of an exhibition(solo or small group show accepted) or within the space I am referring to as 'the bookshop' where I am at an early stage of developing a collection of artist books on show (and for sale). If anyone is in Melbourne the gallery is open Mon-Sat 12-5pm so come on in. Check out… Continue