GALLERY ONE | NOAH SPIVAK
A LESS VIBRANT TWIN
SAT 28 JAN 3.30PM - FRI 24 FEB 5.00PM
OPENING EVENT SAT 28 JAN, 4.00-6.00PM
FREE TO ATTEND, INCLUDES ARTIST TALK FROM 3.30PM
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Monday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Wednesday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday closed
Sunday closed
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Platform Arts is wheelchair-accessible via our Gheringhap St entrance. Unlocked, accessible bathrooms are available on both ground and first floors.
For accessibility enquiries, please directly contact us at hello@platformarts.org.au
Please note, Platform Arts is a dry venue.
Spivak’s current processes collaborate with the alchemical world, creating temporal artworks that express a deep adoration (and understanding) for the materials used.
His fascination with the invisible and obsession for process-led experimentation culminate here at PLATFORM in a large-scale, site responsive installation. The result - a series of stress tests that exploit the relationship between precious metals and glass; with their surfaces being used to reflect and disillusion the physical space of the gallery.
A Less Vibrant Twin investigates the liminal space between narcissism and self-loathing by allowing the artist’s own insecurities to manifest themselves in a body of work that puts the gaze on display. Here, in this gallery, we are faced with ourselves: desires and diffidence reflected back at us. We are asked to contemplate the perspective of these bodies in both public and private. Upon realising just how fine this line is and how often it is traversed, A Less Vibrant Twin beckons us to consider the ways in which we view ourselves and the realities they construct.
For sales and enquiries, please contact curator@platformarts.org.au.
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Noah Spivak studied at the Cooper Union School of Art, New York and received a Bachelor of Fine Art in photography from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver (2015). He soon after migrated to Melbourne where he has been exhibiting and gaining a following since.
The artist’s compulsive urge to collect – objects, relationships, meaning – is used to explore the small phenomena of the reality we inhabit. Spivak’s current processes collaborate with the alchemical world, creating temporal artworks that express a deep adoration (and understanding) for the materials used. His fascination with the invisible and obsession for process-led experimentation culminate in a body of work that explores how we experience visual art and the subconscious decisions we make leading up to this moment.
Spivak won the 2021 Emerging Artist Award presented by FortyFive Downstairs (Australia) and has been featured as VOGUE Living's 'Fresh Take' - naming the artist as “one of the most promising young Australian artists” in 2022. Spivak’s work has been purchased for permanent collection, including by the Justin Art House Museum in Melbourne and the Estonian Consulate in Hobart. Spivak has exhibited both nationally and internationally.
Learn more: www.noahspivak.com