THIS IS NO FANTASY

THIS IS NO FANTASY was established in 2010 by Dianne Tanzer and Nicola Stein. The gallery is recognised for discovering and managing the careers of a small, select and diverse group of artists shaping Australia’s art discourse, both locally and internationally. Thee artists’ practices are characterised by rigour, critical engagement and a strong personal aesthetic. Central is examination of entrenched historical narratives and power structures, and a vision for change.

Resolutely committed to keeping their gallery stable small and home base in Melbourne, the gallery’s dynamic annual program of solo shows, curated exhibitions, and artist projects are complemented by a strong focus on off-site and institutional exhibitions globally with regular participation in international art fairs and public projects.

THIS IS NO FANTASY

108-110 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia

03 9417 7172

thisisnofantasy.com

Tue to Fri 11am–5pm,
Sat 12noon–5pm.

Exhibitions

Provenance

Group Exhibition

21 Nov - 14 Dec

Edge of Time

Ellen Dahl

18 Oct - 16 Nov

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The rhythm of creating

In a new collaborative exhibition at PS Art Space, in partnership with Cool Change Contemporary, five artists with process-lead practices contemplate material ethics through actively engaging in slowness and reuse.

Sally Gearon

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The ecstatic visions of Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien’s 2022 video work Once Again…(Statues Never Die) exposes the unseen emotional registers inherent to the struggle for colonial repatriation by mapping the places where poetics and politics intersect.

Michael Sun

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Scaling new heights

A new exhibition at the Australian National Capital Artists Inc (ANCA) asks 12 artists—including Dan Powers, S.A.Adair, Emma Beer and Lisa Sammut—to explore scale: from the miniature to the monumental.

Michelle Wang

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The photography of Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto captures uncertainty, ruin and empty splendour

Born in 1948, Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto works with photography, site-specific sculpture and architecture. Time Machine at the Museum of Contemporary Art surveys over five decades of his work, highlighting his conceptual approach to images and his continual investigation of the photographic form.

Jane Simon

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Ellen Dahl creates a dialogue between places

In her latest exhibition at THIS IS NO FANTASY, Ellen Dahl presents works from an ongoing photographic series that has captured many sites—from the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard to Tasmania—creating a dialogue between works that center place.

Sally Gearon

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Julie Gough on history’s many afterlives

In GHOSTLAND, her new exhibition at the ANU Art & Design Gallery, Julie Gough continues her lifelong inquiry into gaps and silences—while conjuring the apparitions that haunt Tasmania’s colonial past.

THIS IS NO FANTASY

THIS IS NO FANTASY

Exhibitions