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fortyfivedownstairs
fortyfivedownstairs is an independent Melbourne based theatre and gallery located in Flinders Lane in the CBD ; a cultural destination for standout emerging and established artists and performers and their audiences.
fortyfivedownstairs was established in 2002 to provide an affordable and supportive inner city venue for theatre performances, music and exhibitions by a wide range of artists and to show work of excellence to local, interstate and overseas audiences.
We have two gallery spaces, one small and beautiful, one large and magnificent. Our exhibitions change bi-weekly and vary widely in medium and style whilst retaining a high level of quality and a consistent curatorial direction.
Address
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Flinders Lane Precinct
Victoria
Australia
Postal Address
45 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000
Australia
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Flinders Lane Precinct
Victoria
Australia
Postal Address
45 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000
Australia
Opening Hours
gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm Saturday 12pm to 4pm
Price
Admission to exhibitions is free.
Wheelchair Access
gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm Saturday 12pm to 4pm
Price
Admission to exhibitions is free.
Wheelchair Access
No
Gallery: fortyfivedownstairs
Mary Edquist lives in Melbourne and is an emerging artist who resumed her painting career in 2004.
Gallery: fortyfivedownstairs
A series of colourful portraits which evoke Kandinsky, and art furniture that is pure Bauhaus.
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An exhibition of photographs highlighting the extraordinary beauty and value of the Tasmania environment, and to open minds to the fact that these places are so valuable that peaceful protest is a legitimate tactic employed in the face of their imminent destruction.
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Vivien is an exhibition that allows the public a rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the unique costume collection of one of Melbourne’s most iconic and respected performers.
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Identity, gender, sexuality; feelings repressed by tradition explode in an innovative and expressive use of lacquer and oils by Vietnamese artist Giang Nguyen.
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An exhibition of recent artwork by Sergey Bezsnertny, Pereira and Alice Blanch.
fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000
www.fortyfivedownstairs.com Tue – Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 12pm to 4pm
free admission
45 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000
www.fortyfivedownstairs.com Tue – Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 12pm to 4pm
free admission
Gallery: fortyfivedownstairs
CAE final year Diploma of Visual Art students are exhibiting their work at fortyfivedownstairs, with an exciting exhibition of painting, printmaking, works on paper and sculpture.
This large group show highlights the work of artists with a diversity of backgrounds and life experiences.
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Chinese Contemporary Art Consultants (ccartc) brings everyday China to Melbourne’s door. After the April success of Yang Yongliang’s premier Australian exhibition ‘On the Quiet Water’ ccartc is excited to continue to bring dynamic contemporary Chinese art to the Melbourne.
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In Your Face is a series of portraits of the residents of a Rooming House in St Kilda, Melbourne. It is a study of faces, gnarled and worn, frantic and joyful, faces perhaps rarely appreciated and often overlooked in the western world.
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The paintings in this exhibition depict the urban landscape and domestic scenes.
Gallery: fortyfivedownstairs
The works in Bill Hay Shows Signs of Life are return to the imagery of gateway signs which Bill Hay created as oil paintings during 2001 – 2002.
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“Beyond romance or nostalgia, Lawler’s lucid visual studies reveal the aesthetic beauty of the stories being written and rewritten onto this responsive and at times fragile environment.” Amy Barclay, curator
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Between Lines comprises a series of aerial photographs taken in the Kimberley, far north Western Australia. This remote area is embedded with stories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous inhabitants, transitory visitors and scarred by multinational companies resource development.
Tue – Fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 12pm to 5pm.
free admission
free admission
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Melbourne artist Joey North’s new work is a body of sculpture in reclaimed timber and found objects .
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Inspired by the notion of ‘swarm intelligence’, Megan Evans has created a large scale installation of eucalyptus leaves that ‘swarm’ across the walls of the gallery. Titled ‘The Fall’, the exhibition includes an extraordinary collection of leaves collected over many years, some from Healesville near her mother’s home which was surrounded by the recent fires.
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“Tiny Tunes for Wee Australians” is an exhibition of small works on paper by Mexican artist Roberto Márquez. These works contain multi-cultural references as well as personal commentary on his Australian sojourns. Many of the works are intended to be humorous.
This exhibition is produced in association with Bonney-Tannock Art Enterprises Pty Ltd
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The delicate and detailed paintings and drawings in Stephen Nova’s exhibition Invisible Cities, are built up of many layers, like cities themselves, ‘cranes pulling up other cranes, scaffoldings that embrace other scaffoldings, beams that prop up other beams’, only then to be scraped back, erased and destroyed.
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Ryan F Kennedy is an emerging artist from Brooklyn, New York who is in Melbourne as part of an inaugural artist’s residence organised by Walk to Art in conjunction with Melbourne Girls Grammar. RFK is working as artist in residence at Melbourne Girls Grammar for three months, from August to October.
