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Nicholas Vivian (British)

Amazing, 2023

Oil on canvas

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Alex Colville (Canada 1920-2013) The Cyclist and the Crow

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Night lights, Francesco Pirazzi

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Ken Little - Hey 1996 Bronze

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Häger Blink // Monopol AB // Telephone (Sweden, 1980s)

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UFO futuristic interface

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Nam June Paik: Watchdog (1997)

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Nam June Paik: Watchdog (1996)

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sculpting the land - strijdom van der merwe (2005)

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Paweł Mildner type:BallPill

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Australia, 1978. Photo by Siegfried Eigstler.

From “Songs of Light”. https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaqpdLtWz1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jon Ching’s “Habitat.”

Opening on September 11th, 2022 at Beinart Gallery in Melbourne, Australia is artist Jon Ching’s solo exhibition, “Habitat.”

This show is the first group of paintings Jon has created since the birth of his son, and with new obligations, limitations and unforeseen challenges, the past year making these works has been a learning experience and one which has given his studio practice new meaning.

Ching notes that though the majority of the public seems to be in post-COVID pandemic mode, for him, with a vulnerable baby and new variants of the virus popping up regularly, the pandemic is in sharper focus than ever. He has maintained a sheltered lifestyle, rarely leaving his neighborhood. Consequently, he has become a lot more familiar with where he lives, which has directly influenced his work. Many of his paintings are derived from what he sees in his immediate surroundings: his habitat. With various flowering cacti that thrive in Southern California, a neighbor’s tortoise he passes on regular walks, monarch butterflies, woodpeckers and eucalyptus trees, his paintings are populated with the ecosystems he is part of.

Another pressing concern of our times is climate change, and this issue forms another aspect of Habitat. Some of these works explore new interactions between land and sea in which cohabitation and evolution form new pathways as the resilience of nature endures. Life finds a way until it can’t. Ching also continues to explore and create his “flauna” creatures, not just the liminal space between flora and fauna but blurring the line between these elements and the fungus kingdom as well.

Jon Ching’s deep fascination with the natural world is rooted in his childhood: he grew up surrounded by the natural beauty of O’ahu, Hawai’i. He is a self-taught painter whose detailed realism and devoted art practice are inspired by the interconnectedness found in nature. In his work, he strives to find balance between the natural and human worlds, searching for connections across nature’s kingdoms on both the metaphorical and physical levels. His work tends toward a surreal imagining of the limitless combinations and wonders nature can yield. Ching’s goal is to inspire admiration and love for the mystery and beauty of our world.