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Richardson's works are held in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW, Heide Museum of Art, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Artbank, City of Fremantle, MerriBek Council and the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art.Richardson is the founding editor of CoUNTess a blog publishing data on gender representation in the Australian visual arts sector.The first Countess Report authored by Richardson, was released in 2016 a sector wide bench marking data collection project, and which re-launched as Countess.Report in 2017 in collaboration with Amy Prcevich and Miranda Samuels and producing the updated 2019 Countess Report. You can find out more about the Countess report here https://countess.reportYou can find out more about Elvis on her website https://elvisrichardson.comTo see the images discussed - Dorothy and Jack -please click here https://elvisrichardson.com/Slide-Show-Land-Dorothy-and-Jackto see the 'gates' discussed at 20 minutes in https://elvisrichardson.com/Settlement-the-Gatekeepers
Since 2008 CoUNTess has been commenting and reporting on art institutions, prizes and journalism, exposing the unequal gender representation in the Australian visual arts sector. A new book about the pioneering blog and later, data project Countess Report, started by Elvis Richardson has been co-written by Melinda Rackham.Using the current of water as a metaphor for family memories, history and existential threats such as climate change, Gail Mabo along with Dominic White and Lisa Waup, are installing works for Current, at the McClelland sculpture park south-east of Melbourne.Mayco Naing was born in Myanmar in 1984, and grew up in an atmosphere of political repression and fear. Her path to becoming a professional photographer was more practical than many: she worked in a Yangon photo studio for ten years. Now she is an artist in exile, fleeing after the 2021 military coup, where she documented months of barricades in Yangon's neighbourhoods.
Elvis Richardson's art practice reveals the value and mystery in an ordinary life, as well as the harsh reality of its precariousness. She relies on found images and objects, sourced from the public domain, online or on the street, to give voice to the stories often deemed less interesting. A significant part of her practice includes a major research project The CoUNTess Report. It is both art and advocacy, collecting and analysing data on gender imbalance across the art world and was the impetus for the #knowmyname movement. Elvis did her MFA at Columbia University NY and achieved her PhD through Deakin Uni in 2019. Elvis is represented by Galerie Pompom in Sydney and Hugo Michell Gallery in Adelaide, and is represented in major public collections in Australia. You can see Elvis' work on her website and to read more about The CoUNTess Report, go to https://countess.report/, www.galeriepompom.com, www.elvisrichardson.com For other episodes go to our Instagram page FineArtFiona.
In this first recorded ACCA Book Club, Elvis Richardson and Melinda Rackham discuss their forthcoming publication 'CoUNTess: Spoiling Illusions since 2008', specifically '‘Chapter 3: My Brilliant Art School Career’ with participants on Zoom. ACCA Book Club is our new monthly lunch-time catch up about reading, writing and more. Each month, we invite a special guest and previous contributor to ACCA publications, to lead an open and active discussion with participants about a written or spoken-word work of their choice online via Zoom to a small group. Further information including speaker bios available here: https://acca.melbourne/program/acca-book-club-elvis-richardson-melinda-rackham/ More information about CoUNTess Report available here: https://countess.report/ Recorded on 10 June 2020
Art historian Joanna Mendelssohn and CoUNTess report founder Elvis Richardson on the gender imbalance in both the art history canon and contemporary art scene in Australia, producer Hannah Reich takes us to the optical illusions of Escher x nendo at the NGV, Karla Dickens on winning the inaugural $80,000 Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund visual artist fellowship, and Phuong Ngo gives us his Top Shelf ahead of his 10-day performance work at Sydney Festival in January.
Art historian Joanna Mendelssohn and CoUNTess report founder Elvis Richardson on the gender imbalance in both the art history canon and contemporary art scene in Australia, producer Hannah Reich takes us to the optical illusions of Escher x nendo at the NGV, Karla Dickens on winning the inaugural $80,000 Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund visual artist fellowship, and Phuong Ngo gives us his Top Shelf ahead of his 10-day performance work at Sydney Festival in January.
This is the fourth and final symposium in ACCA's Symposium Series 'Unfinished Conversations'. Convened by Vikki McInnes with guest speakers Janine Burke, Jacqueline Milner, Elvis Richardson and Gemma Weston, this symposium explores how gender bias effect the arts, and what the gender representation in national art collection tell us about our society. This symposium is introduced by Angela Goddard, Board Member, SHEILA, A Foundation for Women in Visual Art, and current Director of the Griffith University Art Museum. Recorded at ACCA on Saturday 17 March
Episode notes:Two guests:1, Charles Lai - the link to Charles' blog where he lists all the art exhibition openings in Melbourne.http://charlesartlife.com2, Monique La Fontaine - http://www.moniquelafontaine.com.auThe exhibition mentioned by Charles in this episode:1, Cyrus Tang's solo exhibition titled 'Golden Hour'.17 April - 19 May. at Arcone Gallery. https://arcone.com.auThe list of films that Cyrus uses as the titles of her portrait photographs.To Live, 1994, directed by Zhang Yimou - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Live_(1994_film)Ten Years, 2015 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years_(2015_film)A Simple Life, 2011, directed by Ann Hui - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_LifeThe artist mentioned by Charles:David Rosetzky - http://davidrosetzky.comHis video work - Forever - http://davidrosetzky.com/work/heart-forever/His work 'Custom made' at Buxton Contemporary - https://buxtoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/the-shape-of-things-to-come/the artists in my comments:1, Angelica Mesiti - http://www.angelicamesiti.comher work Rapture, 2009. http://www.angelicamesiti.com/selectedworks/#/rapture/2, Gerhard Richter - https://www.gerhard-richter.com/en/The exhibitions that Monique mentioned:1, Kyneton Contemporary Triennial - http://kynetoncontemporary.comSarah Rudlege, 'Kyneton 6m50sec', - http://kynetoncontemporary.com/sarahrudledge/Elvis Richardson - http://kynetoncontemporary.com/elvisrichardson/Jessie Stanley - http://kynetoncontemporary.com/jessiestanley/Tom Borgas - http://kynetoncontemporary.com/tomborgas/Force field: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_field_(physics)2, Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a case study21 April - 24 June, Australian Centre for Contemporary Arthttps://acca.melbourne/exhibition/dwelling-poetically-mexico-city-a-case-study/Host note:In this episode, Charles took us to the process of creation of Cyrus's new portrait works. The works are currently shown in her solo exhibition 'Golden Hour' at Arcone gallery. Charles did not only share his unique experience of being an participant in Cyrus's production, but also his insights and interpretation of Cyrus's works. As he unravelled his thoughts and options on Cyrus's works, he also unlocked some potion about his life and drew a self-portrait for us. Meanwhile, with her generous description of the works in Kyneton Contemporary, Monique presented a vivid image of this past art event. She highly spoke about the works she saw at Kyneton Contemporary. But she still honestly slipped in a critical comment on what KCT had missed. Monique also shared her critical views and disappointing feeling towards 'Dwelling Poetically' at ACCA. Both Charles and Monique are excellent and eloquent speakers. I am sure you will get a lot from this episode. (pleases forgive and skip my 'dribbles'.)I served Nicoise Salad for all the guests after the recording. Unfortunately, I did not take any photographs of the food this time.
Esther Anatolitis in conversation with Elvis Richardson, the curator of 2018 Adelaide Biennial. They discuss the exhibition, artists and the arts in South Australia.
This Wild Song | Honest conversations with Australian artists about art, business and life
This Wild Song (TWS) celebrates Australian female visual artists through portraits, interviews, exhibition and events. Created by Melbourne artist Ilona Nelson, this long term and large scale project seeks to address gender equality in a positive way and support Australian based artists. Gender inequality is still prevalent in the arts: 74% of visual art graduates are women yet only 34% of museum exhibitions are by women for example. Melbourne artist Elvis Richardson has a fantastic project called The Countess Report where she gathers data on gender representation in Australian contemporary arts, you can see her research at thecountessreport.com.au Ilona found after hosting only the second TWS forum the same questions kept being asked: If you could start again, what would you do differently? How do you run your arts business? How do you structure your days? How do you fit in your practice when you’re a parent? Are formal qualifications necessary for a successful career? And so, she decided to create this podcast to answer these questions. Plus we’ll also discuss self care, representation, self promotion and women in the arts. The podcast is a series of honest conversations with TWS artists about art, business and life. It’s designed to be a resource for artists by addressing the realities and practicalities of being a professional artist, and the ‘business’ of art. In this episode Ilona shares the story of TWS of how it began and has evolved over the years, the concept behind the portraits, and how she has financially supported the project. / Learn more about the project and TWS artists at thiswildsong.com.au / Follow us on instagram @thiswildsong Music: Rapture by Myfawny Hunter myfanwyhunter.com Editing: Alana Helbig alanahelbig.com To support TWS and continue the conversation go to patreon.com/thiswildsong If you like what you hear please Subscribe, Review and Share!
For this episode, Esther Anatolitis is in conversation with artist and activist, Elvis Richardson. Founder of the Countess Report, Elvis has been exposing gender inequity in the arts since the blog launched in 2008, and subsequent 'counts' of gender imbalance in gallery and museum representation, media and opportunities. Elvis lives and works in Melbourne, and has an upcoming show at Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial, and a new website for The Countess Report.
This episode, we broke the taboo around periods, exploring how the silence around menstruation affects people around the world, from education and sanitation to emojis. We were also joined by Elvis Richardson, founder of CoUNTess - the organisation researching gender representation in Australian contemporary art. Elvis spoke about the challenges around collecting data, and how research methodologies have evolved as conversations around gender and intersectionality have become more diverse. You can donate to the cause here.
Thank you for listening to this Artist Talk produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. In this live recording exhibiting artist Elvis Richardson explains her work on display in Versus Rodin: bodies across space and time. This exhibition is showing until 2 July, 2017.
The first episode of What are you looking at?, The Gap, follows on from our successful art and feminism symposium series and specifically focuses on the pathways for women artists through the art institution. What are you looking at? Episode 1 features words from Take 2: Conversations on Art and Feminism speakers, Jackie Dunn and Elvis Richardson, co-convenor Mary Scott and interviews with artists Pat Brassington, Rachel Kendrigan, Selena De Carvalho, James Newitt and Rosemary O'Rourke.