As part of our residency for At The Junction of Two Rivers: The Wellington Exchange Project, we created a series of illuminated pop-up books that virtually ‘renovated’ the currently disused shops in the Wellington CBD. Quick Fix explores our fascination with vernacular rural architecture and preserving relics of the near past that may soon be…
Here is the installation video from the In Common exhibition at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. Thanks to the James, Jacob, Drew and Stephen for organising the drone to film the space for us!
Rising Lights.
Here are the images from our collaborative show with Greg Pritchard for the Nati Frinj Festival this year. We extended our work from Sydney’s Underbelly Festival in 2013. Streaming a live piece of theatre from the NatiFrinj program onto a non-traditional site.
Well we have finally made it. The work has gone through some dramatic shifts – like transforming from 3D photo sculptures, to our custom 2D photographic representations that show each item as it was originally designed, free from obstructions and centre stage! The show looks amazing, and here is a little sneak preview before tomorrows…
Our work ‘Habits and Habitat’ has been included in this years Tasmanian International Arts Festival! We jump on the boat on Sunday and install on Monday – Very excited to see how the prints turned out. We have had the works printed at 1440dpi on a lustre fabric, and this time we have a custom hanging system to make them easier to install. I will post pics of the install when we get there.
With the Easter Holidays coming up, and locals travelling around the region to visit friends and family, it is the perfect time to officially launch the ‘In Common: Public Places of the Riverina’ website! While you are all out and about, you might find time to stop and take a photo of a cherished object…
REALTIME MAGAZINE 118 DEC-JAN 2013/2014 Gail Priest interviewed us back at the end of October after catching up with us at the Underbelly Arts Festival earlier this year. Gail has written up a profile about our art practice, and living and working in regional NSW. Regional…
Here is the video for our latest project – In Common: Public Places of the Murrumbidgee/ Riverina. We hope this will help explain a bit about what we are after from the community. Why We Need Your Help – The Ronalds from TheRonalds on Vimeo.
The IN COMMON – Public Places of the Murrumbidgee/Riverina site is nearly due for launch so check it out, bookmark it and have a think about the images you could send us and come back after the official launch to contribute to the project!! www.incommon.com.au
Our studio (home) is being featured on the ABC Open website from Wednesday. Here is a link to the article on ABC OPEN – ABC OPEN- The Ronalds You can see and comment on the photo stream at Flickr here – Creative Space: The Ronalds
So Google is copying us again!!!! Here is an exceptional use of remote interaction – not that very dissimilar to the technology that we were using for the Roxy Show earlier this year.
Well we are back in full swing with the announcement that we have been given a creative development grant from Arts NSW
Hi and welcome to The Roxy Show, an interactive art experience by The Ronalds.
To participate in the show, you can be at the Roxy Art Space, or be viewing remotely….
WE ARE NOW LIVE IN LEETON – Check out the live stream here – www.theronalds.com.au/roxyshow
This morning we had a visit from Mr. Fox. He spent a fair amount of time running around in the yard while I tried to take photos of him. Thankfully Chook Chook is safe, but I cant say the same for the possum. Finally made a getaway!! I will do a few zoom…
We have had a very action packed day! We have secured a commission with the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery to create a site specific one-off work to celebrate their 40th birthday in 2015. We have been offered the entire gallery, so will be having a solo show of epic proportions!! We will also be…
We are very excited to find out that our work ‘Habits and Habitat’ will be on show in 2013/2014 at the Albury Library Museum.
We have been asked to put together a solo show to go in the new artspace at the Roxy Theatre in Leeton. Thanks to Dr Greg Pritchard from the Western Riverina Arts Board and his partnership with the Leeton Shire Council there is now a very well decked out gallery in the old supper rooms at the Roxy.…
We will be going to see Mick Harvey (from The Bad Seeds – among other things) and Vic and Sarah McEwans band Grace Before Meals tomorrow night a 5pm – part of the Remote Spaces performances. Should be great!!
We have been invited to create a performance for Vic and Sarah at the Wagga Art Gallery, the show is on this Saturday 24th from 6.30pm and would be well worth a look. I’m a bit nervous I must admit, we have never been involved in a performance before – but we have managed to…
More photos of Ganmain after another 108mls of rain
The flooded town of Ganmain taken on the 1st of March, 2012. We were up to 8 inches in three days, and today we are being inundated again!!
When: 27 January to 4 March 2012 Where: Former Albury Art Gallery, 546 Dean Street Albury. Price: About the exhibition The Albury Art Prize is one of New South Wales’ oldest municipal art awards. Past winners include Noel Counihan, Fred Cress, Robert Jacks, Louis Kahan, Deborah Klein, Daniel Moynihan and Imants Tiller. In 2012 the…
We attended the opening of the Albury Art Prize last night where our latest work made its debut. The show is of a very high standard and looks fantastic, and there were a lot of people at the opening which is always a good thing. We were also lucky enough to spend some time at…
Here is a video taken on the way home from Albury of the Hairy Panic and Umbrella Grass that is taking over Roping Pole Road. Looks pretty awesome – but also dangerous as a car caught fire along this stretch of road last year!
Albury Art Prize 2012 RSVP Here
Only six days until our new work – Opuntia Stricta, Prickly Pear (Country of Origin Series) 2011/2012 goes on display at the Albury Art Prize. The ‘Country of Origin’ project is dedicated to the documentation of transcontinental migration of plant, animal and human species globally, investigating the effect human intervention has had on the environment, be…
The work is now complete and we have managed to create an artwork that lurks in the shadows of Entally House, presenting the all too possible future of the estate. Our photograph does not impose itself within the environment, instead, it is neatly fitted and the high cupboards loom silently over the century old furnishings…
Today we found out that we are the winners of the Photography category for the Artists Wanted a Year in Review prize. We look forward to a lot of publicity from the win and are hoping to be picked up by a gallery in the US! Click here for further details – Artists Wanted Announcement . The…
We are currently finalising the details of our project for the 2011 Ten Days on the Island Festival – We have been lucky to be selected as one of the major commissions for 2011.
We will be attending the opening of the Museum of Democracy at Old Parliament House in Canberra on May 9. Our stitching/ photomontage technique has been used in an exhibit that documents the history of the Opposition Party
Habits and Habitat will be on exhibit at The Carriage Works, 245 Wilson Street Eveleigh as part of the Summer program for Performance Space from 11.02.2010 to 17.03.2010 ARTIST TALK IN THE CLUBHOUSE SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY AT 2PM PSpace Link Art Monthly Link …
We have managed to get sponsorship from Nikon and Kayell for the shooting of Habits + Habitat which is a tremendous help!
We are currently developing a new photo project ‘Specimen’ further developing our investigation of everyday objects and ‘to scale’ imagery. This project will incorporate photo sculptures and 2d prints.
We have completed shooting for Habits + Habitat at Glenlee. The exhibit forms part of the Summer 2010 program at Performance Space.
We have finished shooting the images to reconstruct the furniture for the Old Parliament House commission.
Completed the coverage of Stompin’s latest show – ‘Tales from a Small City’
Back from Tassie for the second weekend after shooting Stompin’s ‘Uncover This’
We are currently working on some large scale 1:1 photography for a possible commission at the CarriageWorks for Performance Space. We are proposing to create a life size photographic farm that will be strewn across the whole CarriageWorks site!!!
Uploaded the latest images from HOME by Stompin’ Youth Dance Co at the Meat Market in North Melbourne. See the website here.
From 28.08.07-02.10.07 We have a group show on at ThirtySeven Degrees in the Danks Street Depot with fellow artists Stefan Mauck and Isidro Blasco. Patrick Ronald & Shannon McDonell, Isidro Blasco, Stefan Mauck: ‘facades’ August 25 – October 2, 2007 In this stunning internationally cast exhibition four artists deal with the subject of…
Our m2 work is currently on display in the foyer of the ABN AMRO building in the Sydney CBD. The work ‘Rear 477 Dean Street Albury’ was selected as part of the ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award.
We have just been notified that we have won the Poimena Art Prize at Launceston Church Grammar and they have acquired our ‘Rear 477 Dean Street Albury’ m2. See the m2 website here POIMENA ART AWARD From June 29, 2007 to July 23, 2007 The winner of the $5000 Poimena Art Award for 2007…
We now have rabbit Stew!
Patrick and I have just put up our latest Stompin’ Youth Dance Company shoot of their performance HOME. The set design is beyond amazing – what a show! Click here to see the website Lounge Room Dining Room Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom Set
Since Off The Wall, we have been working on a few projects, and will be having an exhibition on Danks Street in Sydney in July next year. The Danks Street Depot
Patrick and I have been chosen to exhibit in Art Sydney 06, Off The Wall, this exhibit showcases emerging Australian photo artists. We are two of thirty unrepresented up and coming artists selected by art experts including artists Adam Cullen and Cash Brown, Merilyn Fairskye from the Sydney College of the Arts and Eric Matthews,…
