Object Fosters Design

The opening of exhibitions F!NK: Fostering Design and MATERIAL BY PRODUCT: The Curtain Gown gets Bones was celebrated at the Object Gallery on Friday 26 June.

BY jesse

June 30th, 2009

F!NK: Fostering Design and MATERIALBYPRODUCT: The Curtain Gown gets Bones at Object Gallery was opened by Professor Ted Snell AM, Chair, Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts and Director of the Cultural Precinct for the University of Western Australia. F!NK: Fostering Design is curated by Merryn Gates and is a Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre touring exhibition.

F!NK: Fostering Design is a retrospective of the F!NK + Co range and highlights the role of Robert Foster as the creative force behind this iconic Australian design company. Conceptually driven Melbourne fashion label MATERIALBYPRODUCT present new work from their signature Curtain Gown series in Object’s Project Space: The Curtain Gown gets Bones.

Both exhibitions run until 30 August 2009 at Object Gallery

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