Compact

Overview

In an age of MacBook Air and SmartCars, the most recent exhibition at Fehily Contemporary comes with a fitting brief. All artworks on display have be made within a space constraint. 30cm by 40cm to be precise. Up against the spectacularly huge work on display at NGV's Melbourne Now, this is quite novel — a welcome readjustment of our perspective that allows us to take in the smaller details or hidden gems.

That being said, there are lots of familiar artists' work on display, many of which actually have pieces you may have seen in Melbourne Now. Ash Keating has been getting a lot of press recently for his amazing large-scale work with the use of paint-injected fire extinguishers, but with his name on the lineup for this exhibition it will be interesting to see what he comes up with under the brief. Other work you may recognise includes the photography of Georgia Metaxas who is well known for her Mourners' series, and Abdul Abdullah who had work in Next Wave's fundraising exhibition last week.

The responses to the brief include photography, sculpture, drawing and tapestry, and all are conveniently priced under $2,000 for those that want to take the pieces home.

For a full list of participating artists and further examples of work on display, check out the website.