He opened a small exhibiting space in the Mitte district of Berlin in 2008 and upgraded in 2015 to Phasmid Studios, a complex offering three to six-month residencies for artists and lecturers. Significantly, and parallel to a diverse exhibition program, it created opportunities for local artists to present their first one-person shows and to participate in art fairs both within Australia and elsewhere.Ī key strategy in this proactive program was a decision to establish a bridgehead in Berlin, which Greenaway recognised as an emerging hot zone for contemporary art and artists. When the gallery was established by director Paul Greenaway in 1991, Adelaide’s contemporary art-space landscape was enhanced by GAG’s program that mixed the best of local established and emerging talents with national and international artists.
But, as GAGPROJECTS (previously Greenaway Art Gallery) demonstrates, nimbleness in a context of shifting cultural tastes, economic realities and beckoning opportunities can pay dividends and bolster longevity.
They served their purpose, ran out of steam, were struck down by COVID or interest rates and so on. The roll call of the lost and disappeared is long. In between may be found hundreds of art spaces ranging from enshrined venues, including the Art Gallery of SA and Royal South Australian Society of Arts, and encompassing a wide spectrum from commercial galleries to artist cooperatives and “gallery without walls” pop-ups. Maybe it will be a team of writers, tasked to cover the scene from Adelaide’s first one-person exhibition (George French Angas, Legislative Council Chamber, 1845) to Samstag Museum’s Night for Day (2023 Adelaide Festival) in the Adelaide Railway Station concourse, a stone’s throw from the old Council Chamber building. One day, someone with a deep desire to tell the story of Adelaide’s art galleries and spaces will take up the challenge and embark on that long, lonesome journey. An expert’s guide to Tasting Australia’s Town Square Search All categories
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