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David McBurney Mountain is a Mountain

Mountain
searching for nature

Searching for Nature
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Nature I, II & III
Space by David McBurney, detail

Space

Tree-Mountain-Skyline
Eagle line halftone by David McBurney

Eagle & Waterfall
photo by Kate Gibson

AND …
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Windows
David-McBurney-Vitrine-ground-flr-mono

Orientation 1
David-McBurney-Vitrine-main-mono

Orientation 2
David-McBurney-west-vitrine-mono

Orientation 3
Institutional display 2 by David McBurney

participation
one, one, one by David McBurney

one, one, one

Mother
Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today. (Finally mounted and on a wall :) A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025. Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm
Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today. (Finally mounted and on a wall :) A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025. Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm
Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today. (Finally mounted and on a wall :) A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025. Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm
Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today. (Finally mounted and on a wall :) A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025. Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm
Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today. (Finally mounted and on a wall :) A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025. Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm
Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today. (Finally mounted and on a wall :) A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025. Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm
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Painted following a course of study in Hanoi last year, this work moves a misty mountain view across two small glassy surfaces—aiming to recall both the slow heritage craft of Vietnamese lacquerware and the luminous screens of digitally shared information today.

(Finally mounted and on a wall 🙂

A Mountain is once again a Mountain, 2025.
Lacquer, eggshell and foil on wood diptych, each 15 x 10cm

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The group exhibition BLACK.2, has been extended until this Saturday, Dec 20. I'll be around the gallery Thursday lunchtime and Friday afternoon. Please drop in for a visit if you're in the city. -- BLACK.2 Until Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday Location: VOID Gallery 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne
The group exhibition BLACK.2, has been extended until this Saturday, Dec 20. I'll be around the gallery Thursday lunchtime and Friday afternoon. Please drop in for a visit if you're in the city. -- BLACK.2 Until Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday Location: VOID Gallery 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne
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The group exhibition BLACK.2, has been extended until this Saturday, Dec 20.
I'll be around the gallery Thursday lunchtime and Friday afternoon.
Please drop in for a visit if you're in the city.

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BLACK.2
Until Sat 13 December 2025
Gallery hours – 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday

Location:
VOID Gallery
190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor
Melbourne VIC 3000
info@voidmelbourne.org
@void_melbourne

2 months ago
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BLACK.2 continues this week and next, so if you're in the city Thursday, Friday or Saturday please call in. My work - A Mountain is Once Again a Mountain - presents a misty, scrolling mountain view delivered across three digital LED panels and a diptych of glassy, hand-pulled screenprints. Part of a larger investigation into digital transfers of memory, identity, and belonging, these works combine experimental print processes with heritage craft techniques. They explore how contemporary information has evolved to become mechanically boundless and increasingly difficult to perceive. The work's title references a Zen teaching describing how perception can arise in different forms: understanding... confusion... and realisation. "In the beginning, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; then, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; finally, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters". -- BLACK.2 Sat 15 November - Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday Location: VOID Gallery 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne
BLACK.2 continues this week and next, so if you're in the city Thursday, Friday or Saturday please call in. My work - A Mountain is Once Again a Mountain - presents a misty, scrolling mountain view delivered across three digital LED panels and a diptych of glassy, hand-pulled screenprints. Part of a larger investigation into digital transfers of memory, identity, and belonging, these works combine experimental print processes with heritage craft techniques. They explore how contemporary information has evolved to become mechanically boundless and increasingly difficult to perceive. The work's title references a Zen teaching describing how perception can arise in different forms: understanding... confusion... and realisation. "In the beginning, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; then, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; finally, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters". -- BLACK.2 Sat 15 November - Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday Location: VOID Gallery 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne
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BLACK.2 continues this week and next, so if you're in the city Thursday, Friday or Saturday please call in.

My work – A Mountain is Once Again a Mountain – presents a misty, scrolling mountain view delivered across three digital LED panels and a diptych of glassy, hand-pulled screenprints.

Part of a larger investigation into digital transfers of memory, identity, and belonging, these works combine experimental print processes with heritage craft techniques. They explore how contemporary information has evolved to become mechanically boundless and increasingly difficult to perceive.

The work's title references a Zen teaching describing how perception can arise in different forms: understanding… confusion… and realisation.

"In the beginning, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; then, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; finally, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters".

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BLACK.2
Sat 15 November – Sat 13 December 2025
Gallery hours – 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday

Location:
VOID Gallery
190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor
Melbourne VIC 3000
info@voidmelbourne.org
@void_melbourne

3 months ago
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BLACK.2 Opening reception: Saturday 15 November, 4pm onwards In this exhibition, black is not absence, but condition. It is a mode of thinking, of making, of being with. It holds within it the contradictions of our time—the saturation of image and the desire for stillness, the visibility of bodies and the persistence of their invisibility. Black.2 traces these currents, revealing black as both limit and beginning: a field where perception deepens, and where the possibility of seeing anew remains open. VOID_MELBOURNE 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne Show runs Sat 15 November - Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday ARTISTS: Tara Denny @t_a_r_a_d_e_n_n_y Nick Devlin @endevlin Paul Handley @paulhandley_artist Mark Hislop @markhislop Suzie Idiens @suzieidiens Stephanie Jook @stephaniejook David McBurney @davidmcburney Vincent Ward @vincentward_art_film Alex Walker @alex__walker__ Oliver Wagner @_oliver_wagner_ Wei Weng @halcyon2wei
BLACK.2 Opening reception: Saturday 15 November, 4pm onwards In this exhibition, black is not absence, but condition. It is a mode of thinking, of making, of being with. It holds within it the contradictions of our time—the saturation of image and the desire for stillness, the visibility of bodies and the persistence of their invisibility. Black.2 traces these currents, revealing black as both limit and beginning: a field where perception deepens, and where the possibility of seeing anew remains open. VOID_MELBOURNE 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne Show runs Sat 15 November - Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday ARTISTS: Tara Denny @t_a_r_a_d_e_n_n_y Nick Devlin @endevlin Paul Handley @paulhandley_artist Mark Hislop @markhislop Suzie Idiens @suzieidiens Stephanie Jook @stephaniejook David McBurney @davidmcburney Vincent Ward @vincentward_art_film Alex Walker @alex__walker__ Oliver Wagner @_oliver_wagner_ Wei Weng @halcyon2wei
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BLACK.2
Opening reception: Saturday 15 November, 4pm onwards

In this exhibition, black is not absence, but condition. It is a mode of thinking, of making, of being with. It holds within it the contradictions of our time—the saturation of image and the desire for stillness, the visibility of bodies and the persistence of their invisibility. Black.2 traces these currents, revealing black as both limit and beginning: a field where perception deepens, and where the possibility of seeing anew remains open.

VOID_MELBOURNE
190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor
Melbourne VIC 3000
info@voidmelbourne.org
@void_melbourne

Show runs Sat 15 November – Sat 13 December 2025
Gallery hours – 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday

ARTISTS:

Tara Denny
@t_a_r_a_d_e_n_n_y

Nick Devlin
@endevlin

Paul Handley
@paulhandley_artist

Mark Hislop
@markhislop

Suzie Idiens
@suzieidiens

Stephanie Jook
@stephaniejook

David McBurney
@davidmcburney

Vincent Ward
@vincentward_art_film

Alex Walker
@alex__walker__

Oliver Wagner
@_oliver_wagner_

Wei Weng
@halcyon2wei

3 months ago
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I'm excited to be included in BLACK.2 at VOID gallery in the city. The line up features 9 National and International artists, and will round out the exhibition programming for 2025. BLACK.2 continues the curatorial premise of the original exhibition staged in 2023: The use of black in contemporary art extends beyond the visual spectrum, transcending into conceptual realms. It becomes a metaphor for the unknown, a space where artists invite viewers to explore, question, and contemplate. The absence of colour becomes a deliberate choice, emphasising the importance of negative space and pushing the boundaries of perception. In essence, contemporary art's relationship with the colour black is dynamic and evolving. It embodies a narrative that extends beyond aesthetics, touching on themes of identity, activism, and the ever-expanding possibilities of artistic expression in a world that demands diversity and a deeper understanding of the human experience. Please join us at the opening reception Saturday 15 November, 4pm onwards -- BLACK.2 Show runs Sat 15 November - Sat 13 December 2025 Gallery hours - 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday Opening event: 4pm Saturday 15 November Location: VOID Gallery 190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor Melbourne VIC 3000 info@voidmelbourne.org @void_melbourne
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I'm excited to be included in BLACK.2 at VOID gallery in the city.

The line up features 9 National and International artists, and will round out the exhibition programming for 2025.

BLACK.2 continues the curatorial premise of the original exhibition staged in 2023: The use of black in contemporary art extends beyond the visual spectrum, transcending into conceptual realms. It becomes a metaphor for the unknown, a space where artists invite viewers to explore, question, and contemplate. The absence of colour becomes a deliberate choice, emphasising the importance of negative space and pushing the boundaries of perception. In essence, contemporary art's relationship with the colour black is dynamic and evolving. It embodies a narrative that extends beyond aesthetics, touching on themes of identity, activism, and the ever-expanding possibilities of artistic expression in a world that demands diversity and a deeper understanding of the human experience.

Please join us at the opening reception
Saturday 15 November, 4pm onwards

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BLACK.2
Show runs Sat 15 November – Sat 13 December 2025
Gallery hours – 12-5pm, Thursday to Saturday

Opening event:
4pm Saturday 15 November

Location:
VOID Gallery
190 Bourke Street, 2nd floor
Melbourne VIC 3000
info@voidmelbourne.org
@void_melbourne

4 months ago
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Exhibition continues this week and next. Please drop in if you're in town. FOUNTAIN by Mark Dustin and David McBurney Show runs Tue 5 August - Fri 22 August 2025 Gallery hours - 10am-4pm, Tuesday to Friday Location: Print Council of Australia Gallery Studio 2 Guild, 152 Sturt St Southbank VIC 3006 www.printcouncil.org.au @printcouncilofaustralia --- In the Castlemaine Art Museum’s most recent Experimental Print Prize the collaborative work Fountain, by Mark Dustin and David McBurney, was recognised with one of the major prizes. The exhibition Fountain at the PCA Gallery brings this awarded work to Melbourne, alongside individual works from both collaborating artists—showcasing distinct approaches to print-based media and creating a dynamic conversation between traditional techniques and experimental digital processes.
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Exhibition continues this week and next.
Please drop in if you're in town.

FOUNTAIN by Mark Dustin and David McBurney
Show runs Tue 5 August – Fri 22 August 2025
Gallery hours – 10am-4pm, Tuesday to Friday

Location:
Print Council of Australia Gallery
Studio 2 Guild, 152 Sturt St
Southbank VIC 3006
www.printcouncil.org.au
@printcouncilofaustralia

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In the Castlemaine Art Museum’s most recent Experimental Print Prize the collaborative work Fountain, by Mark Dustin and David McBurney, was recognised with one of the major prizes.

The exhibition Fountain at the PCA Gallery brings this awarded work to Melbourne, alongside individual works from both collaborating artists—showcasing distinct approaches to print-based media and creating a dynamic conversation between traditional techniques and experimental digital processes.

6 months ago
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