Loading...We’re marking the closing of the gallery in Yarra Place with the second Raw Record Fair on Saturday the 14th of January. Open from 10am-5pm, there will also be a range of fab vintage for sale as well. Come down & say bye before we move on.
Raw will be hosting it’s second vinyl fair this coming Saturday 14 January from 10am-5pm. There will also be a fantastic range of quality vintage fashion on offer including some amazing clothing & jewellery imported from the UK including cufflinks from the 1800′s & 1930′s, Aquascutum coats & 1960′s dresses.
AM Eyewear hosted an event in the gallery this week with “next big thing” band Bleeding Knees Club performing live. Here are some photos from the night taken by the talented Kate Griffin
The first Raw Record Fair took place yesterday, Saturday 27th August. It was a great success so we’ll be holding another one in the next few months. Watch this space…
The first photographer to work for America’s legendary Rolling Stone magazine, Baron Wolman, will be in Australia in September to launch this first-hand account of the halcyon days of rock n’roll and his memorable encounters with the rock stars of the day. Baron’s new book ’Every picture tells a story…. The Rolling Stone Years’ will be launched in conjunction with an exhibition of Wolman’s photographs
Baron will be at The Raw Gallery to sign copies of his new publication Saturday 24th September 11am-1pm.
Fueled by the music and the times, Rolling Stone magazine was founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner. Among his friends interested in working on the project was the then 30 year old freelance photojournalist, Baron Wolman. During his three year tenure with Rolling Stone, Wolman’s lens captured the royalty of the 60’s and 70’s pop and rock explosion. This collection of pictures and the stories behind them cover some of the most significant artists and events in the history of rock n’ roll.
The Rolling Stone Years makes it easy to see why Wolman’s photographs became Rolling Stone’s graphic centerpiece during the three years they were published regularly in the magazine. Over 40 years later, those same photographs, picture memories of the ‘60s, are now widely exhibited and collected. And Baron’s long-time mantra, “Mixing Business With Pleasure Since 1965,” continues to be his guiding light. “You can’t plan for a career like mine,” he says. “Yes, I chose to be a professional photographer but my tour of duty with Rolling Stone was a fortunate accident, a gift from the photo gods.”
The fabulously talented Stevie Hendry from Modernist has just designed our new Raw Gallery tee. All of the Modernist t-shirts come in limited editions of 100 and are printed locally in Melbourne using shirts from non sweatshop certified factories. RRP $50.
New High Winter pieces by Australian fashion label Sainte Lucie now in store. Sainte Lucie Winter 2011 features classic designs in neutrals & blacks.
New work by artist Jamie B. Edwards gracing some of our wall space this week. Urban Colours is a collection of limited edition fine art giclee prints of contemporary Melbourne cityscapes. Bespoke commissions welcome.
Make sure not to miss the gallery’s current exhibition ‘gen X: the soundtrack to generation whatever’ featuring iconic photographs of bands including Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jeff Buckley, Blur, Bjork, REM, Beastie Boys and a whole heap more. The pieces featured in this four week show come from a selection of the best International & Australian photographers in Rock ‘n’ Roll. All the photographs in the show are signed, numbered & available to purchase.
Sainte Lucie is a new fashion label from Adelaide designer Lucy Tucker & The Raw Gallery are very happy to be stocking a small selection of her AW11 range.
Sainte Lucie offers individual, understated co-ordinates & layering pieces that are designed to surprise & inspire.
Each piece conveys a sense of easy modern elegance & subtle everyday luxury. Pieces are timeless & ultimately wearable flowing from one collection to the next building the visual language of her wardrobe.
Our customer is confident, intelligent & expressive, she will interpret the garment in her own unique way. She appreciates clean, contemporary silhouettes with a focus on luxe fabrications & finishes. In 100% silk, the wing sleeve nude toned blouse and black wing sleeve dress not only look, but feel fantastic. We also have elegant basic pieces such as the ‘take a bow’ wing tee in both pepper marle and black.
The Raw Gallery is pleased to add the work of talented contemporary UK photographer Andrew Cotterill to our roster of artists.
Andy eschews set up studio portraiture, aiming instead to capture images that are a snapshot of a genuine moment in time. Says Cotterill; “I love the skill of dealing with the person you’re photographing and trying to get the best out of it. I’m not after the subject’s soul. I’m looking for a true representation of them at that given moment. It might come out nothing like you planned, but that’s the fun of it- it’ll never be the same twice.”
Andy’s images of iconic musicians such as Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the late, great Desmond Dekker, John Cale and post punk lyricist Mark E. Smith sit comfortably alongside contemporary artists such as The Strokes, Jarvis Cocker, Arctic Monkeys, Pete Doherty and Kanye West among others. You can read his full bio here
The Raw Gallery in association with ‘Borne in Melbourne’ have produced a range of 5 Rock ‘N’ Roll inspired cushions. Limited to editions of 10, these cotton cushions have been screen-printed locally & are priced at only $45 each.
Thanks to Richard Byers, our current ‘artist in residence’ for his work on our new signage and shop interior. Our new location in Yarra Place is still a work in progress, but we’re loving the positive feedback we’re getting so far from all our new visitors.
We have now officially reopened in our new home at 11 Yarra Place, South Melbourne. The Gallery is now open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm.
The Raw Gallery will be closed for Christmas from 6pm today, the 22nd of December. We are relocating over the holiday break & will be reopening at our new address at 11 Yarra Place, South Melbourne in mid January.
Merry Christmas & we hope to see you in our new gallery in 2011!
‘Mixed Tape’ Pop-Up shop – 11 Yarra Place, South Melbourne
A combination of street art frontage and the lure of some of Melbourne’s best coffee has begun the transformation of Yarra Place, South Melbourne into one of the city’s new cultural hotspots. The ‘Mixed Tape’ Pop up shop is the latest step in the precinct’s evolution & The Raw Gallery is pleased to be a part of this brilliant opportunity.
This temporary design focused store will offer an array of high quality individual pieces, curated by a small group of individuals from some of South Melbourne’s best galleries & retailers.
A mixed tape reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorites or can been viewed as a conceptual mix of pieces linked by a theme or mood. It’s also a highly personal statement tailored to the tape’s intended recipient & the Mixed Tape pop-up is no exception. A combination of international fine art photography, vintage fashion, menswear, street boards and homewares have been carefully edited and laid out into the mix – creating an artistic statement greater than the sum of its individual parts.
Open 10am until 4pm for five days only, this unique space will open to the public on Friday the 17th December and will continue to run on Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th, Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th before disappearing at 4pm on Christmas Eve.
Thanks to everyone who came down to the gallery on Saturday (11th December) for Tony’s final Melbourne floor talk. If you haven’t visited RAW yet, the ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Photography Is The New Trainspotting’ exhibition closes on Wednesday the 22nd of December.
Due to the success of Tony’s first Floor Talk & Book signing on the opening Saturday of the exhibition, we have now scheduled a second (and final) talk for 2pm on Saturday the 11th of December. Entry is free and all are welcome.
Tony Mott Exhibition ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Photography Is The New Trainspotting – A Retrospective Of Work From The Last 30 Years’ Launch Party 6-9pm
Thursday 25th November. RSVP: info@therawgallery.com
Australia’s biggest music photographer Tony Mott will be launching his 30 year retrospective exhibition ‘Rock’N'Roll Photography Is The New Trainspotting’ at The Raw Gallery with VIP party from 6pm on Thursday the 25th of November. Tony will also be conducting a floor talk & book signing at the gallery from 1pm on Saturday the 27th of November. The exhibition will run for four weeks up until the 22nd of December.
Terry O’Neill is one of the world’s most accomplished and collected photographers. His images now hang in national galleries and private collections worldwide.
With an enviable body of work behind him, this photographic giant has documented the musicians, movie stars, models, politicians and sporting greats that have dominated popular culture over the past 50 years. Included in the collection of images we have available from O’Neill’s archives are limited edition, signed silver gelatin photographic prints of celebrities as diverse as David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman and Kate Moss.
You can read his full Biography on the gallery website HERE
The Deluxe box set contains:
1. Clothbound 128 page hardcover 11”x14“ book containg a vellum sheet signed & individually numbered by Gered Mankowitz
2. Exclusive 11”x14” fine art quality silver gelatin photograph, signed and numbered by the photographer. (The price for a signed Gered Mankowitz silver gelatin photograph of comparable size is usually around $1600)
3.Custom made 12”x15” archival quality clamshell box
4. Dedication by Pete Townshend (The Who)
This book is available for Pre-order and copies will be available in late October. RRP: AU$560
We have just received six outstanding new fine art photographs from UK photographer David Corio.
These hand printed Silver Gelatin photographs are all 16″x20″ in size and limited to editions of 50.
David’s images of James Brown (1985), U2 (1980), Tom Waits (1981) and Bob Marley (1980) are currently being professionally framed and will be on display in the gallery in the next few weeks. In the meantime, you can find the shots under the Artist’s names on the gallery’s Bands page.
Launching exclusively at The Raw Gallery this week is our new 21st Century Collection, showcasing 21 cult contemporary musicians and bands.
These fine art photographs are printed 12″x12″ (30.4cm) in editions of 250 and retail unframed for $65. The collection includes images of iconic international acts such as Muse, The Flaming Lips, Pink, Kings Of Leon, Paramore, Lily Allen and Florence & The Machine, plus Australian performers including Pendulum, Angus & Julia Stone, The Dirty Three’s Warren Ellis and Lisa Mitchell.
Visit the full collection HERE
As part of The Raw Gallery’s policy to offer the finest ‘pop culture’ related imagery, we are now representing photographer Eve Arnold’s Marilyn Monroe collection here in Melbourne.
Eve Arnold began photographing while working at a photo-finishing plant in New York City in 1946. In 1954, Arnold’s fresh quality and intelligent choice of subject matter brought her to the attention of Robert Capa, the head of Magnum Photos – the prestigious international cooperative of photographers. Capa invited her to join the group and she became its first American female member. Her mastery of the colour processes and techniques popular in the 1950s was extensive and assured, although she worked for preference in black-and-white.
Arnold became a star photographer for Life magazine during its heyday, capturing public figures such as Senator Joseph McCarthy and General Eisenhower at revealingly unguarded moments. She had a special affinity with Marilyn Monroe, whom she met when both were relatively unknown. “She was going places but she hadn’t arrived,” Arnold recalled. “It became a bond between us… Marilyn was very important in my career. I think I was helpful in hers.”
Arnold’s collection of Monroe images were taken between 1951 and 1960 with the photographer permitted on set to capture the behind the scenes moments on what became the actress’ final film ‘The Misfits’.
Each black and white photograph is a limited edition hand-printed silver gelatin print produced from the original negative by Eve’s long-standing photographic print-maker Glen Brent. Colour images are produced using the Lambda (Digital C-Type) fine art printing method and all images come with certification.
Images are available to view HERE
We are pleased to announce that we are now the Australian representatives for acclaimed American photographer Neal Preston.
Preston has worked closely with rock royalty such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna and hundreds of other luminaries and his archive stands as one of the music industry’s single most extensive collections of photographs.
Although Neal is probably best known in rock circles as Led Zeppelin’s U.S. tour photographer in the mid-1970’s, his rock-and-roll travels have taken him around the globe many times. He has visited Russia with Billy Joel, Europe and Japan with Bruce Springsteen, China with Wham! South Africa with Whitney Houston, Canada with Heart and Mexico and South America with Queen.
You can read Neal Preston’s full biography here or check out our bands page for more iconic images of artists as diverse as Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, U2 and Leonard Cohen.
The Raw Gallery’s new exhibition ‘Glastonbury: Another Stage’ opens today, Friday the 25th of June.
We do have a large temporary fence on Park Street over this weekend due to tram works, but on the positive side, in a way this does add to the Festival atmosphere.
This collection of photographs by UK artist Venetia Dearden will be on show for four weeks, concluding on the 24th of July.
Over the past six years UK Photographer Venetia Dearden has created a temporary on-site photographic studio to document the festival goers, stall holders, charity workers, organisers and celebrity performers that help make Glastonbury the world’s greatest music festival.
This coming June will see over 150,000 people converge on the British dairy farm of festival founder Michael Eavis to celebrate Glastobury’s 40th Anniversary. To coincide with this musical milestone, The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne will become the first commercial gallery in the world to exhibit and offer for sale Venetia’s collection of fine art, limited edition photographs.
Venetia’s Glastonbury festival portraits are shot against a white studio backdrop to remove the sitters from the context of the event. She states
“As a photographer I was magnetically drawn to witness and understand what lies at [Glastonbury’s] core. I decided to create an oasis amongst the crowds where I could meet and document some of the thousands of individuals who travelled from all around the world to make up this vast, eclectic gathering.”
Dearden’s collection of striking and irreverent portraits has been excerpted from the photographer’s newly published book ‘Glastonbury: Another Stage’. Released by German based publisher Kehrer in April 2010, this hardcover book includes 288 colour photographs, a foreword by Michael Eavis and text by Author Candace Bahouth. Unavailable through Australian bookstores, this publication will be available to purchase exclusively through the gallery during the exhibition.
Born in 1975 Venetia Dearden grew up in Somerset, England close to the Glastonbury festival site and she has been attending and working at the festival since a young age. She studied Anthropology at Edinburgh University before a taking postgraduate course in photojournalism at the London College of Printing. Her work was included in the British Photographic Portrait Prize in 2006 and 2007, and two of her works are in the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. Venetia’s photographs have appeared in publications such at Vogue, Wallpaper, Harpers Bazaar and The Sunday Times Magazine and her first book Somerset Stories, Fivepenny Dreams was published by Kehrer in 2008. The first exhibition of Venetia’s Glastonbury portraits is taking place at the National Portrait Gallery in London from April-September 2010.
This unique photographic exhibition will open at The Raw Gallery on Friday the 25th of June until Saturday the 24th of July. Entry is free and we hope to see you here.
The Raw Gallery are proud to add the work of UK photographer Tom Hanley to our collection. You can read Tom’s fascinating biography and view a small selection of his iconic images here: http://therawgallery.com/photographer/tom-hanley/
The Raw Gallery is happy to present the work of renowned Los Angeles based Photographer Rob Shanahan. Rob’s images of America and world’s greatest stadium rock bands are universally recognised and he has a close association with artists including Van Halen, Ringo Starr and Motley Crue among many others. http://therawgallery.com/photographer/rob-shanahan/
The Raw Gallery will be participating in ‘Art Melbourne’ from Thursday the 22nd-Sunday 25th April 2010. This art fair takes place at the Royal exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens.
The Raw Gallery is currently displaying several pieces by New York Photographer Bob Gruen. Gruen’s prints are of exceptional quality and come complete with Certificates of Authenticity. The John Lennon image we currently have in our front window is certainly stopping traffic. We also have several of Bob Gruen’s publications for sale in store.
The Raw Gallery is proud to add the work of two new Photographers to our collection. Sonya Farrell is a New York based photographer who has worked with an impressive array of artists including the Red Hot Chili Peppers and No Doubt. Melbourne based Eric Algra’s images come primarily from the 70′s and 80′s capturing some of Australia’s most iconic bands performing live as well as international icons such as Bob Marley and The Clash.
This final weekend of February will see the last two days of the current exhibition of AC/DC photographs by Australian photographer Philip Morris. The collection covers the band’s rise to fame and the era of Bon Scott, all shot between 1974 and 1979.
Our latest exhibition – a collection of limited edition photographs of AC/DC by Philip Morris opens today. This collection of images shot between 1974-1979 capture a band on the verge of international fame including shots of iconic frontman Bon Scott.
Peerless Australian Photographer Philip Morris boasts one of the most extensive personal archives of rock music images in the country. During February The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne is proud to exhibit the finest of his AC/DC collection from the 1970’s to coincide with the band’s first Australian tour in nine years.
Beginning on Tuesday the 9th of February, two days before the band’s first Australian dates at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, this unique exhibition will showcase iconic images from throughout an era of seismic change for a band that has gone on to become one of the highest selling music groups of all time. Morris was on hand to visually record AC/DC from their first foray into their (thankfully short lived) glam phase, the signing on of Bon Scott as lead singer, their first professional promotional shots and five years later, Scott’s final Australian performance. The images will be displayed until Sunday 28th of February.
Philip Morris has also selected eight of his most iconic AC/DC photographs to be launched exclusively through The Raw Gallery as a limited edition box set. This unique collection titled ‘Let There Be Rock’ will contain 11”x14” photographs hand printed, signed and numbered by the photographer and presented in an A3 Black portfolio box, lined with archival acid free paper and with Philip Morris’ signature embossed on the front. The ‘Let There Be Rock’ collection will be limited to an edition of 50 and the inclusive images will be part of the collection on display at the gallery.
In 1974, Morris was shooting Scene Around for ‘Go-Set’ magazine when he landed a job shooting a young Burwood band named AC/DC playing Chequers nightclub, a formerly up-market cabaret venue, now a performance space for Sydney’s burgeoning pub rock scene. Says Morris; “Most of the bands I shot in that mid-70s era were pretty serious but AC/DC were dynamic and never deadpan – they jumped around, reacting off each other.”
From then on, Philip Morris personally captured some of the best known images of Australia’s most successful band as their fame grew both domestically and overseas. He was the only photographer to shoot the group recording in Albert Studio as they produced ‘Dirty Deeds’ in 1976 and to shoot Bon Scott’s final Australian performance in 1979 – an impromptu gig to a crowd of less than 100 people in Cremorne, NSW after a set by the Ferrets. “They came on and jaws just dropped. Angus ripped his shirt off and he was up on the tables … It was unbelievable.”
These images are among the photographs available to buy through The Raw Gallery, as will be a larger than life version of the notorious ‘We Luv AC/DC’ promotional still, shot in Lavender Bay, Sydney for the band’s ‘High Voltage’ LP. According to Morris “Bon wore pink satin overalls and an extra pair of socks down his strides that day”.
Though The Raw Gallery’s Jeff Buckley exhibition closed at the end of December, we are still able to order from Merri Cyr any of the work that was exhibited during her show. All shots are available to view on the artist’s link on our ‘Bands’ page: http://therawgallery.com/2009/jeff-buckley/
A Big thank you to Merri and Mark for coming all the way from New York to Melbourne for the launch of her exhibition. If you attended Merri’s presentation at the gallery on Sunday the 29th of November, Merri has posted shots from the event on her Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2879112&id=695989910
Iconic American music photographer Merri Cyr will be in Melbourne to launch her new solo exhibition ‘Jeff Buckley – A Wished For Song’ at The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne. This month long show will run from Friday the 27th of November until the 24th of December 2009.
To further celebrate the opening of Merri’s show, at 6.00pm on Sunday the 29th of November, The Raw Gallery will host a talk by the photographer accompanied by a slideshow and book signing. Attendees will receive a copy of Merri’s book ‘A Wished For Song – A Portrait of Jeff Buckley’ as part of their entry fee and there will be drinks on arrival.
Numbers for this event are strictly limited.
Published in Australia through Hal Leonard, ‘A Wished For Song – A Portrait of Jeff Buckley’ (RRP $45) includes 360 photos and interviews personally conducted by Merri. It’s on her book that this newly curated exhibition is based.
Guests will hear Merri give a candid account of her five years working with Jeff and some of the stories behind the images in the exhibition. Her talk also promises to be an informative insight into the career of music photography.
Merri’s professional relationship with Jeff Buckley began in 1992 when she photographed the then little known musician for New York magazine ‘Paper’.
“Even from that first shoot I felt a definite sense of play and a willingness on the part of Jeff to be open to experimentation that made photographing him an adventure”. – Merri Cyr
Anyone interested in attending Merri’s talk on Sunday the 29th of November is urged to contact The Raw Gallery and book their tickets as the event is expected to sell out quickly.
WHERE: The Raw Gallery 250 Park Street, South Melbourne Vic 3205
WHEN: 6.00pm Sunday 29th November 2009
COST: $65 per person (includes individual copy of ‘A Wished For Song – A Portrait of Jeff Buckley’)
Please contact The Raw Gallery by email: info@therawgallery.com or by phoning between 11am – 6pm Tuesday-Sunday for more information.
MERRI CYR BIO
As a teenager in the early eighties, Merri Cyr left her small town of Adamsville, Rhode Island for New York City as a finalist in a national US modelling contest. After winning and being photographed by world famous fashion photographer Richard Avedon, she embarked on a successful modelling career but soon became more fascinated by what was happening behind the camera. Merri started to shoot documentary photos on the streets of New York and then took up study in Photography through the Pratt institute where she earned her BFA.
Now based in Brooklyn, Merri has been working as a professional photographer since 1988. Primarily focused on portraiture of musicians and artists, her clients include Sony, Warner Brothers, Maverick, Mercury, Electra, Verve, Mercury Nashville, Deutsche Grammophon, Rolling Stone, and Bang Magazine amongst others.
Merri has over fifty album packages to her name. Other works include the documenting of Lillith Fair for Rolling Stone, consigned video works for Sony and Maverick and her book, ‘A Wished For Song – A Portrait of Jeff Buckley’ which includes 360 photos and interviews conducted by Merri personally. ‘A Wished For Song – A Portrait of Jeff Buckley’ is published in Australia through Hal Leonard.
‘JEFF BUCKLEY – A WISHED FOR SONG’
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
In the twelve years since his tragic drowning in the Mississippi river, American musician Jeff Buckley has grown in status to that of a true international rock icon.
Brooklyn based photographer Merri Cyr managed to not only document the everyday journey of Buckley’s rise to fame over the five year period from their first meeting in 1992 until his 1997 passing but also to invoke an honest beauty through her imagery that in the wake of his death has become all the more poignant.
On show for the first time in Victoria, The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne will be holding a newly curated solo exhibition of Merri’s work comprising almost 40 images of this iconic musician. Entry will be free to the general public and all images on display will be available for sale as fine art quality limited edition prints all hand signed and numbered by the photographer. The exhibition will run from Friday the 27th of November until Thursday the 24th of December.
Now with over 50 Album packages to her name Merri credits Jeff Buckley with pushing the record company to give her the job of producing an image for his ‘Live at Sin-e’ EP in 1993. “I had not shot album covers before and nobody knew who I was at Sony. He knew I was the one for the job and insisted that it happened. I will never forget that; it opened doors for me creatively and professionally and I believe that is because he trusted me and had faith in my work. I loved him for that.”
After having met initially on a magazine shoot the as yet unknown musician and photographer had formed a bond that saw Merri go on to shoot images that have graced the covers of all of Jeff’s Albums. After the ‘Live at Sin-e’ EP she went on to shoot the now famous ‘Grace’ LP cover image in 1994 and shots used on posthumous release ‘Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk’ in 1998. Merri also worked as Jeff’s official tour photographer in 1994 and she continued to record his live New York performances up until his untimely death.
With an archive containing hundreds of images of the musician, Merri published her book ‘A Wished For Song – A Portrait of Jeff Buckley’ in 2002. It is on this collection of portraits that The Raw Gallery’s exhibition has been based.
In 2004, Jeff Buckley’s version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ was ranked #259 on American Rolling Stone Magazine’s ”500 Greatest Songs Of All Time” but Jeff’s popularity with Australian fans remains unprecedented. In ‘Triple J’ Radio’s ‘Hottest 100 of all time’ conducted in July 2009, ‘Hallelujah’ ranked at number 3, ‘Last Goodbye’ at number 7, ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’ at number 56 and ‘Grace’ at 69 with UK band Radiohead being the only other act to record four songs in the countdown.
Merri will be in Australia for the launch of The Raw Gallery’s exhibition and on Sunday the 29th of November she will also be conducting a lecture and book signing. Numbers will be strictly limited for this event and advance bookings can be made through The Raw Gallery from mid October.
Are you aware that you might be eligible for an investment allowance of up to 50% for the purchase of art by your business?
Lowensteins Arts Management (Certified Practicing Accountants) have received advice from the ATO confirming that businesses with a turnover under $2 million are eligible to receive an investment allowance of up to 50% on the purchase of artworks purchased for at least $1,000. Also, for businesses with a turnover of more than $2 million turnover an investment allowance of 10% on the purchase of artworks purchased for at least $10,000. This investment allowance is available up to 31st December 2009.
There are a small number of guidelines to enable artworks to be claimed under the new allowance. Among the guidelines accepted by the ATO to qualify for the allowance are:
1. The allowance only applies to NEW artworks created by professional artists registered with an ABN or a recognised overseas artist.
2. Artworks are used in Australia primarily for business purposes (an artwork would not qualify if its exposure was limited to only its owner).
3. Artworks must be tangible, therefore excluding digital art.
4. Artworks cannot be intended for sale in the foreseeable future.
Here is an example of how the investment allowance for a small business with a turnover less than $2 million would work:
A) Print purchased for $2,000 (includes GST).
B) Depreciation $ 20
C) Investment Allowance $1,000
D) Equates to a tax deduction of $1,020 dollars
This investment allowance will only apply up until 31st December 2009, so now is the right time to acquire art for a business.
Of course, The Raw Gallery recommends you consult your accountant before making any purchase.
Thank you to Ross Wilson, icon of the Australian music industry (Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock and now solo performer) for the mention he has given The ‘Solid Rock’ Exhibition in the News section of his website. The exhibition features a rare shot of Ross’ first professional band ‘The Party Machine’ shot by Colin Beard in 1968 for ‘Go-Set’ Magazine.
Commencing with a VIP launch on Thursday 20th of August 2009, The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne is pleased to present its debut Photographic exhibition – a showcase aimed at celebrating iconic Australian musicians from the 1960s through to today.
This free exhibition will be open to the public over a period of four weeks from Friday the 21st August until Wednesday 16th of September.
Unlike their international contemporaries, the brilliant work of Australia’s finest “home-grown” rock photographers from the past five decades has largely gone unrecognised and unheralded. Despite this, photographers working in the Australian music industry have managed to produce a large collection of outstanding imagery charting the progression of our most talented and best-loved musicians.
The shots featured in this exhibition have graced album covers, promotional material and magazine articles over the years however, this is the first time many of these images – and more besides – have been assembled together, exhibited and made available to the public as limited edition Fine Art prints.
The exhibition features the work of Philip Morris, Wendy McDougall, Greg Noakes, Colin Beard, Richard Sharman, Kim Tonelli, David Corio, Craig Golding, Serge Thomann, Mitchell Connelly, Kirsty Umback and Kane Hibberd. The Raw Gallery will be displaying over 35 archival quality prints, featuring such subjects as Nick Cave and the Birthday Party, AC/DC, The Church, The Presets, Cold Chisel, Paul Kelly, The Easybeats, INXS and many more. This is the first exhibition of its kind in Australia. However, this is by no means a definitive anthology of Australian artists, only a representative sample of the diverse and high-quality material available through The Raw Gallery.
The Raw Gallery is pleased to announce that it is now the first Australian Gallery to be able to offer to the public a selection of work by legendary Photographer Gered Mankowitz. Noted as one of the greatest Rock Photographers of all time, Gered’s collection of outstanding images spans a career that has lasted over 40 years and covers a diverse range of Artists such as The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Clapton, Oasis and many more.
Please take a good look at the wide selection of Gered’s images for sale in our ‘Bands’ section and read his Biography here: http://therawgallery.com/2009/gered-mankowitz/
A mention about the opening of The Raw Gallery on the South Melbourne Business Association website:
The Raw Gallery is proud to announce that Sydney Photographer Philip Morris is now selling some of his Iconic images through our website.
Having photographed extensively for local Sydney Music Publications since the late sixties, Philip has some amazing images in his extensive collection. Besides a fantastic range of early AC/DC images for which he is well known, Philip has also allowed us to release for sale Prints of music artists such as Midnight Oil, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Led Zeppelin.
Philip’s images are all hand printed and come on either 16″ x 20″ or 20″ x 24″ Ilford photographic paper.
Please check the ‘Bands’ section of our website to see our new range.
New images of the Ramones by Denis O’Regan added to our database of Prints for sale – Please check out our ‘Bands’ section on the website for more.
The talented Kim Tonelli has added her name to the Raw Gallery Roster of Photographers and will be selling some of her fantastic portraits through us. Kim is Melbourne based and will be showcasing a selection of her images of both Australian and International artists such as The Presets, John Butler, Ben Harper and Robert Smith from the Cure via our website and in the Gallery itself.
The Raw Gallery featured on Faster Louder – Australia’s largest music Website: http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/jobs/18512/Raw-rock-shots.htm
Thanks to Tom, the Melbourne Editor.
The Raw Gallery has been featured in the ‘creative spaces’ section of Australian Style website mecho: http://www.mecho.com.au/lifestyle/creative-interior-spaces/the-raw-gallery-melbourne-rock-pop-artist-photography/
The paper’s off the windows and we’re now open for business.
Good things come to those who wait and Monday finally marks the Grand Opening of The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne.
Our times will be from 11am-7pm and our walls are currently filled with images of a variety of Artists such as Jeff Buckley, Queen, David Bowie and James Brown, just to give you a taste of the breadth of our Archives.