Exhibitions The Big Book of Little Art Essays Exhibition The Big Book of Little Art Essays Exhibition 20th February 2024 - 2nd March 2024

Scroll through this digital catalogue to explore the artworks and artists featured in this special exhibition to celebrate the launch of The Big Book of Little Art Essays

A group exhibition of little artworks celebrating the launch of FLG’s publication 'The Big Book of Little Art Essays'; a beautifully curated collection of 110 commissioned essays and images spanning 10 years of exhibitions. This full-colour, hardcover 536 page book offers a rich overview of the careers of 36 different award-winning FLG artists.

Copies of the book are available for purchase at:

FLG, Level 1, the Nicholas Building

Metropolis Bookshop, Curtin House Level 3/252 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Mary Martin Bookstore, at Queen Vic Markets, Stringbean Alley

Benn's Books. 437 Centre Road, Bentleigh, VIC, 3204

Australian Art Gallery Guide Bookstore

It is also available to peruse at the State Library of Victoria.

Or buy online and we will post to you:

Testimonials:

Your Big book copies arrived before Christmas and thank you. I have only flicked through yet and read in detail only a couple of the artists but the book is so much more than I expected and the production value in terms of the book is itself phenomenal. I hope that it's a Sell out!
Andrew Pethebridge, Arts Patron

Thank you so much for the absolutely stunning BIG “Little Art Essays”. What a huge effort to put such a magnificent book together. Really very impressive and fabulous content. It was awaiting us on our return from Antartica and was a wonderful surprise. It is sitting in prime spot right now as I flick through it.
Martin Hosking

The Big Book of little art essays is a wonderful window to the lives and motivations of the many amazing artists that have exhibited at the iconic Melbourne gallery Flinders Lane Gallery. I love to take the book and read what inspired and drove each artist to create the paintings or sculptures that formed a particular exhibition or their entire body of work. This book will stay on the coffee table of my living room for years to come; and it is a must have for any Melbourne art lover and collector.
Eduardo Nofuentes

It was such a treat to receive this luxurious book tracing the evolution of the gallery's many talented artists. It is a wonderful record of the work of a number of my favourite artists and an appreciated introduction to many others.
Marita Foley SC

Congratulations on the stunning art book - it is absolutely beautiful and extremely well presented.
Private Client

Thank you so much for sending a copy of The Big Book of Little Art Essays. I am beyond in love with what you have pulled together. What an accomplishment. The design is lovely, and I'm very much enjoying reading about all of your wonderful artists and the essays that accompany them. Thank you both so much for my copy. I will truly treasure it.
Joey Hespe

As CBD residents being able to drop regularly by Flinders Lane Gallery is a privilege and reading the "Little Art Essays" was like meeting friends old and new. There's Will Breen, who we've been following for 20 years, with his stunning images of Melbourne city spaces, or the broad colour swathes of Leah Thiessen's landscapes we only discovered recently. And then there's the scintillating catalogue essays. What a glorious celebration of art in all its diversity - food for the mind and spirit. Thank you!
Peter Sherlock

We love your book. It’s open on the coffee table and everyone leafs through it looking for works and artists they like. We love how it’s given us a deeper insight into artists we already know and love as well as introduced us to new ones.
The Holmes a Court family

I am really enjoying my little big book! I love flipping randomly while the book is closed and thus inviting! Then I discover or rediscover an artist and it's last five years of creation. Very inspiring. To have such a constant flow of creativity allows us to steal a bit of their energy. Great book. Highly recommended.
Beatrice Prost

Exhibiting artists include:
Margaret Ackland, Kim Anderson, Richard Blackwell, William Breen, Jo Davenport, Julie Davidson, Agneta Ekholm, Jon Eiseman, Brett Ferry, Michael Gromm, Chelsea Gustafsson, Rebecca Hastings, Bronwyn HIll, Amber-rose Hulme, Gina Kalabishis, Janne Kearney, Jay Kochel, Zac Koukoravas, Jacob Leary, Kathrin Longhurst, Marise Maas, Melanie McCollin-Walker, Michelle Molinari, Donal Molloy-Drum, Kendal Murray, Hannah Quinlivan, Karlee Rawkins, Annika Romeyn, Ann Ryan, Melinda Schawel, Michael Simms, Ken Smith, Peter Syndicas, Leah Thiessen, Christine Willcocks.

Arts writers featured are:
James Arvanitakis, Kate Britton, Elisabeth Bodey, Marguerite Brown, Melanie Caple, Owen Craven, Sophie Cunningham, Steve Dow, Briony Downes, Anna Dunnill, Michael Fitzgerald, Andrew Gaynor, Katy Greenland, Simon Gregg, Sasha Grishin, Andrew Harper, Christopher Heathcote, Joey Hespe, Tess Horwitz, Elin Howe, Ryan Jefferies, Laura Kirkham, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Kate Larsen, Phe Luxford, Tony Magnusson, Sita McAlpine, Kate McAuley, Jacqueline Millner, Gina Mobayed, Emma O’Neill, Andrew Stephens, Wendy Walker, Elli Walsh, Sharne Wolff.

Jo Davenport
I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree, I 2024
oil on paper
20cm x 20cm mount size 40 x 40cm, unframed

Jo Davenport
I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree, II 2024
oil on paper
20cm x 20cm mount size 40 x 40cm, unframed

Richard Blackwell
February Study 1 2024
spray paint on solid surface material
20cm x 20cm

Richard Blackwell
February Study 2 2024
spray paint on solid surface material
20cm x 20cm

Jacob Leary
Globbbb 2024
cut paper
20cm x 20cm x 5cm

Hannah Quinlivan
Coming back to you 2024
wire
20cm x 20cm

Zac Koukoravas
Amstel 2024
Acrylic paint on acrylic panels
20cm x 20cm

Jay Kochel
Inflatable Truncated Tetrahedron 2024
engraved enamel and aluminium composite panel
20cm x 20cm

Jay Kochel
Inflatable Cuboctahedron 2024
Engraved enamel on aluminium composite panel
20cm x 20cm

Jay Kochel
Inflatable Dodecahedron 2024
Engraved enamel on aluminium composite panel
20cm x 20cm

Margaret Ackland
Floral Arrangement in Red 2024
watercolour on paper bonded to a timber panel
20cm x 20cm

Leah Thiessen
A Long Summer 2024
oil on board, framed
23cm x 23cm

Ann Ryan
Worker Bee 2024
collage on timber panel
20cm x 20cm

Karlee Rawkins
Little Letter Wing 2024
graphite, charcoal & cold wax on Khadi cotton rag paper
20cm x 20cm

Christine Willcocks
Yellow 2024
photo transfer, acrylic on Arches cotton rag paper
20cm x 20cm

Gina Kalabishis
Home 2024
oil on board
20cm x 20cm

Kim Anderson
Imprint V 2024
Ink and graphite on clayboard
20cm x 20cm

Melinda Schawel
Lines in the Sand 2024
perforated paper and ink on board
20cm x 20cm

Marise Maas
Spare Wheel 2024
oil & acrylic on canvas
20cm x 20cm

Michael Gromm
Red flowers on the phone 2024
Cyanotype, gouache and pencil on paper
20cm x 20cm , framed size 30 x 30

Michelle Molinari
Prey 2024
oil on board, framed
25cm x 25cm

Michelle Molinari
Turtle Skull (after Hieronymus Bosch) 2024
oil on board
25cm x 25cm , framed

Kendal Murray
Air, Share, Questionnaire 2023
mixed media
19cm x 14cm x 15cm

Peter Syndicas
Freeform 2024
Stromatolite
20cm x 15cm x 6cm

Brett Ferry
New Order 2024
oil on linen
20cm x 20cm

Brett Ferry
Reaching For Something 2024
oil on linen
20cm x 20cm

Annika Romeyn
Lofoten Study 2024
acrylic and watercolour on wood panel
20cm x 20cm

William Breen
World Kotor 2024
oil on board
20cm x 20cm

Bronwyn Hill
Glass Door 2024
oil on board
20cm x 20cm

Melanie McCollin Walker
Whyte River Treetop Study 2024
on canvas
20cm x 20cm

Ken Smith
Study for Beach Still Life 2024
acrylic on panel
20cm x 20cm

Kathrin Longhurst
Dreamer 2024
oil on board, framed
20cm x 20cm , framed size 22.5 x 22.5

Chelsea Gustafsson
Brick 2024
oil on canvas
20cm x 20cm

Rebecca Hastings
I went on a digital detox 2024
oil on board
20cm x 20cm

Julie Davidson
Just a Moment 2024
oil on linen
20cm x 20cm

Michael Simms
The Purge 2024
oil on canvas
20cm x 20cm

AmberRose Hulme
Lorn 2024
soft pastel, pencil and acrylic on wood panel
20cm x 20cm

Agneta Ekholm
Snippet I 2024
acrylic on canvas
20cm x 20cm

Agneta Ekholm
Snippet II 2024
acrylic on canvas
20cm x 20cm

Agneta Ekholm
Snippet III 2024
acrylic on canvas
20cm x 20cm

Janne Kearney
Poof 2024
oil on linen
25cm x 25cm