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Exhibitions

Tuesday 2 December
2025

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Ayoung Kim

Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

ACMI
Thursday 22 August – Friday 2 January

Nell

Face Everything

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 11 October – Sunday 1 March

Maria Kontis

And I Would Say These Things To No One But You

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 6 September – Monday 23 February

Group Show

Always Modern: The Heide Story

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 13 May – Sunday 25 January

John Nixon

Song of the Earth

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Wednesday 26 November – Monday 9 March

Tammy Kanat

Circle of Her

Jewish Museum of Australia
Thursday 18 September – Sunday 22 March

Inbal Nissim

Regards From Your Future

Jewish Museum of Australia
Monday 6 October – Sunday 22 March

Group Show

TXT XXV

Five Walls
Friday 14 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Various Small Fires

Gertrude Contemporary
Friday 31 October – Saturday 13 December

Hany Armanious

Stone Soup

Buxton Contemporary
Friday 21 November – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

Coral Futures

Linden New Art
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 February

Richard Lewer

I Only Talk to God When I Want Something

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 29 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Rest Time

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Pia de Bruyn

Female Trouble

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Corinna Berndt

jpg Fossils

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 8 October – Saturday 14 February

Abbra Kotlarczyk & Briony Galligan

Arranging by chance

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Peter Thomas

New World Fauna

Fox Galleries
Thursday 13 November – Sunday 7 December

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Whispers in the Walls

Arts Project
Monday 13 October – Friday 19 December

Group Show

ABSTRACTION 25

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Saturday 6 December

Caleb Shea

Stop Motion

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 19 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Maquette: Sculpture Award

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 22 February

Georgia Harvey

Bright Side

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

Landscape Salon

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Hop Dac

Buffalo

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

DONE/UNDONE

Craft
Friday 14 November – Saturday 7 February

Ko Jou Chen

Portable Passages

Craft
Thursday 6 November – Saturday 24 January

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

For Hiro, the philosophy refers to the simplicity of making a mark on the canvas (or paper, or wall, or glass), often with watery, diluted paint. The fluidity of the diluted paint gives the medium a life of its own, it is less about the maker and more about the materials and the action itself. This allows the mark making to flow without hesitation or concern and with focus on the action rather than (what can often be overbearing) thought. Nothing is forced or contrived - just creativeness spilling onto the support. Hiro has recently studied and found resonance with the Japanese Gutai Art Association. Their approach to art was characterised as a different version of Hiro's philosophy, with unconventional and experimental application of paint and methods of creating.

This concept of practice began with the influence and experiences of skateboarding and graffiti culture, initially as an observer in his late teens and then as a practising artist in the streets of Melbourne. During this time, graffiti pushed the boundaries of mark making beyond the spray can, finding new and different ways to create marks, with fire extinguishers, sprayers and rollers on extension poles. The ephemeral nature of street art also encouraged endless experimentation with materials and techniques without the intimidation of permanence.

Two other factors define Hiro's work - his use of monotone, and nature as inspiration.

The use of monotone removes the consideration of colour and allows a freer approach to building the composition. Hiro's original inspiration of delft pottery began as experimentation and developed into a defining characteristic of his work. Varied application techniques complement each other when each approached using the same colour and tone. Gestural mark marking takes precedence over colour and results in highly imaginative concepts coming to life. For the works in this exhibition, Hiro has taken an additional step back and abandoned colour entirely using only black and white. It is a conscious decision to lean further into the concept of Physical Action as Thinking Form and is influenced again by graffiti, specifically painting in abandoned buildings. The logistics of painting in these spaces means that the materials carried in need to be simplified, and the simplest is black and white, plus the nature of these places is complex and benefits from simple intervention. Upon reflection these black and white compositions carried strength that has been further explored in these works.

Abandoning ridged preparation work and the complication of colour, you would be forgiven for assuming that there is little focus in Hiro's art practice, yet his constant inspiration of nature and his surrounding environment create a site-specific focus to his work, that translates wherever he sits in the world at any time. Focusing on a flower or a leaf combined with capturing movement as a different form of thinking, has built a harmonious oeuvre of works.

Hiro holds the firm belief that everybody is an artist, and barriers of expectation and harsh self-judgement rob us of our creativity. The perfectionism of our society has ingrained a sense of inability and doubt, and an artist is only so because of their ability to push through these barriers.

- Melanie Carlisle (Cultural and Curatorial Officer, South Gippsland Shire Council)

Location

Backwoods Gallery
level 1/25 Easey St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

Date

Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

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Exhibitions

Tuesday 2 December
2025

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Ayoung Kim

Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

ACMI
Thursday 22 August – Friday 2 January

Nell

Face Everything

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 11 October – Sunday 1 March

Maria Kontis

And I Would Say These Things To No One But You

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 6 September – Monday 23 February

Group Show

Always Modern: The Heide Story

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 13 May – Sunday 25 January

John Nixon

Song of the Earth

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Wednesday 26 November – Monday 9 March

Tammy Kanat

Circle of Her

Jewish Museum of Australia
Thursday 18 September – Sunday 22 March

Inbal Nissim

Regards From Your Future

Jewish Museum of Australia
Monday 6 October – Sunday 22 March

Group Show

TXT XXV

Five Walls
Friday 14 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Various Small Fires

Gertrude Contemporary
Friday 31 October – Saturday 13 December

Hany Armanious

Stone Soup

Buxton Contemporary
Friday 21 November – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

Coral Futures

Linden New Art
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 February

Richard Lewer

I Only Talk to God When I Want Something

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 29 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Rest Time

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Pia de Bruyn

Female Trouble

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Corinna Berndt

jpg Fossils

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 8 October – Saturday 14 February

Abbra Kotlarczyk & Briony Galligan

Arranging by chance

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Peter Thomas

New World Fauna

Fox Galleries
Thursday 13 November – Sunday 7 December

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Whispers in the Walls

Arts Project
Monday 13 October – Friday 19 December

Group Show

ABSTRACTION 25

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Saturday 6 December

Caleb Shea

Stop Motion

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 19 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Maquette: Sculpture Award

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 22 February

Georgia Harvey

Bright Side

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

Landscape Salon

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Hop Dac

Buffalo

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

DONE/UNDONE

Craft
Friday 14 November – Saturday 7 February

Ko Jou Chen

Portable Passages

Craft
Thursday 6 November – Saturday 24 January

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

For Hiro, the philosophy refers to the simplicity of making a mark on the canvas (or paper, or wall, or glass), often with watery, diluted paint. The fluidity of the diluted paint gives the medium a life of its own, it is less about the maker and more about the materials and the action itself. This allows the mark making to flow without hesitation or concern and with focus on the action rather than (what can often be overbearing) thought. Nothing is forced or contrived - just creativeness spilling onto the support. Hiro has recently studied and found resonance with the Japanese Gutai Art Association. Their approach to art was characterised as a different version of Hiro's philosophy, with unconventional and experimental application of paint and methods of creating.

This concept of practice began with the influence and experiences of skateboarding and graffiti culture, initially as an observer in his late teens and then as a practising artist in the streets of Melbourne. During this time, graffiti pushed the boundaries of mark making beyond the spray can, finding new and different ways to create marks, with fire extinguishers, sprayers and rollers on extension poles. The ephemeral nature of street art also encouraged endless experimentation with materials and techniques without the intimidation of permanence.

Two other factors define Hiro's work - his use of monotone, and nature as inspiration.

The use of monotone removes the consideration of colour and allows a freer approach to building the composition. Hiro's original inspiration of delft pottery began as experimentation and developed into a defining characteristic of his work. Varied application techniques complement each other when each approached using the same colour and tone. Gestural mark marking takes precedence over colour and results in highly imaginative concepts coming to life. For the works in this exhibition, Hiro has taken an additional step back and abandoned colour entirely using only black and white. It is a conscious decision to lean further into the concept of Physical Action as Thinking Form and is influenced again by graffiti, specifically painting in abandoned buildings. The logistics of painting in these spaces means that the materials carried in need to be simplified, and the simplest is black and white, plus the nature of these places is complex and benefits from simple intervention. Upon reflection these black and white compositions carried strength that has been further explored in these works.

Abandoning ridged preparation work and the complication of colour, you would be forgiven for assuming that there is little focus in Hiro's art practice, yet his constant inspiration of nature and his surrounding environment create a site-specific focus to his work, that translates wherever he sits in the world at any time. Focusing on a flower or a leaf combined with capturing movement as a different form of thinking, has built a harmonious oeuvre of works.

Hiro holds the firm belief that everybody is an artist, and barriers of expectation and harsh self-judgement rob us of our creativity. The perfectionism of our society has ingrained a sense of inability and doubt, and an artist is only so because of their ability to push through these barriers.

- Melanie Carlisle (Cultural and Curatorial Officer, South Gippsland Shire Council)

Location

Backwoods Gallery
level 1/25 Easey St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

Date

Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://www.backwoods.gallery/exhibitions/105-physical-action-as-a-thinking-form-hiroyasu-tsuri/

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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