22 Nov - 23 Mar

Melbourne Now

Melbourne Now celebrates the latest art, architecture, design, performance and cultural practice to reflect the complex cultural landscape of creative Melbourne.

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Nicholas BASTIN
born Australia 1968
The keeper of unnoticed sewer vermin and Bison rat, brooch 2013
printed vinyl; sterling silver, stainless steel, synthetic spinel, smokey quartz, wood, polyurethane resin, pigment, enamel paint, glitter
76.7 x 43.0 cm ( wall drawing); 4.0 x 4.0 x 17.0 cm (brooch)
Collection of the artist
Photo: Jeremy Dillon
© Nicholas Bastin

Nicholas Bastin

Born 1968, Melbourne; lives and works in Melbourne.

Nicholas Bastin completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, Gold and Silversmithing, in 1994 and a Master of Fine Art in 2005, both at RMIT University. Bastin currently lectures in the School of Art, RMIT University, where he completed a PhD in 2011. His most recent exhibitions include This Beguiling Shelf, shown in conjunction with a residency at Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, 2013; Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Design Museum, London, 2012–13; and Sleepless Hero at Craft, Melbourne, 2012.

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