ART WORK DISPLAY SYSTEMS
Skein have collaborated extensively with a variety of cultural institutions and non-profit arts organisations to create individual and distinctive gallery and exhibition spaces.
When it comes to shaping all aspects of an exhibition display services Skein have experience listening to experts in a variety of arts-related fields and providing tailor made solutions for the design and exhibition. Working with clients early on in the planning process is critical to achieving best for project outcomes.
Throughout the years of extensive exhibition design services, Skein have had the pleasure of working with the following arts institutional bodies and Arts industry stakeholders: the Art Gallery of South Australia, Illuminate Adelaide, Insite Arts, the Adelaide Central School of Art, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, the Adelaide City Council, Artlab, the Australian War Memorial, South Australia Living Artists, AnanguKu Arts, Ernabella Arts Incorporated, Anindilyakwa Artists, ACE Gallery and the Carriage Works (Sydney).
Some examples of our bespoke solutions for the display of art work and varied media within the Arts sector include:
Display Showcases
Photos: Saul Steed Copyright: Art Gallery of South Australia
Display Showcases purpose made to house the many and varied contemporary art prints and works on paper for the Art Gallery of South Australia. Minimal and slender steel frame with crystal acrylic housing.
Surfboard stands
Photos: Sam Roberts Photography Copyright: ACE Gallery
Beaver Lennon ‘The Limestone’, 2019 and ‘The Sea Life’, 2019, acrylic gloss, spray paint, marker pen, self-leveling pouring medium, clear gloss spray on fiberglass surfboards with sand and dolphin skeleton installation. Installation view in No Black Seas, ACE Open.
Skein were commissioned to design a set of custom display stands for Artist Beaver Lennon as part of the Arts Ceduna group exhibition for the 2019 Tarnanthi exhibition at ACE Open. The stands delivered an elegant and minimal solution to display the surfboards upright allowing visibility from all sides whilst attaching to the surfboard’s fin box.
RVR
Skein designed and oversaw the fabricaiton of three bespoke jewellery cases for the 'Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection' of contemporary Australian jewellery.
Hung in a heavily trafficked transition space, the jewellery cases securely display selected pieces from the Art Gallery of South Australia’s collection acquired through the support of Dr Jane Vernon-Roberts with her late husband Professor Barrie Vernon-Roberts.
These Glass fronted display cases are wall mounted and accessible via a concealed hydraulic strut system.