Steven Mark Holland, The loveliest of all, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Steven Mark Holland
Chutespace
Opening Saturday 1 November 6pm – 10pm
Quiet Hour 5pm - 6pm
Quiet Hour provides an accessible low-sensory environment to experience the exhibition.
Sunday 2 November – Sunday 23 November
The loveliest of all is a reference to the song called The Unicorn which was written by Shel Silverstein and sung by The Irish Rovers in the 1960s.
The catchy song got stuck in Steven’s mind while working on the Chutespace project. For Chutespace he wanted to celebrate the platypuses living around Canberra. Steven imagined them as ancient secretive animals that have been feeding in rivers and burrowing into river banks for over 100 million years. He wanted to create a platypus spirit, surviving alongside us, today.
About Chutespace
In November 2013 the former Griffith Library after-hours book-returns chute was transformed by Jeffree Skewes and Kerry Shepherdson, into a distinctive miniature exhibition space named CHUTESPACE.
CHUTESPACE is an artist run initiative and continues to be voluntarily curated and managed. Artists of all genres can apply for an exhibition.
Mini exhibitions are featured for four-week periods in line with the M16 main gallery exhibition periods.
All artist proposals are considered, and exhibitions are free to the artist.