Special Projects
Throughout her journey as an artist, Mary Lou Pavlovic has often become involved with community groups, working directly with them. She has also staged public artworks through her fictitious museum, PavModern, founded in 2002, after British art critic Matthew Collings coined the term PavModern in an Australian lecture tour organised by Pavlovic.
Bangli Jail Art Project with Renae Lawrence
From April, 2015 - 2017
In April 2015, Mary Lou Pavlovic and Bali 9 member Renae Lawrence launched a fund raising project through the Australian Cultural Fund, seeking donations to establish an art program at Bangli Jail Bali. With funds raised weekly painting classes were held,culminating in a large mural around the kitchen, which prisoners and staff alike enjoy. Other classes included woodcarving by Ketut Suaka and a drawing class by Australian artist Kate Shaw.
The Outsider commissioned by Telstra
Telstra Exchange, 62 Inkerman Street St Kilda Melbourne
2010 - 2015 3 stage project
The Outsider is a public artwork around the Telstra Exchange St Kilda. Bricks were painted loosely referring to an old style tv test pattern, creating a visual reference to communication that the building is used for. The work was conceived to brighten up a dilapidated area. Mary Lou Pavlovic invited local unemployed, schools and marginalised people in the community of Port Phillip to work on the project. In 2012, the work was a finalist in the City of Port Phillip Urban Design Awards for Public Art. The project was largely commissioned by Telstra but Pavlovic received additional funding through the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development Grants, NAVA, The Australia Council for the Arts and Victorian Communities Small Volunteer Grants.
The Banner Project
October 2006, Catani Gardens,St Kilda Beach Foreshores, Melbourne
The Banner Project was conceived by Mary Lou Pavlovic in order to give a voice to local marginalised people in the City of Port Phillip area, Melbourne. Local unemployed, homeless and those with mental health issues joined in to make a personal statement about their lives, the idea being that advertising by powerful bodies is all around us but rarely are statements by the less vulnerable. The project was funded by the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development Grants, and was featured at the Contention or Consensus Conference organised by Sarah Rainbird held at Gasworks Melbourne in 2006.
The Banner Project was featured in Sarah Rainbird's book, 'Harmonic Tremors, published in 2009 and reviewed in Eyeline arts magazine by Doctor Mary Anne Francis.
"Liar!"
In 2004, over 20 Australian women came forward, accusing footballers of sexual assault. There was not a single conviction. Further Mary Lou Pavlovic discovered that domestic violence rises on Grand Final day. For two weeks at the time of the AFL Grand Final 2004, Pavlovic put up 250 of these large street posters of herself dressed as a football fan, with a black eye, around the streets of Melbourne. With funding from the Reichstein Foundation, the Australian Cultural Fund and Niagara Galleries, the project received blanket national coverage including JJJ Hack, ABC Radio The Deep End, Virginia Trioli's Drivetime, Channel Nine News, The Footy Show, The Australian, Melbourne Herald Sun, Artshub, The Age and more. The poster is in several national collections including the Australian National Gallery, Art Gallery of Ballarat, City of Port Phillip.
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