Sally M Nangala Mulda: Remembering Now
Sally M Nangala Mulda is a storyteller; within her rich and fluid figurative painting style, she is constantly documenting, recording, always remembering now. Informed by everyday life, Mulda’s works act as a stamp of time and place. For her solo exhibition ‘Remembering Now’ Mulda loosely applies layers of colour with expressive brushstrokes, using her signature cursive script to contextualise the scene and provide personal insights into the world around her – with this recent body of works responding to the threat of COVID-19.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
17 September to 7 October 2020
Queensland
Desert Mob
Desert Mob turns 30, and while official celebrations are on hold until 2021, ‘Desert Mob 2020’ offers a mix of digital and traditional platforms to continue their showcase of contemporary Aboriginal art. This year’s exhibition features hundreds of new, innovative artworks in a range of media from paintings, sculpture, weaving and wood carving to prints, photography and works on paper, by emerging and established artists from Desart-member art centres from the desert regions and communities of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
Araluen Arts Centre
11 September to 25 October 2020
Northern Territory
HERE&NOW20: Perfectly Queer
‘HERE&NOW20: Perfectly Queer’ examines how artists draw on history and their own lived experiences to create artwork that reflects on what it means to be queer. Artists Benjamin Bannan, Nathan Beard, Janet Carter, Lill Colgan, Jo Darbyshire, Brontë Jones, Andrew Nicholls and Colin Smith use their work as a means to problematise binaries, to explore sites of desire and to provide safe spaces for communities.
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
29 August to 5 December 2020
Western Australia
Seeing Through Darkness
Directed by Michelle Ryan of Restless Dance Theatre, ‘Seeing Through Darkness’ responds through performance to the work of Expressionist artist Georges Rouault. As Ryan states, the imperfect form of the body and the troubled soul of the work resonate with how people with disability can feel and be perceived. Some may be confronted while others may see beauty in difference.
Art Gallery of South Australia
4 September to 11 October 2020
South Australia
Portrait of a Place: Photography from the DCC Permanent Collection
Diverse natural and built environments are central to ‘Portrait of a Place’, from Tasmanian photographers on view at Devonport Regional Gallery. Exploring native landscapes and urban scenes, the exhibition questions how we create our own place within them. Curated by Erin Wilson, artists include Julia Davis, Peter Dombrovskis, Lisa Garland, David Martin, Ricky Maynard, Geoffrey Parr, Troy Ruffels, Ilona Schneider and Brian Sollors.
Devonport Regional Gallery
13 July to 14 November 2020
Tasmania
