Previews
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Dean Cross: Icarus, my Son
This exhibition examines the too common experience of rural and regional people who need to leave in search of opportunities not available to them. A semi-autobiographical exhibition, ‘Icarus, my Son’ ruminates on ideas of home, ambition, cataclysm and loss.
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Harrison See, Desmond Mah, Aasiya Evans: A Place We Call Home
Harrison See, Aasiya Evans and Desmond Mah present works that talk about the nature of home, the intricacies of cultural exchange through collaboration and the place of the artist in overarching cultural conversations.
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Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery
For 'Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery', 22 artists examine the role of jewellery, expanding on the notion of wearable art and the diversity it entails.
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WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait
'WARWAR' showcases the evolution and strength of Torres Strait Islander tradition and society through a diverse range of works by arts practitioners from the 19th century to the present.
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Oliver Watts: Sweet is the Swamp
Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with Oliver Watts about the eight works of ‘Sweet is the Swamp’ – fluid and fragmentary paintings soaked in allusion and the symbolism of a key site of Australian significance.
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Pierre Mukeba: Black Emotion
Pierre Mukeba's latest drawings are grittier, coarser and less inhibited – both fierce in their expression, as well as dreamlike and poetic.
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Sally Rees: CRONE
Explore the harsh truths and stereotypes faced by aging women and the crone archetype in ‘CRONE’, where artist Sally Rees reclaims her authentic self and wears her years with ‘a badge of pride’.
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The Dark Side
Born of a partnership with the National Art School’s Frame of Mind project, which aims to prompt crucial discussion around mental health in the arts, ‘The Dark Side’ showcases artists who engage with their internal tensions and interrogate psychological frailties.
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Darren Sylvester: Treasure Island
Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with Darren Sylvester about the six photographs of ‘Treasure Island’ – diverse in subject, elaborately studio-staged, and rich in invention and pop-cultural resonance.
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Looking Ahead: Embracing the Paradoxical Nature of Change
Artist Megan Seres expresses her thoughts on how 2020 has reframed her creative focus and how she has moved forward into 2021.
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Hayley Millar Baker: There we were all in one place
Throughout her oeuvre, Hayley Millar Baker reclaims the medium of photography using a hacking and collage method that connects Australian histories (often untold outside of oral, local storytelling) and her grandfather’s collection of photographs and negatives.
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Looking Ahead: Far from home
Writer Sophia Halloway expresses her thoughts on how 2020 has reframed her creative focus and how she has moved forward into 2021.
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