Previews
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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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Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Gumnuts and Sandstone
Columbian-born Maria Fernanda Cardoso has created a fundamentally Australian exhibition that celebrates the environment of her adopted home in Sydney.
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Khadim Ali: Invisible Border
Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with Khadim Ali about the works of ‘Invisible Border’ – its tapestries in particular, which bear a collective signature of collaboration with Hazara craftswomen and men impacted by war and displacement.
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Clarice Beckett: The present moment
'An ingeniously designed exhibition which takes the viewer to the sites where Beckett worked and reflects the light and mood of the times of day, to which she so brilliantly gave expression. It’s about the power of art. Get going now. See this show.' - Dr Judith Pugh
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Behind the Scenes: Graphic Art Mount
For years, Sydney’s Graphic Art Mount have set the standard for Australian fine art mounting, framing and exhibition display. Here we find that the secrets to their longevity go far beyond talent and dedication to their craft.
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Gerwyn Davies: Plush
Dr Joseph Brennan speaks with Gerwyn Davies about the 23 photographs of ‘Plush’, which through post-production embellishment realise the performative and aesthetic intensifications of ‘camp’ and generate new queer potentials.
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George Gittoes: Augustus Tower
'The current ‘Augustus Tower’ suite of works deals with the present, and graphically confirms Gittoes as an artist with an ability to tackle the big issues that tear at the edges of our comfortable beliefs.' – Dr Rod Pattenden
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