In ‘Safe Space’; Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Alex Seton, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, David Cross, Franz Ehmann, Karla Dickens, Keg de Souza, Michelle Nikou, Rosie Miller, Tim Sterling and Will French use sculpture to explore different notions of space – abstract or real, physical, psychological, political and social. The human body – its dimensions, the spaces it occupies, the narratives that contain it and the spectacle that unfolds around it – is often used as a reference point in considering greater themes of privacy versus public space, refuge and sanctuary, agoraphobia and claustrophobia.

Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Downstairs Dining Room – Octopus, 2014, Lego, IKEA chair and plant with hanger, 96 x 100 x 72cm. Photograph: Ivan Bulijan. Courtesy the artists and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Until 2 February, 2021
Queensland