Vivienne Binns is an Australian artist whose ground-breaking works, produced over six decades, are instrumental to the evolution of feminist, collaborative, community, and studio-based arts practice. On and through the Surface is a survey exhibition of over 100 works created by the artist since the 1960s and is accompanied by the first monograph to be published about her practice. The gallery explains Binns’ work demonstrates “a feminist and avant-garde ethos, while holding principles of community engagement and egalitarian creative expression at its core.”
Vivienne Binns, The aftermath and the ikon of fear, 1984–85, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 160 × 160cm Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, with support from the Qantas Foundation in 2015, purchased 2020. Courtesy the artist and Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne
Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
5 February to 14 April 2022
Melbourne
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
15 July to 25 September 2022
Sydney
