Friendship as a Way of Life
‘Friendship as a Way of Life’ brings together more than 20 artists and collaborative groups to explore queer kinship and forms of being together. Presented across the entire gallery and online, this major project seeks to foreground the way LGBTQI+ communities create alternative networks of support through various creative and resourceful means. Read more…
UNSW Galleries
8 May to 21 November 2020
Sydney
Nicole Monks: miyarnuwimanha
‘miyarnuwimanha’ translates to ‘learning, becoming knowledgeable’, a concept that is explored by Yamaji Wajarri, Dutch and English artist Nicole Monks. In this exhibition, Monks explores the innate and unconscious interconnectedness to Country, community and culture and considers notions of knowledge transfer, the resilience of the stolen generation and the complexities of living off Country on other mob’s unceded land.
The Lock-Up
12 September to 8 November 2020
New South Wales
Do I have to spell it out for you?
Eight artists give language and text a central role, allowing the audience to read their art, literally. They give language and text a central role, allowing the audience to read their art, literally. Through this direct mode of communication, the cultural and political power of words – as a means of resistance, cultural artefact, joke, and tool of sovereignty – is exposed and reclaimed. Puns, song lyrics, spoken word and personal musings highlight the complexities of language to create community, define identity and tell stories.
Town Hall Gallery
5 September to 25 October 2020
Melbourne
Ross Taylor: Field notes
Exploring the landscape, history, people and architecture of Central Victoria and the forces that have shaped it through time, Ross Taylor’s drawing-led practice considers the evocations and resonances of interior and exterior spaces through carefully composed images. Through a dedication to the medium of drawing and the interrogation of colour and spatial relationships, Taylor’s works read like an expanded notebook; an assemblage of visual ‘field notes’ in which a new – and often playful – chronicle of Central Victoria’s cultural landscape is offered.
Bendigo Art Gallery (Online)
28 March to 18 October 2020
Victoria
Michael Taylor: Landscapes
Michael Taylor lives and works in the Monaro, where he draws his inspiration from the natural world around him. He paints the landscapes and waterscapes of southeastern New South Wales, capturing their rhythms and changing atmospheres. His paintings stand at the junction of landscape and abstraction, though they often appear to melt into total abstraction. Taylor has revised and adapted his gestural abstraction over the years to maintain it as his own instantly recognizable visual language.
Nancy Sever Gallery
12 September to 4 October 2020
Australian Capital Territory
