Suggested Reading
Théo Mercier’s sites unseen
Equal parts monumental and fleeting, the sand sculptures of French artist Théo Mercier chart the histories—beyond our lines of vision—that a landscape reveals and conceals. Mercier’s MIRRORSCAPE is now showing at Mona.
Briony Downes
In the shadows: Gao Ping’s dialogue with the deeper heart
For Chinese painter Gao Ping, the interplay between shadow and light is as much a symbol of our relationship with history as it is a visual technique. The artist’s latest exhibition Between the Shadow and the Soul, curated by Dr Luise Guest, is now showing at Vermilion Art.
Louise Martin-Chew
Proof-sheet of an era: examining the golden age of documentary photography
Examining the documentary photography of the 1950s to 1980s might seem like an exercise in looking back, but as Jane O’Sullivan discovers, Imagining a Real Australia calls loudly to the present. It’s full of arresting works on subjects that still speak to us today, from land rights to war and feminism.
Jane O'Sullivan
Imants Tillers gets metaphysical
In his latest exhibition, now showing at Bett Gallery, Postmodern painter and writer Imants Tillers is influenced by a variety of sources including the metaphysical style of Italian artist Georgio de Chirico.
Steve Dow
Darrell Sibosado scales new heights
In an interview with Louise Martin-Chew, Darrell Sibosado discusses his striking installation Ilgarr (Blood), currently on show as part of the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, his major commission at the 24th Biennale of Sydney, and Illume, an upcoming collaboration with the renowned Bangarra Theatre.
Louise Martin-Chew
You’re Welcome? reveals the double binds of belonging
You’re Welcome?, a group exhibition at Verge Gallery, complicates this country’s well-worn narratives of inclusion and exclusion, while playfully exposing the rules that shape what it means to belong.