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Turning mathematical codes into textiles
Al Munro’s latest exhibition experiments with translating the content of paintings back into textiles.
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The Housing Question
The Housing Question—an expansive show by artists Helen Grace, Narelle Jubelin and Sherre DeLys—examines the multiple public and private dimensions of housing.
Rebecca Shanahan
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Seeing Country
A group exhibition that seeks to highlight Indigenous knowledge and insights into natural ecologies.
Tracey Clement
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The Botanical: Beauty and Peril
Unearthing relationships between the depictions of Western Australian flora and the state’s Indigenous, colonial and future legacy.
Briony Downes
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Getting to know Bugai
One of the many interesting things about Bugai’s oeuvre is her stylistic diversity. Tight controlled dot-work sits comfortably alongside – and sometimes underneath – loose brushwork.
Nadiah Abdulrahim
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Chris Bond: Glimmer
For those familiar with Bond’s work, themes of eye-watering illusion and the craft of trompe l’oeil are all but unfamiliar.
John Buckley
Interview
George Egerton-Warburton on capitalism and the politics of dogshit
“Years later I was walking down the street and I was hit by a wave of that pungent smell that explodes out the back of the garbage truck as it compacts the trash. As aromas of dogshit and grass clippings filtered through me I felt incredibly warm and got goosebumps.”
Barnaby Smith
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Patrick Tjungurrayi: Kallianku
The late Pintupi artist Patrick Tjungurrayi’s paintings offer abstract representations of Country, ceremony, and ancestral and creation stories.
Andy Butler
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On Vulnerability and Doubt
Works by Australian and international artists suggest that doubt and vulnerability, though long perceived as weaknesses, can make room for desire and transformation.
Zara Sigglekow
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Agatha Gothe-Snape and Wrong Solo: Certain Situations
“I am interested in situations where the art historical, psychological, social, and physical worlds collide, and there is a thickness in these situations” – Agatha Gothe-Snape
Tai Mitsuji
News
Lynda Draper wins 2019 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award
Lynda Draper has won the fifth biennial Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award. The Sydney-based artist took out the $50,000 prize with her 2019 series Somnambulism.
Art Guide Australia
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Matthew Sleeth: A Drone Opera
“Drones have become this metaphor for our fear of technology” – Matthew Sleeth
