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The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Art of Peace: Art After War

A thought-provoking and transformative exhibition featuring nine artists who have created artworks shaped by living amongst the horrors and aftermath of war and conflict. The exhibition brings together artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda and Timor-Leste to explore how visual artists address the trauma of war and life after conflict.

The international artists include Rwandan artists – Teta Chel, Innocent Nkurunziza, Cedric Mizero; Timor-Leste – Bernardino Soares, Inu Bere, Maria Madeira; and from Bosnia and Herzegovina – Mladen Miljanović, Aida Šehović, Adela Jušić.

1 February—29 June

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Perth Cultural Centre, James St Mall Perth WA 6000

artgallery.wa.gov.au

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The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Art of Peace: Art After War

1 February—29 June

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

More Exhibitions at The Art Gallery of Western Australia

FORECAST

Dianne Jones, Eva Fernandez and Jo Pollitt in collaboration with AGWA

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Henry Roy – Impossible Island

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Form and feeling: artists’ studies of the twentieth century

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Balancing Act

Ongoing Exhibition

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Taring Padi

The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Suggested Reading

Bhenji Ra dreams in dance

Josephine Mead

Taking flight with Sorawit Songsataya

Amelia Winata

Consuelo Cavaniglio’s tricks of the light

Jane O'Sullivan

All that glitters with The Huxleys

Steve Dow

Shedding light with Roberta Joy Rich

Briony Downes

Carol Jerrems’ maternal inheritances

Josephine Mead

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