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Love is the Sweetest Thing — Ken Unsworth, *The Birdman,* 2024, fibre-glass mannequin, bamboo, cedar, cast resin. Exhibition installation shot Photography Effy Alexakis, Photowrite.

Macquarie University Art Gallery

Ken Unsworth

Love is the Sweetest Thing

From the early performances of the 1970s, through to the hugely popular suspended stone circles, installations that incorporate a sense of the theatrical “popera” collaborations with the Australian Dance Artists, and the large-scale paintings, Ken Unsworth continues to offer us a disturbing and uncompromising view of our shared humanity.

This major exhibition also features a specially editioned catalogue of Unsworth’s new works, produced in partnership with Bandicoot Publishing. Curated by Brad Buckley.Maitland Regional Art Gallery

6 March—21 May

Macquarie University Art Gallery

19ER, Eastern Road, Macquarie Park NSW, Australia

artgallery.mq.edu.au

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Macquarie University Art Gallery

Ken Unsworth

Love is the Sweetest Thing

6 March—21 May

Macquarie University Art Gallery

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