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In her major touring solo exhibition Red Flags, currently at Ararat Gallery TAMA, Wadawurrung artist Kait James takes aim at the ongoing commodification of Indigenous culture. She talks to Jane O’Sullivan about kitschy calendar tea towels, souvenir pennants and why she finds it easier to say harsh truths with a little humour.
Using the powerful connection between mother and daughter, Generational at Madeline Gordon Gallery in Launceston, explores this intimate relationship with creativity and complexity.
holemtaet hemia (hold this/ hold this tightly) is a new solo exhibition from Shari O’Dwyer at The Condensery, Toogoolawah, Queensland, that explores the woven memories between generations of South Sea Islanders in the Australian colony.
Auckland-born and raised artist Lisa Reihana is ever the optimist, creating two new works signifying social cohesion to hang outside two Australian arts venues—Ngununggula, and Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks —just as dark divisions seek to undermine the value of migration and Indigenous sovereignty.
For contemporary jeweller Kyoko Hashimoto, an exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia marks a shift in her approach to materials and method, with a renewed focus on sustainability.
A search for beauty is behind Skin tight, the first solo exhibition in Australia for the American artist Tschabalala Self, whose works (on view at ACCA) seek to alter the power dynamic between viewer and subject.
