Piercing the veil
A new exhibition at Buxton Contemporary finds a rich complexity in the shadowy terrain between life and death.
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Photograph by Lawrence English for Art Guide Australia.
Through the stark aesthetic of his smartphone images, Lawrence English provides a striking take on Brisbane life during lockdown.
Taken during May 2020, and featured in our July/August magazine, Lawrence is one of ten profiled artists who documented their life with their smartphone, detailing his black-and-white take on his surrounds. Read our profile on English, where the artist discusses how he creates art with sound, and why listening is so important.
A new exhibition at Buxton Contemporary finds a rich complexity in the shadowy terrain between life and death.
In Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie currently showing at the National Gallery of Australia, viewers are invited to share a journey through the history of modern art from across the globe.
In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.
Described as “a space for reflection, remembrance, and the sharing of truth”, Kattidj Nagãr, now showing at John Curtin Gallery, is dedicated to the Aboriginal people who once resided at the Carrolup Settlement in Western Australia.
An exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery pays tribute to Staffordshire-born Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) and his eponymous pottery company, featuring rare, valuable and ornate pieces, as well as “grandma’s good china”.
Blak In-Justice, now showing at Heide Museum of Modern Art, challenges the brutal systems that shape Indigenous incarceration in Australia—while charting the healing power of ancestral knowledge in the process.
