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Khadim Ali | Clarice Beckett UNSEEN

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Art Almanac April 2021

Letter from the Editor The comfortability of our everyday lives allows the social, cultural and political struggles faced by members of our communities to go unnoticed. This issue casts light on the hidden plights of refugees and cross-cultural identities in Khadim Ali’s ‘Invisible Border’ while Belinda Mason’s ‘UNSEEN’ project opens our eyes to the gravity of homelessness experienced by women in Australia. As always, we present a national guide to art galleries, exhibitions, art services and opportunities, and a behindthe-scenes look, into the often-unknown operations of institutions and people contributing to Australia’s arts ecology. Enjoy! Melissa Peša

Deadline for May issue: Wednesday 31 March, 2021 On sale Thursday 29 April, 2021

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Khadim Ali, Sermon on the Mount, 2020, linen, cotton, nylon, ink, natural dye, synthetic dye, acrylic paint; painting, hand and machine embroidery, appliqué, 557 × 397.5cm Collection: National Gallery of Australia, purchased 2021 Courtesy the artist, National Gallery of Australia, Australian Capital Territory Read more on page 24.

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ART NEWS

The National ‘The National 2021: New Australian Art’ – the third edition of a six-year, biennial initiative – explores the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art in a major survey presented across three Sydney venues: Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) from 26 March to 5 September; Carriageworks from 26 March to 20 June 2021; and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) from 26 March to 22 August 2021.

Curated by Matt Cox and Erin Vink (AGNSW), Abigail Moncrieff (Carriageworks), and Rachel Kent (MCA), ‘The National 2021’ focuses on the environment, its destruction and our planetary responsibility; global uncertainty; and our relationship to Country, collaboration and intergenerational learning. The event will showcase 39 new and commissioned works including painting, photography, film, sculpture, textiles, installation and performance by leading contemporary Australian artists, collectives and collaboratives from across the country including, urban and regional centres, and remote communities such as the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY Lands), Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land, Zendah Kes (Torres Strait Islands), and Belyuen, on the north-west coast of the Northern Territory. Artists include Vernon Ah Kee and Dalisa Pigram with Marrugeku, Mitch Cairns, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Alana Hunt, Kate Just, Deborah Kelly, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Sally Smart, Abdullah M.I. Syed, Darren Sylvester, Alick Tipoti, James Tylor, Brendan Van Hek, Judy Watson, John Wolseley and Judith Wright, to name a few. ‘The National 2021’ presents talks, tours, performances and activities for all ages. Visit the following websites for details. the-national.com.au | artgallery.nsw.gov.au | carriageworks.com.au | mca.com.au Karrabing Film Collective, Day in the Life # 2 (still), 2020, HD with subtitles, colour, sound, 32 minutes, 37 seconds © the artists Courtesy the artists and Carriageworks, Sydney

ART NEWS

Past-Present-Future

‘My paintbrush is my weapon’ – a powerful statement made by Western Arrernte artist Vincent Namatjira at the opening of P.P.F. (Past-Present-Future) (2021), Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s latest Circular Quay Foyer Wall Commission and the artist’s largest work to date. The hand-painted mural asserts identity, sovereignty, pride and resilience in its depiction of seven Aboriginal figures significant to the artist’s life and practice: former AFL football player Adam Goodes; land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo; famous bantamweight boxer Lionel Rose; Vincent’s great-grandfather Albert Namatjira; the artist’s late father-in-law and musician, Kunmanara (Jimmy) Pompey; and an Aboriginal stockman who represents male elders from his community of Indulkana in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) region in South Australia; as well as a selfportrait. On view now. mca.art Artist Vincent Namatjira with P.P.F. (Past-PresentFuture), 2021, commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2021, supported by Veolia Environmental Services Photograph: Daniel Boud © the artist Courtesy the artist, Iwantja Arts, South Australia and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney

A Festival in Light From 9 to 18 April ‘Parrtjima’ celebrates Future Kultcha, a theme based on the sharing of intergenerational wisdom passed down from one generation to the next. Australia’s oldest continuing culture casts a mesmerising spell over audiences with a spectacular showcase of Aboriginal art and design utilising new and innovative technologies in illumination. Staged across the ancient McDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory, 55 artists manifest stories of culture, Country and the landscape through spoken word, art, music, film, performance, interactive workshops and bushfood. Seven vibrant installations light up the sand and night skies, such as artist Chantelle Mulladad’s illuminated history of cameleers from the Middle East and Arrernte people in the Red Centre. ‘Parrtjima’ is a free family festival. Registration to attend is essential. parrtjimaaustralia.com.au Chantelle Mulladad, Merging Kultcha, artist render 2021 Courtesy the artist, Keringke Arts, Northern Territory, and Parrtjima, Northern Territory

UNSEEN By Melissa Peša A woman walks along a traffic-clogged street, weaving her way through the throng of pedestrians; she slows, pausing for a moment to think, to breathe, before continuing on her journey. Unlike the others, her destination is unfixed. She is homeless, financially struggling, socially disconnected. Her name... is Fiona. Fiona, now living in stable accommodation in Sydney, is one of many vulnerably housed women featured in ‘UNSEEN’, a multimedia arts project led by Blur Projects and the Women’s Electoral Lobby sharing the hidden experiences of women and homelessness in New South Wales. ‘UNSEEN’ was developed by photographer Belinda Mason who has conceptualised, produced, and presented community engagement projects – ‘Silent Tears’, ‘Breaking Silent Codes’, and ‘Unfinished Business’ – concerning sexuality, disability, identity and violence, and the vulnerability of women. ‘UNSEEN’ follows suit, with a focus on homelessness. The initiative offers this marginalised community an opportunity to collaborate with artists and advocates to generate greater public awareness of the subject and challenge social stigmas.

‘Scruffy’, Teora, Amy and Jai

FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

Clarice Beckett The present moment By Dr Judith Pugh

The Clarice Beckett exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia ends on 16 May. You have 30 days in April and 16 in May. Whether you hitch-hike or fly, sleep rough or in the poshest hotel, get to Adelaide to see the show. This is the Australian painter of the 20th century; she encapsulates the place and period and people she observed, none surpasses her. Clarice Beckett died in 1935 at the age of 45; and until her sister brought a picture to art dealer Rosalind Hollinrake in the early 1970s, Beckett’s work had not been celebrated in the postsecond-World-War artworld. Hollinrake collected and promoted the pictures and has completed a PhD, which will be the definitive biography. A number of works in this show have recently been donated – it includes loans from private and public collections, together with Beckett pictures already in the gallery’s collection.

Silent approach, c.1924, Beaumaris, Melbourne, oil on board Purchased with the assistance of Ken Baxter and Annabel Baxter, Peter Burrows AO, Kiera Grant, Bill Hayward and Alison Hayward, Colin Hindmarsh and Barbara Hindmarsh, The Hon. Diana Laidlaw AM, John Schaeffer AO and Bettina Dalton, Ezekiel Solomon AM, 2014, 100 Works for 100 Years, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

WHAT’S ON NEAR ME

Jacqueline Hennessy

Leila Jeffreys

This is a love song

Birdland

Jan Murphy Gallery presents the inaugural exhibition of artist Jacqueline Hennessy, showcasing one half of a large body of work created during Hennessy’s residency at the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio at Tweed Regional Gallery (TRG) in 2020. These beautifully painted and emotive works pose as visual cues to understand the artist’s experience of being a woman in a world where she is at once visible and invisible. The second half of the series is on view at TRG until 25 July.

Lelia Jeffreys has a deep passion and connection with birds. Spending many hours with varied species, both in their natural environment and in studio, Jeffreys’ patient interactions allow her to capture the unique personalities and avian characteristics of birds in beautiful photographic portraits. Produced in large-scale format, Jeffreys illuminates the colours and feathered textures of the many species of birds she researches, observes and photographs, while also addressing her concerns for the environment and the impact of human interaction with the animal world.

Jan Murphy Gallery 13 April to 1 May, 2021 Queensland

Untitled and true love lives on lollipops and crisps, 2021 Courtesy the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Queensland

Manly Art Gallery & Museum 3 April to 20 June, 2021 Sydney

Emerald Dove, 2017, ‘Series: Ornithurae’ Courtesy the artist and Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney

Balancing Act Our story is not one story, but many stories to share

Art Gallery of Western Australia On now Perth

‘Balancing Act’ presents works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists selected from the State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA). In response to a critic questioning the relevance of Aboriginal art with a political focus, AGWA Curator Indigenous Art, Carly Lane, aims to create a balance between traditional stories of Country, culture and identity, and truth telling. ‘With everything, we must strike a balance,’ she says. ‘In terms of balancing the stories and the artworks in the show, you can’t have one without the other.’

Out of Place ANU Drill Hall Gallery 17 April to 13 June, 2021 Australian Capital Territory

In time with shifting notions and understandings of place and belonging, ‘Out of Place’ explores how contemporary artworks can embody, transpose and reconfigure a sense of locality in a globalised world. A display of photographic works, photorealistic paintings, and installations by a cohort of international and intergenerational artists and artist-collaborators, expand our understanding of the theme. Artists include Hany Armanious, Boyle Family, Bonita Bub, Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley, Fiona Connor, Thomas Demand, Dale Harding, Anna Kristensen, Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, and Jasper Jordan-Lang.

Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley, SAFE, 2005, neon, electric cables, fittings and transformer, 23 × 150cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Contemporary Collection Benefactors. Acquired 2007 Courtesy the artists and ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Australian Capital Territory

Julie Dowling, Money, Before pension day, 1999, synthetic polymer paint, ochre and mica gold on canvas, 107 × 83cm State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia © Julie Dowling, 1999 Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

BEHIND THE SCENES

Behind the Scenes

with Emmaly Langridge, General Manager of Firstdraft By Nikita Holcombe

Nestled on Riley Street, in the centre of the Sydney art ecology resides Firstdraft – Australia’s longest running Artist Run Initiative. Firstdraft gallery, established over 30 years ago, is a space dedicated to fostering and promoting the work of early-career artists. Firstdraft’s program, realised by the Key Team and Board of Directors, is unwavering in its dedication to exhibiting experimental and emerging practices, spanning art, writing and curation. A place that is dedicated to artists run by artists, Firstdraft plays an imperative role in amplifying communitydriven practices that promotes dialogue on a diverse range of voices and perspectives. Firstdraft is Australia’s longest running ARI; what do you think it is about Firstdraft that cements it as a key organisation in the Sydney contemporary art community? Firstdraft doesn’t rest – the organisation is always looking to grow, improve and adapt. I think that this passionate energy fuelled by the incredible artists, volunteers, staff and directors (past and present) is critical to its longevity and success within Sydney.

Emmaly Langridge, General Manager of Firstdraft Courtesy Firstdraft, Sydney

The organisation constantly strives to create a space that nurtures and uplifts. We are deeply invested in providing the space, time and support which allows artists to experiment and explore within their practice. As a small organisation led by early-career artists and arts professionals, we have an incredible ability to remain nimble and responsive which ensures that we remain relevant within the wider arts landscape.

Firstdraft has a key team and a board with broad and varied experienced members. Can you tell us a bit about them and how they work together? Firstdraft is led by a Board of Directors who each serve a two-year term, with terms operating on a rotational basis to ensure continuity and prevent loss of institutional knowledge. Our directors play a huge role at Firstdraft, leading the artistic vision and working across nearly every element of the organisation, including fundraising, development, operations, producing and financial management. Supporting our day-to-day operations is a small core team including a General Manager, Communications and Engagement Manager and Gallery Coordinator, occasionally supported by an Administration Assistant, and work alongside the Board of Directors to realise Firstdraft’s strategic vision. 44

ART & INDUSTRY

Artist Opportunities We have selected a few galleries and funding bodies calling for submissions for Art Awards, Artist Engagements, Grants, Public Art, Residency Programs, Exhibition Proposals and more. Enjoy, and good luck! Craft ACT: CO:LAB artists announced

This month we celebrate the skills and creativity of ceramic artist Cathy Franzi, silversmith Alison Jackson and designer/sculptor Dan Lorrimer, who have all been selected as the inaugural Craft ACT: CO:LAB designers. The CO:LAB initiative is a professional development program for the creation of new and innovative lighting designs for the home interior. CO:LAB encourages collaboration across the fields of architecture, craft and design, and through this program the artists will be presented with a unique opportunity to learn about design collaboration, and the processes of residential architecture design through engagement with an architect and their client. CO:LAB includes an exhibition at Craft ACT’s DESIGN Canberra Festival in November 2021, as well as mentoring, sustainability advice, professional photography, an artist fee, and the artists will have the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the creative and financial possibilities in commercial markets.

‘The incredible opportunity this project offers, is to work with a team of architects, designers and clients to learn about the demands and possibilities of design collaboration. This will be a completely new prospect for me, enhancing my practice to extend into architectural design and, importantly, to receive professional mentoring to understand the design process,’ says Franzi. Jackson and Lorrimer also explain, ‘As two arts practitioners dedicated to the continued sustainability of our work as our sole income, this financially and professionally supported project will allow us to dedicate ourselves to the growth of our practice into new commercial areas.’ CO:LAB’s vision is to become an annual event to support Canberra’s thriving craft and design community. Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre is a not-for-profit membership-based organisation that supports artists, craft practitioners, designers and makers at every stage of their careers. Read more about the inaugural CO:LAB artists and the 2021 project on CRAFT ACT’s website. craftact.org.au

Australian National Brooch Show

Entries close April 23, 2021 Entries are open for the 14th Australian National Brooch Show. The Australian National Brooch Show is an exhibition of small wearable artworks presented by the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc. (CAS), which is open to both emerging and established artists from across Australia, offering the opportunity for contemporary artists to gain exposure for their art at low cost. In 2021, CAS have subsidised entries to enable free entry for up to five pieces per artist. There are two exhibition presentations: Fitzroy Library: May 8 to August 1, and Eltham Library: August 6 to October 28. All brooches exhibited will also be displayed online. Visit the website for more information; FAQs and entry or contact CAS via email mail@contemporaryartsociety. org.au or (03) 9428-0568, 0407-059-194. contemporaryartsociety.org.au

Boynes Emerging Artist Award

Dan Lorrimer, Splinter Array 7, 2020, powder-coated mild steel Photograph: Alison Jackson Courtesy the artist and Craft ACT, Australian Capital Territory

Entries close April 30, 2021 Artists from around the world are invited to enter the Boynes Emerging Artist Award, established to support, promote, and connect emerging artists across the globe and to enhance the profile of young and undiscovered talent. The prize is an international independent artist-run competition with a total prize pool of $90,000+ (USD) on offer. All twodimensional artworks, including drawing, etching, painting and photography, across all mediums, depicting any theme, are encouraged. boynesartistaward.com Art & Industry 47

ART & INDUSTRY

Awards Contemporary Wearables ‘21

W www.tr.qld.gov.au/trag Entries are open for Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery’s biennial jewellery award and exhibition – up to $15,000 available for acquisitions. Visit website for details and entry. Entries close Fri May 28.

Du Rietz Art Awards

W gympie.qld.gov.au/DRAA Entries are open for the Du Rietz Art Awards 2021. There are over $13,000 in prizes on offer. Visit the website for conditions and entry. Exhibition July 29 to Sept 3 at Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD. Entries close 4pm, Tues June 8. See ad page 145.

HIDDEN: Rookwood Sculptures

W www.hiddeninrookwood.com.au Entries are open for HIDDEN Rookwood Sculptures 2021. Works that engage with HIDDEN’s themes of history, culture, remembrance, diversity, love, mourning, spirituality, cycles of life and the passage of time are invited. Over $40,000 in honorariums and awards available. Entries close Mon April 9.

Naked & Nude Art Prize

W friendsmanningvalley.com.au Call for entries open. Visit the website for details and entry. Manning Regional Art Gallery, 12 Macquarie Street, Taree NSW 2430. Enquiries: friendsmanningvalley@gmail.com Entries close Wed June 16.

Olive Cotton Award

Entries are open for the Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture. The 2021 guest judge is photo-media artist Michael Cook. The exhibition is on display July 16 to Sept 19 and the official opening and prize announcements on Sat July 17. Entries close 5pm, Sun May 2.

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Paddington Art Prize

E info@paddingtonartprize.com.au W www.paddingtonartprize.com.au The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 national acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape, to be awarded by Marlene Antico OAM. The exhibition of national finalists will be presented at Defiance Gallery, Mary Place in Paddington from Oct 15 to 24. Winners announcements on Thurs Oct 14. Enter online. Entries close 3pm, Mon Sept 13. See ad page 103.

Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival

W www.sculptureinthevineyards.com.au Entries are open for the non-acquisitive Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival prizes. The exhibition of finalists is on from Sept 11 to 26 outdoors in the vineyards and across five indoor galleries. Enter online. Entries open Sat May 1 and close Sat June 19. See ad page 101.

STILL National Still Life Award

W coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/still Entries are open for works in all mediums for the biennial acquisitive STILL National Still Life Award. First prize $30,000. The finalist exhibition runs from Aug 13 to Oct 23 at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Details and entry form online. Entries close Mon April 12. See ad inside back cover.

Tina Wentcher Sculpture Prize Association of Sculptors of Victoria Annual & Awards Exhibition

W www.sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/application_forms The Tina Wentcher Sculpture prize is for sculptors with fewer than ten years sculpting experience. The exhibition will take place at the Victorian Artists’ Society from June 3 to 14. Visit the website for more information and to enter. Entries close Tues May 4. See ad page 78.

MELBOURNE

Australian Tapestry Workshop

262-266 Park Street, South Melbourne 3205. T (03) 9699-7885. E contact@austapestry.com.au W www.austapestry.com.au Gold coin entry. H Due to COVID-19 please check the ATW website for the latest viewing times. During your visit you will have an opportunity to observe the ATW weavers at work on contemporary tapestries from our mezzanine, as well as look down into the colour laboratory where the yarns are dyed for production. The ATW has two galleries which feature curated exhibitions of tapestries, textiles and contemporary art on a rotating basis. To May 21 Weaving Futures – Kay Abude, Atong Atem, John Bates, Eric Bridgeman, Dadang Christanto, Paula do Prado, Troy Emery, Emily Ferretti, Teelah George, Eugenia Lim, Julian Martin, Hayley Millar Baker, Kent Morris, Britt Salt and Sera Waters.

National Gallery of Victoria NGV International

180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004. T (03) 8620-2222. W www.ngv.vic.gov.au H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To April 18 NGV Triennial 2020. To Aug 29 Spectrum: An Exploration of Colour.

Buxton Contemporary

University of Melbourne, Cnr Dodds Street and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank 3006. T (03) 9035-9339. E buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au W buxtoncontemporary.com Free entry. H Wed-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Buxton Contemporary is an art museum that draws upon the Michael Buxton Collection as a springboard for exhibitions, events, research, publishing and ideas. To June 20 This brittle light: Light Source commissions 2020-2021 – Destiny Deacon & Virginia Fraser, Taloi Havini, Laresa Kosloff, Nicholas Mangan, Stuart Ringholt, Grant Stevens and Hossein Valamanesh & Nassiem Valamanesh. Curated by Melissa Keys.

Clare Milledge, I am a hill: where poets walk from the Sacks of wind: a rock harder than rock series, 2018, oil on reverse of recycled tempered glass, bronze close-readers, brass, 65 × 65 × 4cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019 © Clare Milledge Courtesy the artist, STATION, Melbourne and National Gallery of Victoria

Carlton Nth Melbourne The Dax Centre

Taloi Havini, Useful Arts, 2021, composite digital image © the artist Light Source Commission, Buxton Contemporary, The University of Melbourne, 2021 Courtesy the artist and Buxton Contemporary

30 Royal Parade, Kenneth Myer Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010. T (03) 9035-6610. E info@daxcentre.org W www.daxcentre.org Entry by donation. H Wed-Fri 11.00 to 3.30, last Sun of each month 12.00 to 3.00. The Dax Centre is a leader in the use of art to raise awareness and reduce stigma towards mental health issues. Through our exhibitions and educational programs we seek to engage, inform and encourage community connections and conversations about mental health. The Dax Centre is the custodian of the Cunningham Dax Collection, one of only four collections of its kind in the world.

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SYDNEY

Zetland Store Gallery

Artspace

East Sydney

The Cross Art Projects

747 Elizabeth Street, Zetland 2017. E info@zetlandstoregallery.com W www.zetlandstoregallery.com A new artist-run gallery space in Sydney.

APY Gallery

45 Burton Street, Darlinghurst 2010. T 02) 9368-1173. E sydneygallery@apyacc.com W www.apygallery.com H Tues-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00, or by appt. The APY Gallery is a platform for emerging Indigenous artists from the APY Art Centre Collective. www.apyartcentrecollective.com

ARO

51 William Street, Darlinghurst 2010. T 0414-946-894. E info@arogallery.com W www.arogallery.com H Gallery hours vary. Visit website for exhibition program.

Arthouse Gallery

66 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay 2011. T (02) 9332-1019. E contact@arthousegallery.com.au W www.arthousegallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 9.30 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. April 13 to May 1 Nicola Moss: Plants Give Me Hope – Arthouse Gallery is delighted to present a collection of stunning new works by Nicola Moss.

43-51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo 2011. T (02) 9356-0555. E artspace@artspace.org.au W www.artspace.org.au H Mon-Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Visit website for exhibition program.

8 Llankelly Lane (off Orwell Street), Kings Cross 2011. T (02) 9357-2058, 0406-537-933. E info@crossart.com.au W www.crossart.com.au Director: Jo Holder. H Thurs-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00. April 24 to May 29 Brick Veneer Belvedere: Savour Labour by Gary Carsley and Renjit Teoh.

Firstdraft

13-17 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo 2011. T (02) 8970-2999. E info@firstdraft.org.au W firstdraft.org.au H Wed-Sun 10.00 to 5.30, except during exhibition changeover. Established in 1986, Firstdraft is Australia’s longest running artist-led organisation.

Gallery 9

9 Darley Street, Darlinghurst 2010. T (02) 9380-9909. E info@gallery9.com.au W www.gallery9.com.au Director: Allan Cooley. Manager: Oliver Lardner. H Wed-Sat 11.00 to 6.00, Sun-Tues by appt. To April 17 Eloise Kirk, and Angus Gardner. April 21 to May 15 Grace Wright.

King Street Gallery on William 177 William Street, Darlinghurst 2010. T (02) 9360-9727. E art@kingstreetgallery.com W kingstreetgallery.com.au H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 6.00. Please visit website for listing.

NAS Gallery

Forbes Street, Darlinghurst 2010. T (02) 9339-8686. E nasgallery@nas.edu.au W nas.edu.au/nas-gallery/ Free entry. H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 5.00 during exhibitions. To May 22 NAS Gallery: Dobell Drawing Prize #22. April 17 to May 22 The Drawing Gallery: From The Mountain To The Sky: Guy Warren Drawings. Nicola Moss, The chosen, acrylic and paper collage on linen, 115 × 115cm (framed) Courtesy the artist and Arthouse Gallery

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Subiaco West Perth Crawley

Linton & Kay Galleries Subiaco

Gallery 360

Linton & Kay Galleries West Perth

176 Railway Parade, West Leederville 6007. T (08) 9381-6577. E info@gallery360.com.au W www.gallery360.com.au www.facebook.com/gallery360aus. H Mon-Fri 8.30 to 5.30, Thurs 8.30 to 6.30, Sat 9.00 to 4.00.

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

UWA, 35 Stirling Highway (cnr Fairway), Crawley 6009. T (08) 6488-3707. E lwag@uwa.edu.au W lwag.uwa.edu.au H Tues-Sat 12.00 to 5.00. To June 5 Olga Cironis: Dislocation – a survey of 30 years of work by artist Olga Cironis, presented in association with Perth Festival 2021. Also, Paper Cut – an eclectic survey of works on paper from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, and Creatures: Ochred, Pokered, Carved and Twined – a diverse menagerie of animal representations from the Berndt Museum of Anthropology.

Olga Cironis, Alexandra, 2013, archival digital print, 120 × 80cm © the artist Courtesy the artist, Art Collective WA, Western Australia and Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

299 Railway Road (cnr Nicholson Road), Subiaco 6008. T (08) 9388-3300. E subiaco@lintonandkay.com.au W www.lintonandkay.com.au H Mon-Sun 10.00 to 4.00.

11 Old Aberdean Place, West Perth 6005. T (08) 6465 4314. E perth@lintonandkay.com.au W www.lintonandkay.com.au H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 4.00.

Stala Contemporary

12 Cleaver Street, West Perth, 6050. W www.stalacontemporary.com.au H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 4.00 (during exhibitions), or by appt. April 21 to May 7 A Place We Call Home – Aasiya Evans, Desmond Mah and Harrison See. Three culturally diverse artists working across different multidisciplinary oeuvres of print and paint reflect on complex issues of identity through a range of personal/spiritual, political and social narratives. A collaborative exhibition that explores an intercultural and inter-connected approach as they reflect on their experiences of life in Australia. Bringing into question cultural connectivities and divisions that reveal the importance of discourse pertinent to Perth’s divergent cultural, academic and social communities. Themes especially relevant during times of global crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Supported through funding from the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries WA.

Harrison See & Desmond Mah, The Monsters We Battled (detail), 2020, gesso, ink and soy sauce on canvas, triptych, 210 × 410cm Courtesy the artists

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