AU T U MN / W IN T E R 2020
Exhibitions Step into MRAG this Autumn and Winter to enjoy etchings by old Masters, be enchanted by an exotic reading room and contemplate the fragility of life.
29 Feb – 2 Aug 2020
Guns to Roses from the MRAG Collection Guns to Roses brings together artworks from the MRAG Collection, and selected works on loan, that illustrate how artists respond to the precariousness of our times – the fragility of life as impacted by war, political unrest and climate change, and the consciousness of our own mortality. The central element of the exhibition is the installation Gun No. 1, which sees paper weapons transformed into vibrantly coloured rosettes. This work, created by Chinese artist Li Hongbo, reflects the Chinese saying that ‘life is as fragile as paper’. Li Hongbo, Gun No.1 (detail), 2016, paper, dimensions variable. Purchased by Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 2016.
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