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  • 17. Gobawarrah-Yinhawangka Traditional Owners and Michael Bonner, Gobawarrah-Yinhawangka Horizon Line, 2023 acrylic on wall, installation view in Black Sky, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, 2023, photograph by Rebecca Mansell The entrance to Black Sky is painted black, with an orange line that bisects the wall erratically. A leap of faith into the abyss
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    A leap of faith into the abyss

    29 March 2023

    Generous and powerful, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery’s Perth Festival exhibition explores the role of the night sky in First Nations culture, as a bridge between this world and other realms, writes Ilona McGuire.

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  • One of the works at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery: a stylised screen print of a woman screaming. Women artists form a powerful chorus
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    Women artists form a powerful chorus

    5 July 2022

    Vibrating with tension and energy, ‘Sustaining the Art of Practice’ is an exhibition that amplifies the voices of women, reports Jaimi Wright.

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  • L-R: Maxxi Minaxi May, Deconstructing beauty, 2003, plastic dolls, paint, foamcore and wood, 105 x 21 x 5.7 cm, Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, The University of Western Australia. Copyright and courtesy of the artist. Glenys Hodgeman          Death is never out of style, 2000                               cotton embroidery on paper burial shroud, 194 x 157 cm   © courtesy of the artist. Lilla Lowe, Apples and apple blossoms, 1896, oil on cedar panel, 90 x 26.5 cm, Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, The University of Western Australia. Three artworks appear alongside one another. On the far left is a shelving unit - each shelf contains plastic doll body parts, sorted by type. In the middle is A piece of white fabric with various human organs embroidered in red thread, as well as the words Le mort est jamais se demode. On the right is an oil painting of apples and blossoms on cedar wood. Getting to the heart of matter
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    Getting to the heart of matter

    17 September 2021

    There’s a matter that deserves your attention at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, says Jaimi Wright.

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