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Nicholas Carter, Wesley College, 'Dad' 2020, graphite on paper, two parts: 104.5 x 80 cm each (framed)  Two black and white portraits of a man, one of the back of his head, one of his face. He is bald and looks to be about 50 years old. He looks calm and serious. Quality not quantity for the win
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Quality not quantity for the win

17 May 2021

This year’s “Pulse Perspectives” may be smaller in size than usual but the result is a treat, says Craig McKeough.

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But nothing is as it seems
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But nothing is as it seems

1 March 2021

The startlingly realistic sculptures and installations by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in ‘Everything Is True’ issue a challenge to apply our own versions of the truth to them, Craig McKeough writes.

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Jade O'Sullivan & Olive, 'Kaartijin'; 'Land Bridge', framed acrylic on canvas, 950 mm x 950 mm each. Image courtesy of Mayma Awaida. A close up of a detail of Jade O'Sullivan & Olive's 'Kaartijin'. In the background is 'Land Bridge' by the same artists. Both pictures are acrylic paint on canvas, brightly, even garishly coloured. The foregrounded image is an abstract picture of a First Nations woman. Her body is adorned with colourful discs with geometric patterns on them. Next to her is the face of another person, with a face painted in multiple colours. Local artists enjoy the spotlight
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Local artists enjoy the spotlight

25 February 2021

Thanks to the pandemic, a broader range of local artists have been given the opportunity to present work at Perth Festival this year, resulting in two interesting and challenging exhibitions, writes Craig McKeough.

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Summer’s a world of dark threats
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Summer’s a world of dark threats

26 January 2021

Craig McKeough welcomes the chance to see master storyteller Shaun Tan’s illustrations up close in ‘Rules of Summer’.

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A sculpture of a figure shrouded in fabric stands in an art gallery Out of the darkness
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Out of the darkness

26 November 2020

In what has been a bleak, dark year for our artists, Mossenson Galleries’ joint exhibition, ‘SIX : 2020’, is a truly bright spot, Craig McKeough says.

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Brad Rimmer, Nocturne Eiger Glacier 1, 2017-2020, archival digital print, 75 x 100cm, ed. 3 The image is bleak, monochromatic. A glacier drives between two rocky outcrops. Terrible beauty in exhibition trifecta
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Terrible beauty in exhibition trifecta

17 September 2020

Craig McKeough steps into a series of unsettling and chilling worlds in neighbouring exhibitions by Merrick Belyea and Brad Rimmer at Art Collective WA, and Jacobus Capone at Moore Contemporary.

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Marcus Beilby, Portrait of the artist as a young man, 1978, acrylic paint on canvas, 51.5 x 71.5cm. no. 7 Marcus Beilby's 'Portrait of the artist as a young man' shows the artist in profile, his face covered in a mask of alfoil. A panacea for our times
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A panacea for our times

26 August 2020

Curated by André Lipscombe and Ric Spencer, ‘Panacea’ is an exhibition that offers the solace we all need right now, observes Craig McKeough.

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Rising from the ashes
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Rising from the ashes

28 July 2020

Amidst the fallout of the pandemic shutdowns, two new art galleries are shaking up traditional ways of exhibiting art. Craig McKeough investigates.

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Laurie Anderson & Hsin-Chien Huang, Chalkroom, 2020. Installation view at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA). Photo: Bo Wong.  Out of mind’s reach
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Out of mind’s reach

14 February 2020

Craig McKeough finds it hard to leave the stunning, imagined world of Perth Festival’s ‘Chalkroom’.

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