Variety is the spice of life at Print Award
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Variety is the spice of life at Print Award

1 September 2023

From sepia dreams to a vibrant tribute to life, the 46th iteration of Australia’s longest running print prize has generated innovation aplenty, discovers Jaimi Wright.

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Clay-Chase-Injured-heart-2022-photography-and-textiles-90-x-190-x-3-cm-Perth-Modern-School-Photo-Rebecca-Mansell.jpg A young person lies on the floor, draped in soft sculptured yellow hearts. Youth Pulse beats bright
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Youth Pulse beats bright

27 June 2023

The breadth of talent on display in this year’s exhibition of Year 12 graduate work leaves Jaimi Wright assured that the future of WA art is in safe hands.

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Brian Fuata, A house besieged (preposition tweaked), courtesy of the artist A work from Confusion Spell Exhibition casts a confusing spell
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Exhibition casts a confusing spell

22 March 2023

Though bemused by the aptly named Confusion Spell Jaimi Wright is nonetheless enchanted by the artworks on display.

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Between Us by Michaela Gleave Michaela Gleave's Between Us - a beam of bright blue light shines into the night sky. Celestial dreams have a human touch
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Celestial dreams have a human touch

4 March 2023

Filled with cosmic light, two Perth Festival exhibitions embrace the mysteries of the galaxy and humanity. Jaimi Wright is transported.

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A close up of a work from HERENOW 2023. We can see colours through water and the words
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Two exhibitions too good to resist

7 February 2023

ECU’s Fringe World exhibitions take the viewer on trip that ranges through different themes, ideas and identities, writes Jaimi Wright.

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A sculpture depicting two sheep at Marawar-ak Sugar and spice at Marawar-ak
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Sugar and spice at Marawar-ak

14 December 2022

From introspection to tongue-in-cheek fun, two complementary exhibitions at Fremantle Arts Centre transport Jaimi Wright.

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1. Nathan Beard, installation view, A Puzzlement, 2022, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), photo_ Bo Wong An installation shot from A Puzzlement, which runs alongside Las Hormigas. A scultpure of tiny golden heads on wire. Complex puzzles at play
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Complex puzzles at play

29 November 2022

Fragmented narratives range from playful to frustrating in a pair of exhibitions at PICA, finds Jaimi Wright.

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Nicholas Hopwood
Quest
2022
oil on canvas
ARTIST STATEMENT Hopwood_Nicholas_Quest_1 Portraits of creativity and insight
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Portraits of creativity and insight

17 October 2022

From the traditional to the experimental, the 40 portraits that make up this year’s Lester Prize are well worth visiting, says Jaimi Wright.

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Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio