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Painting and process
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Painting and process

19 February 2020

‘Nexus: A Group Show’ gives Miranda Johnson an insight into the way three painters put theory into practice.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Ancient and modern intertwine
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Ancient and modern intertwine

18 February 2020

Two exhibitions, ‘All Mixed Up’ and’ Janangoo’, remind Miranda Johnson that Indigenous art has much to say about contemporary Australia.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
Incubating a challenge
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Incubating a challenge

14 February 2020

Miranda Johnson finds in the Perth Festival exhibition, Bricolage, a challenge to the notion of what it means to be human.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
Installation view, left to right: Teelah George, 'Blue Biro', 2018-2019, thread, linen and bronze, 220 x 190cm; Marzena Topka, 'Geometrisation of bodies' (suspended animation), 2014-2019, deconstructed office clothing, dimensions variable; Susan Roux, '(un) / fold' (detail), 2019, Canson paper, ink, thread and polish, dimensions variable; and Ómra Caoimhe, 'The Sum of the Parts' (detail), 2019, hand-spun tussah silk thread and wool thread, wool cloth, wooden beads, nails, bees wax and oil on curved wooden panel, loom parts and wooden spool, dimensions variable. Photo: Lyle Branson. 003 Installation view, left to right: Teelah George, Blue Biro, 2018-2019, thread, linen and bronze, 220 x 190cm; Marzena Topka, Geometrisation of bodies (suspended animation), 2014-2019, deconstructed office clothing, dimensions variable; Susan Roux, (un) / fold (detail), 2019, Canson paper, ink, thread and polish, dimensions variable; and Ómra Caoimhe, The Sum of the Parts (detail), 2019, hand-spun tussah silk thread and wool thread, wool cloth, wooden beads, nails, bees wax and oil on curved wooden panel, loom parts and wooden spool, dimensions variable. Photograph by Lyle Branson. A material world
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A material world

13 September 2019

Review: Joanna Sulkowski, ‘HERE&NOW19: Material Culture’ ·
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery ·
Review by Miranda Johnson ·

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Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio