Two exhibitions, ‘All Mixed Up’ and’ Janangoo’, remind Miranda Johnson that Indigenous art has much to say about contemporary Australia.
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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’.
Features
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.
Reviews
A shift in consciousness
12 February 2020
The virtual reality experience of ‘Awavena’ allows Craig McKeough to watch, transfixed, a revolution in the rainforest.
Reviews
Telling stories by hand
7 February 2020
The works of the Holmes à Court Gallery’s ‘Fibre’ exhibition each carry traces of their makers, discovers Craig McKeough.
Features
Cream of the crop 2019
13 December 2019
Which shows were Seesaw writers’ favourites this year? What were the highlights and lowlights for the arts in WA? And which artists will our contributors be looking out for in 2020? As 2019 draws to a close, Seesaw writers reflect on the year that was and the year that will be.
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Partying with colour and nostalgia
12 December 2019
Robert Cook (curator), ‘Perth Brutal: Dreaming in Concrete’; ‘That Seventies Feeling … the Late Modern’ ·
Art Gallery of WA ·
Review by Craig McKeough ·
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An intimate glimpse into Martu culture
12 December 2019
Review: Curtis Taylor, ‘Untitled (Uura)’ · Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts · Review by Jess Boyce · Though Curtis Taylor is recognised as one of Australia’s …
Reviews
Conversations within but not between
29 November 2019
Review: Charlotte Hickson and Ashley Yihsin Chang, ‘Unfolding Acts: New Art from Taipei and Perth’ · PICA · Review by Jess Boyce · “Unfolding Acts: New …
Reviews
A project for the climate crisis
22 November 2019
Sete Tele and Lisa Hirmer, ‘Drinking Water’ · Moores Building · Review by Jenny Scott · “Drinking Water”, a project by Australian dance artist Sete Tele …
