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Light and shapes 2021 Cotton tea towel, print ink On a colourful teatowel, we can see various stencilled outlines, in particular that of a cat. McKnight’s tender-hearted house tour

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McKnight’s tender-hearted house tour

22 April 2022

West Australian artist Justine McKnight invites us into her home, to celebrate both the cosy familiarity and the complexity of domestic life.

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Local threads

18 April 2022

It’s one thing to buy locally designed clothes… but what about locally designed fabric? Nina Levy did some digging and discovered a plethora of textile designers working right here in WA.

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River of dreams, river of life

4 April 2022

Nada Murphy’s solo exhibition is a thoughtful examination of connections to water and country, and a pertinent statement for the times, writes Craig McKeough.

Body Shots, 2022, 4K, nine channel, nine minute video with audio. UHD panels, Raspberry Pis, coding, speakers, cabling, meranti, steel, rubber, fixings, shot bags and acrylic polymer paint. 6285 x 2800 x 1500mm. On a frame sir five screens depicting different scenes, each with a person's limb present in the corner. One is an upside down tree, one looks like bitumen, one is transperth fabric, one is a crate, and one is not identifiable. Slip inside someone else’s reality at Goolugatup Heathcote

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Slip inside someone else’s reality at Goolugatup Heathcote

30 March 2022

Two artists take viewers on candid journeys through their respective day-to-days, as they navigate a world designed for the able-bodied and neurotypical, writes Jaimi Wright.

Tony Jones, Porthole 1,2 ,4, 2021, photo Laetitia Wilson Three models of boats from Tony Jones' Flying Circus exhibition, mounted on a wall from Tony Jones' 'Flying Circus' exhibition. ‘Flying Circus’ – a love letter to the Swan

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‘Flying Circus’ – a love letter to the Swan

29 March 2022

Anyone who grew up around Perth and its waterways will find Tony Jones’s new exhibition appealing, says Craig McKeough, but you don’t have to be a boatie to appreciate this show.

Monumental. Photo: Bo Wong The Monumental exhibition is filled with orange light. On a screen is a group of dancers, who form a kind of human monument. Behind them we can see the sun, either rising or setting. ‘Monumental’ – powerful work dismantles more than statues

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‘Monumental’ – powerful work dismantles more than statues

29 March 2022

Amrita Hepi’s compelling video montage leaves Ilona McGuire feeling empowered, hopeful and comforted.

Photo: Cole Baxter A banner made of a section of pink fabric with an orange dillybag and orange fabric hands in front of a screen, on which is projected a pink sky with a white oval shape in the centre. ‘We hold you close’ – a cup of tea with your art

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‘We hold you close’ – a cup of tea with your art

29 March 2022

More than an exhibition, ‘We hold you close’ is an invitation to participate in the spirit and culture of this land, discovers Ilona McGuire.

Sonia and Elisa Jane Carmichael, Dabiyil Bajara, 2021, cyanotypes on cotton, 5.5 x 2.7m each. Photography by Pixel Poetry A series of six painted canvases curve around the edge of a wooden-floored room. Each painting is of an abstract waterscape, painted white on a blue background. The paintings are variously combined of lines and circles, as well as the occasional animal and have a map-like quality. Creating artistic asylum at Fremantle Arts Centre

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Creating artistic asylum at Fremantle Arts Centre

16 March 2022

Less than a year into his tenure at Fremantle Arts Centre, curator Glenn Iseger-Pilkington has made a splash with his first exhibition, “Undertow”, but that’s the tip of the iceberg in terms of the centre’s plans, discovers Rania Ghandour.

Sandra Hill, Minang/Wardandi/Ballardong/Nyoongar peoples, Double Standards, 2015, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2016 with the support of Warwick Hemsley and The Hon. Melissa Parke to mark Mr Hemsley's tenure on Council and in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum. What looks like an abstracted version of the Australian flag is actually composed of tiny squares, each depicting the double standards that exist for black and white Australia Tina Baum curates a statement of cultural survival

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Tina Baum curates a statement of cultural survival

14 March 2022

Often tackling confronting issues, the Art Gallery of WA’s “Ever Present” is a stunning and thought-provoking exhibition, says Michelle White.

Pictured is the work of British Filmmaker Isaac Julien the creator of Lessons of the Hour and Ten Thousand Waves. In the image we see a dark room with a variety of screens across three walls that display his work. Isaac Julien – double feature makes a singular splash

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Isaac Julien – double feature makes a singular splash

10 March 2022

Multiple screens and a poetic visual style lift Isaac Julien’s film works well above the ordinary in this Perth Festival installation, writes Craig McKeough.

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