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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.

Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
A picture from the Wonderland exhibition showing two people sitting at a table set for a tea party. The background looks like a scene from an animation, and depicts a bright green forest Don’t be late for a very important date
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Don’t be late for a very important date

13 December 2022

A highly interactive exhibition takes kids and adults into the curious worlds of Wonderland and cinematic history, discovers Ara Jansen.

Reading time • 10 minutesVisual Art
Emma Buswell's 'Delusions of Grandeur A knitted jumper by Emma Buswell, depicting a Jacaranda tree lined driveway, fronted by two stone lions. A punchy take on palatial Perth
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A punchy take on palatial Perth

5 December 2022

Emma Buswell cleverly knits together laughs with social commentary in a new exhibition that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at one of Perth’s upmarket suburbs.

Reading time • 5 minutesVisual Art
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.

Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
Sophie G Nixon, Fieldwork, video (still) 2022 Foraging in the Wastestream: A girl dances at the side of a road, surrounded by what looks like landfill. Transforming trash into treasure
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Transforming trash into treasure

24 November 2022

Six artists find treasure in trash and encourage us all to question what we are adding to the wastestream, writes Craig McKeough.

Reading time • 5 minutesVisual Art
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.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
What to SEE: Mundaring Hills Open Studios
What to SEE

What to SEE: Mundaring Hills Open Studios

13 October 2022

This year’s bumper wildflower season provides an even more picturesque backdrop than usual for the Mundaring Hills annual Open Studio Art Trail.

Reading time • 9 minutesVisual Art
Jason Lim looks small behind the chest-height clay work he is sculpting from earthy, fresh clay. Slow down the pace with live art
What to SEE

Slow down the pace with live art

6 October 2022

Singaporean performance artist Jason Lim will be inviting you to step out of the fast lane when he builds life-sized cathedrals from clay at the WA Museum Boola Bardip this October.

Reading time • 9 minutesPerformance
Jon Campbell, 'Your application was unsuccessful' 2022, synthetic polymer on linen, 167.5 x 243. 5 cm, The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, 
© Jon Campbell A brightly coloured painting of the words 'YOUR APPLICATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL', part of
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Colourful conversations

6 October 2022

Artists Nadia Hernández and Jon Campbell bring written and pictorial language into vibrantly-hued life in ‘Speech Patterns’, writes Belinda Hermawan.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio