From introspection to tongue-in-cheek fun, two complementary exhibitions at Fremantle Arts Centre transport Jaimi Wright.
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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.
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.
Complex puzzles at play
29 November 2022
Fragmented narratives range from playful to frustrating in a pair of exhibitions at PICA, finds Jaimi Wright.
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.
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.
Lost in a jungle of pot plants and plastic
14 October 2022
Variously meditative, confronting and psychedelic, pot plant laden performance work Hundreds + Thousands leaves Varnya Bromilow perplexed.
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.
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.
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.