Visual Art Archives

Jess Tan, sssssquirl, 2022, Courtesy of the artist and sweet pea, Photo: Jack Ball A work by Jess Tan that is make of what look like paper cut into repeating shapes that have been threaded together in a loosely spiralling shape. Twigs are also attached. The overall effect is like a pastel green bird. A spiralling journey into the magical universe

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A spiralling journey into the magical universe

27 July 2022

Jess Tan’s new exhibition ‘inner ear’ invites the viewer to focus on the process rather than the product, and Miranda Johnson embraces it.

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What to SEE: Evolution: Torres Strait Masks

25 July 2022

This month you can dive into the mystical history of mask-making in Zenadh Kes (the Torres Strait Islands) at the WA Maritime Museum, discovers Nina Levy.

Installation shot of #FEASS Unfinished Business An installation shot of #FEASS Unfinished Business, curated by Jo Pollitt, which features a pink neon sign with the exhibition's title. Taking care of unfinished business

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Taking care of unfinished business

19 July 2022

Giving voice to sexism and many other forms of discrimination in the education sector, ‘#FEAS Unfinished Business’ is an exhibition that Varnya Bromilow finds strangely comforting in these dark times.

149. Louise Grimshaw, The Money Trap (detail), 2022, CMYK silkscreen printing on 42gsm Kozo paper, pine, spring wire, craft paper, acrylics, MDF, 8 x 18 x 2 cm each, full display dimensions variable. Photograph by Laura Sykes. An artwork made of mousetraps painted to look like bank notes. Print pioneers push the artform to new places

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Print pioneers push the artform to new places

14 July 2022

A new exhibition at Mundaring Arts Centre is shaking up the art of printmaking, and Jaimi Wright loves to see it.

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Women artists form a powerful chorus

5 July 2022

Vibrating with tension and energy, ‘Sustaining the Art of Practice’ is an exhibition that amplifies the voices of women, reports Jaimi Wright.

An photograph from Revealed depicting a night sky strewn with stars, with a modern looking bridge cutting through bushland beneath it. Strength and generosity of First Nations artists revealed

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Strength and generosity of First Nations artists revealed

28 June 2022

Celebratory and insightful, Fremantle Arts Centre’s 2022 ‘Revealed’ exhibition tells potent stories, writes Timmah Ball.

Visitors viewing Mandy White, Michelle My Sister, Self Portrait and David My Dad, 2022, acrylic and glitter on canvas, 76 x 56cm. Photograph courtesy of Midland Junction Arts Centre. Two women stand in front of Mandy White's portraits. Their backs are to the camera. One woman has her arm around the other and seems to be speaking gently to her. Portraits of colour, confidence and comfort

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Portraits of colour, confidence and comfort

17 June 2022

Bright, multidisciplinary reflections on identity celebrate the neurodivergent gaze in art, writes Patrick Gunasekera.

Kati Thamo’s solo exhibition Wingspan – taking flight, taking shelter, The Goods Shed, 2022. Photography by Sundae Studio. (2) Printmaker spreads her wings on fantastic journey

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Printmaker spreads her wings on fantastic journey

7 June 2022

Kati Thamo’s stunning solo exhibition has an old-world sensibility, but its themes of displacement and journeys are pertinent for our times, writes Craig McKeough.

Rockingham Still from Everyday Alchemy by Natalie Blom A photograph from 'Everyday Alchemy' by Natalie Blom.of a building site. The building is multistorey and covered in scaffolding. It is overlain with multicoloured washes. What to SEE: Chemical magic

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What to SEE: Chemical magic

6 June 2022

Saturated in colour, Natalie Blom’s photomedia works for her new exhibition ‘Everyday Alchemy” have been submerged in a concoction of liquids, with transformative results.

Tracks We Share Contemporary Art of the Pilbara Exhibition, Ngundamurri (detail) by Juluwarlu Art Group.jpg A group of sticks, some topped with stylised masks, and all decorated with puffs of what look like dried flowers stands in front of a screen, on which is projected a view of the sky. There are silhouettes of trees and people; it looks like it's been captured between frames and the people look a little ghostly. Walking through Country together

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Walking through Country together

1 June 2022

“Tracks We Share” takes the viewer on a breathtaking journey through stories of the First Peoples of the Pilbara, discovers Craig McKeough.

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