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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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Visual Arts – sailing on ‘Wardan’
11 January 2022
Perth Festival’s choice of wardan – the ocean – for this year’s festival theme plays out beautifully in its visual arts selection. Ara Jansen plunges in to pull out some highlights.
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Cream of the crop 2021
15 December 2021
Which shows were Seesaw Mag’s favourites this year? We ask our writers to reflect on the year that was… and the year that will be.
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A well-deserved win for Belyea
1 December 2021
In an impressive field, it’s the confidence of experience that distinguishes Merrick Belyea’s work, writes Craig McKeough.
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Celebration of craft is a stunner
22 September 2021
The first of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial’s centrepiece exhibitions weaves together the disparate cultures of the Indian Ocean rim in ways that Craig McKeough finds profound.
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Unearthing the state’s storytellers
28 May 2021
As the name suggests ‘The Alternative Archive’ is an exhibition that breathes life into the concept of archives, discovers Jaimi Wright.
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But nothing is as it seems
1 March 2021
The startlingly realistic sculptures and installations by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in ‘Everything Is True’ issue a challenge to apply our own versions of the truth to them, Craig McKeough writes.
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Feast of art feeds local appetites
10 December 2020
It’s time to dump cultural cringe. This year’s visual arts program at Perth Festival is both bigger than before and almost 100% local. It’s exciting and a chance for everyone to put a little more art into their lives. Ara Jansen reports.
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Cream of the crop 2020
9 December 2020
It feels more important than ever to celebrate the arts in 2020. And so, in spite of the challenges faced by the arts community this year, we are thrilled to bring you Seesaw’s annual ‘Cream of the Crop’ round-up, in which we ask our writers to reflect on the year that was and the year to come.
