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George Haynes, Cue Painting #2, oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120cm A painting of a small Australian country town with a luminous turquoise sky that seems the shimmer on the edge of green Figurative art brings literal pleasure

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Figurative art brings literal pleasure

1 December 2021

At once philosophical and playful, Art Collective WA’s final exhibition for 2021 delights Jaimi Wright.

Yabini Kickett I want to go home but they killed her 2020. Eco/rust dyed cotton, emu feather, opal, white ochre, charcoal, spray paint, Pycnoporus coccineus and Eremophlia staining and photographic print, 54 x 50 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: Covid-19 Arts Stimulus Package, 2020. A traditional Aboriginal coat, made of skins and feathers. On the back is printed

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A coming of age for our State flagship gallery

11 November 2021

The Art Gallery of WA’s transformation is so complete that you might feel like a tourist in your own town, observes Miranda Johnson.