Exhibitions
David Gregson: A Desire to Relate
David Gregson: A Desire to Relate is a stunning survey exhibition about the art and life of the late Western Australian painter, David Gregson (1934 - 2002). A Desire to Relate has been specially curated to bring a representative selection of David Gregson's magnificent artworks to regional audiences around Western Australia. An initiative of the Mundaring Arts Centre, this exhibition will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to understand and appreciate David Gregson's invaluable ... Read More
A Case of Deja Vu
A Case of Deja Vu - Seven paintings and a suitcase by Thomas Hoareau that relive Art History in the Everyday presents a series of seven paintings created between 1983 and 2010 which use iconic works from the history of Western Art to articulate contemporary issues. It includes large-scale reworkings of paintings such as Theodore Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa (1819) and Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers (1850-51).In addition to these new paintings, Hoareau presents a series of works ... Read More
Eight Paths, One Journey
Eight Paths, One Journey is a 51-piece photographic exhibition by newly formed artistic team, photo media artist, Nic Montagu and curator/artistic director, Matt Dragun.Created using a distinct documentary style approach, Eight Paths, One Journey explores the experiences of nine Australian yoga practitioners who have found a place for the ancient Eastern practice of yoga in their 21st Century Western Lives.The exhibition consists of three elements; colour-toned lith prints, black and white lith ... Read More
Nalda Searles - Drifting In My Own Land
Nalda Searles is a living icon of Western Australian art. For nearly thirty years she has been an innovator in the use of native fibres and found objects from the environment for the production of fibre-textiles, sculpture and installation artworks.Her practice draws from the unique landscape of the West of Australia to express the contradictions of post-colonial identity and the complexities of her relationship with the land and its inhabitants, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.Nalda ... Read More
PICA's Screen Selection
PICA presents a selection of three guest curated exhibitions from its inaugural Screen Space program of 2006. This program offers a focused look at the rise of moving image works within contemporary culture and celebrates the latest and greatest works from artists across the globe. The program includes animation, video, digital art, multi-media, film clips, graphic design and short film, and offers a diverse range of works sure to engage a broad audience.Re-planted - small songs unearthed by ... Read More
Pinjarra Massacre Memorial
The Pinjarra Massacre Memorial exhibition shows how the arts can break boundaries and a small town's history can reach a large audience. This project has come about as Nyungar people have no outlet to share this story. Through research over many years, extensive information has been accumulated about the massacre of the Bindjareb Nyungars in October 1834 in the small WA town of Pinjarra. This subject has been the most significant issue in the town for many years and through the research, ... Read More
Sharing Difference on Common Ground - Kimberly Aboriginal Artists
Kimberley Aboriginal Artists is a partnership between four prominent Kimberley art centres, aiming to share and celebrate the diversity, integrity and strength of Aboriginal culture and creativity. Kimberley Aboriginal Artists promotes the artists, artworks and activities of the four art centres, while advocating for the positive impact on remote area livelihoods enabled by strong, Aboriginal-owned and governed art centres. During planning, one of the priorities of the initiative was to hold a ... Read More
The Syndicate
The concept of this project was to produce ten life size figures that explore our humanity with regard to individual internal and external realities. The works reference images and text from popular culture, art history, religious and political imagery and propaganda to take the form of monuments to unknown protagonists. The works are displayed together to encourage viewers to speculate about the relationships between them.The exhibition is borne from the financial contribution of 7 sponsors, ... Read More