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Fancywork
Fancywork presented embroidery in a new context, layering the familiar imagery of European domestic culture over the “wild” natural environment of south west Australia, invoking the feelings of dislocation and strangeness experienced when negotiating arrival in an unknown place. The series of human-scale embroideries, worked over photographic images of landscapes, lead the viewer to reflect…
Aboriginal Artists of the South West
Aboriginal artists of the South-West: past and present was an important exhibition because it tracked the development of Indigenous art in the South-West from the time of the missions and forced settlements to the early 2000’s. The 32 paintings were selected by South-West Nyungar artist Sandra Hill in collaboration with Dr John Stanton, curator of…