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Lifecycle: Pound of flesh
So, finally you've earned the status of established collector and you're invited to an artist's studio. But the studio visit can be fraught.
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Pierre Mukeba: What to do with all that beauty?
Forging a new visual language, Pierre Mukeba is rewriting the narrative of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Louise Zhang: Necessary Evil
Like dazzling portals into a candy-filled Hell, the new works of Louise Zhang fight their own construction as they attempt to unpack the artist's Chinese-Australian identity.
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Nick Mullaly: Stoking the fire
When Nick Mullaly paints the figure, his works are described as poetic and imbued with narrative.
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Dane Mitchell: Grappling with the ineffable
In his latest of three large scale installations, Dane Mitchell continues to explore what is beyond our understanding.
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Timo Hogan: Hogan’s Country
Having only ever painted his Country, Lake Barker, Timo Hogan has an unbreakable connection to place, tradition and family.
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Simon Denny: The Roles We Play
Simon Denny’s highly-anticipated latest project makes visible cultural and historical networks of connection.
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Ngataiharuru Taepa: Something Bigger
The meaning of Ngataiharuru Taepa’s work is hard to translate in certain terms; they speak from within Māori knowledge systems to tell stories greater than the cosmos itself.
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Julia Robinson: The Beckoning
Julia Robinson’s ingenious soft sculptures are a folk horror, feminist and fashion history take on the smock dress.
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Portrait of a Gallerist: Charles and Kate Nodrum
The father daughter duo committed to Australian abstraction.