Wendy Sharpe: Into the Dark

A household name in Australian art and one of the most awarded artists of her generation, Wendy Sharpe brings a formidable body of experience to this ambitious new project. Into the Dark is conceived specifically for The Lock-Up and marks a powerful new chapter in her career, transforming the former 1861 police station into a psychologically charged and immersive exhibition.

With each immersive environment, the exhibition confronts our viewers with an active choice: to move in one direction or another, negotiating with our collective future. In this game-like structure, the choices presented in Sharpe’s exhibition reflect contemporary societal challenges and uncertainties, actively guiding audiences out of the spirals of despair and into action, one choice at a time.