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Woollahra Council has unveiled ‘One Bright Pearl’, a major new work by leading Australian artist Lindy Lee, located in the picturesque Blackburn Gardens at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf.
Symbolic of the diversity of Woollahra’s community, ‘One Bright Pearl’, a 260kg mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture, measuring 2m in diameter, reflects on new beginnings and modern migration. At night, the work will be internally lit creating different and changing daytime and night-time qualities which embody the cyclical nature of time.
Woollahra Council has unveiled ‘One Bright Pearl’, a major new work by leading Australian artist Lindy Lee, located in the picturesque Blackburn Gardens at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf.
Symbolic of the diversity of Woollahra’s community, ‘One Bright Pearl’, a 260kg mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture, measuring 2m in diameter, reflects on new beginnings and modern migration. At night, the work will be internally lit creating different and changing daytime and night-time qualities which embody the cyclical nature of time.
Photography: Steven Siewert
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The 9th TarraWarra Biennial, presented from 1 April – 16 July 2023, will feature newly commissioned works by 15 artists/artist groups focused on the interconnectedness of the peoples of Australia, Asia and the Great Ocean.
Curated by Dr Léuli Eshrāghi, the exhibition is titled ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili, a Samoan proverb which means ‘the canoe obeys the wind’. The proverb is demonstrative of Great Ocean celestial navigation practices, following centuries of European and Asian colonial occupations.
The 9th TarraWarra Biennial, presented from 1 April – 16 July 2023, will feature newly commissioned works by 15 artists/artist groups focused on the interconnectedness of the peoples of Australia, Asia and the Great Ocean.
Curated by Dr Léuli Eshrāghi, the exhibition is titled ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili, a Samoan proverb which means ‘the canoe obeys the wind’. The proverb is demonstrative of Great Ocean celestial navigation practices, following centuries of European and Asian colonial occupations.
The TarraWarra Biennial is one of the most anticipated contemporary art exhibitions on the Australian art calendar. It was inaugurated in 2006 in order to identify new trends in contemporary Australian art through an experimental curatorial platform. Each Biennial has developed a distinctive curatorial approach, focusing on a particular set of ideas or themes prevalent in contemporary art.
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Powerhouse has announced the Australian premiere of Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp; co-commissioned by Powerhouse and Creative New Zealand, and curated by Natalie King OAM. Paradise Camp garnered international acclaim at the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand pavilion at the 59th la Biennale di Venezia. Opening 24 March 2023 at Powerhouse Ultimo, the exhibition will feature new works created in response to the museum’s Sāmoan collection.
An interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Sāmoan descent, Yuki Kihara’s work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, (mis)representation and colonial legacies in the Pacific.
Powerhouse has announced the Australian premiere of Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp; co-commissioned by Powerhouse and Creative New Zealand, and curated by Natalie King OAM. Paradise Camp garnered international acclaim at the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand pavilion at the 59th la Biennale di Venezia. Opening 24 March 2023 at Powerhouse Ultimo, the exhibition will feature new works created in response to the museum’s Sāmoan collection.
An interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Sāmoan descent, Yuki Kihara’s work interrogates and dismantles gender roles, (mis)representation and colonial legacies in the Pacific. She was the first Pasifika, Asian and Fa’afafine (Sāmoa’s ‘third gender’) artist to represent Aotearoa New Zealand at la Biennale di Venezia.
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Bundanon’s Season 3 summer program Siteworks: From a deep valley is now open and continues to 12 March 2023. In Dharawal language the word Bundanon means deep valley. With more than a decade-long history at Bundanon, Siteworks presents the work of over 25 artists and 10 scientific researchers drawing on climate research, critical thinking, First Nations knowledge and technologies and creative digital spaces, to create unique cultural experiences embedded within the landscape of the Shoalhaven.
Bundanon’s Season 3 summer program Siteworks: From a deep valley is now open and continues to 12 March 2023. In Dharawal language the word Bundanon means deep valley. With more than a decade-long history at Bundanon, Siteworks presents the work of over 25 artists and 10 scientific researchers drawing on climate research, critical thinking, First Nations knowledge and technologies and creative digital spaces, to create unique cultural experiences embedded within the landscape of the Shoalhaven. Siteworks: From a deep valley sees a major new exhibition in the Art Museum, titled ‘Inside, underground’, alongside an expanded program of outdoor installations, performances, workshops, and digital artworks.
Photo by Zan Wimberley.
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