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2021 Exhibition Program

This year's program focuses on supporting local practitioners, commentators and partners in the development of new work and scholarship

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Keynote: Suzanne Dhaliwal

Art & Design in the Age of Ecocide

Climate activist and creative discusses contemporary decolonial design and art practices used in environmental activism.

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Megan Cope

Fractures & Frequencies

A survey of works by Quandamooka artist Megan Cope that investigate listening practices and extractive industries in Australia.

16 JAN – 17 APR 2021

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The Colour Line

Archie Moore & W.E.B Du Bois

A presentation of new and recent works by Kamilaroi/Brisbane artist Archie Moore in dialogue with drawings by African American scholar and activist W.E.B Du Bois.

16 JAN – 6 MAR 2021

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INFRACTIONS

A feature length video installation platforming the struggles of frontline Indigenous cultural workers against threats to more than 50% of the Northern Territory from shale gas fracking.

16 JAN – 17 APR 2021

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UNSW Galleries brings together the work of leading Australian and international practitioners, curators and writers working in contemporary art and design.

What's On

Megan Cope: Fractures & Frequencies

Survey of works investigating listening practices and extractive industries in Australia.

exhibitions

The Colour Line: Archie Moore & W.E.B Du Bois

Works by Kamilaroi/Brisbane artist Archie Moore in dialogue with W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963).

exhibitions

INFRACTIONS

Feature length video installation platforming the struggles of Indigenous cultural workers against gas fracking.

exhibitions

The Colour Chart

Research initiative addressing issues of race hierarchy and exclusion within Australia’s visual arts sector.

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John Fries Award: Artist Talks

As part of the John Fries Award opening weekend, join curator Miriam Kelly in conversation with the exhibiting finalists.

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John Fries Award

The seven finalists of the 2021 John Fries Award present newly commissioned works.

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Gerwyn Davies: Plush

Exploring the expression of Camp as an aesthetic strategy in photographic self-representation.

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In Conversation: Gerwyn Davies with Hamish Sawyer

Gerwyn Davies discusses Camp as an aesthetic strategy in image-making with curator and writer Hamish Sawyer.

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Performance: Untitled (Death Song)

In this live performance, musicians activate Megan Cope's sound installation ‘Untitled (Death Song)’ 2020.

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Fernando do Campo: To companion a companion

New paintings, video and performance lecture that propose the human as the companion species to birds.

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Sam Smith: Capture

Bringing together moving image projects from the past decade alongside a major new commission.

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Kirsten Coelho: The Return

New and recent works from ceramicist Kirsten Coelho inspired by Grecian and Roman artefacts.

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Kyoko Hashimoto: Bioregional Bodies

Contemporary jewellery made from sandstone, oyster shells and coal sourced from the Sydney Basin bioregion.

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Izabela Pluta: Nihilartikel

Izabela Pluta interprets and re-conceptualises the function of photographic images.

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Blanche Tilden—ripple effect: a 25 year survey

Career survey revealing Blanche Tilden's remarkable and critically acclaimed practice.

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