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Debra Porch

Art should make life more interesting than art

The work of Debra Porch (1954–2017) explores the potency of memory and its ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

21 June—7 September 2019

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Material Place

Reconsidering Australian Landscapes

'Material Place' gathers artists who, whether in local ochres or on Google Earth, are thinking through the materiality of the Australian landscape and its representation.

21 June—7 September 2019

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Rachel O’Reilly

The Gas Imaginary

Rachel O’Reilly is an artist-poet, critic, independent curator and researcher whose work explores relationships between art and situated cultural practice, media philosophy and feminist political economy.

21 June—7 September 2019

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John Fries Award

UNSW Art & Design

Since 2010, the John Fries Award has recognised the contribution and achievement of early career practitioners from Australia and New Zealand.

21 June—27 July 2019

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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

Debra Porch: Art should make life more interesting than art

The work of Debra Porch (1954–2017) explores the potency of memory and its ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

exhibitions

John Fries Award

Since 2010, the John Fries Award has recognised the contribution and achievement of early career practitioners from Australia and New Zealand.

exhibitions

Rachel O’Reilly: The Gas Imaginary

Rachel O’Reilly is an artist-poet, critic, independent curator and researcher whose work explores relationships between art and situated cultural practice, media philosophy and feminist political economy.

exhibitions

Material Place: Reconsidering Australian Landscapes

'Material Place' gathers artists who, whether in local ochres or on Google Earth, are thinking through the materiality of the Australian landscape and its representation.

exhibitions

From Site to Place

Presented in conjunction with the UNSW Galleries exhibition ‘Material Place: Reconsidering Australian Landscapes’, this program convenes artists, thinkers and poets for a conversation about land and space within the intertwined contexts of neoliberalism, settler colonialism and environmental degradation.

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Opening Weekend Artist Talks: 2019 John Fries Award

Join exhibiting artists for a series of talks on their work in ‘There is Fiction in the Spaces Between’, moderated by John Fries Award Curator Miriam Kelly.

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Guided Tour: Material Place

Tours of ‘Material Place’ will explore key works, themes and ideas from the exhibition whilst connecting to the history and geography of the Galleries site itself.

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Macarena Gómez-Barris

In the era of the colonial anthropocene how do we address histories of loss and disappearance in relation to resurgence?

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Talk & Workshop: Knitting Nannas Against Gas

Join the Sydney Knitting Nannas for a discussion on the use of knitting as a tool for non-violent political activism and take part in a banner making workshop.

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Closing Weekend Artist Talks: 2019 John Fries Award

Join 2019 John Fries Award finalists on the closing weekend of the exhibition for a series of talks on their work in ‘There is Fiction in the Spaces Between’.

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Curating Grief: In-conversation with Daniel Mudie Cunningham

Daniel Mudie Cunningham and José Da Silva, UNSW Galleries Director, discuss the complex and intimate process of working with an artist’s estate.

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The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship

The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists celebrates the work by early career Australian artists.

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Talk: SOME OF IT IS FAMILIAR, SOME OF IT IS STRANGE

UNSW Galleries Director José Da Silva provides an intimate account of Debra Porch’s life and work, along with her enduring interests in literature, walking and the potential of art to transform the everyday into the extraordinary.

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Javier Téllez: NOSFERATU (The Undead)

'NOSFERATU (The Undead)' is a film installation by Venezuelan born, New York-based artist Javier Téllez that focuses on cinema and mental illness.

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The Big Anxiety

The Big Anxiety – festival of arts + science + people, brings together artists, scientists and communities to question and re-imagine the state of mental health in the 21st century.

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UNSW Galleries is located at the Paddington Campus, 5 mins from the CBD of Sydney

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