Exhibitions You Have to See!
It’s World Art Day and what better way to celebrate than to get out and see these amazing visual art exhibitions before they close!
Check out this handy guide to seven of our exhibitions from this years' program in closing order.
1. Fair Isle
Fair Isle honours the quiet activism of craft-based practices and collective forms of production by reframing the gallery as a space for actively ‘thinking through making’. Featuring new works by WA designers, photographers, artists and writers this work will leave you in awe of these amazing creators.
Head to the stunning little gallery at DADAA in Freo and get to know the work of these incredible artists.
Featuring Emma Buswell (pictured), Mei Swan Lim, Angelina Boona Karadada, Joanne Hayward, Bo Wong and Rose Megirian (Wong x Megirian) (pictured), Melissa McGrath and Kelly Fliedner (Semaphore).
When does it close? This Saturday 17 April
Where is it? DADAA in Fremantle
2. YEDI/SONGS from Patrick William Carter
Keen for a trip to the city? Visit Perth's contemporary art gallery PICA and check out YEDI / SONGS from Patrick William Carter.
Don’t miss this exhibition featuring recent works of celebrated Noongar artist Patrick William Carter. See his digital artworks, short films and large-scale projects exploring the challenges he faces in life and the relationships between emotion, colour and movement.
When does it close? This Sunday 18 April
Where is it? Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in Perth Cultural Centre
3. the gathering
Two for one! While you're at PICA you can also see nyinalanginy/ the gathering. This special exhibition brings together the voices of First Nations artists from Australia, Māori artists from Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian South Sea Islander artists.
nyinalanginy/ the gathering explores historic journeys to faraway places during the colonial adventure, the complexities of written and unwritten histories, relationships to and custodianship of cultural and physical homelands and the politics of race and belonging, historically and in the present.
Showcasing artists Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Dean Cross, Sharyn Egan, Peggy Griffiths-Madij, Yabini Kickett (pictured), Bridget Reweti, Damien Shen and James Tylor
When does it close? This Sunday 18 April
Where is it? Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in Perth Cultural Centre
4. Everything is True
Lose yourself in this truly astounding exhibition from artist Abdul Rahman Abdullah. Everything Is True fills the entire John Curtin Gallery with the largest ever collection of his work.
Prepare for an emotionally charged journey through the memories, dreamscapes and spiritual imagination of one of Australia’s most compelling contemporary artists.
When does it close? Friday 23 April
Where is it? John Curtin Gallery in Bentley
5. Songlines
Have you seen the new museum yet? Step inside WA Museum Boola Bardip and be transported along the epic Seven Sisters Dreaming tracks in a spectacular exhibition that features more than 300 paintings and objects, as well as song, dance, photography and innovative multimedia.
A perfect day out for the whole family!
When does it close? Monday 26 April
Where is it? WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth Cultural Centre
6. Leaving LA
See this playful installation by Tee Ken Ng, a Perth-based artist, film-maker and designer with a global reach and reputation. This exhibition focuses on his recent animated collaboration with another Perth luminary, Tim Minchin.
Presented as an installation of the swirling hand-made zoetropes that bring Tim’s song Leaving LA to life. With live video projections of the zoetropes in action and an accompanying soundtrack, Tee Ken creates a sense of being within the animation itself as the entire piece becomes a living artwork that fully encompasses the viewer.
When does it close? Monday 26 April
Where is it? Art Gallery of WA in Perth Cultural Centre
7. Dislocation
Dislocation is a survey exhibition that amplifies recurring concerns about life, relationships, memory and empathy. Born to Greek parents in Czechoslovakia in 1963, artist Olga Cironis migrated to Sydney in 1971. She works with familiar materials to make powerful sculptural forms that resonate with a sense of disenfranchised identity.
Incorporating a newly-completed video work and reconstructed pieces from previous decades, the exhibition showcases the ongoing practice of one of the most respected members of the Western Australian visual arts community.
When does it close? Saturday 5 June
Where is it? Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at UWA
Image credits: Fair Isle, photo by Bo Wong; Patrick Carter, No more cryin’, 2013, installation view at PICA. Photo by Bo Wong; Yabini Kickett, Burdiya-ka (Bosses), 2021, installation at PICA. Photo by Bo Wong; Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, The Dogs, Everything is True, courtesy the artist and Moore Contemporary; A performance of 'Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters songline inma (ceremony) at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra 2013. Photo, George Serras, National Museum of Australia; Tee Ken Ng, Tim Minchin's Leaving LA (video still), 2020 Courtesy the artist; Olga Cironis, Alexandra (detail), 2013, digital print Courtesy the artist and Art Gallery of South Australia