The Family Mantle, Bundoora Homestead, 2018. Photo courtesy of Jorge de Araujo.
THE FAMILY MANTLE
Curated by Pia Johnson
New work by artists: Sofi Basseghi, Kati Javan, Janelle Low, Morganna Magee, Andy Mullens, Talia Smith and Pia Johnson.
The Family Mantle presents a series of photographic responses to notions of the family. Through the exploration of memory, archive, and photography, the artworks sift through the cultural and social constructs of familial relations and the role of the individual within them.
22 September - 11 November 2018
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora
Thursday - Sunday 10am - 5pm
Exhibition opening: Saturday 22 September | 2–4pm
Exhibition curator/artist talk: Saturday 20 October | 2pm
Download press release here
View the catalogue here
Read more about these works here
CHINESE WHISPERS AND OTHER STORIES
Curated by Pia Johnson
With artists: Pia Johnson, Tammy Law, Janelle Low & Siying Zhou
Bringing together four emerging female artists of Chinese descent, this exhibition seeks to reveal the complex and shifting nature of cultural difference, identity and migrant stories in ‘multicultural’ Australia.
Exhibitions tour schedule:
27 April - 21 May 2017
Huw Davies Gallery, PhotoAccess, Manuka Arts Centre
Canberra ACT
21 June - 8 July 2017
Blindside, Melbourne VIC
Chinese Whispers and Other Stories is full of beautiful, evocative and
conceptually enticing images. Some of these are outstanding and a tribute
to the talents of the artists and to the selective intelligence of the curator.
Another “must see” exhibition. - The Canberra Times
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