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Light Geist celebrates the enveloping and entrancing power of video projection with fiery landscapes, glowing vats of mist and intricate projection mapping. Featuring new commissions by four leading Australian artists, Light Geist challenges the notion that video projection is a flat cinematic experience and explores the potential interplay between surface and projected image. Award-winning media artist…
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The City of Fremantle Art Collection presents an expansive retrospective exhibition which casts an eye into the extraordinary life of Frank Norton (1916-1983). A significant figure in the WA art scene, Norton was the first Official War Artist for the Royal Australian Navy and went on to become the Director of the Art Gallery of…
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Australia’s premier showcase of prints and artist’s books returns with a selection of the best works from established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists from across the nation. In 2016 the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing remains a highlight of FAC’s exhibition calendar and continues to present works that celebrate classical printmaking…
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Gosia Wlodarczak, internationally renowned artist and 2014 FAC Print Award winner, will draw directly onto the walls of the Kathleen O’Connor Gallery in a three-week endurance performance from Friday 23 September to Sunday 16 October. Closeted and isolated inside the gallery, Wlodarczak will draw in a state of sensory deprivation. Viewers will be able to…
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In this Australian premiere, FAC presents Matthew Ngui’s Every Point of View. This large-scale installation is one of five major works commissioned by Singapore Art Museum to mark 50 years of the nation’s independence. Based between Fremantle and Singapore, Ngui is a significant international artist whose multi-disciplinary practice investigates perception through sculpture, photography and performance.…
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Respected local artist Susan Flavell (WA) presents a series of video portraits and ceramic sculptures investigating our relationships with dogs. Flavell exhibited at FAC ten years ago in a very successful solo exhibition of epic-scale human cardboard sculptures. This new exhibition intersects her life as a dog trainer and brings intense scrutiny to reading dogs’…
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Portraiture is perhaps the most poignant attempt in art to deny mortality. Face Value presents a selection of images drawn from the City of Fremantle Art Collection which reveal the mysterious power of the portrait. Beyond the superficial account of likeness, this exhibition contrasts idealised formal portraits with a range of naturalistic, satirical and psychological studies…
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Working under the name Freakmo, local artist Kiana Jones (WA) runs one of Australia’s most popular special effects makeup YouTube channels. Her work is world renowned and she is now being sought by feature filmmakers. In this, her first solo show, Jones will present a series of large-scale fantasy photos and video portraits, developed through…
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Having previously exhibited and been in residence at FAC, Indonesian artist Wayan Upadana returns with a new series of works based on the experience of being a tourist in WA as a counterpoint to FAC’s 2014 exhibition BALI: return economy. The drawings, watercolours, video and sculpture works reveal Upadana’s critical eye and are imbued with…
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In the Revealed exhibition more than 60 of the best new and emerging Aboriginal artists from all over the state demonstrate the vitality and diversity of contemporary WA Aboriginal art. Featuring paintings, prints, wood carvings, photography, textiles, videos and weaving from 22 Aboriginal art centres, the enticing and sometimes surprising exhibition presents the work of…
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