Gold is the ultimate status symbol which resonates across history and all cultures. In this exhibition valuable gold fob watches and lavish candelabra sit alongside gloriously cheap nick-nacks from the Two Dollar Shop. Meticulously printed on hand-gilded paper, Scott bestows an elegance on the enduring and the disposable, the real and fake. The playful interchange…

Australian designers Romance was Born, Issey Miyake and other high-profile practitioners proved  that sustainability and fashion can coexist in this international exhibition. Sustainability is becoming integral to the way clothing is produced, used and discarded. Fashioning Now explored various methods that are rooted in low-impact production. Fashioning Now included garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and…

Expressing a curiosity about miscommunication in all its guises, Pierre Bismuth’s exhibition was underpinned by a deep engagement with language and his sense of humor. The All Seeing Eye was Bismuth’s second collaboration with director Michel Gondry, inspired by a shared love of low-fi effects. Disney characters speak in different languages in The Jungle Book…

Sensation and aesthetic dimensions of colour evoke a metaphysical and emotional response. Sensational presented a contemporary selection of painting and print media including acquisitions which harness the subtle and spectacular experience of colour phenomena. Afterimage, reflection, contrast and saturation were explored by Western Australian artists including Jeremy Kirwan-Ward, Eveline Kotai, Brian McKay, Mary Moore, Helen…

Originally commissioned by the South African Department of Information these images were intended to promote a positive image of the country overseas following the adoption of Apartheid, the National Party’s policy of racial segregation. The A Vision of Africa exhibition created a new context for work produced by a young white South African female photographer…

This expansive inter-generational exhibition recorded the wide-ranging changes to the built environment which are present in China today. Showcasing Ma Laing’s ‘wonderlands’, Ji Zhou’s futuristic representations of traditional Chinese architecture, and Qin Wen’s account of the destruction of the old, stories traditional and contemporary intermingle. Artists Featured: Ji Zhou, Lu Yanpeng, Qin Wen, Song Jing,…

In the Shadow of Photography showcased a visual essay by Slovakian-born Magda Stanová which reflected on how photography changes our social behaviour. Combining humour and philosophy, Stanová’s exhibition considered questions such as why photography causes stage fight and why photographs are rectangular when camera lens are circular. The exhibition included photographs, collages, drawing and video…

Guy Benfield presents a chaotic frontier pottery shop in celebration of the suburban and bohemian aspirations of the 1970s. His elaborate installation incorporates vast pots – paper mâché and ceramic, works on paper and video – vulgar and informed by absurdist theatre.   Benfield immerses himself in the earthy textures and feel of the 70s,…

The Detour was shot on location at the site of Castle Fun Park on the outskirts of Mandurah. More than a record of the demise of a theme park, Spiers expressed his disquiet about the insertion of fantastical Western European architectural vistas into this suburban bushland. As Spier’s melancholic images testified, the hermetic nature of…

Datadrum v.2.04  was an interactive video installation in which the transmission of sound became  visualised as it traveled across a model city.The video was mapped onto miniature architectural models and participants drummed on electronic pads to interact with the work, triggering sound and image events. This transmission reached out to people inside the Sixth Dimensional…