On Sydney’s Northern Beaches During the Time of COVID
Five abstract artists working on Sydney’s Northern Beaches reveal a colourful oeuvre that responds directly to site and place. For each of the artists, the famous stretch of coastline north of the city, dominated by suburbia, the Aussie ‘bush’, and the vast ocean, is intrinsically connected to their psyche—made even more relevant by the outbreak of COVID-19. Feature by Emma-Kate Wilson
UNSW Galleries, Cnr of Oxford St and Greens Rd, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia
‘There is Fiction in the Spaces Between’ connects the 12 artists - who are all finalists in the 2019 John Fries Award - and their nominated artworks through memory, place and personal narratives. Curator Miriam Kelly has produced a curatorial rationale that without intention invokes the sentiment of all the artists. Instead of a ‘prize’ exhibition, what we see at UNSW Galleries is a presentation of what ‘Australia’ looks like today. Review by Emma-Kate Wilson
CHAUFFEUR, 30 Surrey St Darlinghurst, Sydney
Nuno Rodrigues de Sousa’s current show, presented by CHAUFFEUR, Sydney, builds upon the long history of abstraction, reuniting abstract form with its ancient mathematical and architectural precedents. Review by Andrew Robert Ward
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 140 George St, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia
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Artistic Director Mami Kataoka utilizes the concept of Superposition as a metaphor for the 21st Biennale of Sydney. Superposition is a theory borrowed from quantum mechanics, it posits that different, even seemingly conflicting, components are held in suspension - equal in their difference and vital to the whole. This metaphor seeks to bring the different threads, directions, contradictions and loose-ends that exist in our contemporary world into a (utopian) balance. Review by Kathleen Linn
