A–Z Exhibitions Western Australia
Art Collective WA
2/565 Hay Street, Cathedral Square, Perth, WA 6000 [Map 19] 08 9325 7237 Wed to Fri 11am–4pm, Sat 12noon–4pm, or by appointment.
23 October—20 November
Alternative Facts
Alex Spremberg
Spremberg pays homage to Warhol’s Interview Magazine, reinterpreting its innovative pages in a collage series that provides insight into the way we construct scenarios and chronicle history. Establishing a new narrative, the immersive installation will be exhibited alongside key paintings from the artist’s career that highlight the acutely seductive surfaces that permeate his work.
27 November—18 December
Mimesis: Links, Lines and Diversions in Perth Figurative Art
Tom Alberts, Marcus Beilby, Merrick Belyea, Tim Burns, Judith Forrest, George Haynes, Fiona Harman, Cecilia Klementson, Joanna Lamb, Mardi Lauren, Jane Martin, Antony Muia, Andrew Nicholls, Christopher Pease, Kevin Robertson, Angela Stewart.
Dr Kevin Robertson brings together sixteen artists in a wide-ranging exhibition that explores the intrigue of representing or imitating reality in art. Paying homage to experimental forms of figuration undertaken by artists in Perth in the 1970s and 80s, the exhibition reveals the continuity and fascination of these pursuits in current times.
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA 6000 [Map 19] 08 9492 6600 Infoline: 08 9492 6622 Wed to Mon 10am–5pm.
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From 6 November
The View From Here
A Celebration of Western Australian art
One moment. 200 perspectives. AGWA celebrates its reopening and the launch of AGWA Rooftop with The View From Here, the Gallery’s largest-ever exhibition of Western Australian art, with 30 new commissions, exhibitions and acquisitions by leading Western Australian artists and creatives.
The exhibition captures the perspectives of a diverse group of artists, from the state’s renowned and iconic western desert and Kimberley artists to emerging artists—many from non-traditional arts backgrounds—to established Western Australian artists working here and elsewhere. From Tim Meakins’ playful interpretation of modern fitness culture, Bruno Booth’s attire-wearing cats appearing in unexpected places through to recent works by Abdul Abdullah, Sarah Bahbah, Ngarralja Tommy May, and Tarryn Gill, every
