Precipice: The Edges of Things
Variously defined as “a cliff, a steep or overhanging place, a hazardous situation,” being on the “precipice” may imply immediate danger or refer to a critical point where significant change is imminent. As the show’s wall label notes, these works “speak to meeting points, boundaries, transitions and the charged dynamic of the threshold, that precipice […]
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Lindy Lee
Recently, I read an acquaintance’s reflection that the condition of embodiment is almost always embarrassment, shame, or discomfort of some kind. In Western, (post)Christian cultures we think of material life this way: the cycles of health underscored by sickness, the punctuation of life with death, the rot and riot of organic world around us. The […]
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Arash Chehelnabi
Visually and conceptually compelling, Chehelnabi’s deceptively simple paintings subconsciously play with the mind. Executed in a raw, almost childlike style, his practice involves a surrealist method of combining disparate motifs within the composition in order to unsettle or perplex the observer. Against the black walls of Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre’s exhibition […]
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Craig Tuffin
While he may not be a household name, Craig Tuffin is a well-known identity in photography and teaching circles. Alongside two decades of practice as a commercial photographer, his work with nineteenth century photographic techniques and processes has led him to be a popular speaker on the topic. His photographs have been collected by numerous […]
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