‘Streetwise: contemporary print culture’ is a bold and vibrant exhibition which surveys the last 15 years of Australian printmaking. This eclectic selection of works embraces print in a dizzying array of forms such as the moving image and digital print, ‘found’ works cut from magazines, pieces that journal the passing of days and volumes revealing print’s link with idea, word and story.
Artists include eX de Medici, Mike Parr, Sarah Contos, Minna Gilligan, Brent Harris and Marian Tubbs. Canberra-based artist, Heather B Swann has created a 25-metre long work of art that wraps the gallery windows with imagery of surreal and otherworldly creatures.
National Gallery Of Australia
Until 7 August, 2015
Canberra
Ruark Lewis, Big Fag Press (print workshop), Euphemisms for a riotous suburb 1, 2007, screenprint, printed in colour inks, from multiple photo-stencils; additions in gouache and graphite, 71.8 x 52cm (printed image)
Courtesy the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
