Luke Hardy has just returned from another trip to Japan. This time his current project has sent him to northern Japan (Hokkaido). It involves foxes, known in Japanese legend for their propensity to possess and beguile. He has been gathering material to digitally incorporate into seductive slightly disturbing images suggesting reincarnation and arcane ceremony. All of Luke’s work contemplates the thin line between the spiritual and the sensual, while alluding to Buddhist and Hindu ritual.
Sally McInerney Family Fragments /
Stories of love, loss, war, redemption (photoetchings with text) exhibited at the State Library of NSW in 2016 and is now showing as a stunning artist book at the Australian Galleries in Paddington until Saturday 9 September 2017. There is a copy of Family Fragments in the State Library of NSW, the State Library of Queensland and the Cowra Regional Gallery NSW.
Poli Papapetrou at Michael Reid Gallery /
Last night Gael Newton spoke about Poli Papapetrou's work at Michael Reid Gallery 105 Kippax St Surry Hills. The occasion was an Art Significant Event announcing that the gallery is now representing Poli. See the survey show and this sample from her new series. It is an early photograph of Poli herself. William Yang is toasting Poli.