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EASS 2024: Recast

Alicia Cox, Christopher Whitfeld, Sophie Kihara-Murer

  • Recast brings together the works of three emerging Canberra based artists selected from graduates of ANU School of Art & Design, Alicia Cox, Sophie Kihara-Murer and Christopher Whitfield. Each reimagining materials, histories and identities through their distinctive practices. Running through these works is a sense of domesticity and work with each artist examining the tensions and intimate details of everyday actions, images and materials. Whether through the transformation of household objects, the repurposing of industrial textiles, or the imprinting of natural and built environments. Alicia Cox casts the human form into functional objects, questioning gender roles and domesticity. Sophie Kihara-Murer weaves narratives of labour, race, and environmental exploitation into intricate textile compositions. Christopher Whitfeld imprints landscapes onto clay, fossilizing moments of nature and human influence into tactile images. In Recast, labour becomes both a method and a subject, revealing the unseen narratives embedded in the materials that shape our lives.

  • 5 March to 30 March

    Exhibition opening: 5:00pm Wednesday 5 March

    To be opened by

    Lucy Irvine, Head of Textiles, School of Art and Design

  • Homestead Gallery 1 & 2

    Opening hours:

    Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm

Lesley Fitzpatrick

Hiding in plain sight: contradictions, paradoxes and enigmas

  • Hiding in Plain Sight: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Enigmas is a compelling exhibition by artist Lesley Fitzpatrick. Through a selection of acrylic paintings—often on upcycled canvas—Fitzpatrick explores the contradictions embedded in Australian society, culture, and environment.

    Her work draws on emblematic imagery and landscapes, reflecting on themes of social disparity, environmental mythology, and the tensions between past and present. From thylacines roaming iconic landscapes marked by human presence to scenes that critique economic and social policies, these thought-provoking works invite viewers to question the integrity of our relationships—with each other, with the land, and with history itself.

    Subtle yet powerful, the exhibition celebrates Australia’s beauty while confronting the exploitation of its people and environment. Rather than dictating meaning, Fitzpatrick’s work encourages reflection—on the complexities, promises, and challenges of this country’s past, present, and future.

  • 2 April to 4 May

    Exhibition opening: 5:00pm Wednesday 2 April

  • Homestead Gallery 1 & 2

    Opening hours:

    Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm