Gemma O’Brien (NSW) is an acclaimed designer and artist specialising in hand-lettering, typography and illustration. Over the past four years her lettering work clients have included Woolworths, The New York Times, Vodafone, SBS, Smirnoff, Canon and Taronga Zoo. Exploring the performative nature of the written word, O’Brien wrote directly onto the surfaces of the gallery walls…

33 shared the work of three women from Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) – Nora Wompi, Bugai Whyoulter and Nora Nungabar. The work is energetic, raw and expresses the artists’ desire to celebrate their country through the creation of fantastic works of contemporary Australian art.33 also gives a deeper insight into the artists’ practice…

For 18 years Riley the cow has been a central motif of Perth artist Rachel Salmon-Lomas’ work. A potent character, Riley features in hundreds upon hundreds of Salmon-Lomas’ etched prints. This exhibition presented the complete works of Riley for the first time and invited visitors into a darkened gallery (hand-held torches are provided) to explore…

This powerful collection of political street posters from Black Cat/ Gato Negro – a collaborative of artists, anarchists and activists formed in New York in 1978 – still hums with the energy and passion of the protest movements that created them. A project by Bob Cooney, an original member of the collective, the exhibition gives…

St Kilda-based design studio Beyond the Pale create rock posters for some of the world’s biggest bands including The Rolling Stones, The Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters. This expansive exhibition put a focus on the intricacy, detail and rock ‘n’ roll decadence of these highly desirable posters and the talented…

A City of Fremantle Collection exhibition curated by Andre Lipscombe.

For emerging WA artist Jacob Ogden Smith, pottery is a cultural phenomenon that has traditionally explained much about the society it was made in. However, today pottery has been usurped as a purveyor of historical record in favour of mass media and potters have become less a central tenet of artefact making and more reclusive…

The Landscape of Being brought the much lauded work of Victorian painter Helen Maudsley to FAC for her first solo show in WA. One of Australia’s most respected artists, Maudsley has been painting for six decades and her unique psycho-aesthetic vision of the world has influenced many artists. Her work is concerned with the nature…

Drawing on natural phenomena and tricks of perception while engaging a keen sense of poetry, romance and adventure, NSW artist Michaela Gleave created the site-specific installation A Day is Longer Than a Year. The work, based on use of light “reflects on our shifting understanding of matter, time and space,” says Gleave. Her works are often fleeting and…

Take 12 was a series of short videos written and performed by young people inspired by twelve contemporary artworks from the City of Fremantle Art Collection. From 23 minds, came 12 profoundly different stories. These snappy, spoofy and slickly produced digital works were made in collaboration with a creative team lead by artist Poppy van Oorde…