Peter Collins’ enjoyment of colour and interest in ideas about the workings of the universe are reflected in his acrylic and manipulated mixed paintings.

Layli Rakhsha’s printmaking approaches the Western Australian landscape with feelings of nostalgia and longing. Uncertain pathways and hidden places are articulated through the application of precious texts by Persian poet Rumi (1207 – 1273).

This exhibition presents the artists’ investigations into the natural dyes of Western Australia. Drawing on both Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge, Trudi Pollard’s coloured, stained and smudged textile pieces are accompanied by a collaborative work developed with the Pilbara communities of Cossack, Roeburne and Tom Price.

Robyn Walton’s paintings and drawings explore the ‘everyman’ ambiguities of blackbirds, ravens and crows. With good and bad fortune attached, Walton’s creatures give rise to reflections about parallels between animal and human existence.

Kim Robertson’s painted and printed boxed assemblages evoke memories of home, faraway places and stages of life through the playful juxtaposition of found objects such as coins, souvenirs and toys.

Ian Dowling, a recipient of an ArtsWA Mid Career Fellowship, presents an ambitious new body of work comprising huge, modular ceramic pieces, which interpret the Tantric aphorism “form is the envelope of pulsation”.

Australia’s most prestigious award and exhibition for prints and artists’ books, in any print medium, celebrates the vitality of printmaking today. Judged by Jenepher Duncan (Curator, Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia); Dennis Nona, (artists); and Jasmin Stephens (Acting Exhibitions Manager), Fremantle Arts Centre.

Working alongside artist and exhibition curator Olga Cironis, the members of Ancien T’Arts – Sue Arvidson, Nola Bennett, Honorine Fumo, Jean Leary, Helen O’Neil, Bilie Peterson, Trudi Pollard, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Elizabeth Wood Russell – present an installation which re-evaluates the traditional skills of lace making, beading and felting.

This installation examines the crossroads where art, fashion and sculpture intersect. The working methodologies of each artist are diverse; one uses cutting, dying and printing, the other building, drawing and weaving. When installed the works exert a tension: a structure so delicate as to seem in danger of collapse, illustrating the difference between physical and…

Nineteen renowned Australian artists show photographic works that reflect their special and enduring relationship with France. Covering architecture, romance and politics, the works range from John Williams’ 1994 shots of Paris street life, to Carla Coulson’s 2005 Moulin Rouge images. Artists include Phil Bayley, Paul Blackmore, Vivienne Cole, Maria Christou, Stephen Dupont, Regis Lansac, Jon…