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Art in and around Sydney (and travels). Assistant Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Opinions / aesthetics my own. IG: peterhjohnson. Blog title from 'Why I Am Not a Painter' by Frank O'Hara. All artworks © the artists.

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Técha Noble, Casey Legler and Jordan Graham, That Self (still), 2015 - in this video portrait of French swimming champion turned first female Ford model of men's clothing, Legler uses the body language of modelling - intended to entice and sell products - to shift between masculine and feminine aspects to reveal the performative nature of gender. Showing in #TheFraudComplex presented as part of @next_wave festival 2016 at @westspace. #TechaNoble #contemporaryart #art #melbourne #nwf2016 #westspace @techanoble [Next Wave lost their operational funding from the #AustraliaCouncil in the last funding round. This festival is vital to supporting emerging and early career artists, writers, performers and curators. Show your support by writing to the Federal Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield] (at West Space)

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Abdul Abdullah, Most Kind, 2016 - a series of ceramic trophies, like those awarded at school athletics carnivals, are inscribed with achievements like 'Most Strong' and 'Most Fair' - titles taken from the 99 names of Allah from the Quran. The artist reflects on the economy of faith, which rewards those who worship in larger groups rather than in solitary contemplation, as well as the tension between media depictions of Muslims and their lived experience. Showing in #TheFraudComplex presented as part of the @next_wave Festival 2016 at @westspace #abdulabdullah #nwf16 #westspace #melbourne #art #contemporaryart [Next Wave lost their operational funding from the #AustraliaCouncil in the last funding round. This festival is vital to supporting emerging and early career artists, writers, performers and curators. Show your support by writing to the Federal Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield] @abdul_abdullah (at West Space)

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Steaphan Paton, The Anti-Myth, 2015 - carbon fibre arrows pierce a canvas recalling a pixelated version of western abstraction, the work speaks to frontier violence in Australia and resistance to the imposition of European culture on Indigenous peoples. Showing at the Koorie Heritage Trust in a show curated by the artist. #SteaphanPaton #koorieheritagetrust #art #contemporaryart #melbourne (at Koorie Heritage Trust Inc)

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Reuben Paterson, A Crucifixion, 2012 - this modern, glittered representation of kowhaiwhai, patterns used in Māori men's and women's leg tattoos, describes the pattern made in the water by the wake of a canoe and contains genealogical knowledge. Showing as part of @ngvmelbourne collection show 'Art of the Pacific'. #ngvmelbourne #reubenpaterson #art #contemporaryart #melbourne (at National Gallery of Victoria)

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Alick Tipoti, Poenipaniya (Masks), 2015 - detail of a wall of masks representing the spirits that old people see in the baywa (whirlwind). Exhibited as part of @ngvmelbourne collection show 'Art of the Pacific'. #ngvmelbourne #alicktipoti #art #contemporaryart #melbourne (at National Gallery of Victoria)

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Gabriella Hirst, Force Majeure, 2015-16 - travelling to the German island of Rügen, where Caspar David Friedrich found subjects for his paintings of the sublime in nature, Hirst attempts to paint a storm while in one. Struggling with her canvas as high winds threaten to blast her off the cliff, the work speaks to the impossibility of Romantic notions of the relationship between humans and nature, and the failure of representation. Showing in #New16 at @acca_melbourne #GabriellaHirst #acca #art #contemporaryart #melbourne (at ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)

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Jan Senbergs, We don't go together, 1970 - brooding architectonic forms, ambiguous, both bodily and machine-like. Showing as part of solo retrospective 'Observation-Imagination' at @ngvmelbourne #JanSenbergs #art #ngv #melbourne #painting (at NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre)

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Nick Mangan, In the crux of the matter, 2003 - an abstracted motorcycle chassis explodes with crystalline growths - death and rebirth through 'fictional science'. Part of the @ngvmelbourne collection. #NickMangan #melbourne #art #ngv (at NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre)

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Leigh Bowery, The Metropolitan, 1988 - Bowery, a superstar of the decadent 1980s club scene in London, developed new 'looks' weekly, blurring lines between gender, performance, art and burlesque. Part of the @ngvmelbourne collection. #LeighBowery #ngv #art #melbourne (at NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre)

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Juan Devila, Rat man, 1980 - detail of the large scale painting, Davila appropriates art historical and popular references to criticise censorship and moral panic about queer sexual desire. Part of the @ngvmelbourne collection. #melbourne #painting #art #ngv #JuanDavila (at NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre)

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John Brack, Collins St, 5p.m., 1955 - a classic in the @ngvmelbourne collection, capturing the bustle of Australian urban life with acute visual rhythm. #JohnBrack #ngv #art #painting #melbourne (at NGV Australia: The Ian Potter Centre)

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Sneak peek of The Fraud Complex: replaced my head with @dethbillon 's - for the best. Thanks to Hany Armanious, Body Swap, 2015. #thefraudcomplex #westspace #nextwave16 (at West Space)

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The battle for food security is in full flight as six teams fight for equitable access to affordable and healthy food. #foodfightliverpool #c3west #liverpool #mcanow @c3west_mca @mca_australia (at Bigge Park)

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Paniora Nukunuku - Food Warrior fighting against waste at the #foodfightliverpool dress rehearsal. #mcanow #c3west #liverpool (at Bigge Park)

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Sneak peek of the inflatable arena for Food Fight - a live art event by @branch_nebula and @theweedyone This Saturday, 5-9pm, in Bigge Park, Liverpool. A @c3west_mca project in collaboration with Liverpool City Council. #foodfightliverpool #c3west #mcanow #art #contemporaryart #liveart #liverpool #inflatable (at Bigge Park)

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Co-curated with the erudite Denise Thwaites, The Fraud Complex interrogates the conceptual binary of authentic/fake as it plays out in everyday life. Opening 6pm, Thursday 5 May, @westspace - Melbourne, part of the @next_wave festival 2016. Featuring: @abdul_abdullah @abdul_rahman_abdulla Hany Armanious, @tullyarnot @bindicolechocka @nutmegandhoney @dethbillon @sara_blue @techanoble @yoshuaokon and Tyza Stewart. Design by @jlousick

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Claudia Nicholson, The Battle of the sad night (La Noche Triste): Spring break, Cancun 1503. The Spaniards were sad because they had broken treasure and men. Jlo and Ja Rule were smashing glasses of Champaign next to the swimming pool and then god said "I drink from cracked vessels". Meanwhile the Zapatistas were sharpening their knives. (detail), 2015. Blake Prize finalist showing at @casulapowerhouse #ClaudiaNicholson #CasulaPowerhouse #art #contemporaryart #ceramics @claudialandinicholson (at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre)