Tuesday, March 17, 2015

"In The Flesh" (National Portrait Gallery)

Ten contemporary Australian artists exploring the nature of humanness across a range of forms with something of an emphasis on sculpture. The exhibition was arranged according to themes like transience, alienation, acceptance, intimacy, transition and so on ... but in fact nearly all of the works could've been exhibited under the umbrella of empathy.

Apart from the Ron Mueck pieces (always welcome) - 'vulnerability' - I also particularly liked Natasha Bieniek's miniature oil portraits ('restlessness').