Gallery Talk: Merilyn Fairskye with Paul Brown, Long Life: the Slow Violence of Radiation
Event description
Artist talk: Saturday 23 April, 2.30 - 4.00pm
Exhibition period: 7 April - 14 May 2022
CovidSafe Venue: Tin Sheds Gallery, 148 City Rd, Darlington NSW 2008
About the talk
Sydney-based artist Merilyn Fairskye will present her new project Long Life, bringing together the range of her work on life and death in the nuclear age, produced after visiting Chernobyl, Ukraine; The Polygon, Kazakhstan; Sellafield, UK, and nuclear sites in Russia, New Mexico and Australia. The challenge is how to make the (nuclear) world felt and in doing so, perhaps disturb the way we think about this world. In discussion with creative producer, Paul Brown, they will reflect on the relationship between artistic practice, aesthetics and the political.
For gallery talks and events please visit our events web page.For further details on this exhibition and on the 2022 Tin Sheds Gallery program please visit the gallery website.
This exhibition was assisted by the Australian-Japan Foundation and University of Sydney Chancellor Committee's Grant.
Credits
Image (detail): Playground, 2010 by Merilyn Fairskye. From the Plant Life (Chernobyl) series. Pigment print, edition of 5.