“I wanted to ensure that the darkness was balanced with lightness too.” Curated by Talia Smith, Primavera 2023: Young Australian Artists explores themes of protest, perseverance, and reimagining through the works of six artists, all aged thirty-five years and under. From moving and quirky installations, video, paintings, sculpture, and text, Tiyan Baker, Christopher Bassi, Moorina Bonini, Nikki Lam, Sarah Poulgrain, and Truc Truong each offer dialogue to Smith’s focus of critiquing, challenging, and pushing outdated societal structures.
“It was interesting how I viewed each artist’s work through the three lenses of protest, perseverance and reimagining, but through conversations with each artist, it became apparent that each artist actually fits into multiple, if not all, of the categories,” says Smith. “What these artists do is present different ways of moving through…
