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Clara Brack’s Hidden Figures

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By Tiarney Miekus Verified
| Art Guide Australia Verified
The only way Clara Brack could write about her parents—the famous Australian artists John Brack and Helen Maudsley—was not through biography or art history but by imagining their psyche. It results in an improbable scenario: what would these deeply discreet artists divulge to their psychologist? Brack’s recent book, The Secret Landscapes: On Not Pleasing Your Mother, reflects on her parents through biography, artist interviews, Brack’s memories, and speculative fiction.
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NGV’s MOTHER lacks the daring for true impact

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By Tiarney Miekus Verified
| The Saturday Paper Verified
Visual Art MOTHER at the Ian Potter Centre is the largest exhibition on mothers and motherhood yet shown in Australia – but does it go far enough? By Tiarney Miekus. Installation view of Hannah Brontë’s EYE HEAR U MAGIK (2020) at the Ian Potter Centre. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is staging the largest exhibition on motherhood ever shown in Australia. It features more than 200 pieces from the gallery’s collection.
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Helen Grace’s Burdens of Proof

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By Tiarney Miekus Verified
| Art Guide Australia Verified
It’s 1970s Sydney. Women protesters sit on the sidewalk in concentrated discussion. Large banners repeat the message, “Justice for Violet and Bruce Roberts.” A woman walks with a placard: “20 years of brutality 5 years in GAOL. Let them go!” Other protestors, in mid-action photographs, are carted away by police—the latter’s presence constant, autocratic.
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