From Alice Jitterbug to the Melbourne Art Fair

Forty years on from his first persona, Luke Roberts continues to define performance art in Australia with a new exhibition.
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Detail of Roberts’ video from his AMOROMA project inspired by an artist’s residency at the British School at Rome

When an art fair comes to town, most galleries program an exhibition that is defining. This August, Anna Pappas Gallery turns to the work of Luke Roberts – ‘an icon of Australian art’, as the gallery describes – to coincide with the Melbourne Art Fair.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina