Mem Capp

Mem Capp is a Melbourne artist and writer.

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Pearls of dangling glass form a curtain of rain above sculpted circling stingrays.
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Exhibition review: Five Acts of Love, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

A group exhibition featuring local and international artists with artworks that shine like beacons.

An explosion: bright yellow sparks in the dark.
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Exhibition review: In the air, The Substation

A group exhibition that canvases critical perspectives on energy and power production, and human impact.

A large black and white video still is on display at the back featuring a woman, Frida Kahlo, lying on her front on a bed. In the gallery space there is also a white display table with small items on it.
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Exhibition review: Frida Kahlo: In her own image, Bendigo Art Gallery

A wide range of artefacts helps to explore the reality of the artist beyond her public persona.

A row of cassette tapes. They are in different colours: orange, blue, green, pink and white.
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Exhibition review: Middle of a Moment: Aki Onda, The Substation, Asia TOPA

A multisensory exhibition exploring sound and memory.

A grid of colourful images by artist Jasper Johns.
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Exhibition review: Rauschenberg & Johns: Significant Others, Geelong Gallery 

The works of two significant avant-garde artists of the 20th century go on tour.

A grid of 18 prints in shades of blue are attached on a wall.
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Exhibition review: Michelle Hamer: I'm a Believer, Linden New Art

A series of prints that explores chronic health issues through a lens of gendered language, access, and erasure.

Cressida Campbell. Image is a still life painting of vases on a table with spindly flowers in them, a bowl and an apple. On the wall behind are parts of three Japanese prints.
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Exhibition review: Cutting Through Time – Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print, Geelong Gallery

An examination of the influence of Japanese woodblock prints on two prominent Australian artists.

Sea, Salt and Silk. Image is an Arctic shoreline with a silhouette of a woman carrying a Perspex sheet.
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Multimedia review: Sea, Salt and Silk, Abbotsford Convent

An immersive event combining live sound, video and participatory installations with works using paper and salt.

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Exhibition review: Toys, Tales and Tenacity, Shrine of Remembrance

An exhibition that provides an insight into the impact and experience of war on children.

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Exhibition review: Thin Skin, Monash University Museum of Art

Over 30 artists explore various liminal states of being.

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