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Visual Arts
Performance by Mike Parr at NGA responding to the gallery’s iconic Jackson Pollock painting; Photo ArtsHub
Any performance by Mike Parr is highly anticipated. His one-off ode to the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) last night was even more so, given the occasion was the opening of his first major career survey, Foreign Language.
Parr is arguably Australia’s most internationally-recognised performance artist, and is notorious for harming his body in the name of art.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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