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Visual Arts
Detail of Tommi Parrish’s gouache, ‘I was just trying to be alive’ (2014); Collection the artist, supplied
The usual upbeat banter of escapades in Lycra is strikingly absent from a new exhibition of comic book images at the Art Gallery of WA (AGWA).
Comic Tragics: the exploding language of contemporary comic art explores the inner lives of artists who created comics, revealing a shadow self in an art form often associated with childhood trivia.
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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