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Exhibition Tour with Sarah Contos

Where
UNSW Galleries
UNSW Galleries
Corner of Oxford Street and Greens Road, Paddington NSW 2021
When

Saturday 12 October 2024 from 2pm to 3pm

Join artist Sarah Contos and exhibition curator Karen Hall for a walkthrough of ‘Eye Lash Horizon’.

Together, they will discuss significant moments throughout the exhibition that highlight the artist's unique process—one that balances recognition and mystery, animating the porous fibres and surfaces of objects to capture histories, ideas, and emotions.

‘Eye Lash Horizon’ marks the first comprehensive survey of the concepts, media, and preoccupations that have shaped the practice of Sydney-based artist Sarah Contos over two decades.

  • Sarah Contos is a multidisciplinary artist based in Warrang/Sydney. She works across sculpture, textiles, painting, video, and installation and explores emotional and theatrical relationships between imagery, form and materiality. Contos has collaborated on performance, costume, and stage design projects since 2002 and exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since 2009. She has undertaken commissions for the ‘Balnaves Intervention Series’ at the National Gallery of Australia and ‘The Great Strike 1917’ at Carriageworks and has works in private and public collections throughout Australia, including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank, Heide Museum of Modern Art, and the National Gallery of Australia. Sarah Contos is represented by STATION, Sydney and Melbourne.

  • Karen Hall is an arts professional based in Warrang/Sydney with extensive experience working in key cultural organisations nationally and internationally. She is currently the Exhibitions & Gallery Manager at UNSW Galleries and previous roles include Manager of International Signature Projects at the Australia Council for the Arts, responsible for managing Australia's Venice Biennale exhibitions, Touring Exhibitions & Special Projects Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Sarah Contos: Eye Lash Horizon’ at UNSW Galleries from 27 September – 24 November 2024.

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