
Artists: Sarah crowEST, 3-ply, Carolyn Eskdale, Nathan Gray, Bianca Hester, Helen Johnson, Katie Lee with Andrew Sainsbury, Elizabeth Newman, Sophie Takách, Isadora Vaughan. Curator: Rebecca Coates Opening Celebration: Thu 10 Sept, 5.30–7.30 PM Exhibition Dates: 11 September to 3 October 2015 What influence does critical theory have on contemporary art and artists? Conceived as an expanded proposition, this exhibition explores one of the current ‘critical turns’, New Materialisms. What is this New Materialisms beyond a literary or theoretical series of positions and how might it inform an artistic process? How does the material practice of art speak back to critical theory? The exhibition examines the dialogue between practice and theory through the lens of new materialisms within an academic, practice-led research context and gallery space. Forum | As part of the exhibition program and the VCA Art Forum series a…