Shelf life: from Venice to Sydney

Simryn Gill's photographs have made the passage from the Venice Biennale to Australian shores in a captivating installation.

25 Sep 2014

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Installation view Utopia Art Sydney, Gill’s first Australian showing of her Venice Biennale work. Image: courtesy the artist and Utopia Art Sydney

On the shelf opens at Utopia Art Sydney this weekend, the first outing of Simryn Gill’s striking photographs since they were shown in the Australian Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina