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White Rabbit plays with our expectations

Dramatic use of scale define this exhibition about play, with half the works presented new to the White Rabbit Collection.

27 Feb 2015

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Yu Xiao, Never Grow Up No. 1, 2008 (detail), c-print; Courtesy the artist and White Rabbit Collection

Four floors of Sydney’s White Rabbit gallery will be turned into a site of disorientating play. The gallery floors have literally been punctuated by artworks; visitors have to navigate their way through a maze, favourites in the collection have been represented in surprising ways and our expectations and perceptions of “play” are challenged.

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Gina Fairley

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