Uncommon Australians + Talking to the Shadows

Overview

Take a trip along the Frankston line to the McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, where the curators have locked in a pair of summer exhibitions. Housed in the gallery from December 13 through to February 21, Uncommon Australians and Talking to Shadows both present work by prominent Australian artists – albeit in very different forms.

Arriving in Victoria courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Uncommon Australians: The Vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling pays tribute to the couple whose generosity and foresight helped bring the aforementioned gallery into being. The exhibition will feature portraits of various Australian icons, from Nick Cave to Elisabeth Murdoch.

Running in tandem, Talking to Shadow showcases the material work from sculpture Tim Silver. The latest in a career that spans two plus decades, the exhibition consists of a video piece alongside steel and bronze sculptures cast from trees ravaged by bushfires in Tasmania.