What Follows Came Before

Overview

You could drive an Argo through the gaps in history, the discrepancies between opposing accounts, the complexities of narrative accuracy. This amnesia that exists between cause and effect is one that genuinely fascinates emerging Melbourne-based curator, Amelia Winata, in a brand new exhibition: What Follows Came Before.

The recipient of the inaugural SEVENTH Gallery Emerging Curators’ Program, Winata has crafted her latest exhibition with artwork focused around diaspora — and how this term is often merged with cosmopolitanism in the age of globalisation.

What Follows Came Before sees artists working in several different mediums, from painting and site-specific immersive projections to a large-scale installation. Artists featured in this exhibition include Mariana Jandova, Phuong Ngo, Nikos Pantazopoulos, Steaphan Paton and Julie Shiels. Capitalising on their respective styles, Winata's chosen artists invite viewers to reconstruct the personal narratives of others — and consider the gaps in the story.