Margot McKinney World of Wonder
Museum of Brisbane Until 6 November 2022
Queensland
Museum of Brisbane brings out the bling in this showcase of Australian jewellery designer Margot McKinney’s creations alongside five generations of history and storytelling, with a treasure trove of never-before-seen intimate family archives as well as opulent opals, lustrous pearls, and rare exotic gems like the intensely blue tanzanite, lilac amethyst, and pink tourmaline.
From our own coral reefs to the rich palette of colours found on safari in Tanzania, World of Wonder celebrates the complex and profoundly beautiful environments and materials that have inspired McKinney’s designs.
Allison Chhorn Skin Shade Night Day
ACE Until 13 August 2022
South Australia
Allison Chhorn explores the daily routine and rituals practised by her Cambodian-Australian family. Reperformed and documented through a process of embodied empathy, acts of service such as gardening and cooking play out as echoes from the past across a sound and image installation displayed in a shade house. Spectres, shadows, and aural textures conjure impressions of a place that remembers how its inhabitants once lived.
Chhorn’s films obliquely approach the echoing traumas, memories, beliefs, and behaviours of her family, particularly set against the Australian context.
Wadawurrung Dja: Awakening Country – The Art of Deanne Gilson
National Wool Museum Until 13 November 2022
Victoria
Working with clay, (Country), with vibrant depictions of birds nesting in the cool season, flowers blooming with life, and the deep cultural knowledge embedded within the trees.
