Gallery 1
Phil Page, Susan Banks & Susan Chancellor
Friday 27 May - Sunday 12 June 2022
A Journal of the Plague Year, taking its title from the Defoe novel about the 15th century plague, is a joint exhibition by Phil Page, Susan Chancellor and Susan Banks.
Each artist responds to the notion of the change in reality which accompanies a catastrophe. Phil Page examines the historical reshaping of a city, Venice, by disaster. Susan Chancellor aims to give the viewer a sense of the new reality that we inhabit after a summer of bushfires. Susan Banks explores strategies for survival by examining the success of weed species in the urban environment.
Image: Susan Chancellor, A Change in the Light 1, 2021 (detail). Pastel on paper, 45 x 125 cm. Photograph by David Paterson.