Exhibitions

Hair Pieces explores the evocative and complex significance of hair in contemporary culture through a selection of Australian and international works of art. For millennia hair has been a resonant and compelling site of meaning, transmitting ideas about gender, mythology, status and power, the body, psychology, feminism and notions of beauty.  At once radiant and repellent, and often richly symbolic, it has always assumed a particular importance in relation to the self, history and society. This exhibition examines the myriad ways in which artists utilise hair to investigate and conjure generative and even magical possibilities encompassing growth, empowerment and transformation.

Image Caption: Shih Yung-Chun, Braid Cabinet 2019, White Rabbit: Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Sydney. © Shih Yung-Chun. Courtesy of Hive Centre for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China.