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GROUP EXHIBITION

The Power of Language Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery 6 August–6 September 2020 Sydney
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Press Release

Our lives are shaped by language: the social media we engage with, the news we read, and the signs we follow, all dictate how we connect and experience the world. Text and language have long been a powerful vehicle in the artistic expression of leading conceptual artists since the 1960s, namely Ed Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, John Baldessari, and Lawrence Weiner. In this time of stillness, we seek more than ever before to enrich our lives with text and visuals that fire the imagination, rouse visual pleasure, and inspire intellectual excitement.

From anagrammatic wordplay to esoteric quotations, and from ‘the subtext of existence’ to draconian proscriptions on the Untouchables, these poignant text-based works are a celebration of our artists who harness the immediate and transformative power of language in the visual realm.

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Artists Exhibiting

Callum Morton contemporary artist
Callum Morton b. 1965 Follow +
Newell Harry contemporary artist
Newell Harry b. 1972 Follow +
Tracey Moffatt contemporary artist
Tracey Moffatt b. 1960 Follow +
Jenny Watson contemporary artist
Jenny Watson b. 1951 Follow +
Mikala Dwyer contemporary artist
Mikala Dwyer b. 1959 Follow +
Kirtika Kain contemporary artist
Kirtika Kain b. 1990 Follow +
About the Gallery

Established in Sydney by influential Australian art dealer and gallerist Roslyn Oxley and her husband Tony Oxley in 1982, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is one of Australia’s leading commercial galleries.

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8 Soudan Lane
Paddington, NSW
Sydney
Australia
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Tuesday – Friday
10am – 6pm

Saturday
11am – 6pm
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Sydney 8 Soudan Lane, Paddington, NSW
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery contemporary art gallery in Sydney Australia
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
8 Soudan Lane, Paddington, NSW, Sydney, Australia
+61 2 9331 1919
http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au

Opening hours
Tuesday – Friday
10am – 6pm

Saturday
11am – 6pm
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