As Long As The Night Is Dark

4 February - 23 April2017 | Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW

13 May – 3 June 2017 | MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne

With playful nihilism and prophetic vision, As Long as the Night is Dark is an exhibition that muses on the doomed nature of humanity. Attuned to the darker sides of the mind and the spirit, eight contemporary Australian artists have offered up works that sit between the anxiety of the future and the melancholy of the past featuring Talitha Kennedy, Bernhard Sachs, Jordan Wood, Christian Bishop, Linsey Gosper, Dan Price, Janenne Eaton and Adam Boyd. This multifarious showcase is gathered together in joyous celebration of the dark night of the soul by Simon Pericich and features a catalogue thing co-corrupted by Travis John.

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Installation shot: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable.

Installation shot: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable.

Installation shot: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable.

Installation shot: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable.

Installation shot: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable.

Installation shot: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable.

Installation shot: MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable. Photograph Fiona Morrison.

Installation shot: MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable. Photograph Fiona Morrison.

Installation shot: MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable. Photograph Fiona Morrison.

Installation shot: MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable. Photograph Fiona Morrison.

Installation shot: MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable. Photograph Fiona Morrison.

Installation shot: MARS Art Gallery, Melbourne. Foreground: Talitha Kennedy, Effigy for repressed entropy, 2015. Leather, thread, polyester fibre, wire and gravel. Dimensions variable. Photograph Fiona Morrison.