Capital Life: What's on in the Canberra arts scene from October 17, 2020

Ron Cerabona
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:31am, first published October 15 2020 - 12:30am
De-historisation, Cultural infrastructure, 2019, by Canberra mural and graffiti artist Byrd Byrd. Pictures: Supplied
De-historisation, Cultural infrastructure, 2019, by Canberra mural and graffiti artist Byrd Byrd. Pictures: Supplied

A Byrd in the hand ...

To coincide with Contour 556, the City Walk Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Canberra mural and graffiti artist Byrd (aka Dan McGinnity). The paintings in this show use reclaimed gallery furniture (retired exhibition plinths) and industrial shelving as grounds for a multiplicity of (primarily) Australian birds, rendered in hand-cut, multi-layer aerosol stencil prints. The artist juxtaposes these graphic portraits with collected fragments of textual phrases that he has extracted and isolated from their political and pop-culture sources. City Walk Gallery, Level 1, 131 City Walk, Civic, Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 5pm. Until November 7, 2020.

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Ron Cerabona

Ron Cerabona

Arts reporter

As arts reporter I am interested in and cover a wide range of areas - film, visual art, theatre and music, among others - to tell readers about what's coming and happening in the vibrant and varied world of the arts in Canberra. Email: ron.cerabona@canberratimes.com.au

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