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Please join us for the launch of Georgia Spain’s ‘And suddenly, an iceberg’ and Kate Mitchell’s ‘BIG HAG NRG’ at Hugo Michell Gallery on Thursday 30th October, 6-8pm.
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GEORGIA SPAIN
And suddenly, an iceberg
‘And suddenly, an iceberg’ explores language, mythologies, grief, time and the slipperiness of memory. About this body of work, Georgia shares: “I felt a deep desire to turn inwards. That desire became the current running through this body of work — a process of mark making, writing, excavating and unearthing, and most importantly allowing the work to reveal itself. It is both story and evidence — a diaristic trace of what it means to feel deeply, to be uncertain, to live in the wake of longing or sorrow…”
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KATE MITCHELL
Big Hag NRG
‘Big Hag NRG’ reclaims the figure of the hag as an older woman who sits beyond the usefulness of patriarchy and is therefore powerful, unruly, and free. The exhibition gathers spell-objects that appear still, yet are charged with action, energy, and presence.
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Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
Hugo Michell Gallery acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.
Pictured Above: Georgia Spain, The Echo, 35.5 x 41cm
We’re excited to share that Richard Lewer will be presenting a major solo exhibition ‘I Only Talk to God When I Want Something’ at Geelong Gallery in November 2025.
‘I Only Talk to God When I Want Something’ brings together key series that reflect Lewer’s lived experience of Catholicism and the rituals and moral framework that underpin it. From Confessions (2024) comprising 106 painted panels created through a participatory project whereby Lewer heard and then painted the personal confessions of gallery visitors, and Seven Deadly Sins (2023) interpreting the age-old sins of sloth, wrath, greed, envy, gluttony, pride, and lust through iconic art historical images (by artists such as Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet, Jan van Eyck, and John Brack), to Stations of the Cross (2007-08) recording the fourteen stages of Jesus’s crucifixion, the exhibition reveals Lewer’s connection to and interpretation of the faith system under which he was raised.
Extending on the exhibition’s themes, a new series of paintings commissioned by Geelong Gallery and inspired by the Last Judgement will be premiered. As Geelong Gallery Director & CEO Humphrey Clegg says ‘Richard Lewer is one of Australia’s most loved and significant contemporary artists. His ability to examine, reflect upon, and represent our shared experience of the contemporary world around us through his artwork makes him an artist that everybody should know.’
Richard Lewer’s ‘I Only Talk to God When I Want Something’ will be presented from 15 November 2025 to 1 March 2026 at Geelong Gallery.
Pictured (above): Richard Lewer, Envy (After Edouard Manet), 2023, acrylic on brass, 100 x 100 cm. Photo by Christian Cappuro
‘Wäŋa as Muse’ brings together five Yolŋu artists from The Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Art Centre; Manini Gumana, Napunda Marawili, Marrnyula Munuŋgurr, Binygurr Wirrpanda and Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu. This exhibition features the innovative works of a group of artists who have each developed a unique way of depicting the identity of the land which inspires them.
Josina Pumani’s ceramic vessels and paintings tell the story of the Maralinga bomb testing undertaken in the 1950-60s. Pumani explores this lasting physical and mental impact on Country and Aṉangu people, using vibrant colour and patterned spiralling cylindrical forms. Currently working out of the APY Art Centre Collective, Pumani was born in Mimili.
Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
MANINI GUMANA, NAPUNDA MARAWILI, MARRNYULA MUNUŊGURR, BINYGURR WIRRPANDA, GUTIŊARRA YUNUPIŊU
Wäŋa as Muse
Josina Pumani’s ceramic vessels and paintings tell the story of the Maralinga bomb testing undertaken in the 1950-60s. Pumani explores this lasting physical and mental impact on Country and Aṉangu people, using vibrant colour and patterned spiralling cylindrical forms. Currently working out of the APY Art Centre Collective, Pumani was born in Mimili.
Sleep Shadows
Containers
Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.
We're delighted to share that Paul Yore is a finalist in the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award for 2025, congratulations Paul!
The Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, established in 2009, is organised by the Art Collection and Galleries Unit at Deakin University, Victoria. The award celebrates contemporary sculptures from artists around Australia, culminating in an exhibition of finalists' work held in August to October each year at the Deakin University Art Gallery.
The finalist exhibition will be presented from 27 August to 10 October 2025 at the Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne Burwood Campus.
Pictured: Paul Yore, Vegemite Jar (installation view), 2025, acrylic yarn needlepoint, cotton thread, and board, 18.5 x 15 x 15 cm, ed. of 5 + AP. Photography by Sam Roberts
Congratulations to Fiona McMonagle, who has been announced as a finalist in The Lester Prize for 2025 with her painting ‘Eve #2’!
About this series, Fiona shares: “In patriarchal systems, women unconsciously absorb and enforce sexist beliefs, creating divisions and perpetuating cycles of blame and shame. Disappointingly, such judgment often comes from within the community of women, fuelled by internalised misogyny.
This body of work, Eve, explores these dynamics, depicting women’s faces boldly and unapologetically, inspired by the confrontational format of mugshots. These raw portraits, painted with fluid acrylics on raw canvas, reflect society’s tendency to label and shame women. The work challenges viewers to confront their biases and complicity in this culture of judgment.”
The exhibition will be on display from 19 September - 16 November 2025 at the Western Australian Museum, Boola Bardip.
Pictured: Fiona McMonagle's 'Eve' at Hugo Michell Gallery, 2025. Photography by Tobias Titz
Ngangkali (Night Sky)
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