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Visual Arts
Random Installation’s Rain Room at Barbican Art Gallery
When we imagine artworks that use water, the initial thought tends towards the more conventional, such as the briny, atmospheric landscapes of JMW Turner (he painted more than a thousand seascapes) or Claude Monet’s many visions of the weather-beaten Normandy coast and his sensuous, immersive water lilies.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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