{"title":"Lismore Regional Gallery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLismore Regional Gallery has been a cornerstone of cultural life in the Northern Rivers region for over seventy years. As one of the longest-running art institutions in NSW, the gallery has consistently championed the transformative power of art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"close-reader-complex-notophyll-vine-forest-clare-milledge","title":"close reader: complex notophyll vine forest — Clare Milledge","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eclose reader: complex notophyll vine forest \u003c\/b\u003eis a companion to Clare Milledge’s solo exhibition \u003ci\u003ecomplex notophyll vine forest: ground-proof \u003c\/i\u003e(2025-26) at Lismore Regional Gallery. The publication is intended as a stand-alone book rather than a traditional exhibition catalogue, and includes a collage of subject matter and visuals ranging from historical ecological articles advocating for the preservation of endangered rainforests, to childhood photos, sketchbook pages, and newly commissioned texts. \u003cb\u003eclose reader \u003c\/b\u003eis richly dispersed with artwork from Milledge’s practice across the past decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eClare Milledge has cultivated a transdisciplinary, materially brave creative language across the past two decades that moves effortlessly between text-based, abstract and figurative compositions and soundscapes. Hers is an ethno-botanical lens that tangles folklore, art history, magic, contemporary culture and the environmental sciences to re-posture ancient myths. In parallel she creates new narratives that probe the nature-human dichotomy and imagine instead more mutable, viscous bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eMilledge has featured in numerous national and international exhibitions including \u003ci\u003ecomplex notophyll vine forest: ground-proof, \u003c\/i\u003eLismore Regional Gallery (2025-26); \u003ci\u003eFrom the other side\u003c\/i\u003e, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2023); \u003ci\u003eLiving Patterns: Contemporary Australian Abstraction\u003c\/i\u003e, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2023); \u003ci\u003erīvus\u003c\/i\u003e, Biennale of Sydney (2022); \u003ci\u003eNGV Triennial\u003c\/i\u003e, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2020); \u003ci\u003eStrigiformes: Binocular, Binaural, \u003c\/i\u003eMuseet for Samtidskunst, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway (2017); and \u003ci\u003eMagic Object\u003c\/i\u003e, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia (2016). Milledge was an artist in residence at Artspace, Sydney (2015–2016). Her work is held in significant private and institutional collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne; and Artbank, Australia. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney in 2013. Milledge is commercially represented by STATION.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePublished by: Lismore Regional Gallery\u003cbr\u003eSize:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e28 (h) x 22 (w) cm\u003cbr\u003eCover: Soft\u003cbr\u003ePages:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e86\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BACTERIA BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47739720892633,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/2562\/6073\/files\/BACTERIABOOKS_ClareMilledge-CloseReader_0.jpg?v=1782361687"}],"url":"https:\/\/bacteriabooks.com\/collections\/worms-magazine-copy.oembed","provider":"BACTERIA BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}