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Julia Flanagan Between the Moon

and the Stars
Dazzle

The Egg & Dart Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern
Until 22 February, 2020 Territory
Until 22 March, 2020
New South Wales
Darwin

‘Julia Flanagan’s work is colour and shape In a dimly lit exhibition space we find
colliding across painting and sculpture. Forms ‘Between the Moon and the Stars’ with work
instinctively vibrate like a Broadway boogie- from contemporary artists, ancient cultures
woogie. Her tightly packed paintings and and natural science collections reflecting
constructions reference essential forms of on systems of belief from mythology to
architecture – the arch, the turret,’ says writer pop-culture, navigation, the beauty of our
Melody Willis. Flanagan’s first solo show at surrounds, dreaming stories and the history of
The Egg & Dart dazzles the audience with a stargazing – ultimately ‘the common impulse
lively interplay between her paintings and cut to find meaning in the night sky (and)… the
out sculptures. ‘Drawing pattern ideas from effects of the moon and stars on animal and
her own textile library, she multiplies and human behaviour.’
layers these up, working outward in a search
for harmony in colour,’ adds Willis.

Anything, Everything, 2019, acrylic on board, 60 x 45cm ‘Between the Moon and the Stars’ installation view
Courtesy the artist and The Egg & Dart, New South Wales Courtesy of Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
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