Gary Lee. midling 2 (Larrakia: Together)
Every day, 12pm to 6pm Friday 1 March to Friday 29 March Except Sunday 3 March, Monday 4 March, Tuesday 5 March, Wednesday 6 March, Sunday 10 March, Monday 11 March, Tuesday 12 March, Wednesday 13 March, Monday 18 March, Tuesday 19 March, Wednesday 20 March, Monday 25 March, Tuesday 26 March and Wednesday 27 March
Free
The Cross Art Projects presents midling 2 (Larrakia: Together), a selection of new and remade works by Gary Lee.
Drawing on the artist’s personal archive of historic family photographs and artworks (photo-based and illustration), the exhibition brings together key strands of a practice which redefines notions of cultural identity, masculinity and beauty from a Larrakia perspective.
A second iteration of the exhibition midling, shown at Coconut Studios as part of the 2023 Darwin Festival, midling 2 offers a broader selection from Lee’s recent foray into hand-coloured photo-based prints and a new presentation of photo-portraits including one-off works and others drawing on series Nice Coloured Boys (1994-ongoing), Skin (2002/03), Darwin Lads (2006) and Day Visitor (2010). midling 2 is Lee’s fifteenth solo exhibition in as many years, and his first solo exhibition in Sydney.
The exhibition is a stage for the Sydney launch of Heat: Gary Lee, selected texts, art & anthropology (2023). The anthology edited by Maurice O’Riordan—who also curates the exhibition—spans five decades of Lee’s writing on art, his own and others, and Larrakia and Indigenous culture.