Join us in the gallery for a casual end of week catch up. Enjoy a few complementary drinks & snacks, while your wander around Australia’s largest commercial gallery. Then been intrigued by our weekly artist/curator talks and Q & A. A great way to meet the locals, our visiting artists and make new friends.

Born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, Joshua Searle’s work involves an examination into socio-cultural issues, diasporic identity and existence. Primarily a painter, Searle uses a variety of mediums including acrylic, oil stick, oil pastel, enamel and spray paint on canvas. Searle explores the diasporic position in contemporary societies founded upon migration and displacement in America and Australia. He simultaneously questions confronting issues whilst celebrating Black excellence and the triumphs as well as the struggles found within being a man of colour. Art has enabled him to explore his Colombian heritage and identity which has brought him to an understanding of the strength that his culture can provide. Searle’s work uses figurative repetitive figures to explore meaning, which shift with the context of each work.

5.00 – 7.00pm Talk  6.00 – 6.30