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Always was, always will be.

Galleries are open 12–5pm. Our exhibitions are always free.

Shannon Lyons, Spiros Panigirakis, Francis Russell

Cafe coming soon: Publication Launch

Cafe coming soon: Publication Launch

Join us for the launch of Shannon Lyons’ new publication, Cafe coming soon.

Bringing together documentation of six key site-responsive projects spanning 15 years of Lyons’ practice, the publication features newly commissioned writing exploring recurring concerns across her work. These include the legacy of institutional critique, the gallery and its social and economic spaces, and the ways forms can reveal the gallery as a charged and malleable environment.

To mark the launch, Lyons will be joined in conversation with contributors Spiros Panigirakis and Francis Russell, reflecting on the publication and her ongoing site-responsive practice. 

The launch is also a final opportunity to experience Cafe coming soon at PICA before the exhibition closes. 

Register below. 

About the artists

Shannon Lyons (born 1984, Boorloo [Perth]) is a multi-disciplinary artist who explores the complex relationships that exist between art and its context. Her works take the form of installations, sculptures, gestures and interventions that critically examine the sites where they are made or exhibited. Lyons graduated with a PhD in Visual Art from Curtin University in 2016. Prior to this she completed the renowned SOMA Summer Program in 2012 and the Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Fondazione Antonio Ratti in 2004.

Spiros Panigirakis is an artist, educator, curator and the Head of Department in Fine Art at Monash University. In 2011 he completed a practice-driven PhD at Monash University. His art practice is engaged with how presentational devices, design and organisational frameworks influence the construction of meaning, form and sociability.

Francis Russell is a freelance art critic, former academic and trade unionist. He received a PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies from Curtin University and has written extensively on alienation and neoliberalism. 


Supporters

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. PICA’s events are made possible thanks to our Community Engagement Partner, City of Perth.