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Installation view of Room 107, Chalk Horse, Sydney.

Spring1883 Art Fair by Victoria Perin


12 Aug 2023
⬤ Void_Melbourne, Sarah Scout Presents, Niagara Galleries, Chalk Horse, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, Neon Parc, CAVES, Arts Project Australia, Michael Lett 10 Aug - 12 Aug 2023

Walking out into Spring Street I ask Charles Lai, doyen of Naarm art openings, what was his favourite suite this year? He told me it’s not about favourites. I pestered, “best bathroom? Best bed??” He told me he’d been to all eight iterations of Spring1883. I asked him to rank them. He demurred.

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Artists: Elvis Richardson, Nadine Christensen, Michael Stevenson, Angela Brennan, Clara Adolphs, Howard Arkley, Abella D’Adamo, Robbie Rowlands, Lionel Grijalva, Daniel Pace, Jasper Jordan-Lang, Bronte Stolz

Victoria Perin is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne.

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