Beauty and Peril

Merrick Belyea, Lesmurdie, 2019, oil on board, 123 x 146.5cm
Merrick Belyea, Lesmurdie, 2019, oil on board, 123 x 146.5cm

Collective members Brad Rimmer, Merrick Belyea, Toni Wilkinson and Collective friends are showing in this major exhibition which explores the abundant beauty of the botanical world and the threats that assail it. 

The Botanical: Beauty and Peril draws from the renowned Janet Holmes à Court Collection and the AGWA Collection to present a vivid, involving and sometimes disturbing journey through the diverse representation by Australian artists of the glorious kingdom of plants.

The Botanical: Beauty and Peril forms part of a wider celebration of the botanical world under the banner What On Earth with events and exhibitions at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Midland Junction Arts Centre, Mundaring Arts Centre, King Street Art Centre and Kings Park Festival.

Exhibition runs 6 July – 4 November 2019.