Motif by Shelley Horan at Jacky Winter Gallery

Image: © Shelley Horan

Jacky Winter presents Motif by Shelley Horan, a still life series transforming the mundane into the mesmerising. Everyday objects—a toothpaste tube, a matchstick, a teapot—are meticulously arranged to spark surprise, curiosity, and delight.

Horan’s work thrives on contrast: the ordinary and extraordinary, rigid and fluid, playful and refined. Using materials like plastic, chrome, glass, and foodstuffs, she elevates the overlooked through precise composition and unexpected juxtapositions.

A jewel-like gloop of toothpaste gleams like a gem. Matchsticks swirl into a meditative pattern. Primary-coloured blocks stand rigid, disrupted by scattered Skittles. A psychedelic teapot pulses against a technicolor grid. Each image shifts perception, revealing the extraordinary within the everyday.

Opening hours for Jacky Winter Gallery are Wednesday to Friday from 11am to 6pm, and midday to 5pm on Saturdays.

 

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July

Perth: From 31 May – 28 Sept 2025. Featuring 85 works from three major series – Deep Springs, Overpass, and Cross Country – the exhibition spans twelve years of Contis’s evolving photographic practice.

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

Melbourne: 7 June – 31 August. Protest is a Creative Act seeks to address issues around the body, sexuality, race, national identity and the environment.

Sydney: 15 May – 19 October. Showcasing 100 incredible images, this remarkable exhibition offers a window into the astonishing variety of life on our planet – and the critical importance of preserving it.

August

Leica Store Gallery in both Sydney & Melbourne present a unique photographic dialogue between Steve McCurry and Jessie Brinkman Evans. Until late October.

Canberra: 14 August – 13 September 2025. The Texans 1972-73 –features documentary style images from that era. The Camera Unrepair Shop – combines installation, cyanotype process and performance to reflect on the nature of photography.

Ballarat: 23 August – 19 October 2025. This year’s theme is Lifeforce, and it ties into an eight-week program of exhibitions, public art, talks, and workshops across more than 100 venues throughout Ballarat.