Join us for the opening celebrations of 'Derek Jarman: Delphinium Days' and 'Jean Barth: The Clumped Spirit', two extraordinary exhibitions exploring themes of identity, activism, and transformation.

Derek Jarman: Delphinium Days
The first Australian exhibition of influential artist and activist Derek Jarman (1942–94) brings together Jarman's rarely seen paintings and films alongside photography and archival materials about the artist. Fighting restrictive political and artistic orthodoxies, Jarman moved between painting, film, installation, writing, set design, performance, and gardening. He is best known today as a pioneer of experimental film and as an early campaigner for the rights of LGBTQIA+ communities, particularly for people living with HIV and AIDS.⁠

Derek Jarman: Delphinium Days has been co-developed by Gus Fisher Gallery | The University of Auckland, and City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. It is co-curated by Lisa Beauchamp, Aaron Lister and Michael Lett.

Jean Barth: The Clumped Spirit
Jean Barth’s work explores themes of self-representation and embodiment, and her works play on traditional genres of portraiture and still life but exceed them. Using 3D modelling software, she creates stages, props, and avatars, which are then transmuted into screen-printed oil paintings and animated videos. In her paintings, screen-printed images are brushed to soften them, combining the virtual and the painterly. In addition to new paintings and videos, ‘The Clumped Spirit’ makes a dramatic move into sculpture. Barth’s 3D-printed sculptures, coated in zinc, recall petrified figures from Pompeii.

Jean Barth: The Clumped Spirit is a partnership with the Institute of Modern Art and presented as part of Copyright Agency Partnerships, an annual commissioning series supporting mid-career and established visual artists to develop and present a significant new body of work.

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Located at the entrance to the UNSW Art & Design campus in Paddington, UNSW Galleries is just 5 minutes from Sydney's CBD. Find us on the ground level of F Block, next to the Arthouse Kitchen café. Elevator access is available on the ground floor; ask our friendly staff at reception to assist with directions and access. Guests with wheelchairs or prams and all service animals are warmly welcomed.