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Curator’s Radar: Petrina Hicks
These artists have recently garnered significant attention from curators of public galleries.
In 2019, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne presented Bleached Gothic, a retrospective of work by Sydney-based artist Petrina Hicks.
Despite starting as a fine art photographer just 15 years ago, the exhibition made it clear Hicks has amassed a solid and enduring body of work.
Initially trained as a commercial photographer, Hicks draws heavily from the crisp aesthetic of advertising imagery.
Working with a medium format Hasselblad camera to create her minimalist compositions, Hicks oscillates between portraiture and still life, often using the same female model for an entire photographic series.
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Hicks incorporates simple props like shells, lit matches, animals and bones as additional visual markers. Powerful women, identity and animals are also key references in her work. “I am drawn to photographing humans and animals together, tr