AFR: Artist Fiona Foley puts history in a different context
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AFR: Artist Fiona Foley puts history in a different context
A mid-career survey of NAS alumna Dr Fiona Foley’s artistic practice is accompanied at the Sydney Festival by a haunting soundscape. The Australian Financial Review looks into Foley’s work in the lead up to the opening of Who are these strangers and where are they going? at National Art School.
Image: Fiona Foley, Protector’s Camp, 2017, from the Horror has a Face series.
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