Artist eX de Medici will be joined by exhibition Curator Virginia Rigney and writer and curator Dr Jennifer McFarlane to chart how the depiction of firearms became a major element within Medici's practice, beginning with one of her earliest works Scene from an Ivory Tower (Pistol) made as a recent graduate from art school in Canberra in 1985.

It was around the same time that Medici and Sidney Nolan had a chance encounter, and this conversation will reflect on that meeting and the contrasts, tensions and connections between the two artists that include a shared interest in the mythologies of Ned Kelly and Arthur Rimbaud and the sweet power of flowers.


Image: eX de Medici, Vincent Verdigris, 2021. Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper. 114 x 134cm. Private Collection © The artist. Photograph RLDI.