Local artist explores digital culture in Lismore exhibition

A LISMORE exhibition by local artist Marian Tubbs examines how digital culture is reshaping the way people see themselves and the natural world.

The exhibition will open at Lismore Regional Gallery on May 8 and run until August 9.

Tubbs, a senior lecturer in art and design at Southern Cross University, uses objects, images and language to examine how meaning is formed amid rapid technological change and ecological uncertainty.

Lismore Regional Gallery acting director Courtney Gibson said the work captures the tension between digital and physical worlds.

“Marian’s work conveys something essential and arresting about the way we live now; the constant interplay between digital and physical worlds, and the systems that shape how we assign value and meaning,” Gibson said.

“This exhibition is both intellectually provocative and deeply engaging, offering audiences an experience that’s rich with insight and surprise.”

 

The exhibition builds on Tubbs’ national and international profile.

Her work has featured in major exhibitions including Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900–Now at the National Gallery of Australia and Built Photography at the Museum of Australian Photography.

A mid-career survey at the University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery in 2020 further established her as a leading figure in contemporary Australian art.

Her work is held in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.

“I am thrilled to work with Lismore Regional Gallery to present the largest exhibition of my work to be shown in NSW, especially important is that Lismore has been my home for the better part of a decade,” Tubbs said.

“When I moved from metropolitan life to the subtropics my friends said that it would change my practice and I am very excited to share with audiences how it has.”