We warmly invite you to join us for the opening of Broligarchy, an exhibition of works by Lillian Morrissey (Berlin/Sydney). 

The first display of this body of work in Australia, Broligarchy takes place amidst the hyperreal techno-authoritarian violence of the present. Through her textile-based practice, Morrissey punctures the fabric of the contemporary political landscape, addressing rising tides of American and European fascism and the alt-right, drawing upon the visual language of the medieval conquest tapestry. 

Morrissey’s geometric, gridded and dye-painted textiles stitch together alternately monumental and dismembered figures. Using dark humour and a mix of historical and pop cultural references, the macabre scenes present mythological warrior-hero archetypes as they posture or commit absurd acts of violence in soft pastel cotton. Critiquing the valorisation of the right at the intersection of politics, media and real-time digital transmission, Broligarchy presents an ongoing reckoning with the spectacle of power.