Moving in Circles

Richard Harding

13 July - 24 August

Moving in Circles is a presentation of past and recent printworks by Naarm/Melbourne artist Richard Harding. Ranging from figurative expressionist woodcuts to photographic screen prints, these artworks highlight ongoing topics of concern from nuclear disarmament to human rights focusing on various LGBTQIA+ positions—local and global

Moving in Circles poses a range of visual political questions that draw upon and reflect the inherent qualities of print: sameness, difference and repetition. Here Harding aligns the performative act of printing images with the ongoing social struggles and protests of marginalised LGBTQIA+ people, both here and around the world. Drawing upon art historical sources juxtaposed with contemporary news and social media, Harding combines line, half tone dots, colour and glitter to reference notions of camp as resistance.

Events + Dates:

Saturday 13 July: Please join us from 2pm - 4pm, Saturday 13 July as we celebrate the opening of Moving in Circles by Richard Harding, to be opened by Dr Rebecca Mayo, Lecturer, ANU School of Art & Design

Saturday 24 August: Please join the artist 11am-12pm for this panel style conversation as he discusses the context, motivations and processes as we close his current exhibition, Moving in Circles.

About the panel //

Richard Harding is an artist, curator and educator based in Naarm, Melbourne Australia. He conducts his practice led research at Footscray Maker Lab and RMIT University City Campus as an Honorary Fellow within the School of Art. His artworks, exhibitions and curatorial projects are constructed to encourage discussions around socio-political concerns.

His print-based practice examines codes of representation through a queer lens with a focus on orientation and gender to explore perceptions of liberation and oppression. His art praxis is informed by architectural and queer theory utilising reproductive technologies as a vehicle for ongoing studio and gallery investigations.

Harding curated the acclaimed print survey exhibition Out of the Matrix in 2016 presented at RMIT University Gallery. In 2023 he co-curated two international exchange exhibitions; Printmaking Today Edition 2 from Institute Technology Bandung and Print Stories: Narratives from Hong Kong sourced from Art Horizon Workshop Hong Kong.

Jaden Ogwayo (he/they) is a second-year student at the ANU undertaking a double degree in Law and Arts, majoring in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Jaden is a poet, essayist, interviewer, and budding critic who has recently joined on as a sub-editor for the ANU magazine, Woroni. His writing focuses on the negotiation and (re)constitution of sexuality, art, and the interplay between society and the self, including his first Woroni-published piece, ‘PrEP: a Bittersweet Pill to Swallow’, which reflected on the history of queer sexual health and HIV. As a gay man and budding contemporary art enthusiast, Jaden looks forward to exchanging cross-generational perspectives with Richard on the central concerns of his work and how he and Richard have seen these reflected inside and beyond the gallery.

Quinton (they/them) is a queer emerging artist based on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country. They have an interdisciplinary practice that spans lithography, screen printing, textiles and object making. Quinton uses the lens of liminality and thresholds to explore concepts of spirituality and queer identity, taking inspiration from traditional print languages and techniques.

Quinton has completed their diploma of visual arts at the Canberra Institute of Technology. They are currently studying at the ANU School of Art and Design while working at Megalo print studio as a technical officer. Quinton has been published in Imprint Magazine and has worked alongside national and international printmakers, such as Juana Estrada Hernandez and Troppo Print studio.

Moving in Circles is on display 13 July - 24 August

Megalo is open 9.30am - 5pm | Tuesday - Saturday