Over the past five years, Melbourne artist Angela Hughes has been developing Adaptive Radiation, a project that began during the lockdowns with the creation of more than 800 mixed-media collages.

Borrowing its title from the evolutionary process in which species rapidly diversify to occupy new niches, Adaptive Radiation reflects on the equally strange and rapid ways people adapted to life. Humorous, surreal, and occasionally political, the works combine collage and drawing to explore the absurdities of a world that changed almost overnight.

This launch celebrates the release of a new artist book featuring 100 reworked collages from the series, alongside an exhibition of related works. Join us for a drink, browse the exhibition, and check out the books!

Free Event