In Through it, Mandy Johnston explores the divided human experience of existing simultaneously as both physical and conceptual beings, using artmaking as a means of processing observations about society and life’s transitions.

Reflecting on the decline of traditional rites of passage, her work considers the loss of opportunities for ancestral knowledge to be passed down with communal support. Through water, light, shadow and fire, Johnston examines movement, transformation and the unseen dimensions of internal journeys, inviting conversations about how we might better support one another through periods of change.

On view in AVA's Long Gallery until 26 November 26

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