An exhibition curated by Jason Smith, Director of Heide Museum of Modern Art and ANU School of Art alumnus (1987). The exhibition contributes to Canberra’s Centenary celebrations and acknowledges the contribution of the School of Art in building Canberra’s visual arts culture. but mostly air assembles a group of critically acclaimed artists and School of Art alumni who have developed outstanding practices and who represent each workshop of the School.
The title but mostly air refers to the curators “enduring spiritual and intellectual connection to the work of Rosalie Gascoigne” and the“particular qualities of the air, light and landscape of Canberra”.