22 Nov - 23 Mar

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Melbourne Now celebrates the latest art, architecture, design, performance and cultural practice to reflect the complex cultural landscape of creative Melbourne.

Meet the Artists

Douglas McMANUS
born Australia 1959
heart
from Permanent extraction 2013
laser cut, engraved and thermo moulded microfiber, synthetic thread, sound activated electroluminescent wire, nylon monofilament sleeve
120.0 x 60.0 x 10.0 cm
Collection of the artist, Melbourne
© Douglas McManus

Douglas McManus

Born 1959, Perth, Western Australia; lives and works in Melbourne. In 2012–13 Douglas McManus’s work was included in the exhibition Love Lace for the Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award. In 2012 he won the inaugural Burnie Wearable Paper Art Competition, Paper on Skin, and exhibited as part of Interwoven during Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. In 2011 McManus’s garments featured in the exhibition ManStyle: Men + Fashion at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. His textile works are represented in state and regional gallery collections around Australia.

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