The Paradox of Things features assemblage and mixed media works by three Cairns artists, Barbara Dover, Julie Poulsen and Jennifer Valmadre. This exhibition delves into the idea of paradox where a seemingly absurd proposition or thing combines contradictory or self-contradictory qualities. A paradox also can contain truths and be well-founded.

Drawing on found objects, unexpected materials and inventive processes, and ideas of contradiction and inconsistency, these artists create ambiguous and impossible physical structures. They invite our attention to the materiality of puzzling spatial forms, and reveal different and distinctive interpretations of the nature of materials and objects.

This exhibition catalogue features an insightful in-depth essay by Lenore Howard and photography by Michael Marzik.

The Paradox of Things exhibition and publication are proudly supported by the Double R Arts Foundation.