a palace of not being bored
Col Mac
February 23 – April 2, 2026
Drawing inspiration from the one of the few remaining panels in the frescoes of the Palazzo Schifanoia which depicts swans suspended in the middle of the Hall of Months. “a palace of not being bored” brings the fresco into the present with a swan dive in repeat across the facade of the Judith Wright centre, exploring our relationship with art history and how aesthetic practices link and blur the boundaries of time, place and the poetic ways in which these subjects overlap.
ARTIST
Col Mac is an interdisciplinary artist working with a focus on painting and sculpture. His current work investigates the ways in which aesthetic practices link and blur the boundaries of time, place, biography, history and the poetic ways in which these subjects overlap.
He has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Evelyn Chapman award, The Brisbane Portrait prize, Swell, the North Sydney art Prize, and longlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills portrait award. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, FT, NBC, Vice and more.
In 2023 he completed his Bachelor of fine art at QCA.
www.colmac.art
@mucho_okay
a palace of not being bored
Col Mac
February 23 – April 2, 2026Belltower Facade
On display each night from 5:30pm-11:30pm
420 Brunswick Street,
Judith Wright Arts Centre,
Fortitude Valley, QLD
Gallery
Cian Sanders
