Black Sun is Dani Marti’s first solo show in Western Australia. Including never before shown woven and video works, Black Sunbrings pieces straight from Marti’s studio, with work from the series Mother, The Treasure Chest, Notes for Bob and Time. Black Sun also includes the newly commissioned Prelude, an imposingly large woven circle incorporating customised corner cube reflectors and glass beads.

Black Sun is both seductive and confronting. Marti uniquely combines video and textiles to create portraits reflecting encounters with family, lovers and strangers. His works are intense in their scrutiny, alive in their passion and ask poignant questions about sexuality, intimacy and the efficacy of relationships.

Exhibition Catalogue

Reviews

• 2016 April Christopher Barrett Lennard, ‘Soft power Dani Marti and Bharti Kher at the 2016 Perth International Arts Festival’ Art Monthly , p18-19, April 2016
• 2016 March John McDonald, ‘Western wonders’ , Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney March5-6 2016
• 2016 March Gemma Weston, ‘Dani Marti: Black Sun’ , Artlink , March 2016, Australia
• 2016 February Jessica Nico, ‘Black Sun is set to shine’ Fremantle Gazzete, 9 Feb 2016
• 2016 February Laetitia Wilson,’Seductive Exploration flirts with the dark side’ PIAF Visual Arts, The Weekend West, February 20-21, 2016
• 2016 February Ruth Little, ‘We’re all lunatics now’ , Friday 12 February 2016
• 2016 February Laetitia Wilson, ‘Perth International Arts Festival: Dark matter’, Real Time, issue 131, February, Australia
• 2016 February Lucy Stranger, ‘Black Sun’, Artist Profile, 15 February Australia

Interviews

• 2016 NovemberRTR-FM , Radio Interview about ‘Black Sun’ , exhibition commissioned by Perth International Art Festival , 2016, Australia
• 2016 FebruaryLeigh Hill, ‘Weaving Reality, OutinPerth
• 2016 February  Real time video interview , by Perth International

Video Links

• Notes for Bob, 2013
• Golden Years, 2014 
• Llorona, 2007