Michael Butler: love

This exhibition brings together key works in collage, drawing, printmaking and assemblage by Michael Butler, focussing on love - an ongoing concern of his work.

The collection of works offers Butler’s view of love as an uncertain condition that exists between violence and bliss. love speaks to its subject as a complex and ever changing presence – at times inducing guilt, fear or melancholia whilst also providing eroticism, joy and romance.

love features collages recently donated to the MAMA collection, alongside works that provide important context to Butler’s practice. The exhibition includes works made by Butler whilst living in Albury in the 1990s.

This exhibition contains imagery and ideas that reference violence and sexuality. It is not recommended for audiences under 18 unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.