SIX:2020 
Mossenson Galleries Subiaco, 21 November - 5 December, 2020 

Lia McKnight takes a deliberative approach to her art with an intriguing collection of drawings in ink, pencil, graphite and pen. They are based on botanic specimens but altered just enough to jar the viewer into questioning precisely what they are looking at – some seem to imply forms of human anatomy. And the addition of jaunty stitches of gold thread to some of them moves the series further still from the realm of botanical illustration.

McKnight is also responsible for one of the standouts of the exhibition, her stunning sculptural work, In darkness, the eternal light, in which she combines ceramics, fibre, fabric and found objects to remarkable effect. This large-as-life figure casts an imposing presence in the room with its expressionless face a glazed ceramic impression of a banksia cone. With its skeletal wings and drapes of heavy fabric, it creates a compelling if unsettling vision. It’s hard to take your eyes off it. Is it a harbinger of something unpleasant or just another odd turn?
Craig McKeough, 2020

Seesaw review by Craig McKeough here
PDF Version here