Izabela Pluta's 'Cavitation' Opens at The Lock-Up in Newcastle

Izabela Pluta's exhibition "Cavitation," a collaboration between institutions from Australia and Poland, will be showcased at The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space in New South Wales from 25 September 2026 to 31 January 2027. Having departed from Poland in 1986, Pluta's artistic approach emphasizes the relational nature of place, influenced by migration, movement, and encounters. The exhibition features a diverse array of media, including moving images, photography, sculpture, sound, and textiles, connecting the port cities of Newcastle and Szczecin. It offers a variety of material forms that evoke sensory experiences and bodily reflections of oceanic dynamics and planetary movements. Notable among the pieces is "Aftercasts" (2026), an assemblage of glass, marble, bronze, webbing, and marine floats, provided by the artist and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney.