Sydney Contemporary
NO FANTASY will present a curated exhibition by standout Australian artists, each of whom has been showcased by NO FANTASY at international art fairs such as The Armory Show, New York; Frieze No.9 Cork St, London; Paris Photo; Art Basel Miami Beach; Art Basel Hong Kong; and Unseen Amsterdam.
Venue
Carriageworks
Sydney, Australia
on view
Sep 2 — Sep 6
Carriageworks · Sydney, Australia
NO FANTASY at Sydney Contemporary 2026 - Booth #C04
Australasia’s premier art fair returns to Carriageworks from 3–6 September 2026, celebrating its landmark 10th edition. Bringing together more than 100 galleries and over 500 artists from Australia, New Zealand, Asia and beyond, Sydney Contemporary offers an unparalleled platform for discovering ambitious contemporary art, from emerging voices to internationally acclaimed practitioners. NO FANTASY presents a curated selection of new works by leading Australian and international artists whose practices engage with contemporary questions of identity, materiality and cultural exchange. Bringing together established and emerging voices across a range of media, the presentation reflects the gallery’s commitment to ambitious, conceptually driven contemporary art. Presenting Works by: JOHNATHON WORLD PEACE BUSH | ELLEN DAHL | JACKSON FARLEY | YHONNIE SCARCE | ALI TAHAYORI
Johnathon World Peace Bush
Burke and Wills
2025
medium
locally sourced earth pigment/ochre on linen
dimensions
120 x 120 cm
price
AUD 15,000
Artworks
19
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NO FANTASY
(THIS IS) NO FANTASY is a boutique gallery offering representation to a select group of artists shaping Australia’s art discourse locally and internationally. Resolutely committed to keeping our gallery small and rigorously curated, the gallery draws on decades of experience to strategically champion artists, building their profiles internationally. Central to our vision is a focus on international art fairs, off-site projects and exhibitions both in Australia and abroad.
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Sydney Contemporary
Joan of Arc (Arika), 2025
locally sourced earth pigments / ochres on linen, framed
120 x 120 cm
AUD 17,500
‘For both my Tiwi people and my global family, I want culture to be strong ... I hope my artwork gives a glimpse into my strong beliefs of a want for world peace and equality for all humankind.’ - Johnathon World Peace Bush For this work, Johnathon World Peace Bush brings an example of recent ochre studies of historical statues together with a song that his mother Doriana Bush has created in response to his painting of Joan of Arc. Johnathon and Doriana celebrate the bringing together of diverse cultural stories and this painting foregrounds a historical European female leader clad in Tiwi body paint design, accompanied by a Tiwi songline. Johnathon World Peace Bush expresses his views on equality, culture, art and language through painting, writing and song. Johnathon’s ochre paintings present a unique combination of Tiwi culture and his personal views on global politics, family and cultural heritage. He adopts some painting techniques that reflect jilamara (Tiwi body paint design) and combines them with representations of political figureheads, Catholic imagery that relates to the colonial experience of the Tiwi, stories of colonial crimes against First Nations people or adaptations of old anthropological images of First Australians. Johnathon lived for many years in Borroloola, working as a stockman at an outstation herding horses and cattle. His father is from Borroloola and his mother is from Milikapiti. He moved back to Milikapiti to be with his mother’s family and started working at Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association in 2015.