when: 28 February 2025 - 16 March 2025 | venue: Platform | cost: See event for details | address: 19 Furneaux Street Manuka 2603 | website: https://canberracontemporary.com.au
published: 07 Mar 2025, 5 min read
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Braidwood-based artist Kate Stevens presents a powerful series of paintings examining the impact of alleged war crimes committed by Australia's Special Forces during the war in Afghanistan. Through her work, Stevens explores how these events shape Australian cultural identity, questioning the narratives we uphold and the voices we silence.
The exhibition focuses on two key subjects: the whistleblower soldiers who risked everything to speak out and the Afghan sites where civilians were allegedly murdered, as revealed during the recent defamation trial of Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith. By confronting these themes, Stevens challenges Australia's tendency to mythologise certain figures as heroes while erasing others from the story.
Image credit: Kate Stevens, The Mission no.2 2024, oil on canvas, 100 x 125cm. Photo by Stephen Best
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Braidwood-based artist Kate Stevens presents a powerful series of paintings examining the impact of alleged war crimes committed by Australia's Special Forces during the war in Afghanistan. Through her work, Stevens explores how these events shape Australian cultural identity, questioning the narratives we uphold and the voices we silence.
The exhibition focuses on two key subjects: the whistleblower soldiers who risked everything to speak out and the Afghan sites where civilians were allegedly murdered, as revealed during the recent defamation trial of Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith. By confronting these themes, Stevens challenges Australia's tendency to mythologise certain figures as heroes while erasing others from the story.
Image credit: Kate Stevens, The Mission no.2 2024, oil on canvas, 100 x 125cm. Photo by Stephen Best
Go see The Reckoning' by Kate Stevens 2025.
The Reckoning' by Kate Stevens 2025 is on 28 February 2025 - 16 March 2025. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Manuka. Call 02 6247 0188 for details. Visit their website at https://canberracontemporary.com.au.
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