CLARE MILLEDGE / Close Reader

Clare Milledge
Close Reader, 2025
Softcover, 86 pages
28 x 22cm
Published by Lismore Regional Gallery

complex notophyll vine forest: close-reader is a companion to Clare Milledge’s solo exhibition complex notophyll vine forest: ground-proof at Lismore Regional Gallery. The publication is intended as a stand-alone book rather than a traditional exhibition catalogue, and includes a collage of subject matter and visuals ranging from historical ecological articles advocating for the preservation of endangered rainforests, to childhood photos, sketchbook pages, and newly commissioned texts. close reader is richly dispersed with artwork from Milledge’s practice across the past decade.