# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Artwork: Trevor Bly & Patrick Doherty, The Fool's Fool, silkscreen and mixed media, 2024

Opening Dates August
23, 28, 29 & 30 August

Opening Dates September
4, 5 & 6 September

A Collaborative Exhibition Exploring Place, Identity and the Eternal Suburbs

Artists Trevor Bly and Patrick Doherty reunite this August with a new exhibition 5 years in the making at the Moores Building, Fremantle. DIAMOND CHIN SLOP will present a new body of collaborative and individual works with the pair building from their visual investigations into place, taboo and the eternal suburbs.

Bly, known for his award-winning prints, has built a practice grounded in the psychology of place. Drawing from the rituals, aesthetics and postcode of his home suburb Craigie 6025, Bly investigates how locale shapes relationships and personal identity. His work reinterprets suburban signifiers—local icons, pop culture relics and the urban banal—transforming them beyond their fixed geography. Working across print making processes, specifically silkscreen and mixed media painting, Bly adopts techniques reminiscent of propaganda prints and graffiti art traditions. These “unique state” works combine text-driven aesthetics with layered processes refined through long-term collaboration.

Central to Bly’s evolving practice and this show is the notion of “the eternal neighbourhood.” Following a period of personal disconnection within his own community, this new body of work seeks to rebuild the idea of the eternal home from within—examining legacies and ethical accountability that underpin the local identity.

Doherty, a long-time collaborator of over 20 years, brings an expressive, narrative-driven counterpoint. His practice explores the human condition through myths, spiritual undertones and charged relationship politics. His drawn characters—placed insitu of drama and skewed romance navigate universal truths and taboo subject matter, echoing historical mark-making traditions while remaining distinctly contemporary and distinctly Doherty.

This 2026 exhibition re-establishes their presence within the Fremantle arts scene while advancing a renewed, critically engaged investigation into urban sites, memory and the spectacle that is suburban living. Through layered print, expressive figures and shared authorship, Bly and Doherty continue to ask: How can the eternal place continue to exist within a space of shifting values —and what happens when that sense of home is not so homely at all?
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fremantle/moores-building-art-space-opening-night-diamond-chin-slop/200030536150223
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts, performances, theatre, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Fremantle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Moores Building
- **lat**: -32.0563485
- **long**: 115.7446556
- **full address**: Moores Building, 46 Henry Street,Fremantle,WA,Australia

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP being held?
  - **A:** Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP takes place on Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Moores Building, 46 Henry Street,Fremantle,WA,Australia.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP?
  - **A:** Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP is organized by Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fremantle, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Moores Building Art Space | Opening Night: DIAMOND CHIN SLOP sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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