Art Gallery of Western Australia unveils Cranky Pants - A space for designing new identities

The Art Gallery of Western Australia opened Cranky Pants, a bold new interactive exhibition, created in collaboration with UK artist Bruce Asbestos. This vibrant pop art playground invites visitors of all ages to embrace the full spectrum of human emotion, especially the cranky, chaotic and delightfully disobedient parts we’re usually encouraged to hide. Stepping into AGWA’s Gallery 09, families and individuals of all ages are invited to design hyper-couture costumes and accessories. Visitors then reveal their new identities on a pop-up catwalk flanked by four larger than life wooden sculptures combining a riot of colour, character and monster energy that dare audiences to play. Cranky Pants celebrates creativity and design through frustration, silliness and contradiction. The exhibition gives people permission to be expressive, imperfect and a little bit ridiculous. The result