Author Archives: Artist Profile
James Newitt
James Newitt’s exhibition ‘Delay’ examines the politico-personal valency of escape and withdrawal.
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Tagged Contemporary Art Tasmania, James Newitt
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Zane Saunders + Arone Meeks
Artist Profile chats to Indigenous artists Zane Saunders and Arone Meeks about their concurrent exhibitions at KickArts Contemporary Arts.
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Tagged Arone Meeks, Kick Arts, Zane Saunders
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Honor Freeman
Honor Freeman’s porcelain-cast interpretations of well-worn domestic objects narrate the rhythm of daily life’s minutiae.
Barka: The Forgotten River
‘Barka: The Forgotten River’ is a collaboration between Barkandji elder Badger Bates, Justine Muller and the Wilcannia community to save the Darling River.
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Tagged Badger Bates, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, Darling River, Justine Muller
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Brook Andrew Appointed as Artistic Director of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney
Congratulations to Brook Andrew, who has been announced as the Artistic Director of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, taking place in 2020.
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David Hawkes
Campbelltown Arts Centre presents three decades of paintings from the colourful oeuvre of Australian artist David Hawkes.
Jamberoo Mountain Road
An exhibition presenting contemporary Australian artists’ reactions to the lush rainforest escarpment at Jamberoo.
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Tagged Ann Cape, Ann Thomson, Euan Macleod, Gina Bruce, Guy Warren, Jamberoo, Luke Sciberras, Max Miller, Michelle Cawthorn, Paul Ryan, Peter Sharp, rainforest painting, Riste Andrievski, Robert Malherbe, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Steve Lopes
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Andrew Browne
In his solo exhibition ‘Spill’, Andrew Browne examines the suggestive ambiguities of water and the metamorphic effects of light.
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Tagged Andrew Browne, Tolarno Galleries
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Helen Maudsley
With a career spanning over seven decades, Helen Maudsley knows a thing or two about painting.
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Tagged Helen Maudsley, Niagara Gallery
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George Tjungurrayi
Camilla Wagstaff explores the masterful work of Indigenous painter George Tjungurrayi in Issue 42.
Jelle van den Berg
In Issue 40, Lucy Stranger chatted to Jelle van den Berg about his colourful, collaborative practice.
Heather Ellyard + Hanna Kay
Janet Clayton Gallery’s two final exhibitions feature the work of Heather Ellyard and Hanna Kay.
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Michael Johnson
ARTIST PROFILE celebrates the masterful Australian abstractionist painter, Michael Johnson in this exclusive essay by writer and daughter Anna Johnson.
Issue 43
Issue 43 from Artist Profile on Vimeo. EDITOR’S NOTE ‘JUST LET IT GO’ ASKS THIS ISSUE’S cover artist, Raquel Ormella, in the wonderful embroidery above. Like most of Ormella’s works it has a suspenseful relativism which charms us. Ormella’s strength is to set aside her own biases so as to place views, as well as […]
Issue 42
Issue 42 from Artist Profile on Vimeo EDITOR’S NOTE MANY OF THE ARTICLES IN THIS issue are concerned with the evolving nature of artists’ practices and the cycle of curatorial presentations. The daily uncertainty of making art is matched by the need for an audience to receive their art. ‘Everyone likes to remember the […]
Sally Gabori
The extraordinary oeuvre of the late Sally Gabori (c.1924–2015) is a rare portal into Australia’s pre-colonial history.
Lara Merrett
Lara Merrett chats to Artist Profile about expanding paining beyond the confines of the canvas for the 2018 Bella Room Commission
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Tagged Australian artist, Bella Room Commission, Lara Merrett, MCA Australia
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Review | Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
In Issue 42, Ted Snell reviews the 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, exploring the prismatic approach of Curator Erica Green
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Tagged Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, AGSA, Art Gallery of South Australia
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2018 Archibald, Wynne + Sulman Prize Winners Announced!
Congratulations to Yvette Coppersmith, Yukultji Napangati and Kaylene Whiskey, who have been awarded the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes respectively.
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Tagged The Archibald Prize, the Packing Room Prize, The Sulman Prize, The Wynne Prize
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Paul White
Paul White’s latest series of works on paper forms a snapshot of the Australian outback.
Issue 43 Hits the Stands!
‘JUST LET IT GO’ ASKS THIS ISSUE’S cover artist, Raquel Ormella, in the wonderful embroidery above. Like most of Ormella’s works it has a suspenseful relativism which charms us. Ormella’s strength is to set aside her own biases so as to place views, as well as actions, in their contexts. The phrase illustrated here […]
The Castle
In the group exhibition ‘The Castle’, three artists explore cross-generational ideas of home.
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Tagged Christopher Zanko, Frank Nowlan, Rob Howe, the egg and dart
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James Bugg Wins Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Emerging Melbourne photographer James Bugg takes home the $50,000 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (MCPP).
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Untitled: Andy Quilty + a Prisoner
‘Untitled’ is a joint exhibition between Andy Quilty and a long-term inmate at a West Australian prison.
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Tagged Andy Quilty, Heathcote Museum and Gallery
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