Author Archives: Artist Profile
Lucy O’Doherty in Paris
In the first week of a three-month residency, Lucy O’Doherty discusses her aims for her time at the Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris.
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Bush to Bay: Hinton and the Artists’ Camps
Over 120 years later, contemporary Australian artists return to the artist camps of the Mosman coastline.
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Tagged Ana Young, Angus Nivison, Ashley Frost, Bush to May, Mosman Art Gallery, NERAM, Viola Dominello
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Culture Heist
Judith White’s account of Michael Brand’s management of the AGNSW exemplifies the effect of neo-liberalism on a scholarly institution.
Blacktown Art Prize Winners Announced
Congratulations Tess Mehonoshen, winner of the 2017 Blacktown City Art Prize.
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Tagged blacktown art prize, sculpture, Tess Mehonoshen
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Sarah Goffman Wins the 1st Still Life Award
Congratulations Sarah Goffman, winner of the inaugural Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery’s STILL: National Still Life Award.
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Tagged ceramics, Lisa Slade, Sarah Goffman, STILL
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My Vietnam residencies | Mai Nguyen-Long
In Vietnam I strived to learn the language as often as I can: it helped me to see, think and feel from an alternative perspective.
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Charmaine Pike
The paintings of Charmaine Pike allude to the remote landscape, its geographical features and natural formations, embedded or rather personified with human emotion.
Stephen Bird | Rogue Heroes
Stephen Bird’s ‘Industrial Sabotage’ at Gould Galleries, Melbourne.
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Tagged ceramics, Gould Galleries, Stephen Bird
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Jenny Orchard Wins UQ Self-Portrait Prize
Sydney-based artist, Jenny Orchard’s earthenware figure Self Portrait as a Multispecies Activist 2017, was selected as the winning artwork from 28 entries on show at the UQ Art Museum until 18 February 2018. “At the heart of my ceramics and art practice is a yearning for connection – connection with other people, but also with […]
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Claudia Moodoonuthi
It’s been an exciting end to the year for Claudia Moodoonuthi – coming off the back of a commissioned body of work currently on display at the National Gallery of Victoria supported by MECCA Brands, as well as a solo show Ruby and Hunter in Dulka Warngiid (Story Place) at Alcaston Gallery opening 14 November.
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Tagged Aboriginal Artist, Alcaston Gallery, Claudia Moodoonuthi, MECCA, NGV
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Regional Galleries in Crisis
John McDonald decries the trend in New South Wales regional art galleries, where some local councils have tried to reduce costs by cutting back on professional staff, a crisis that is amounting to “a humiliating return to amateurism”.
Issue 41 Hits the Stands!
“I believe an artist has to get a life rather than a career. They have to experience the wide variety of things that life can give you, all the changes that can happen.”
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Issue 40
Anniversaries are strange things. Many of you must have been faced with the dilemma of how to mark a significant event. Even discussing possibilities is fraught with discomfort – how does one respond properly to the importance of the occasion? I am always astonished by the efforts people go to commemorate a phase in life, […]
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Tom Carment | New paintings – old habits
During a typical week Tom Carment might journey around the city of Sydney to make watercolours, visit a friend to paint their portrait, or draw in the streets with a pencil and sketchbook.
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Tagged ARTIST PROFILE, Australian painter, King Street Gallery on William, Tom Carment
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Lincoln Austin | Sometimes I like to Pretend I’m A Robot
Medium is as varied as subject in Lincoln Austin’s twentieth solo exhibition ‘Sometimes I like to pretend I’m a robot’.
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Romancing the Skull | Sally Smart
For her newly commissioned work Sally Smart asks a question, ‘Were there any women pirates?’
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Cutting Plates, Cutting Edge
A call for a museum of works on paper
Nike Savvas | Living on a Promise
Opening at ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne, Nike Savvas presents a new body of work that shift and play with our optical experience.
Loving Vincent Double Pass Give Away
Sign up for your chance to win a double pass to see ‘Loving Vincent’ -a fully painted feature film which brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story.
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Storrier Wins the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Congratulations to Tim Storrier, who has been awarded as the winner with his portrait of friend, Mclean Edwards.
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Tagged Dagmar Cyrulla, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Mclean Edwards, Tim Storrier
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2017 Portia Geach Award Finalists
The 2017 shortlist for Australia’s most recognised portrait prize for women.
The Unflinching Gaze
A world-class photographic exhibition that brings together Australian and international artists, writers and collectors to explore the depiction of the male figure.
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Tagged Andy Warhol, Brad Pitt, BRAG, LGBTI, Robert Mapplethorpe, UTS
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JUMAADI wins 2017 MOSMAN ART PRIZE
Hitting its 70th Anniversary, the Mosman Art Prize presents its winners.
