Author Archives: Artist Profile
The Extractive Frontier : Mining for Art
Using mining as metaphor, artists explore the good and the bad in the act of mineral exploration and exploitation.
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Issue 38 – see what’s inside!
John Firth-Smith graces the cover from his Hill End studio, and is accompanied by in-depth features with Zoe Young, Joe Frost, Fiona McMonagle, Michael Buzacott, Anna Platten and more.
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Bill Brown
For Bill Brown, the act of making a painting is at heart a process of discovery, oriented by one point of departure after another.
Issue 37
Artist Profile Issue 37 from Artist Profile on Vimeo. Change matters in this issue of Artist Profile. Our cover artist Savanhdary Vongpoothorn understands the dangers and happiness of change with her recent focus on the Mekong River. This is a sharp change from her distinctive paintings that related to the Australian bush and her Lao […]
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The White Room
With an exhibition name inspired by an album by KLF, Stanley Street’s latest group exhibition curated by Sean Morris sets you up to expect the unexpected.
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Ian Strange | Shadows
Australian born, New York-based artist Ian Strange returns to Sydney to broach a familiar subject in a not so familiar way.
Elisabeth Cummings
When talking about her work, Cummings is hesitant to speak in absolutes. She prefers to describe art in terms of its possibilities and the wonderment of the journey.
SPAN | Fremantle Arts Centre
From intimate personal boundaries to those that separate lives and land, five artists explore our perceived physical, social and political perimeters.
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Helga Groves | Tremor of Form
Helga Groves has returned from a field trip to New York, however do not expect skyline shots in her latest work ‘Tremor Form’.
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It’s Not Funny
John McDonald delves into Parkinson’s a condition that is not only debilitating but also still carries a stigma. One which artist Bernie McGrath is upending.
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Bronwyn Oliver | A life in art
I first met Bronwyn Oliver when she was 10 years old. It was 1969. She was Bronwyn Gooda then and her family lived in northern NSW.
Fan Dongwang | Icons of Identity
Paintings by Australian Chinese artist Fan Dongwang reveal icons that draw us together rather than apart.
Denise Green
Journeys – artistic, spiritual and physical take centre stage in a major exhibition spanning the 40-year career of Australian-born artist Denise Green.
Drawing to an End
MARS Gallery brings together over 40 contemporary Australian artists in a celebration of 2016.
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2017 NSW Visual Artists Fellowship
Congratulations Fijian born Salote Tawale, who has been awarded the NSW Government’s inaugural 2017 Visual Artists Fellowship for later-career artists.
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Suzanne Archer | Moving Forwards, Looking Back
It has been a great year for Suzanne Archer. And ‘Moving Forwards, Looking Back – A survey 1969 – 2016’ is point of celebration on a practice that covers nearly fifty years.
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Paul Partos | The Journey of a Painter
This brief essay is on my friend Paul Partos, his story and the times he passed through is complex.
Ngarra: the texta drawings
You don’t have to be an avid follower of Aboriginal art when it comes to the fascinating pull of Ngarra and his life, as told through his texta drawings.
Regional cities understanding the arts
Joe Kinsela speaks with SAM Director Rebecca Coates about the contemporary vision of Benalla and Shepparton – rural cities that are planning to expand their visual arts complexes.
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Karen Mills
Indigenous artist Karen Mills creates her own style of painting and imagery, fusing themes hemes of identity, the connection and disconnection with culture.
I want you to have this painting | Amber Boardman
Calling all artists, Amber Boardman wants to hear from you.
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War
War has long been a topic artists can not ignore, from depicting it’s glory and devastation on the battlefields to responding to its violent aftermath on the homefront.
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Visions of Utopia
By combining the not so well-known with the renowned, Visions of Utopia offers a fresh perspective on Australian Non-Objective painting.
Susan O’Doherty | Pinned to the Wall
There is a unnerving topic that echoes throughout Susan O’Doherty’s latest series of assemblages, paintings and sculptures.
