Author Archives: Artist Profile
Entries Open | Cossack Art Awards 2016
We hope you have sharpened your senses and pencils because the Cossack Art Awards call for entries has begun.
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Stuart Watters | Flatland
Delve into the world of Stuart Watters as he cuts and thwarts the picture plane.
Women painting Women
The female gaze sheds new light on contemporary Australian talent – of both the painters and their subjects.
Ah Xian
Chinese-Australian artist Ah Xian spoke with ARTIST PROFILE about his work, complex relationship with China, and his inventive, cross-cultural creative vision.
Naomi Hobson Wins 39th Alice Prize
Congratulations to Naomi Hobson, a Queensland contemporary indigenous artist who won the 39th Alice Prize.
Roger Crawford
Roger Crawford’s latest show ‘Up Close’ opens at Watters Gallery, Joe Frost engages with the practice and medium that is not limited to one direction.
Matthew Stanton | Conversation Piece
Be drawn into the quiet stillness of Matthew Stanton’s Conversation Piece.
Surrender | Joshua Yeldham
In Joshua Yeldham’s first work of literature, stories of devotion interweave with visual musings to result in a compelling journal.
Kevin Lincoln: The Eye’s Mind
In recognition of the impact of this quietly spoken Australian artist, the Art Gallery of Ballarat is surveying the strength of Lincoln’s career.
New location and ‘Next Generation’ for Anthea Polson Art
Anthea Polson Art is moving from its present home of the last 7 years to The Marina Mirage just next door.
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Euan Macleod | Boneyard
Euan Macleod’s ‘Sphinx’, part of a new solo exhibition of 27 paintings, Boneyard, is one of the most profoundly complex and confronting works for our time.
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Sarah Contos
Unpredictability and ambiguity have become the creative drivers of Sarah Contos’ art-making, and Australian Experimental Art Foundation patrons this year should simply expect the unexpected.
Steve Lopes | The Late Riser
Lopes returns to the Italian Islands from which his family hails, exploring the experiences of the immigrants who left and those who chose to stay at home.
Khaled Sabsabi Wins International Shajah Prize
Khaled Sabsabi is going from strength to strength, presented this month with an international award at the Sharjah Biennial.
Lights, camera, action! Video art lights up Melbourne Central
Whether you are a commuter, shopper, art enthusiast or unlikely art goer, the introduction of Melbourne Central Art Loop is bringing video art to you.
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Helen Wright | The Edge of Reason
Tasmanian based artist Helen Wright presents ‘The Edge of Reason’ at Gippsland Gallery, with her playfully dark works causing you to question your own.
Moments of Freedom | Marie J. Engelsvold
From a fortuitous chance glance on instagram, Egg & Dart present Danish artist Marie J. Engelsvold with her first exhibition in Australia.
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ROLE REVERSAL: ethical traps when curators become artists
Joe Frost explores a contemporary dilemma of the increasing prevalence of the ‘artist-curator’
Caroline Rannersberger | Sentiment and Sedimentation
Caroline Rannersberger explores the improvisation of the painting process when working on site, and the importance of the direct encounter with the land to her practice.
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Geoff Todd |Beautiful Beasts
An artist who has long been intrigued with mythological creatures, and their presence across several cultures, Geoff Todd presents Beautiful Beasts, opening this Friday night 4 March at Mitchell Fine Art.
Issue 34 On Sale Now!
Our front cover artist for this issue is the masterful abstract painter Michael Johnson. We take a deep look at the life and works of Guy Warren at 95 years of age. As well as Sarah Contos, Ah Xian, Vivienne Shark LeWitt and John Beard.
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John Beard: After the Raft of the Medusa
John Beard’s ideas and art practice have been dominated over the last year by his repainting of Théodore Géricault’s ‘The Raft of the Medusa’.
