Author Archives: Artist Profile
Jan Senbergs: Observation – imagination
Jan Senbergs has carved out a formidable career, and this March his oeuvre is represented at The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria.
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Tony Twigg| Moonbathing
Tony Twigg’s creative output encompasses his own well-travelled blend of sculpture, painting, dance, puppets, film and found objects.
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Virginia Cuppaidge | Another Kind of Light
Despite forty years of practise in New York, Virginia Cuppaidge’s works express an innate pull towards light and ongoing connection to Australia.
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2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art
‘Magic Object’ sees the works of the artists in this year’s Biennial venture into places of wonder, curiosity and enchantment.
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Stephanie Rosenthal on the 20th Biennale Sydney
Artistic Director Stephanie Rosenthal sat down with Sara Sweet to outline what makes this year tick.
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Issue 33
In This Issue In Issue 33 we discover how Joanna Braithwaite juggles humour, politics and her passion for animals in her paintings. David Griggs spoke candidly about his struggle with depression. We follow George Gittoes visit to Julian Assange, his establishment of the Yellow House in Jalalabad: all before he received The Sydney Peace Prize. […]
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Internet Landscapes and Ghost Telephones
From the Biennale Opening Night to talks about the afterlife and ghost telephone, we bring you the highlights of this year’s program.
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Dani Marti | Black Sun
Startling, confronting and incredibly intimate, Dani Marti engages the viewer in new encounters.
In-between spaces
Scattered throughout Sydney, these ‘in-between’ spaces are an addition to the main seven venues.
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Antipodean Inquiry
Bold new narratives in Australian and New Zealand contemporary art take the stage in Singapore.
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Stephen Armstrong
I love painting. It is my way of understanding the world around me.
Salvatore Zofrea masters ‘The Greats’
Salvatore Zofrea picks his five favourite works from the AGNSW’s Summer exhibition.
Countdown to the 20th Biennale of Sydney.
The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.
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Deborah Kelly | Bodies of Work
The first time that Kelly’s works have been showcased in such an extensive format, the result is a cohesive understanding of the unyielding practice of Kelly to explore and question issues of gender, power and privilege.
Guy Maestri Self-Portraits
Trials, torment and tribulations – Maestri’s latest self-portraits reveal that dread artistic struggle that can bring out the best or the worst of an artist.
Michael Keighery | Dead Man’s Penny
An exhibition & installation dedicated to the memory of Frank Keighery, Michael Keighery’s great uncle, who died at Gallipoli in 1915.
‘The Beautiful Sky’ entwines China and France
Creating a lasting object of friendship between France and China, Chinese Australian artist Guan Wei created ‘The Beautiful Sky’ in November this year.
Peaks and Valleys
Carrying on from the tradition of the literati and classical painters, Steve Lopes, Tim Allen and Dapeng Liu visited China to paint the changing landscapes of China.
Discovery: Alison Mackay
Issue 33 Discovery artist, Alison Mackay explores the madness behind the magic of her artistic practice.
Dapeng Liu
Enriching his paintings with emotion and stories, Artist Dapeng Liu outlines the processes behind his artistic language in the lead up to his latest exhibition ‘Peaks and Valleys’.
Borland + Borland
Bringing together two sisters, Polly and Emma Borland, though separated geographically what is striking are the similar themes that resonate within their distinctive practices.
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The Biography of Things
Objects have a funny way of pulling at our heart strings. Whether mementos of loss, intrigue, histories or people, for the individual they can hold a narrative that is hard to let go.
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Destination Sydney
This summer Manly Art Gallery, Mosman Art Gallery and the National Trust’s S.H. Ervin Gallery present a united exhibition on Sydney.
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Amy Lee Sanford: Cascade
Working in the foreign landscapes of Hill End in NSW, Cambodian artist Amy Lee Sanford explores the fine line between the familiar and unfamiliar.
