Author Archives: Artist Profile
Roger Kemp 1960-1975: Works from the Estate
Since his death in 1987, Roger Kemp remains a critical figure in abstract art, deftly embedding his pursuit of the deeper questions of the human condition.
Residencies and Reality: Bad Business in the Visual Arts
Incremental changes over time, together with the latest de-funding of the Australia Council, have seen the international residency program effectively destroyed.
Pippin Drysdale
For ceramicist Pippin Drysdale it is irrefutable that her enduring passion, the one that reaches into the core of her soul, is her love for her home state, Western Australia.
8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Nationalism can be a dirty word. But shrewdly by celebrating tradition, hybridity and, importantly, change, the artists represented in APT8 fly the flag for pan-Asia.
George Gittoes’ diary
Announced as the recipient of The Sydney Peace Prize, in our latest issue George Gittoes gives you an insight into the everyday workings of life overseas, Yellow House and Afghanistan.
National Self-Portrait Prize
Congratulations to Fiona McMonagle who has been announced as winner of the National Self-Portrait Prize at the University of Queensland Art Museum.
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Janelle Thomas wins Kilgour Prize 2015
Congratulations to Janelle Thomas winner of the Kilgour Prize, 2015.
Issue 32
Our cover story this month is an exclusive interview with the painter Peter Godwin, written by John McDonald. It was only in his 50s when he held his first solo exhibition of work, a decade on Peter talks with John about the influence behind the evolution of his practice. Photographer Tamara Dean features her epic […]
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Melinda Schawel
With her latest exhibition ‘Out From Under Me’, Melinda Schawel embeds her works with personal feelings through tearing, sculpting, drawing, drilling and painting.
A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR…
Horses in art. They have been there since Lascaux. Yet this artist makes you see them as so much more than scenery.
Happy 100th Erwin Fabian!
People make a bit of fuss about birthdays, but in Erwin Fabian’s case we can make an exception.
Riverland: Yvonne Koolmatrie
Embedded in the traditions of Ngarrindjeri culture and animated by her own personal response, Koolmatrie’s woven works celebrate the Riverland.
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Monster Pop!
Exploring the monsters and the monstrous this summer, Monster Pop! brings together Australian and Indonesian artists to explore the monstrosities that manifest in cultures globally.
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John Wolseley: Land Marks III
An in-depth historical account of man’s challenging relationship with the wilderness in the attempt to illustrate, capture and evoke its true nature.
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Frida Kahlo | Photographs by Ishiuchi Miyako
It’s not often we are privy to the artist’s world beyond the canvas. However, Frida, by Ishiuchi Miyako, let us see further into the thoughts of the enigmatic artist.
Tamara Dean
Tamara Dean’s photographs capture moments of transition that can happen in a split second or over a lifetime.
FIVE ARTISTS | SEVEN DAYS
Something pretty special has been happening at Defiance Gallery, an exhibition that is the product of five artists who trekked into the wilderness of Pungalina in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Tagged Angus Nivison, Charmaine Pike, Euan Macleod, Jason Capobianco, john mcdonald
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Artful investment at Carriageworks
Anna Schwartz gifts $500,000 to 5 year major visual art project series at Carriageworks.
CPAC | 21 Years Young!
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre celebrates its 21st anniversary this Saturday, and is inviting you its party to come join in the merrymaking.
Victoria Reichelt | Future Ruins
Victoria Reichelt has a nifty way of revealing beauty within seemingly lacklustre everyday scenes that the ordinary observer would glaze over.
An Unending Shadow: Works exploring dementia
Exploring a subject that is sensitive to a lot of people’s hearts, mother and daughter duo, Ann and Sophie Cape delve into the dark abstraction of dementia.
Robert Owen | Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Winner
For Robert Owen’s expansive art career, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is another bit of icing on the cake.
SILK PADDOCKS: WIDGIEWA by Jacky Field
Multi-media gets a bad name. Yet in Jackie Field’s show the conversation about geometry is both compressed and expansive.
Ivan Durrant | Horsepower
Whether you are a racing fan, or not, Durrant’s show exudes an energy that is intoxicating.
