Issue 19
Melbourne Art Fair
Special Edition
Media Partner of the 2012 Melbourne Art Fair, Issue 19 of ARTIST PROFILE is a Special Edition that focuses on artists exhibiting at the fair. On the cover is internationally renowned Sally Smart, whose work is based upon the principles of painting but extrapolated conceptually and rendered in an unusual selection of media, including collage and cut-outs. We hear from MAF 2012 Commission Artist, Ian Burns, about his robotic-like installation being made as we went press. The issue is a glimpse into the working lives of the artists preparing for the major biennial event of the Australian art world calendar.
Featuring
Sally Smart
James Morrison
Also Inside
Chris Aerfeldt
Clinton Nain
Peter Atkins
Stephen Bird
Jeff Makin
Julian Hooper
Ian Burns
Plus Essays, Reviews, News
Santiago Sierra by John Mcphee
Iranian Photography by Paul Flynn
Amber Wallis
Grant Nimmo
Jud Wimhurst
Ildiko Kovacs
Indigenous Triennial : Undisclosed
Darren Wardel
Laura Jones: Discovery
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