Issue 22
| March 5, 2013
Ben Quilty paints like there’s no tomorrow. In an exclusive profile for the cover feature of Issue 22, we speak with Quilty about his studio and creative life after his Afghanistan tour as Australia’s official war artist. In a revealing and intimate interview, Quilty talks of his motivations and ambitions as a painter and for the Australian cultural landscape. Also in the issue, Andrew Browne talks to us about his cinematic-like paintings that portray the sometimes invisible edges of society; and Destiny Deacon whose photographic work speaks strongly for contemporary indigenous concerns. Plus many more artist studio visits, essays, opinions and reviews from around the country…
Featuring
Ben Quilty
Destiny Deacon
Andrew Browne
Also Inside
Rochelle Haley
Mitch Cairns
Helen Pynor
Dave Teer
Kiki Smith
Christopher Hodges
Plus Essays, Reviews, News
South by No North :: by Glenn Barkley
Art & Social Media :: by Paul Flynn
Out & About in India :: by Owen Craven
Xin Junquin & Ian Howard
Anne Ross
Stuart Watters
Eric Lobbecke
Rebecca Hastings
Friends with You :: Mclemoi Gallery
Indicate :: Gippsland Regional Art Gallery
Speculative Spaces :: Robin Gibson Gallery
Phil James :: Discovery
While most of Hobart is asleep, Maggie May Jeffries is crawling around in her backyard nasturtiums with a torch, finding inspiration in the intricate details...
i make it so that that every place i live is my home so i put my bed on the wall closest...
after Gbenga Adesina The first text message was sent as the year closed. Before that, red-faced men stood and demanded translation. They wanted us...
Evie Adasal always wanted to paint, but she hesitated. “I graduated from art school in the ‘90s in photography and film,” she recalls. “When I...
Frank was born in Singleton, New South Wales in 1959, and has been represented by Roslyn Oxley9 since 1982—a relationship that spans more than four...
Standing before a luminous artificial sun or walking through rainfall inside a gallery, audiences might mistake spectacle for Olafur Eliasson’s primary concern. Yet, beneath the...
The exhibition unfolds as an ode to Country, grounded in careful engagement with land and the ongoing presence of First Nations custodians. Slee returns, in...
Enrico Taglietti AO met his future wife Francesca (Franca) while they were both studying at the Politecnico di Milano (Milan Polytechnic), with Taglietti completing his...
Visually, the work unfolds like a page from a storybook. Figures appear to stand together, perhaps even holding hands. Boe’s work references the proclamation boards...