Issue 30
Sophie Cape is one of the country’s rising art stars. Creating large scale abstract paintings outdoors in the bush, we speak with Cape in the lead up to her Sydney exhibition about the visceral connection to the natural world and its influence on her painting. Also in the issue, a conversation with late Colin Lanceley – a tribute. Plus a special selection of extended book reviews.
NEWS
Art Month Sydney
BLUT + BODEN – Gunter Christmann
UPFRONT
Sign of the times by Lucy Stranger
COVER FEATURE
SOPHIE CAPE by Owen Craven
PROFILES
JUSTIN WILLIAMS by Camille Liu Nock
KYLIE BANYARD by Jane Somerville
JIM PATERSON by Steve Lopes
CAMERON ROBBINS by Dr Kent Wilson
COLIN LANCELEY by Elizabeth Fortescue
BRUCE PETTY by Joe Frost
BILLY BENN PERRURLE by Gina Lee
PREVIEW
The Lost Diggers by Lucy Stranger
Roy Jackson by Bridget Macleod
Lucio Galletto by Steve Lopes
Philjames by William Sturrock
John Olsen: an artist’s life by Lucy Stranger
Battarbee and Namatijira by Tom Carment
Process: Vanessa Stockard
Process:Tom Carment
Preview: Patricia Piccinini
Preview: Takahiro Iwasaki
Preview: The Castlemaine State Festival
Preview: The Photograph and Australia
View Australia
Discovery: Aaron Butt
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