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 dreamlike scenes and discusses her constant challenging of her practice and artistic boundaries. We also feature London-based David Noona, Helga Groves, Greg Creek and Dan Kyle. Timing in with Sydney Contemporary our process section features artists who will be showing at the biennial event this September!
NEWS
Frida Kahlo by Lucy Stranger
COVER FEATURE
PETER GODWIN by John McDonald, photography by Stephen Oxenbury
PROFILES
DAN KYLE by Owen Craven
GREG CREEK by Camille Nock
TAMARA DEAN by Anna Madeleine
DAVID NOONAN by Katy Preston
BRIAN ROBINSON by Ashleigh Wadman
JANET DAWSON by Christine France
HELGA GROVES by Lucy Stranger
MARION BORGELT by Owen Craven
PREVIEW
Country & Western: landscape re-imagined, by Gavin Wilson
Celebrating the Portia Geach Memorial on its 50th anniversary, by Claire Dalgleish
Book Reviews
America is hard to see, by Paul Flynn
Process: Maximilian Daniels
Process: Chloe Vallance
Process: Todd Hunter
Process: James Guppy
Preview: Vivienne Ferguson
Preview: Melinda Harper
Preview: Kevin Connor
Preview: GOMA Q
View Australia
Discovery: Amy Clarke
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...
Genuine reflection, the quiet, unresolved, sometimes uncomfortable kind, feels increasingly rare. We are seldom invited to sit with what we do not yet understand. This...
As the title Westwood | Kawakubo suggests, the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) latest fashion exhibition plays to the idea that these two titans of...
Operating within a commercial framework yet not representing artists, Project8 allows for a greater sense of curatorial freedom, privileging thematic and carefully considered exhibitions over...
Ron Mueck’s shockingly alive sculptures hit us at many points along the pathway from birth to death. But it’s more than just mortal decay that...
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light draws on more than 300 photographs and photomedia from the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) collection and the...