Issue 34
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Our front cover artist for this issue is the masterful abstract painter Michael Johnson. We take a deep look at the life and works of Guy Warren at 95 years of age. Sarah Contos is queried before her new animation installation in Adelaide. You might laugh with Vivienne Shark LeWitt’s emphatic narratives. Ah Xian sculptures will amaze, as will John Beard’s repainting of ‘The Raft of the Medusa’.
ISSUE
Role Reversal: Ethical Traps When Curators Become Artists by Joe Frost
COVER FEATURE
MICHAEL JOHNSON by Anna Johnson, photography by Tony Lopes
PROFILES
SARAH CONTOS by Chloe Mandryk
GLENN BARKLEY by Kon Gouriotis
VIVIENNE SHARK LEWITT by Lucy Stranger
GUY WARREN by Steve Lopes
VIRGINIA CUPPAIDGE by Lucy Stranger
AH XIAN by Michael Young
JOHN HONEYWILL by Owen Craven
TONY TWIGG by Jeremy Eccles
JOHNNY ROMEO
PREVIEW
The 20th Biennale of Sydney and the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian art, by Sara Sweet
ARCHIVE: Joy Hester: a recollection by Ken Whisson, by Joe Frost
Preview: Jan Senbergs by Steve Lopes
Preview: John Beard by Kon Gouriotis
Preview: Euan Macleod by Kon Gouriotis
Review: Mick Richards and Michael Aird: Great Collaborations by Kon Gouriotis
Book Review: Modern Love by Judith Pugh
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