Mike Parr: Blind Obedience
The inscription could not have come as a surprise: Parr has long worked with language in a way that is pointed and political. An editioned print from the 1990s, titled Blind Obedience, was made by opening the thesaurus and looking up the word “Synonymous,” which yielded the word “Equivalent,” which in turn yielded the word […]
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Among the many communities who are rallying together to support the victims of this season’s unprecedented bushfires, the artworld is playing its part.
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Tagged Abdul Abdullah, Alex Seton, australian bushfires, Caroline Rothwell, Guy Maestri, Jonny Niesche, Jude Rae, Mike Parr
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Mike Parr | Foreign Looking
In line with his major retrospective, we pull from the archives an in-depth interview with Mike Parr about his practice that has galvanised audiences.
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Issue 26
Fiona Lowry’s contemporary landscape paintings are portraits of Australia’s history and its collective psyche. We hear about her latest work to be shown in the Adelaide Biennial of Australia Art. Also, an exclusive interview with the Biennale of Sydney’s Artistic Director reveals what’s on offer when the exhibition opens this month. Biennale of Sydney Special […]
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Tagged Fiona Lowry, Guo Jian, Mike Parr, Penny Bovell, Penny Coss, Rhonda Dee, Tim Allen, Tv Moore, Vipoo Srivilasa
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