The body’s wordless vocalisations – the labour of breathing, the sound of gurgles, gasps of desire or fear – have … More
Category: Arts Writing
Art Guide Australia | Interview: Kiki Smith about being patient in the uncontrollable
Since the 1980s acclaimed American artist Kiki Smith has been creating multidisciplinary works on mortality, sexuality, nature and embodiment. From … More
Art Guide Australia | Interview: Mikala Dwyer on mysticism, daydreaming and ‘not-knowing’
Vivid yet mysterious, Mikala Dwyer’s installations connect a range influences and curiosities including the mystical, occultism, constructivism, Dada, Bauhaus, memory … More
The Age | In a world of wonder, Piccinini asks us to value more than beauty
Newly dusted off, the deserted ballroom above Flinders Street Station is an arresting and quietly emotive space to encounter Patricia … More
Disclaimer | Iterations: John Nixon
Not far from where St Kilda beach forms a firm line against the land, inside the Palais Theatre, which is … More
The Age | An unfinished landscape: She-Oak show sheds new light on classics
She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism Among plenty of paintings of the Australian landscape there are unexpected, flooring moments: one is … More
Art Guide Australia | Interview: Matthew Harris on camp, class and culture
From repetitions of flowers to grim reapers riding unicorns to cartoon devils gleefully inflicting pain on their enemies, the paintings … More
The Age | ‘I’m trying to crack a code’: mum’s brain injury inspires artist
Jennifer Arnold’s words unfold, like inscrutable clues, across her daughter’s paintings. Written in a flowing script, the phrase “déar Dé-light” … More
Art Guide Australia | Interview: Anne Wallace on realism, motherhood and creating tension
Drawing upon passing scenes from life, and filled with allusions to pop culture, Anne Wallace’s realist paintings deliver images that … More
The Age | Seeing like Jeffrey Smart: how empty streets gave me a new insight
There was both rain and sunshine; buildings and roads appeared brighter than the darkened clouds. In a strange stillness, I … More
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