Artist Profiles – CULTURAL FLANERIE

The Mythology of Charles Billich: a portrait of one of our most colourful characters

May 5, 2016

Charles Billich is an Australian gem. A man of genius, eccentricities, and controversy, he has acquired a legendary, almost mythic, status. Yet in a nation that does not [...]

Lyndal Hargrave at Edwina Corlette Gallery

February 13, 2016

If you haven’t dropped in to see the latest exhibition at Edwina Corlette Gallery, then you’re missing out on one of the most beautiful exhibitions to hang in [...]

Found and Lost: the art of Emma Lindsay and Victoria Reichelt

December 11, 2015

Long before David Attenborough seduced us all with his dulcet tones, art and science were inextricably linked by the use of scientific illustrators to provide visual records [...]

Linde Ivimey: Cross My Heart

September 17, 2015

When Sydney artist Linde Ivimey was looking for a new studio space a few years ago, she chanced upon a two story warehouse in the inner west that was exactly what she [...]

Amber Boardman’s Oddities

September 9, 2015

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that’s what gives us our joy for living, because the [...]

Waddell and Winton, the Painter and the Scribe.

August 25, 2015

Gazing across the choppy vistas of Craig Waddell’s most recent show, I can’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu. Headlands, with its craggy outcrops and deep dark blues, [...]

Take a Running Jump, Nikky Morgan-Smith!

August 14, 2015

Sitting on Nikky Morgan-Smith’s back deck overlooking the hinterland of Northern NSW, it’s hard not to imagine yourself taking flight and soaring out over this beautiful [...]

Julian Meagher, sensitive masculinity.

July 18, 2015

In one of life’s more curious turns, I ended up owning a cocktail bar about six years ago. Me, the chick with no hospitality experience, who’d never waited [...]

William Bustard: Painting With Light

July 3, 2015

“I can only say that I am captivated by the rich contrasts, beautiful skies, trees and clear light of this great land, and I am happy to say that I find countless [...]

Monica Rohan’s Fall to Grace

June 19, 2015

It’s a funny sort of self portraiture that keeps the face hidden. I’ve never fully understood why an artist does it. Is it because they don’t want the work [...]