Townships change. Places we call home can become virtually unrecognisable overnight as populations shift and new industries take hold. Landmarks disappear, and a district’s charm is changed forever due to redevelopment and urban renewal. Bearing witness to this loss of … Continue reading Christopher Zanko: A Different Road Home
she’s learning the spaces she leaves have their own things to say and she’s trying to sing just enough so that the air around her moves and make music like mercy that gives what it is and has nothing to … Continue reading Carolyn V Watson: modifiedwonder
“Reality is no longer defined by time and space but by a virtual world in which technology allows the existence of the paradox of being everywhere at the same time while being nowhere at all.” Paul Virilio Australians, perhaps more … Continue reading Karen Stephens: The Artificial Horizon
At first glance, Belem Lett’s paintings appear like highly sophisticated versions of Rorschach ink blots. It’s only on closer inspection the you notice the tiny inconsistencies between the two halves, indicating the works aren’t resultant of folding the image over … Continue reading Belem Lett at Sydney Contemporary
From the long sandy beaches of Western Australia, to the mangroves and saltmarshes of Arnhem Land, Australians have a profound connection to the coast. For many, it beckons us with the promise of salt spray and beach cricket, and zinc … Continue reading Coast at Edwina Corlette Gallery
Perhaps I’ve been watching too much The Handmaid’s Tale (NB: I have DEFINITELY been watching too much The Handmaid’s Tale), but the blokes who appear in Clara Adolphs’s Creatures get more sinister with every viewing. It’s something to do with … Continue reading Clara Adolphs’s Creatures
Remember when women of influence were found in the pages of history, and not in an Instagram feed of acai bowls and hashtags? When young girls might have drawn inspiration from Joan of Arc, Simone de Beauvoir and Marie Curie, … Continue reading Linde Ivimey: the Shape of Things
Blue Mountains-based artist Gabrielle Jones is currently enjoying two things I’m envious of: an Italian summer, and the very warm reception of her work at a solo exhibition at Gallery Grefti, in the Italian town of Umbertide. Not. Jealous. At. … Continue reading Gabrielle Jones at Gallery Grefti, Italy
What defines the notion of home? This is what Danish-born, Brisbane-based artist Helle Cook investigates in her painting practice. A recent graduate of Queensland College of Art (QCA), Cook’s works linger on the verge between abstraction and figuration, both recognisable and … Continue reading Helle Cook – Notion of Home
When Paul Ryan paints the landscape, it’s not the scenery so much as the forgotten histories of his local area that he seeks to explore. Never straying far from his home base in Thirroul, a suburb of Wollongong noted for … Continue reading Paul Ryan’s Forgotten Histories
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