The Value of Shadows: Judith Wright’s Desire
“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance.” Jean Rhys, Quartet Back in [...]
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Sister Mary Corita Kent: the Joyous Revolutionary
Okay, so I totally have a nun fetish. It started as a little girl with Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, and was cemented with Sally Field as Sister Bertrille aka The [...]
Fashion as Art…so…FART?
Oh, blerg. It’s ‘fashion as art’ season again. This happens every few years – the major public galleries around the country throw their doors and [...]
The Little Things
“There’s a reason people build miniatures. Doesn’t matter if it’s guys laying out model railroads or women decorating dollhouses. It’s about [...]
John Aslanidis – the art of science
It’s very hard to separate all the facets that make up the area collectively known as The Arts. In fact I’d go so far as to say it’s impossible to. I [...]
McLean Edwards, Delightfully Dishevelled
I like a freshly made bed as much as the next person, but nothing is as inviting as that same bed the next morning just after you’re out of it, all messed up and warm with [...]
Not Quite Art – Icons and Opportunities
Series One of the ABC’s Not Quite Art. A really great 30 minutes about alternative art spaces from Newcastle in Australia to Glasgow in Scotland. It’s hard not to [...]
The Little Art Museum That Could
All good things must come to an end, and so it was with the Danie Mellor retrospective at UQ Art Museum this week. The heavy gilt frames, beaded skulls and taxidermy animals [...]
Child’s Play
I was disappointed during last week’s GOMA visit to see that Michael Parekowhai’s lovely elephant statue The World Turns had been cordoned off. I’m not [...]
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