Brisbane artist Elysha Rei is the personification of the expression “worldly.” Born in Saudi Arabia, she lived with her family in Australia, Thailand, New Zealand and Japan, and travelled with them to Europe, China, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia and Singapore. This … Continue reading Elysha Rei: Rare Bird
Cheeky political messages, acerbic feminist commentary, and a vaguely Happy Days/Lost in Space vibe are just some of the quirky elements Sydney artist Millie Bartlett incorporates into her collaged compositions. Originally focused on painting and sketch work in her art … Continue reading Millie Bartlett – a Collage of Quirks
Californian artist Gary Abkin is something of an anomaly in the Australian art world. While so many of our hottest emerging artists view the Los Angeles art scene as one of the hippest spots to break in to, Abkin chose to swap America’s Golden State for our Sunshine State in 2003 … Continue reading Gary Abkin’s Grotesque Realisations
Somewhere between the worlds of graffiti, Japanese sugar pop and activist street art exists the work of Sunshine Coast artist Alison Mooney. Expansive, bright and energetic, Mooney’s gestural abstractions are experimentations in suspense and unknowing. Using a combination of media … Continue reading Alison Mooney: Suspense & Unknowing
Ask anyone in my family what they remember about my maternal grandma, and they’ll mention her in the kitchen baking treats, her glasses on her nose and an apron round her hips. Within our little family of New Zealand migrants, … Continue reading Of Pinnies, Patterns and Reuben Paterson
“The painting can develop something that is not at all related to the drawing and have no particular mood about it at all; it’s just a cool kind of reality that has a series of involvements within it; and the … Continue reading Damien Pasquale’s Rugged Control
“There are always flowers for those that want to see them” Henri Matisse Down a dirt road, one and a half hours southwest of Coffs Harbour, is the home and studio of painter Helen McCullagh. Isolated and without mobile reception, … Continue reading Helen McCullagh’s Simple Pleasures
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 of each new discovery. Though the earliest examples were often comically inaccurate, having … Continue reading Found and Lost: the art of Emma Lindsay and Victoria Reichelt
Have you ever had flowering tea? Appearing at first like a tightly bound ball of chaff, it bursts open when steeped to reveal a beautiful floral bloom. Served in glass teapots so that you can appreciate the beauty unfolding, it really is one of life’s simple pleasures. I first tried one at White Rabbit Gallery’s tearoom, and it occurred to me at that time that it was the perfect analogy for the gallery itself. Not particularly exciting from the outside, but with an interior that gets more beautiful the further in to its layers you delve. White Rabbit Gallery is one … Continue reading Are we in PARADI$E yet, BITCH?
I was sitting at my desk writing when the Super Hornets began their flyovers across the city – practice runs for Riverfire, a celebration of pyrotechnics and music that marks the end of Brisbane Festival. As they thundered past I wondered, not for the first time, at the incongruity of the relationship between warplanes and arts festivals. The day before had been the helicopters’ turn. Four ADF choppers flying low through the city, sending birds and old ladies into panic mode. From my high-rise apartment it looked like Obama was back in town. It didn’t take long for social media … Continue reading The Friendly Fire of Riverfire
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