Tim McMonagle at Edwina Corlette Gallery
There is something eerily familiar about the trees that have begun to sprout up in Tim McMonagle’s work in recent times. An artist who has spent almost two decades [...]
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Ray Coffey’s Surreal Talent
Born in Liverpool during the post-Beatlemania counterculture of the 60s, Ray Coffey realised he might have a talent for drawing when, aged eight, a schoolmate accused him of [...]
Elysha Rei: Rare Bird
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 [...]
Jeremy Eden, the Hyper Real Deal
“Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.” Salman Rushdie The first time I came across Brisbane artist Jeremy [...]
The Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing
When the Dobell Drawing Prize was discontinued by the Art Gallery of NSW in 2012, a real disservice was done to Australian art. Though the name has carried through to a [...]
Through a Glass Darkly: the art of Belinda Sinclair and Clairy Laurence
It was short and sweet and over so quickly I almost missed seeing it altogether, but fate intervened and thus it came about that I made it in to Jugglers Art Space for [...]
Pete Foley: The New Pantheon
Here’s something I never expected to find myself doing late on a Tuesday night – standing in a vacant, candlelit block high up on a hill in Brisbane’s West [...]
Berlin or Bust with Linde Ivimey
Berlin people, you are in for a treat! Regular followers of Cultural Flanerie will already be familiar with the work of Linde Ivimey. It’s no secret she’s one of [...]
Interlude
“I could tell you it’s the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.” ― Carlos Ruizafón, The Shadow of the Wind [...]
Art created from the heart of war
Last week I received an email from a follower to this blog asking why I thought art was worth discussing when there are so many terrible things happening in the world. Today [...]
