Australia’s Monthly Briefing on Art
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In Conversation with… Peter Cooley
In his Kites, Gang Gangs, Sugar Gliders, Tree Kangaroos, Swans and Cassowaries, Cooley simplifies and abstracts his subjects to create gestural works of power and beauty - the clay hollowed out, flattened and expressively rippled to suggest the essence of these Australian animals.
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This is Video
This year, Sydney plays host to the ‘2013 International Symposium of Electronic Art’ (ISEA): an annual, international platform of exhibitions and events that explore a range of themes surrounding the integration of new technologies into today’s society.
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Stewart MacFarlane: Second Sight
Whether it is the confrontational gaze of the model, the scene and the lone figure or a scene loaded with urban landmarks or pastoral bliss, Stewart MacFarlane’s work is distinctive and mature.
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Direct Democracy
The exhibition is designed to acknowledge and explore the concept of democracy – from the Greek ‘demos’ and ‘kratos’ meaning ‘people’ and ‘rule’ respectively – and to transcend the discursive singularity of the concept, embodying far more than the popular understanding often limited to representative democracy.
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Renata Buziak – Afterimage: how memories decompose
Renata Buziak has lived in Australia for almost 20 years but carries with her visions of her childhood in her homeland Poland.
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Daria Martin: One of the Things That Makes Me Doubt
Daria Martin’s films employ a distinctive aesthetic of 16mm to unfold extra-sensory zones of memory, dream and the unconscious.
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Peter Dailey – Apparition: The Syndicate II
For nearly three decades, renowned Western Australian sculptor Peter Dailey has played a significant role in Perth’s distinctive sculptural scene, exhibiting both nationally and internationally, creating a number of prominent public works, including the very popular concrete couch in the grounds of Fremantle Art Centre.
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Manly: Somewhere on the Australian Coast by Amanda Penrose Hart
In this recent survey of her work at Manly Art Gallery, Penrose Hart evocatively tackles the area where she resides in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and reveals a deep affinity for her craft.
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Sally Smart: The Pedagogical Puppet
Sally Smart’s ‘The Pedagogical Puppet’ is intriguing and profound, as it both pulls apart and re-builds preconceived notions of the body and allows for new interpretations to be formed.
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NOISE: An exhibition of new music
‘NOISE’ is a multi-disciplinary exhibition which extends the definition of ‘soundscape as art’ to include new musical compositions of any variety.
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The Shock of the Nude
The title of Gippsland Art Gallery’s exhibition ‘Shock of the Nude’ may seem anachronistic to some, a relic of the days before HBO’s TV shows Game of Thrones, and Girls.
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The Golden Age of Colour Prints
‘The Golden Age of Colour Prints’ draws together an exquisite selection of 96 Japanese prints from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, never before displayed in Australia.
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