Australia’s Monthly Briefing on Art
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Theatre of the World
Descending down the spiral staircase into David Walsh’s creation is like taking a trip into another world: a place where art knows no boundaries, where standard curatorial practice and museum etiquette is disregarded.
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Got the Message? 50 years of political posters
At times humorous, and others heartfelt, this exhibition focuses on how poster design has developed over the decades and the effects posters had on generations.
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TABOO: A group exhibition
‘TABOO’ aims to re-visit arguments and decisions made out of fear and trauma that have now become verbatim to shut down discourse or even to influence good value in debate, creativity and culture.
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Turner from the Tate: The Making of a Master
A bath of vibrant color has flooded the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) in the form of work by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), an artist who has captivated audiences for years with his characteristic ability to paint the energy of natural and manmade forces converging in space and time.
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Jelena Telecki: Roland’s mother
Encapsulation and preservation are the keys to understanding Jelena Telecki’s expressive oil paintings featured in her latest series, ‘Roland’s Mother’, on exhibition at Sydney’s Gallery 9.
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Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky
‘The Hanging Sky’ at Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art, is an exhibition of work by New Zealand artist Shane Cotton who takes these controversies and unsettles them even further.
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7th Asia Pacific Triennial
The ‘7th Asia Pacific Triennial’ (APT7) occupies all of the Gallery of Modern Art and key spaces within the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, and features the work of contemporary artists from around the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
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Candice Breitz: The Character
Whether you are a die hard Meryl Streep fan or you can simply recognize the tune of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, ‘The Character’ evokes the familiar, a memory, and a curiosity to any viewer visiting ACMI this summer.
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Song Dong: Waste Not
‘Waste Not’ is a confronting, and emotional, display of the obsessive accumulation of everyday objects. At first glance, the installation artwork appears to be nothing more than a room full of rubbish but Beijing-based artist Song Dong is a master of undertone whose work contains a social message.
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First Amongst Equals: Part II
The Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) presents ‘First Amongst Equals (Part II)’, a dynamic display of Australian and international artists concerned with film, kinetics, colour, sound and time.
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Kate Dorrough: The Enduring Landscape and the Inland River
Shown side by side, these sculptural vessels and paintings show a unity of vision, form and character, a technical undertaking not often seen in today’s contemporary art world.
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Louise Bourgeois: Late Works
‘Louise Bourgeois: Late Works’ is the first exhibition of Bourgeois’ work in Australia since her death in 2010, and focuses on her fabric works - the dominant medium in of the last 15 years of her life.
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