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So much of the Australian art world is way too heavily invested in the old. So the new, that which is less understood, causes anxiety and often fear. The cling-on-by-their-nails attitude to an earlier way of doing things is remarkable for an arts industry claiming to be contemporary.
Welcome to the fifth outing of Australia’s most beloved power list – the good, the bad and the fugly of the Australian art world.
“You know the monkey emoji with her hands over her eyes? Well, that is my response to this question!”
Ha! The coast is a soft target. I’ve lived in the same house since I was a kid and I can still ride around on my bike with a lemonade ice-block, watching the surf, pretending life hasn’t changed since I was about ten.
Being new – or having or suggesting a state of newness – is the most highly prized virtue of all.
Painting – like democracy or comedy – is a cultural practice that is widely accepted and easily recognised in its most traditional forms…
Ok, well I guess one thing that’s not on my resume is when I was in year 9, my best friend and I would stand in front of the supermarket most weekends and busk using yo-yo’s.
Ommmmm… Yeah, I’m growing rainbows up here!
Where to from now?