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From Isobel Johnston… ‘Open narrative’ is a phrase used by Nana Ohnesorge to describe her desire for her audiences to make their own interpretation of her works. I had asked if the small boy in 18th century costume was wearing
Good Song by Blur, a video by David Shrigley, from YouTube. Can’t see the funny sad video? Click here to view
From Carrie Miller… It’s little more than a truism to say that Sam Leach’s exquisitely rendered paintings of animals are beautiful. But they’re more than simply beautiful representations of nature – they’re also allusions to what such representations suggest about
1st of August 2008 Re: The Australia Council Dear Prime Minister Rudd Recently my work was invited to participate in the Guangzhou Triennial at the Guangdong Museum of Art in China. This is an important invitation coming from curators with
Andrew Curtis, Katie, 2008. Type C colour print, 83cm x 115cm. Andrew Curtis, Alice, 2008. Type C colour print, 115cm x 85 cm. Andrew Curtis, Sarah, 2008. Type C colour print, 83 x 115 cm. “Too chicken shit to make
From Carrie Miller… Too often issues of art and ethics get plugged into the broader moral panics that are endlessly swirled around by the cultural leaf blower we call the mass media – that noisy, pointless, impotent machine. While artists
The Art Life receives emails from corporations wanting a bit of art world magic to rub off on their grubby products. We’ll get some pr about an “exhibition” of “artists” in a “gallery” that invariably turns out to be an
It’s hard to imagine why anyone with discerning musical taste wouldn’t like reggae. It’s from reggae that most contemporary music has grown. Its influence on the roots of hip hop and electronica is well documented and the culture of DJ
Tom Polo, Didn’t Wanna Win Anyway, 2008. Acrylic on board, 60 x 60 cm “My practice uses a self-depreciative sense of humour to address contemporary society’s inherent desire to be ‘the best’ and explores what it means to be a
To see this work from space, enter these co-ordinates into Google Earth: 52°33’52.99″ N 5°54’28.60″ E. From YouTube.