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Richard Malloy’s head is covered in clay. You can see his teeth behind the moist skein, an image disturbingly reminiscent of Buffalo Bill in Silence of The Lambs. Malloy’s work – on show at Gallery 9 until the end of
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
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
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
Tony Curran, Cupcake, Oblique, 2008. Tony Curran, Man Flying Through Air, Oblique, 2008.“ My latest body of work has been drawings which articulate perceptual systems in the mind and how these systems are relevant within Contemporary Art. Using drawings as
Too much history? Not enough? Rory Dufficy contemplates the inclusion – and exclusion – of particular historical works in this year’s Biennale of Sydney… The much criticized decision by Biennale curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev to include works from the backrooms of
From Bonny Dot Cassidy… Joseph Mallord William Turner, A mountain scene, Val d’Aosta, c.1840.Oil on canvas, 91.5x122cm For about six months, I’d had a postcard of Turner’s A mountain scene, Val d’Aosta’ (c.1845) reproduction framed above my desk. It hung
Adelaide-based artist Deidre But-Husaim entered a painting into the “Churchie“. With $10k prize money it’s an attractive purse… but certain policies of the exhibition organisers prompted the artist to take a stand against discrimination and make her feelings public… What’s
For her latest exhibition Cash Brown has created a series of paintings based on Gustav Courbet‘s infamous Origin Of The World. On show until April 22 at Robin Gibson Gallery, this 142 year old image – and Brown’s treatment of
From Isobel Johnston… Things I don’t remember is the title of a song by Ugly Casanova aka Modest Mouse – who happened to be in town at around the same time as the opening of Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro’s