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Tighter, Shinier Please

It was something of a relief to discover that Gow Langsford Gallery has remained open long enough for Matthys Gerber to have his show there. We felt bad for him and the rest of the former Sarah Cottier Gallery stable

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The Vanishing

At Martin Bowne Fine Art they have a very hands-off approach to visitors. When we went to see the Chris Langlois show Vanishing Point , there was no one there. The door was open, the lights were on, but all

Booze & Birds

Jessie Cacchillo wrote to us an invited us to the opening of her show Quiet They Might See You at Mori Gallery. “I know the gallery is a pain in the ass to get to, but there will be a

Some Things Are Connected

On November 1 we were discussing some recent articles and news items about art. Among the usual stuff, we noted Steve Meacham‘s interview with the indefatigable Edmund Capon in The Sydney Magazine and noted that aside from the fact the

Some Things Are Connected

On November 1 we were discussing some recent articles and news items about art. Among the usual stuff, we noted Steve Meacham‘s interview with the indefatigable Edmund Capon in The Sydney Magazine and noted that aside from the fact the

Can You Adam & Eve It?

Sorry to be rude, but last week we really fucked up. There’s no way around it. Every time we think about how Guan Wei was transformed into Guam Wee (and other screamers) we shudder with embarrassment and groan, ‘how could

Shock Poll Result: Blame Shifting

Art Life readers are suspicious people, shifting blame for art on to the middle class, are strangely aroused by art and have a keen interest in aesthetics… Our shock poll proves it: When I Hear the Word “Culture” I Blame

An Apology

An Apology

Uncategorized Nov 18, 2004

Due to some horrendous spell-check gremlins, some artist’s names in the story below were rendered not as they were intended, but as spell check imagined them. While we don’t necessarily like certain artist’s work, we’re not out to ridicule anyone.

Annus Horribilis

Why is the National Trust SH Ervin Gallery at the top of a very big hill? If it was at the bottom of a hill, perhaps in a dingly dell surrounded by flannel flowers and babbling brooks, we might be

Gassssss

Gassssss

Uncategorized Nov 17, 2004

Just because you can do a thing, is it necessarily a good idea to go ahead and do it? This is the conundrum of art that is a conceptualised practice rather than an impressionistic impulse – should the artist go