Lawrence Daws: From Mandala to Full Circle

Australian artist Lawrence Daws speaks of seven phases of his work, based on specific themes that have guided his development as an artist. There has been a gradual trend in his work from themes of archetypal symbolism and exotic portent towards the more local and personal.

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Every five years the sleepy little German town of Kassel is invaded by the international art world. The 2002 Documenta exhibition staged here, which have traditionally played second fiddle only to the Venice Biennale, was eagerly anticipated as the first genuinely postcolonial Documenta, due in large part to the appointment of the expatriate Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor as Artistic Director.

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The SALA Festival

South Australia: metro and regional 2 - 11 August 2002

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Uncertain Terrain

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Long Arm Drawing 1992-2002: Jan Senbergs

14 August - 15 September Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design Caulfield Campus, Monash University

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The Possibility Forum - Institutional Change and Modest Proposals

This text takes up some of the broader concerns of Tony Bond's initial questions to an Australian panel at ARCO 2002 Madrid, particularly 'can there be a benign global capitalism?' and 'how do we address the value of exchanges between artists?'.

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Curated by Colin Langridge CAST Gallery, Hobart 2 - 25 August 2002

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Ti Parks recent work at Pinacotheca

Melbourne 2 - 31 August 2002

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Christina Waterson: Recent

Palace Gallery Brisbane 15 - 31 August

Angela Goddard

Four books on SA artists

Annette Bezor: A Passfonate Gaze
Richard Grayson 2000

James Darling: Instinct, Imagination, Physical Work
Daniel Thomas 2001

Nick Mount: Incandescence
Margot Osborne 2002
Wakefield Press/SALA

Greg Johns
John Neylon, Macmillan 2002

Ian Hamilton

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