Currents I

Currents I

Vol 24 no 3, 2004


In depth profiles of leading Australian artists Narelle Autio, Catherine Woo, Sue Ford, Gosia Wlodarczak, David Wadelton, Gunther Christmann, Michael Nelson Jagamara: many strands of current visual arts. Ian North reviews the Biennale of Sydney and '2004: Australian Culture Now'.


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That was Then, This is Now: New Work by David Wadelton

Author: Mr Ted Gott, feature

David Wadelton's artistic career took a dramatic turn in the years 1997-98 after he purchase an iMac computer. Prior to this time he had been painting hybrid canvases and creating refined pencil and silverpoint drawings that displayed a unique quirckiness that was informed by the artist's affection for the culture and language of Pop art. Gott explores the apparent shift in Wadelton's work, from the assemblages of the everyday objects that he first exhibited to his new works; mesmerising, hypnotic, dizzying.



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