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Subject: politics

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Blak on blak

Political, satirical, hard-hitting art by blak artists around Australia is assessed and discussed by blak writers. Brought to prominence by the collective ProppaNOW in Brisbane, these works challenge ignorance and racism through deadly blak humour, irony and parody. Queensland, known in the 1980s as... More »

Browse Vol 30 no 1, 2010 | Purchase back issue

After the Missionaries: art in a bilateral world

After the Missionaries, guest edited by Kevin Murray, explores how new art today reflects the critically important process of the Kyoto Protocol. As a conversation between North and South, the Protocol acknowledges that the rich countries have responsibility for the current excess of carbon in the a... More »

Browse vol 29 no 2, 2009 | Purchase back issue

Currents III

Where is some of the best art being made in Australia and who is making it? Our biennial CURRENTS series of in-depth essays is a mini-survey of work by eight mid-career artists who have hit their stride. Craig Walsh, Raquel Ormella, Helen Fuller, Mary Scott, George Gittoes, Farrell & Parkin, Lynette... More »

Browse vol 28 no 3, 2008 | Purchase back issue

The South Issue: New Horizons

Beyond the well-trodden Northern Hemisphere centres, Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in South Africa, Chile, the Maldives, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore and Australia establish an idea of South which goes beyond geography, extending old boundaries and ideas through dialogue, collaboration a... More »

Browse vol 27 no 2, 2007 | Purchase back issue

Elders: The Old Magic

A group of art practitioners, artists, curators and writers, in their seventh and eighth decades are the subject of our focus. Still actively working, they are charismatic elders whose influence on several generations of young artists has been a crucial part of the development of contemporary practi... More »

Browse Vol 26 no 4, 2006 | Purchase back issue

The China Phenomenon

The artworld has acquired a new set of players - Chinese artists who have adopted western modes without relinquishing their traditional Chinese training and discipline. The success of these practitioners has been astounding. In a few years they have risen to prominence in many countries. We compare ... More »

Browse Vol 23 no 4, 2003 | Purchase back issue

Critical Mass: the new Brisbane

An account of how a backward sub-tropical city reinvented itself as a major centre for the arts and creative industries. Guest editor Ian Hamilton.... More »

Browse Vol 23 no 2, 2003 | Purchase back issue

Taking in Water

Artists are focusing on water as a subject from environmental, political and social perspectives as well as aesthetic. In recent years there have been many exhibitions and projects around water, wind, weather, irrigation systems, pollution, tides, waste, threats to waterways, and the nature of islan... More »

Browse Vol 21 no 1, 2001 | Purchase back issue

The Future of Art

Speculations about art practice, art education, and questions of access to art are illustrated by case studies of five individual artists, and analyses of the state of play in our educational institutions and surveys of new media, regional and multicultural debates. Professionalism for artists is ex... More »

Browse Vol 19 no 2, 1999 | Purchase back issue

Mining the Archive

Guest editor Zara Stanhope. Reflects a range of recent artistic and curatorial responses to particular collections as well as considerations of the nature of archival material and knowledge in the broader sense. ... More »

Browse Vol 19 no 1, 1999 | Purchase back issue

The Big Pond: Australian Artists Overseas

Explores the issues facing Australian artists who are working overseas or who are promoting Australian art to an international audience -- strategies, funding, exhibitions, residencies, marketing issues. Looks at contemporary and indigenous visual art practice. ... More »

Browse Vol 18 no 4, 1998 | Purchase back issue

Public Art in Australia

The last issue looking at public art was in 1989. Since then the act of putting an artwork into the public arena has become a theatre of conflict, misunderstanding and mismatch of expectations of the parties involved. Issues of community consultation, funding, location, relevance, corporate policy... More »

Browse Vol 18 no 2, 1998 | Purchase back issue

Emerging Artists

Guest editor Stephanie Radok. A diverse, challenging collection of articles which examines the issues confronting the newest category of funding - the emerging artist. Are the needs of emerging artists so different from those of other artists? ... More »

Browse Vol 17 no 4, 1997 | Sold Out

Looking at the Republic

Visualising Australia in the lead up to the new Millennium and a possible Republic. How will Australia re-present itself to the region? Icons and logos of Australia, a new flag, sport and porn, art for a banana republic. ... More »

Browse Vol 17 no 3, 1997 | Purchase back issue

Contemporary Arts of the Region: SE Asia & Australia

Articles on contemporary art from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore commissioned by local editors. Surveys of the important movements of modern times up to nineties in each country. Tension between traditional cultural expression and internationalism. Art made in response to poli... More »

Browse Vol 13 no 3&4, 1993 | Purchase back issue

Art & Education

Art Education and art publishing. The art education riddle and educating artists for the 21st century. Will universities empower art and design education? Art book publishing, conspicuous talent and market place neglect. Reviews... More »

Browse Vol 11 no 3, 1991 | Purchase back issue

Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art

Classic groundbreaking double issue. Reprinted by demand. Looks at traditions in evolution, the role of Art in the survival of the culture, the art market and legal issues, the issues faced by artists working in isolation, indigenous film, video and radio, with a wide range of individual artists pro... More »

Browse Vol 10 nos 1&2, 1990 | Purchase back issue



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