Multicultural Arts: Development and Change in Brisbane

Cover of Multicultural Arts: Development and Change in Brisbane
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Braddon Snape: Internal pressures
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Faye Neilson

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Looking on, listening in: Wendelien van Oldenborgh's Bete & Deise
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John Mateer

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Butcher Joe's multiple world Stephen Muecke
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Stephen Muecke

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City of Unley
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Archie Barry: Entangled listening
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Jacqui Shelton

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Meg Porteous: Dissociative bodies
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Amy Weng

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Adam Cullen: Acute misanthropy
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Wes Hill

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James Newitt: Working with the trouble
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Sasha Grbich

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Hayley Millar-Baker: I will survive
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Claire G. Coleman

Published 01 December 2020

It is fair to say that the development of multicultural arts and the recognition of cultural diversity in Queensland is still in its early stages. Photos (6) of an event at the Cafe Folkloric.

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Cultural diversity is crucial. Film makers may be unlike (in terms of cultural background) but they are also alike (in terms of their value.) In the area of independent film, there are a number of films which deal with multicultural themes and/or give non Anglo film-makers the opportunity to express themselves. One hopes that mainstream film can take up on this lead, because, from all apparent evidence, it remains sorely imbalanced.

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Reflections on an exhibition of abstract art at Linden Gallery St Kilda, Melbourne March 1991. An emigrant artists once said to me "I can never abandon the figure and make purely abstract art, after all I am Greek".

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Juggling the Roles
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Satellite Dreaming
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A Matter of Representation
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Visions in the South Pacific: The Immigrant Artist: A Twice Told Tale
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Some Cultural Baggage on the Australian Literary Scene
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New Artist's Group: Dihedron
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Heritage Revealed
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