History and Memory

History and meaning are very much at the centre of an important exhibition in WA of Aboriginal art. Many of the artists draw on personal or family memory, while others use documentary evidence of the past. Parallel to these individual histories is the history of government policy and its impact on groups and individuals.

Published March 1999

Artrave

Published March 1999

Archives After the Seventies and After

Brown and Green are well known for their meticulously produced paintings, often involving the layering and juxtaposition of competing forms and histories. They continue to paint though photography has now assumed a major position in their practice. These photographs function as archives without narrative: scrambled mythology.

Published March 1999

Underbelly

November 22 to December 20
Cosmopolitan Cinema and Shopping Arcade

Published March 1999

Recollections of Memory: Akio Makigawa

Jewellery by Carlier Makigawa
Galerie Dusseldorf
October 1998

Published March 1999

Polemic: Object and Text

"So the question raised for art theory is this....Is a physical autographic sculpture - a Brancusi woodcarving for example - only an 'instantiation'(albeit rather a privileged one) of some imperceptible, intentional object that is the 'real' sculpture? Are sculptures more literally than metaphorically - 'poetry in stone'? Are they in a word 'texts' whose proper reading (as we are told) had best be undertaken in French?"

Published March 1999

The Fleurieu Biennale 1998

McLaren Vale
Fleurieu Peninsula
6 - 29 November 1998

Published March 1999

Psychology of Retrieval: Personal and Fictional Archives

How can (traumatic) memories be excavated? Many visual artists use records and material objects as documentation with which to resurrect their past experience and those of their families. Often using literary means, visual artists who archive their past employ text as well as images in poetic and haunting ways. Quotation and citation form the kernel of this pychology of retrieval and act of preservation.

Published March 1999

Market Mark-Art: Forgotten Fruit

In the final stages of the demolition of the old Adelaide fruit and vegetable markets, Margaret Dodd and Jennifer Hughes collaborate to produce an installation which caught the echoes of the history displayed in situ at the markets.

Published March 1999

Is there an Artist in the Museum?

Examines two multi-site exhibitions Archives and the Everyday, Canberra Contemporary Art Space September/October 1997 curated by Trevor Smith: and Collected, Photographer's Gallery London June 1997 curated by Neil Cummings. The museological urge in artists has for some time been a part of contemporary practice...leading to the new museology.

Published March 1999

Time Traveller: An Interview with Kim Donaldson

Explores three exhibitions by Kim Donaldson. 'From the Lecture: A reminder of life', 'From the Museum: Supplementary files' and 'It's about time'. These exhibitions reflect the artist's continuing obsession with time, absence and mortality.

Published March 1999

Juliet Stone Paintings and Pastels

Juliet Stone paintings and pastels
Gomboc Gallery
Perth
1-22 November 1998

Published March 1999