Artrave

Published December 1998

Enjoin to the Philippines

Profiles the exhibition 'Enjoin' which opened in November 1998 at the Museo ng Sining (CSIS Museum) in Manila as part of the centenary celebrations of the Philippines' independence from colonial rule.

Published December 1998

Export What! Where!

Looks at the issues facing the export of the Australian visual art product overseas.

Published December 1998

Aldo Iacobelli in Valencia

Explores the artistic tension in the work of Aldo Iacobelli --- between Australia where the lack of tradition may be seen to allow greater movement of ideas and Europe where the cultural territory is much more established.

Published December 1998

Who's Selling What to Whom: Australian Dealers Taking Australian Art Overseas

Although the US is often cited as the holy grail for export, with its huge art-aware public and wealthy collectors, and although it is true to say that many Australian art dealers have links with US dealers and sales are made on a fairly regular basis, Japan, Germany and Spain are the countries to which Australian commercial galleries have exported Australian art since the early nineties.

Published December 1998

White Aborigines: Identity Politics in Australian Art

Ian McLeanWhite Aborigines:Identity Politics in Australian Art. Oakleigh, Vic, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 204 pp. RRP $39.95 hb.

Published December 1998

Jill Scott: Zurich, Weimar and Sydney

Jill Scott writes about her experiences in Europe particularly Germany. Short biographical details of the artist are also included.

Published December 1998

Zhong Chen: Adelaide - London - Adelaide

Zhong Chen as a relatively recent graduate of the SA School of Art won a Samstag Scholarship to travel to the Chelsea College of Art in late 1997.

Published December 1998

Divergent: Abstraction and the Photographic Object

Recent Works by Adam Bunny, Jane Burton, Penelope Davis, Gavin Hipkins, Brian Jefferies, David Martin, Jeffrey Sturges & Andrew Wilson
Curated by Simon Cuthbert
Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, September 11 - October 4

Published December 1998

The Wild(e) Colonial Boy

Leigh Bowery
edited Robert Violette
published Editions Violette/distributed by Thames and Hudson
$89.00 238 pp colour and b&w illustrations

Published December 1998

Parachuting Postponed: Birmingham

Claire Doherty is a curator at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England's second city. The 'Art into Action' program supports artists working in process based or research based ways over extended periods of time in direct communication with groups and individuals in Birmingham. The exploration of 'home' suggested itself as a universal metaphor as the 'sacred place' from which all else could be mapped.

Published December 1998

International Programs

Discusses the cultural policy of the Victorian Government Arts 21 promulgated in 1994 which aimed to reinforce the government's agenda to promote Melbourne and Victoria as an international centre of excellence.

Published December 1998