Political Pop-porn in Hong Kong

Cover of Political Pop-porn in Hong Kong
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Writing through the archive: the art writing marathon
Feature
Jacqueline Millner
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Ethics and aesthetics: D Harding, Luciano Benetton and Terra Incognita: inclusiveness is a good way
Feature
Ian McLean

Published 30 March 2022
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In conversation: Sebastian Goldspink and Una Rey
Feature
Sebastian Goldspink and Una Rey

Published 30 March 2022
Desert Mob
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The museum fell silent
Feature
Elspeth Pitt

Published 30 March 2022
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Kings of wishful thinking: internet irony and its illusionary critics
Feature
Olivia Bennett

Published 30 March 2022
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Damper is a language word for art
Feature
Dominique Chen

Published 30 March 2022
The David Roche Foundation
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Someone has to be innocent: a reflection on the post-2020 art critic
Feature
John Mateer

Published 30 March 2022
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A case for writing contemporary art history
Feature
Aneta Trajkoski

Published 30 March 2022

Much of the vibrancy of Hong Kong's contemporary culture manifests itself in unexpected new forms...explores how four artists construct images of sexuality within the compact (post?) colonial environment.

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Censor and be Damned
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Julie Robb

Julie Robb is the executive director of the Arts Law Centre of Australia. The centre advises artists and those involved in exhibitions and publication of risky material of the cultural responsibilities to make efforts to find ways of exercising their privileges. Looks at the current practices.

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In the Middle of it All - A Personal Text
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Jack Cross

From the perspective of one who has worked on the SA Classification of Publications Board. Argues that censorship is becoming increasingly unmanageable due to two trends which are detailed in the article. Also argues that public debate (with the exception of child pornography) in the media has declined. In contrast there is rising debate about sacrilege.

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The Prying Game
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Stephanie Britton

Explores the difficult issues surrounding artistic expression and censorship (both self censorship and public) with the associated threat of legal action.

Published September 1998
Cosie: She Decorated a House and Called it a Home
Review
Lisa Harms

Annette McKee and Helen Fuller Jam Factory Gallery Adelaide SA
16 May- 5 July 1998

Published September 1998
Some Notes on Pornography, Contemporary Art and Social Politics
Feature
Christopher Chapman

Explores the 'pornographic' in the public domain. Art isn't an excuse for pornography, because pornography simpy exists. Art has remained a realm within which a vast range of ideas can be explored and tested. There are no questions of ethics or morality in art. This starts to get more exciting as art gets closer to life.

Published September 1998
Andy's Idol
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Lutz Presser

Analysis of some of Andy Warhol's early works to demonstrate a direct link between his art and the homoerotic magazines which the author found in his Time Capsules in the archives of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, USA.

Published September 1998
The Spectre of Pedophilia and Dennis Del Favero's Parting Embrace
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Jill Bennett

Dennis Del Favero's 'Parting Embrace' is a series of 10 Type C prints which attempt to investigate the subjectivity of sexual abuse in a way that not only engages with its inherent pornographic content but which refuses neat moral resolution.

Published September 1998
The Promise of Fruit: Kirsty Darlaston, Brenda Goggs, Lucia Pichler, Karen Russell
Review
Janene Pellarin

North Adelaide School Of Art Gallery
13 May - 4 June 1998

Published September 1998
Garden of Earthly Delights: Erotica at Carrick Hill
Feature
Daniel Thomas

Gone from Carrick Hill before it became a public collection are three Stanley Spencer erotic paintings and William Dobell's 'The Duchess Disrobes' (two versions). Smith examines the nature of the collection of works by Sir Edward and Lady Ursula Haywood.

Published September 1998
Lollies and Legends
Feature
Sam Schoenbaum

The artist writes about his work and his influences. Explores issues of self censorship.

Published September 1998
8 X Tables by Steve Tepper
Review
Robyn Taylor

Moore's Building, Fremantle
May 14 - 28, 1998
Reviewed by Robyn Taylor

Published September 1998
An Accelerated Life: Lydia Lunch
Feature
Caroline Farmer

Women need to fight for an alternative pornography. Women need a pornography that addresses all the alternatives of our sexuality, in every format, so that there's something for everyone....Farmer interviewed porn star Lydia Lunch on her visit to the MRC in Adelaide.

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