Artrave

Published September 1998

Porn Again

Porn is a safety valve, big business, a cabinet of curiosities, a staging theatre for many contradictions and inversions: male submission, female dominance, intricate identity and gender crossings, and the validity of female desire. Pleasure is misunderstood in a society where is commodified, exchanged and consumed displaced into food, wine, cars....Discusses the works of Jane Burton, Mary Fallon, Catherine Mackinnon, Marcia Pally and W.H.Auden.

Published September 1998

Dying Frightened: Gasps of Old Men in Suits

Explores the nature of censorship, how it is applied and the consequences of repression in artistic expression. Analyses the issues from a feminist perspective. "Censorship is about as effective as prohibition". Examines the censorship applied to the exhibition by Jasmine Hirst.

Published September 1998

The Promise of Fruit: Kirsty Darlaston, Brenda Goggs, Lucia Pichler, Karen Russell

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

Published September 1998

In a Barbie World

Fictional Barbies (Mattel trademarked doll) are presented in the dark side of suburbia spinning a queer identity for Ken and Barbie.

Published September 1998

Censor and be Damned

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.

Published September 1998

Subject Declined: Swap Mail with Francesca Da Rimini

Explores Francesca Da Rimini's web site 'Dollspace' - extracts of an email interview.

Published September 1998

Masculinity Below the Surface: Pornography and Suppression in Images of Broken Hill Miners

Mines and mining provide underground settings for a sub-genre of gay male porn. Features the work of artists George Gittoes and Avis Smith.

Published September 1998

Cosie: She Decorated a House and Called it a Home

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

Published September 1998

8 X Tables by Steve Tepper

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

Published September 1998

The Prying Game

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

Published September 1998

Sustained Contemplative Images: Atlas Exhibition Cathy Blanchflower

Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth
1 - 22 May 1998.
Reviewed by Mary Livesey

Published September 1998