Seven Warehouses

Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre
Hobart
8 September  6 October 2002

Published December 2002

Documenta 11 Takes On Masters of the Universe

Every five years the sleepy little German town of Kassel is invaded by the international art world. The 2002 Documenta exhibition staged here, which have traditionally played second fiddle only to the Venice Biennale, was eagerly anticipated as the first genuinely postcolonial Documenta, due in large part to the appointment of the expatriate Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor as Artistic Director.

Published December 2002

Indecorous Abstraction: Contemporary Women Painters

Curated by Margot Osborne
Light Square Gallery, AIT Arts Adelaide
22 August  19 September 2002

Published December 2002

Artrave

Published December 2002

The Art of Gift Giving...

The magnificent donations made to museums, galleries and libraries in the last 12 months were made possible by the Commonwealth's Cultural Gifts Program, an initiative that encourages Australian patronageof the arts by offering attractive tax incentives to donors. Wallace here presents a short expression of appreciation.

Published December 2002

Singapore Opens Up to the World - Site + Sight: First Major International Show

Using Singapore as the first 'site' for the exhibition, Site + Sight: Translating Cultures from 7 June to 26 July 2002 brought together 26 international artists from 11 countries to discuss and present artworks relating to the theme of globalisation and its cultural impact on the world.

Published December 2002

Ti Parks recent work at Pinacotheca

Melbourne
2 31 August 2002

Published December 2002

Uncertain Terrain

Modern physics suggests we are living within an expanding universe. We are, it seems, still moving away from our point of origin (the singularity of the Big Bang). The intersection of new physics and Buddhism provides pathways into Julia Ciccarones landscape paintings (exhibited at Niagara Galleries in Melbourne in early 2002), elucidating the narratives and suggesting relationships between the metaphors and symbols she uses.

Published December 2002

Museums For the 21st Century: Entertainments or Big Challenging Ideas?

Museums both reinforce ones views and challenge them, encouraging innovative connections we hadnt thought of before, driving us on to expanded understandings. Griffin addresses some of the controversies surrounding museums in the age of technology.

Published December 2002

Arid Arcadia: art of the Flinders Ranges

curated by Alisa Bunbury
Art Gallery of South Australia
30 August  3 November 2002

Published December 2002

The SALA Festival

South Australia: metro and regional
2  11 August 2002

Published December 2002

The Possibility Forum - Institutional Change and Modest Proposals

This text takes up some of the broader concerns of Tony Bonds initial questions to an Australian panel at ARCO 2002 Madrid, particularly can there be a benign global capitalism? and how do we address the value of exchanges between artists?.

Published December 2002