Ti Parks recent work at Pinacotheca

Melbourne
2 31 August 2002

Published December 2002

Fashion Infiltrates the Galleries

Even if one's first reaction upon hearing the sound of the words 'Melbourne Fashion Festival' is not to reach for one's gun, but to condemn the dumbing down of 'culture' into Madonna or Barbie 101, bemoan the melting of the abstract expressionist/tachiste snows of yesteryear, it has unquestionably enriched the city's art experience.

Published December 2002

Cacophony + Cramp for the Sensory Bundle

art program, and for the first time showed it outside Sydney. The five works selected for the Adelaide exhibition were complex and esoteric: a gorgeous array of storytelling techniques which explore and exploit narrative and interactivity.

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

A New Catch-Up - Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry

Published December 2002

Shell Fremantle Print Award

Fremantle Arts Centre
31 August  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

African Marketplace and Reporting the World: John Pilger's Great Eyewitness Photographers

African Marketplace
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
22 August - 28 September 2002
Reporting the World: John Pilgers Great Eyewitness Photographers
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
8 August - 6 October 2002

Published December 2002

Clearing

Curated by Colin Langridge
CAST Gallery, Hobart
2  25 August 2002

Published December 2002

Marine Nature in Porcelain: The Recent Work of Robin Best

Ceramic artist Robin Best became fascinated by a complex marine world which included sea-invertebrates/filter feeders like bryozoans, sea sponges and ascidians (sea squirts) during walks on the beach in her seaside suburn of Semaphore. Here Walker discusses some of Best's recent work and conceptual concerns.

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

The SALA Festival

South Australia: metro and regional
2  11 August 2002

Published December 2002