Arte Povera: Art from Italy 1967 - 2002

Museum of Contemporary Art
23 August  10 November 2002

Published December 2002

Breathing/Diving/Dreaming/Dancing to the BEAP in Perth (You Can't Buy These Emotions off the Hollywood Shelf)

Immersion was part of the Perth Biennale of Electronic Art (BEAP), a selection of some of the most important international immersive, interactive and virtual reality artworks from the last decade, created by Chris Malcolm and presented at the John Curtin Gallery.

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

Indecorous Abstraction: Contemporary Women Painters

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

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

I Wonder Where the Public Art Went?

During the first half of 2002 the Danish champion of pedestrians, Dr. Jan Gehl and his team from GEHL Architects were commissioned to analyse the City of Adelaide in terms of its viability as a pedestrian city.

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

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

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

Lawrence Daws: From Mandala to Full Circle

Australian artist Lawrence Daws speaks of seven phases of his work, based on specific themes that have guided his development as an artist. There has been a gradual trend in his work from themes of archetypal symbolism and exotic portent towards the more local and personal.

Published December 2002

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Published December 2002

Small Deaths

Australian artist Kate Breakey, who now resides in Tucson, Arizona, caught up with Sarah Thomas to discuss the impact of growing up in the coastal town of Port Lincoln and the impact her childhood upbringing is having on her recent work. I think my childhood proximity to nature turned me into a naturalist...Growing up around animals you learn that life is complicated, survival is a struggle, death usually isnt quick or clean, and nature doesnt make any allowances for love and attachment.

Published December 2002