Artrave

Published December 2000

Interview: Peter Sellars, Adelaide Festival Director

Urban ecologist and architect Paul Downton interviewed 2002 Telstra Adelaide Festival Director Peter Sellars and Associate Director Cathy Woolcock about urban design and ecology and the attempts to create a shift from the idea of ownership to participation between people and the urban and natural environments. This feature also weaves in comments by Bert Flugelman, Judith Brine and Francesco Bonarto about the way they are prepared to express their feelings about their city and the way it looks and feels.

Published December 2000

Unchain my Art: Myths Around Women Artists

This article notes the role of myths and preconceptions in shaping perceptions of womens art. In framing art reputations in Australia, the most disputed and uneasy component is gender. Peers looks at the 1970s feminist art movement which was important for providing the blueprint for an ongoing understanding of art as an interrogative gesture and the works of women artists such as Grace Cossington-Smith, Stella Bowen, Joy Hester, Clarice Beckett, Janine Burke, Kiffy Rubbo, Margaret Preston, Hilda Rix Nicholas, A.M.E. Bale, Margaret Olley, Meg Benwell, Judy Perrey and Anne Marie Graham.

Published December 2000

Will we get real Artist's Moral Rights?

With the recent boom being enjoyed by public art in Australia, the issue of moral rights legislation has become more pressing. It was in recognition of the power differential between most artists and the users of their work that Australia became a signatory to an international agreement, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works designed to redress the imbalance. Some of the clauses and conditions of this legislation are briefly discussed.

Published December 2000

Watermarks: Crossings, Carolyn Lewens and Neil Stanyer and Illuminating Evidence, Felicity Spear and Sarah Winfrey

Geelong Art Gallery
11 August - 13 September 2000

Published December 2000

Chiasm; An Enduring Symbol; Objectum; Core

Chiasm - Donna Fulton, Richard Giblet, glamorama, Bevan Honey, Andrew Smith, Ric Spencer

An Enduring Symbol - Mark Hummerston

Objectum - Mark Cypher

Core - Matthew Hunt
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
29 September - 29 October

Published December 2000

Private Rooms: 10 years of painting by Anne Wallace

Brisbane City Gallery
28 July - 28 September 2000

Published December 2000

Celebrating The Exquisite Corpse

Bendigo Art Gallery
10 June - 3 September 2000 and touring other public artspaces in Victoria throughout 2001

Published December 2000

Parameters Head: A La Ronde, Sally Smart

Experimental Art Foundation
7  30 September 2000

Published December 2000

Paramor: Lost and found

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
9 September - 39 October 2000

Published December 2000

Gateway to Adelaide: The Process, The Result

Undertaken by Transport SA from 1996 until 2000, the Adelaide-Crafers Highway project resulted in major route reconstruction along a 10 km section of the Prince Highway. This has resulted in artist/ designer/ architect collaborations for the production of three major walls, elements of paving, bus stops and two bus shelters, a water feature and a freestanding sculptural piece. Artists and architects included in the project are George Popperwell, Greg Healey, Tony Bishop, Marijana Tadic, Neil Cranney, Mark Butcher and Rob Williams.

Published December 2000

Frank Bauer Goes Public

German born artist Frank Bauer was raised on the philosophy that art, design and industry could work together to achieve a more visually coherent and democratic society. Over the past thirty years he has produced a huge body of work in metal, which includes jewellery, hollow ware, furniture and lighting. Through this text Fairlamb focuses on Bauers wind sculptures, exhibited at the Powerhouse Museum and JamFactory, which stand over four metres high and bring together his considerable knowledge of balance, precision engineering and sculptural metal work.

Published December 2000