Exhibitions to Watch

Writer, researcher and arts manager Christen Cornell studies the way China is now much more of a player on the international art curcuit than Australia and what it means to young Chinise-Australian artists.

Published March 2011

Transcultural Radical

Feature

Aaron Seeto

Director of 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney Aaron Seeto attends to the artwork of Sumugan Sivanesan, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Guan Wei and Kaleb Sabsabi to raise questions of experiences of cultural difference and the way they are inadequately critically interrogated in contemporary art practice.

Published March 2011

Traditional Skills: Refugees

Feature

Stephanie Britton

South Australia's Craftsouth ran an outstanding workshop series in May 2010 where refugees with traditional craft skills from six countries taught their secrets to Australian craftspeople.

Published March 2011

After the Deluge

Feature

Jane Goodall

Novelist, freelance writer and contributor to Inside Story website www.inside.org.au Jane Goodall writes about the recent floods in Queensland in relation to climate change and art and how "we need the merging energies of many artists to shift the consciousness of an era mesmerised by determination to perpetuate a way of life that may well be no longer viable."

Published March 2011

Reconnecting the Dots: Next Sydney Biennale Directors

Feature

Joanna Mendelssohn

Indigenous Canadian Gerald McMaster and Belgian Catherine de Zegher are joint directors of the next Biennale of Sydney. Joanna Mendelssohn interviewed Catherine de Zegher about the global and the local, difference and similarity...

Published March 2011

Editorial: Diaspora

Editorial

Lisa Havilah

Last week, I was standing in front of a man called Daryl who has lived in the Campbelltown suburb of Minto for 20 years. I saw him dance some of the story of his life.

Published March 2011

John Barbour: Work for Now

Feature

Wendy Walker

Curator: Kerry Crowley
Australian Experimental Art Foundation
12 November 2010 - 29 January 2011

Published March 2011

Home Open: Fremantle Artists and Their Collections

Feature

Thelma John

Fremantle Arts Centre
27 November 2010 - 23 January 2011

Published March 2011

Flight, Philippines: Nothing to Declare

Feature

Flaudette May V. Datuin

Associate Professor at the University of the Phillipines and visiting research fellow at the University of New South Wales Flaudette May V. Datuin looks at the complex ideas of home, absence and presence in the work of artists examining the lives of Overseas Filipino and Filipina workers (OFWs).

Published March 2011

21st Century: Art in the First Decade

Feature

Timothy Morrell

GoMA/QAG, Brisbane
18 December 2010 – 26 April 2011

Published March 2011

Iran: Scripts of Despair and Love: Nasim Nasr & Siamak Fallah

Feature

Lisa Harms

Curator, artist and doctoral candidate Lisa Harms writes about two artists, Nasim Nasir and Siamak Fallah, both originally from Iran who now live and work in Adelaide and make work that references their homeland.

Published March 2011

Manifesta 8: Seeking a Dialogue with Africa

Feature

Alison Carroll

Curator and arts manager Alison Carroll visited Manifesta 8 the European Biennial of Contemporary Art held 9 October 2010 - 9 January 2011 in both Murcia and Cartegena in Spain and featuring over 100 artists.

Published March 2011