Sara Hughes: Colour coded to quicken the heart
New Zealand-based Sara Hughes considers colour has been degraded throughout Western history. She uses coloured vinyl applied to architecture to "articulate social meaning".
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The White Wedding Dress: 200 years of Wedding Fashions
Bendigo Art Gallery 1 August - 6 November 2011
We Are Here: the International Symposium for Artist Run Initiatives
This year marks the 41st anniversary of the development of ARIs in Australia, and as both a celebration of and an indication of how far national and international ARIs have come, a four-day symposium organised by NAVA and Firstdraft was held in Sydney in September 2011.
Chromophobes, Xenophones and Lots of Textas
Kirsten Farrell muses on colourphobia through her life, her Phd and her reading of the book Colourphobia (2000) by David Batchelor
The Hammer and the Screw: Thom Buchanan's drawings
South Australian artist Thom Buchanan's most recent drawing adventure was on stage with dancers from the ADT.
Stadium
Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont Curator: Leigh Robb Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 3 September - 30 October 2011
Good enough to eat: Katherine Hattam's paintings
Crikey.com blogger and book designer W.H. Chong describes the paintings of Katherine Hattam that "zing and crackle with edible hues."
Louise Haselton: Errand Workshop
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia CACSA 22 July - 28 August 2011
Remembering Bernard Smith
Writer and academic Juliette Peers remembers Bernard Smith and queries the hagiography that sometimes surrounds him.