The archive in the contemporary

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David Smerdon: Duchamp's Opposition
Feature
Rex Butler and David Smerdon

Published 14 May 2020
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Nagesh's recipe for Biryani
Feature
Nagesh Seethiah

Published 01 December 2019
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Geological pit stops: Kate Hill and Isadora Vaughan
Feature
Abbra Kotlarczyk

Published 01 March 2020
UNSW
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Duchamp and Australia: In opposition
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Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson

Published 01 March 2020
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The Brazilian moment: A picture gallery in transformation
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John Mateer

Published 01 March 2020
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Crafty prepping
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Sera Waters

Published 01 March 2020
City of Melville
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2019: The year of our cyberpunk future
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Darren Jorgensen

Published 01 March 2020
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Art in the time of the burning
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Ian Milliss

Published 01 January 2020

The artworks of Danie Mellor, Brian Robinson and Christian Thompson each draw on archival material for subject matter, for inspiration, and to develop new work that harks back and forward at the same time.

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Danie Mellor, Brian Robinson and Christian Thompson are exhibiting with Michael Reid Berlin (www.michaelreid.com.au) at Preview Berlin, 19th – 22nd September, 2013, Hangar2 Tempelhof Airport.

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Tracking Bluey Roberts
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Troy-Anthony Baylis

Published 01 June 2013
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Let's be polite
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Vernon Ah Kee

Editor Daniel Browning interviews artist Vernon Ah Kee who discusses the lack of criticism of Aboriginal art and the abundance of 'mass production' Aboriginal art emanating from remote communities seen by some as 'real Aboriginal art' but in the eyes of Ah Kee simply and uncritically playing into false romantic notions of the lives of Aboriginal people.

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Harry James Wedge (1957-2012)
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Matt Poll

Assistant Curator of Indigenous Heritage Collections at the Macleay Museum Matt Poll writes a thoughtful, engaging and detailed account of the life and art of Harry Wedge, known as 'Big H' in his home community in Cowra. Poll says:" Harry’s artistic career remained an enigma to those closest to him throughout his life. His work is an exemplary case of an Australian outsider art – though not in the conventional definition."

Published June 2013
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Thancoupie/Thanakupi (1937-2011)
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Jack Wilkie-Jans

Thancoupie (aka Dr Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James AO) was a trailblazer in Aboriginal art, studying, showing and making work in ceramics for many years. Her work was shown nationally and internationally. After many years she returned home to Weipa, and while still making and exhibiting, focused much of her attention on her family, community, land rights and the next generations.

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In the Shadow of the Past, this World Knots Tight
Review
Sheridan Coleman

Venn Gallery, Perth
29 March – 10 May 2013

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Toward Indigenous Criticism: The Ah Kee paradox
Feature
David Garneau

Métis artist, curator and academic David Garneau explores the current situation of indigenous art through increasing global links and connections. 

Published June 2013
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Rekospective
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Jirra Harvey

Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri curator and lecturer Jirra Harvey traces the career of self-taught graffiti and studio artist Reko Rennie. He uses a traditional Kamilaroi patterning in neon and in graffiti as a contemporary statement of sovereignity. Harvey says: "The subtext to such works is a running narrative on government practices that work to control and restrain Aboriginal communities and the subsequent rebellion of the people."

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NUNGAODRADEK - AEAF 2013
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Published June 2013
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New Olds - Design between Tradition and Innovation
Review
Patricia Brien

Curator: Volker Albus
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
7 December 2012 – 9 March 2013

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Fernando do Campo: Onomatopoeia
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Deborah Malor

Academy Gallery, Launceston, TAS
1 February – 8 March 2013

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tough(er) love: art from Eyre Peninsula
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Eleanor Scicchitano

Curator: John Neylon
Flinders University Art Museum
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