Margot Osborne on Marijana Tadic

Exhibition review High Fibre Diet
Fremantle Arts Centre
Western Australia
29 October - 4 December 1994

Published March 1995

Art about Farming, Farming as an Art?

The daily experience of tending a tract of land in South Australia's south east is the raw material of the art of artist farmer James Darling. 'Define the Country' a major exhibition at the Riddoch Gallery in Mount Gambier of huge images, paintings, videos and installations challenges the way we look at this country. Extracts from the artist's diaries offer a glimpse into the business of making sense of life on the land. Large format (fold out) images in the article.

Published March 1995

David Bromfield on Sculpture

Review

David Bromfield

Exhibition review The Games Room
Stuart Elliott at Lawrence Wilson Art Galley
University of Western Australia
21 October - 4 December 1994
Death of a Myth
Michelle H Elliot at Gomboc Galleries and Sculpture Park
6 - 27 November 1994

Published March 1995

Photographing the Drought

Feature

John A Williams

"I used to think there was no link between farming and art...well, most art reflects the environment in which it is produced and the artist who produces it..."

Published March 1995

Wolseley and Majzner Read the Land

Feature

Lee Ferguson

Looks at the recent work of John Wolseley and Victor Majzner.

Published March 1995

Husbandry and the Coporate Collection

Feature

Juliette Peers

Making taste? Making money? Melbourne historian Juliet Peers scrutinises a group of books and catalogues on corporate art collections to see whether boardroom fancies and their lavish publications reflect a wider role in shaping popular visions of Australian painting.

Published March 1995

Saved by the Demon - Hemp Lives

Feature

Jamnes Danenberg

Cannibis Sativa as a drug, as uses of hemp - textiles, fabric and paper - as building materials, as oils food and protein, for medical and therapeutic applications, biomass energy... so why is there a prohibition?

Published March 1995

A Piece of EcoCity

Feature

David Munn

The Halifax EcoCity Project is not just the seed for a future ecological Adelaide; it is the embodiment of a new paradigm that is sweeping the planet.

Published March 1995

Ingrid Day on Phil Mullaly

Review

Ingrid Day

Exhibition review Other Refuge Have I None
Phil Mullaly
New Land Gallery
16 November - 30 December 1994

Published March 1995

Cate Jones on Photography

Review

Cate Jones

Exhibition review Lifeworks: Aboriginal women photographed in action and at work by Aboriginal women photographers
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Adelaide South Australia
7 October - 4 December 1994

Published March 1995

Living with the Land

Feature

Geoff Levitus

If there is a contemporary issue for landscape artist to engage with, it must be the process of developing a relationship with the landscape, even if it is at the level of s sustain[able] failure, a low level antagonism or an uneasy peace. It is as difficult and as complex as any other issue, and it ultimately speaks of the human condition.

Published March 1995

Paul Hay Diary

Review

Paul Hay

Exhibition review Four Point Bearing: Simon Barley, Paul Hay, Ian Parry and James Smeaton
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
26 December 1994 - 25 February 1995
Artist's journal by Paul Hay

Published March 1995