Margot Osborne on Marijana Tadic

"As with everything else, the country that I have been talking about is frequently regarded as a commodity, be it in relation to yields of primary produce or to spectacles and hypothetical experiences marketed for tourist consumption. Here's the main thing to understand: this commodification is entirely at odds with the appreciation of landscape that I've been trying to tell you about."

Published March 1995

The use of Aesthetics: Food for Thought

Feature

Anna Jean Bonshek

Aesthetic value is determined by commonly held notions of taste, beauty and attractiveness and differs from culture to culture. How does this influence us in our choice of nourishment - our daily bread, fruit or snack food? Why does food today look like it does?

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

Maggie Baxter on High Fibre Diet

Review

Maggie Baxter

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

Published March 1995

Botany and the Body: Fiona Hall

Feature

Dorothy Erickson

To entitle an exhibition 'Garden of Earthly Delights' is to invite comparison with mediaeval Dutch painter Hieronymous Bosch. Fiona Hall's exhibition of this name was toured in 1994 by the National Gallery of Australia.

Published March 1995

Harsh Realities: Artists and the Land

Feature

Michael Eather

Even in the shiny spaces of the big cities, for some the dirt of the paddocks is only just below the surface. Michael Eather talks to three artists who were born and raised in the country, about their current attitudes to the land as a place of production.

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

Rene Boutin: An Artist and His Garden

Feature

Lucienne Fontannaz

New Caledonia has become the first Pacific nation to hold a Biennale of Contemporary Visual Art. Lucienne Fontannaz travelled to Noumea to interview artist Rene Boutin and discovered an artist who takes more than the gallery and his studio as his milieu.

Published March 1995

Mark Stephens on 600,000 Hours

Review

Mark Stephens

Exhibition review 600,000 Hours (mortality) exhibitions
Experimental Art Foundation
Adelaide South Australia
15 September - 4 December 1994

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

Art about Farming, Farming as an Art?

Feature

James Darling

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

The Cultural Biography of Plants

Feature

Susan Cochrane

The cultural biography of plants provides an extremely fertile field for artists to explore. It also encourages artists, and viewers, to explore the interface between cultures and between culture and agriculture.

Published March 1995