Published 01 June 2019
State Library of NSW
Interview with Frank Watters (photographed in article).
Nowhere is the art of Sydney's youth more obvious than in the public sphere. Discussion with Linda Forrester a researcher of the creative culture of graffiti, street machining and skate boarding.
Published September 1994
For 20 years Daniel Thomas lived and worked in Sydney. In the 2 decades since he has left he has remained a frequent visitor, but he still sees Sydney from afar.
Exhibition review What's worth Showing? Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Launceston Tasmania
The most incisive commentary on the visual arts in Sydney usually occurs in private conversations that are not repeated in print for fear of the NSW defamation laws. But there is a great deal published on the visual arts....
Exhibition review Constructing space Plimsoll Gallery Tasmanian School of Art Hobart, Tasmania 13 March - 6 June
Once a very marginalised group, the gay and lesbian communities have now become a part of mainstream Sydney culture.
Exhibition review Aroha Terrace, Forestville June 1994 In the last issue of Artlink 9Vol 14 No 2 - the art of survival) we looked at an innovative art program being run in Adelaide. The 1994 bilboard project at Aroha Terrace Forestville continued until the end of the year, with different artists represented each month.
Exhibition review Visualising Masculinities Claremont School of Art Perth Western Australia 20 May - 15 June 1994
Exhibition review Memento celebration sentimentality Contemporary jewellery by Julie Blyfield Jam Factory Gallery 8 April - 29 May 1994
In the air, on the ground ( and water too). Sydney is undergoing an unprecedented interest in public art. Artists, curators, academics, contemporary art spaces, museums. commercial galleries, architects, urban designers, town planners, local government, arts councils and ministries - all are involved in varying degrees in making, discussing, supporting or promoting public art. Major fold out of William Yang's photographs.
Editorial by guest editor Joanna Mendelssohn. What after all is different about Sydney? I have tried to give some idea of the debates which are not always expressed in writing - the incestuous nature of the mighty arts organisations; the way that words influence or corrupt understandings of art; and the limits on public debate because of fear of the consequences.
Exhibition review Absence of Evidence Fremantle Arts Centre Western Australia 15 May - 26 June 1994
