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Where Would Sydney be Without its Art Prizes?
The hype, the hysteria, the media and the money. Of all Sydney's art prizes it is the Archibald which arouses the greatest public interest...
Joan Kerr: Sydney Scholar
Joan Kerr rewrites Australian art history to gain a better understanding of the present. Her ambitious projects question who wrote what, how and about whom. Discussion of 'Heritage: The National Women's Art Book'. Photograph of Joan Kerr in the article.
Fay Brauer
Response to the article by Jacques Delaruelle (article no 664) on the nature of art education - a debate which has raged in Sydney in recent years.
My Sydney
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.
Constructing Space - Plimsoll Gallery
Exhibition review Constructing space
Plimsoll Gallery
Tasmanian School of Art Hobart, Tasmania
13 March - 6 June
Absence of Evidence - Fremantle Art Centre
Exhibition review Absence of Evidence
Fremantle Arts Centre
Western Australia
15 May - 26 June 1994
Suzanne Treister
Exhibition review Q. Would you recognise a Virtual Paradise? and other paintings
Suzanne Treister
Contemporary Art Centre
South Australia
29 March - 24 April 1994
Seizing Opportunity from Paradox in Western Sydney
Personal zeal combines with State and Federal funding to underpin major developments in Western Sydney.
Jun Davila
Exhibition review Imperfect Drawings
Juan Davila
Greenaway Art Gallery
Adelaide South Australia
11 May - 1 June 1994
Contemporary History in the Making - Casula Powerhouse
Reconciliation, redevelopment and community involvement have transformed a Sydney power station into a regional arts centre - Liverpool Power Station.
Breaking the Boundaries - 'Art-elites": Are They an Inevitability?
Not all public institutions are devoted to blockbusters and cultural elitism. Regrettably, contempt for the masses is not anachronistic.
In the Air, on the Ground (and Water too) - Public Art in Sydney
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.