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.

Published September 1994

Frank Watters: Sydney art gallery owner

Published 01 September 1994

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...

Published September 1994

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.

Published September 1994

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.

Published September 1994

Seizing Opportunity from Paradox in Western Sydney

Personal zeal combines with State and Federal funding to underpin major developments in Western Sydney.

Published September 1994

Visualising Masculinities - Claremont School of Art

Exhibition review Visualising Masculinities
Claremont School of Art Perth
Western Australia
20 May - 15 June 1994

Published September 1994

What's Worth Showing? - Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

Exhibition review What's worth Showing?
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Launceston Tasmania

Published September 1994

Still Looking at the Billboard

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.

Published September 1994

Julie Blyfield

Exhibition review Memento celebration sentimentality
Contemporary jewellery by Julie Blyfield
Jam Factory Gallery
8 April - 29 May 1994

Published September 1994

Contemporary Aboriginal Art - Flinders University Art Museum

Exhibition review Looking Towards the Future: Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Flinders University Art Museum
South Australia
13 May - 24 June 1994

Published September 1994

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.

Published September 1994