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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.
Julie Blyfield
Exhibition review Memento celebration sentimentality
Contemporary jewellery by Julie Blyfield
Jam Factory Gallery
8 April - 29 May 1994
Gaytime in Sydney: Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Arts Festival
Once a very marginalised group, the gay and lesbian communities have now become a part of mainstream Sydney culture.
The Lesser of Two Cities
Sydney thinks of itself as the centre of the country, the only part that matters, but in the lucrative art market, Sydney is subsidiary to the old moneyed city of the south -- Melbourne.
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.
Kate Breakey
Exhibition review Laws of Physics/Principles of Mathematics
Kate Breakey
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
South Australia
8 April - 7 May 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.
Here, There Be Dragons
Western Sydney can be seen as another city with another culture. This is not quite accurate, but it is the fasted growing region where the bulk of the younger population of the city live. And it has art.
Seizing Opportunity from Paradox in Western Sydney
Personal zeal combines with State and Federal funding to underpin major developments in Western Sydney.
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.
Sue Lorraine
Exhibition review em/body
recent work by Sue Lorraine
Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
South Australia
13 May - 25 June 1994