The Case of the Cigarette and the Egg

Every State has one - a local council that is outstanding in its commitment to the arts and in Western Australia, the credit for innovation and energy goes to the City of Gosnells, who have arguably led the pack for the last 5 years in interesting community arts projects...

Published June 1994

Festival Breakthrough: Adelaide Festival

Review

Julie Ewington

Review Adelaide Installations
Adelaide Festival
South Australia Various locations
25 February - 13 March 1994

Published June 1994

Living Off Your Art: New Figures on Artists' Income

Feature

David Throsby

Artists are particularly vulnerable to economic downturn for two main reasons...the business cycle and the role of other jobs in a tight employment market.

Published June 1994

Jemmy Caution

Review

Stephanie Radok

Exhibition review Jemmy
Mehmet Adil, Craige Andrae, Johnnie Dadie, Simryn Gill, Richard Grayson, Linda Marie Walker, Paul Hewson, Shaun Kirby, David O'Halloran, Bronia Iwanczak, Andrew Petrusevics, Bronwyn Platten, George Popperwell, Jyanni Steffensen, Steve Wigg
Curated by Alan Cruikshank
Ebenezer Studios Basement
February 18 - March 13 1994

Published June 1994

Strategies for Debunking the Myth of Artist as Wanker

Feature

Malcolm McKinnon

or what I learned at school... the artist Malcolm McKinnon examines his training through the art school in Melbourne in the 1980s.

Published June 1994

Furniture, Ceramics: What the Hell, Let's Do It

Feature

Stephanie Britton

Examines the Centre for Furniture Design, the Centre for the Arts in Tasmania and the Atlantis Studio in Townsville Queensland.

Published June 1994

Easy Access Hardware

Feature

Rose Lang

The Raw Material Curatorial Development Program was designed to provide training opportunities for curators without experience, but with plenty of potential. Based at Gertrude Street Victoria. Featured artwork by Marie Sierra-Hughes.

Published June 1994

Missing in Action

Book Review

Sarah Miller

Book review Body and self: Performance Art in Australia 1969 -1992
By Anne Marsh
Oxford University Press Australia 1993

Published June 1994

Powerful Alternatives - Sydney

Feature

Virginia Ross

They may not have been characterised as 'artist run initiatives' but exhibition spaces run by artists have been around, in one form, or another for a long time.

Published June 1994

Tickling the Senses in Brunswick St

Feature

Stephanie Britton

Located in Melbourne Victoria, the City of Fitzroy was given $1m by the federal government in 1992 for capital works. One project funded was the commissioning of 16 pieces of public art from 11 artists to build on that heart of cafe culture Brunswick St.

Published June 1994

A View of the Perennials

Book Review

Lorraine Jenyns

Book review Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens
By Ken Scarlett
Craftsman House 1993

Published June 1994

Migrant Artists and the Mysteries of Australian Culture

Feature

Elizabeth Gertsakis

The Thousand Handed Hydra has been an experiment of difference and opposition in practice. Hydra began in May 1993 as a one year pilot program of education, transition and introductin for migrant artists to the professional networks of Australian (Melbourne) art, culture and practice. Includes the work of artists Fernando Ronquillo, Anita Lorina and Rafael Rojas.

Published June 1994