The Engagement of the Personal

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Foreign returned: Between expatriate and repatriate in Mumbai
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Balamohan Shingade

Published 01 September 2018
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Human flow in Melanesia: Taloi Havini's artefacts and habitats
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Nicholas Thomas

Published 01 September 2018
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Living and dying under surveillance: Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes
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Sasha Grbich

Published 01 September 2018
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Inhuman flow: Censorship and art in the two Chinas
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Darren Jorgensen and Tami Xiang

Published 01 September 2018
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Sublime Plight: Richard Mosse, Ai Weiwei and the social turn
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Wes Hill

Published 01 September 2018
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YARN: The art of conversation
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Coby Edgar interviews Warren Roberts, CEO of YARN Australia

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Editorial: Kanarn Wangkiny/Wanggandi Karlto (Speaking from Inside)
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Clothilde Bullen with James Tylor

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Katie West: Living well
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Katie West

Published 01 June 2018

How do we define ourselves? What are the choices for women these days?

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Someday, Somewhere - Women and Nation in International Art
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Sue Rowley

However, feminist artists, curators and writers could collaborate in establishing alternative frameworks for international exhibitions that would render unthinkable the omission of female artists or the implicit erasure of gender as an interpretive key.

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The Horror of the Prose: Some Reflection on a Paper entitled The Horror of the Gaze
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Some reflections on a paper entitled the Horror of the Gaze. Art criticism is, perhaps, an art form and not expected primarily to make sense. There is no consensus about what art is, but we do seem to share an urge to understand what critics say about it.

Published March 1994
Shedding Skins: Identity and 'Lesbian' Art Practice
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Barbara Bolt

What does it mean to present as a 'lesbian' artist? The very identity categories 'gay', 'lesbian', 'heterosexual' are extremely problematic. Now that 'I' am out, I find that I am in - inside a category that reduces rather than expands possibilities for me, not just as an artist, but as a person.

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The Art World: More Than a Foothold
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Australian women artists still see grey skies when they look out of their studio windows. This study examines the experiences of women in the hierarchical Australian contemporary art scene.

Published March 1994
The Amazingness of Women to JUST DO IT
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Mara Mann

Rural Australia produces resolute women - astute, sensible, profound. This article examines the work of one of a woman from the south west of Western Australia - what influences and inspires her.

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Sight Lines
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Jude Adams

Book review: Sight Lines Women's art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia Sandy Kirby Craftsman House Sydney 1992 RRP $75

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Re-orienting Feminism in Aotearoa
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Anne Kirker

During the past 8 years or so there have been two distinctive strands of activity which women artists have pursued in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Both are concerned with questions of identity. Artists Fiona Pardington, Emily Karaka, Shona Davies, Christine Webster and Robyn Kahukiwa.

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A Woman's Story: Hunting Grounds
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S Lavinia Hartley

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Memorial to the Survivors
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Discussion of the work of Aboriginal artist Hope Neill

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Fatal Attractions: Women and Technology: Norma Wight, Edite Vidins and Lyndall Milani
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Published March 1994
Speaking the Ineffable: New Directions in Performance Art
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