Masterminded Masterpieces: Legendary Art

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Writing through the archive: the art writing marathon
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Jacqueline Millner
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Ethics and aesthetics: D Harding, Luciano Benetton and Terra Incognita: inclusiveness is a good way
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Ian McLean

Published 30 March 2022
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In conversation: Sebastian Goldspink and Una Rey
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Sebastian Goldspink and Una Rey

Published 30 March 2022
The David Roche Foundation
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The museum fell silent
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Elspeth Pitt

Published 30 March 2022
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Kings of wishful thinking: internet irony and its illusionary critics
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Olivia Bennett

Published 30 March 2022
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Damper is a language word for art
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Dominique Chen

Published 30 March 2022
NAVA
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Someone has to be innocent: a reflection on the post-2020 art critic
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John Mateer

Published 30 March 2022
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A case for writing contemporary art history
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Aneta Trajkoski

Published 30 March 2022

Mrs Iris Frame is going to be bigger than Elvis Presley. She told the author so herself. Her dream is to establish a museum of her life's work on her property just like Gracelands.

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John Kean

Naive is a tag used to describe the style of a particular artist and by inference the content of their work. In this examination of 4 contemporary artists working in what can be characterised as a naive style. the author illustrates that they are being anything but naive in the analysis of events, issues and stereotypes.

Published December 1992
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Adelaide South Australia
6 August - 6 September 1992

Published December 1992
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Make your moment in Pacific history and hang the cost. On 15 October 1992 Raratongans waited expectantly for their 2000 guests from 23 other Pacific countries to arrive for the 6th Pacific Festival of Arts.

Published December 1992
Mental Disturbance and Artistic Production
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Traudi Allen

The popular understanding of the so-called 'insane' artist cannot be summarised better than in the schmaltzy lyrics of 'Vincent' written and sung by Don McLean in the 1970s. He plaintively chides those who misunderstood the living Van Gogh and charges them with the responsibility for his suicide.

Published December 1992
Bill Sorrell
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Julian Goddard

Looks at the environment of Bill Sorrell working in the small farming town of Toodyay in the Avon Valley about 80 kilometres from Perth Western Australia.

Published December 1992
The Boundary Riders: The Art of Everyday Life
Feature
Sylvia Kleinert

The diversity of work found in the art of everyday life transgresses many of the implicit boundaries about art practice laid down by the art world. Other art meets all the criteria by which we usually evaluate art works such as skill, commitment and self-expression yet is rarely seen in a gallery context. In order to recover meaning and value for the art of everyday life the question must be asked: why have these artists been marginalised by the art world?

Published December 1992
The Dictionary of Australian Artists
Book Review
Daniel Thomas

Book review The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870
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Oxford University Press Melbourne
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Published December 1992
A Living Treasure: The Topiary of Jack Cashion
Feature
Audrey Hutchison

As a sculptor working in metal I have been interested for some time in combining plants with the hard surfaces of copper and steel. The issues involved in using shrubs and trees are many, including that the work isn't trivialised or lacking in credibility, transport and of course storage.

Published December 1992
The Australian Collection of Outsider Art
Feature
Philip Hammial

Outsider Artists in Australia? Of course. The phenomenon is universal.

Published December 1992
Eccentric Gardens of Australia
Feature
Jennifer Isaacs

In country towns, suburban lanes and backstreets, tucked behind barricades and fences or alternatively displayed for all to see, are the gardens and decorated outdoor spaces of many 'other' artists. These gardens or 'exhibitions' could generally be called quirky. Many coloured photographs.

Published December 1992
Stage Sets for Suburban Dramas
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Photographs by Dianne Longley of domestic dwellings in and around Adelaide South Australia.

Published December 1992
Tut's Whittle Wonders
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Written with David Wood. Explores the work of Tut Ludby who whittles wood in the small town of Strahan in Tasmania.

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