Bill Sorrell

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

Arts Project Australia: Creativity, marginality and the politics of difference

Published 01 December 1992

Self, Image and the Gaze: Anna Platten

Exhibition review Works by Anna Platten: Paintings and Studies 1982 -1992
University of South Australia Art Museum
30 July - 29 August 1992

Published December 1992

Frank 'Bronco' Johnson - The Poetics of Defence

He was always delighted to be fighting with someone....

Published December 1992

I just had this Inkling...

Interview with Tazz a tattoo artist in South Australia.

Published December 1992

Ciao from Canberra

Hidden in the neat suburban streets of Canberra are the sculptures of Giacomo Rampone. Superbly crafted from steel and cement, these sculptures adorn the front gardens of each of Rampone's homes past and present.

Published December 1992

The Boundary Riders: The Art of Everyday Life

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 Australian Collection of Outsider Art

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

Published December 1992

How to Hold a Festival in the Cook Islands

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

A Living Treasure: The Topiary of Jack Cashion

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

Maria

Looks at the environment of Maria "Mad Mary" Hermann at her house in Leederville Western Australia.

Published December 1992

Naive Archive

A national survey of Australian Naives - short biographies by various contributors as well as the artists themselves and images many in colour. Artists include Bernard Jeffery, Hugh Schulz, Bill Yaxley, Sam Byrne, Maitreyi Ray, Pam Bartley, Roma Higgins, Phyl Delves, Alison Vodic, Gwen Mason, Reny Mia Slay, Stella Dilger, Del Luke, Muriel Smith, Elfrun Lach, Susan Wanji Wanji, Miriam Naughton, Gwen Clarke, Selby Warren, Malcolm Otton, Harold Kangaroo Thornton, Ivy Robson, Lorna Chick and George Deurden.

Published December 1992