MFG: A Report on the First Eight Months of Greenaway Art Gallery

Review MFG: A report on the first eight months of Greenaway Art Gallery Opened in March 1992

Published December 1992

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

Published 01 December 1992

Maria

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

Published December 1992

Mental Disturbance and Artistic Production

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

Stage Sets for Suburban Dramas

Photographs by Dianne Longley of domestic dwellings in and around Adelaide South Australia.

Published December 1992

Nyungar Landscapes: Wetern Australia

In a remote corner of the south west of Western Australia, a school teacher who had never trained in art, was the catalyst for a school of landscape painting reminiscent of the style of Namatjira. Everything about this story was remarkable, not least that this happened over 40 years ago and that the average age of the artists was 10. The place was a tiny settlement known as Carrolup, now known as Marribank near Katanning.

Published December 1992

Anthony Hopkins

Looks at the works of Anthony Hopkins.

Published December 1992

Frank 'Bronco' Johnson - The Poetics of Defence

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

Published December 1992

Foils for the Silver City

Disillusioned with the contemptible familiarity of our environment in the South Australian School of Art a group of fellow students and I decided to take our art somewhere else. So, displaced and gung-ho, our controversial creations in tow, we set off to Broken Hill, the self proclaimed art capital of Australia.

Published December 1992

Now Who is Being Naive?

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

The Chronic Population

Art Brut is that manner of making something whereby all of the individual is.

Published December 1992

From Stone Henge to Post-Feminist Creatures

Tattoo in Aotearoa/ New Zealand
Tattooing is not 'Outsider' or 'Other' art. To suggest this is to fall once more into the tiresome quagmire of Western art definitions. Looks at an exhibition 'Tattoo' 1993.

Published December 1992