Lin Onus - Cultural Mechanic

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James Turrell: Night life in Brisbane
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Diana Young

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Jacky Redgate's patch of yellow (and blue)
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Jane Skeer: True blue
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Serena Wong and Eve Sullivan

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Gerry Wedd: My blue and white china
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Gerry Wedd

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Vincent Namatjira: Colourful optimism
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Fragmentation and complexity in Crossings by Wei Leng Tay
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Roger Nelson

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Ryoji Ikeda: The aesthetics of data flow
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Daniel Palmer

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Juilee Pryor: The Army of Unrequited Dreams
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Ann Finegan

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Contemplating the work of Lin Onus the artist, the arts administrator and the panel beating mechanic.

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