Hossein Valamanesh: Taking the Intuitive Path

Valamanesh has developed a unique and characteristic art vocabulary and his eloquent work occupies a distinct and prominent position in Australian art. Looks at 'the Untouchable' 1984, 'Pyramids with Light - Inside/Outside' 1980, 'Change of Seasons'.

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Maria Whaley

Blak Beauty and Images from the Sea

Exhibition reviews Blak Beauty February 6- May 2 1999 Curated by Brook Andrew Images from the Sea December 5 1998- June 27 1999 Djamu Gallery: Australian Museum at Customs House, Sydney NSW

Ilaria Vanni

New Geographies of Knowledge

Explores the relationship between art making in the city and the regional areas. How much do curatorial strategies or templates order and determine what we see in State galleries and large exhibitions? Looks at the exhibition 'Palimpsest #2' to raise questions of curatorial control or whether it should continue without such controls.

Stephanie Radok

One Pole Too Many? Learning to Speak the Language of a Successful Australian Arts Practitioner

Discusses the exhibition 'Diaphanous' at Span Galleries curated by Kirsten Rann, deconstructing and challenging the notion of multicultural artist.

Juliette Peers

A Country Practice...

The Northern Rivers Region of NSW has more practising artists per head of population than any other region of Australia. Issues such as surviving as a country artist, traditional art practice, commercial considerations, prescribed political and gender issues are raised. Critiques the project 'Beyond the Basin' funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts and its resultant exhibition 'A Country Practice'.

Peter Wynn-Moylan

Riding on the Edge: Art, Identity and the Motorcycle

Exhibition review Riding on the edge: Art Identity and the Motorcycle 7 February- 11 April 1999 Waverley City Gallery Curated by John Pigot

Robert Nelson

How the Tail Now Wags the Dog

One would have to be a marketing executive, or just extremely sanguine, to see much that is good in the current system for funding teaching and research in our universities. This is not to claim that the Dawkins reforms replaced something wonderful or fair. But we now have a system that is actively promoting mediocrity ona a national, even international scale. Let me explain, for the uninitiated how it works.

Rodney Crackers

Upping the Ante: SALA'99.Leter to the Editor

Describes the nature of SALA South Australian Living Artists Week to celebrate the talent and imagination of SA artists and aims to promote widespread recognition of their achievements by exposing their work to new audiences. There were 50 venues, 28 of which were outside the metropolitan area.

Paul Greenaway

Hypothetical Product

Critics rarely talk about money and art. How to price a work of art and how to make a living of about $35,000 per annum are discussed. Artist need to work out how to make a name for themselves to increase the base price of their artworks. And anyway if you have to think about the price, chances are you can't afford it.

Peter Anderson

Butcher Cherel Janangoo, Julie Dowling, Julie Gough

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Judith McGrath

The Artist and the Critic

Fortunately not all critics are so urgently in need of friends that they write hymns of praise after every long lunch. Some even relish being labelled 'ungrateful'. I would argue that the only critic worth reading is an ungrateful critic. Looks at the role of visual art criticism in the newspaper columns of the daily press.

Joanna Mendelssohn

Unheard Voices: Asian Artists in Australia

Discussion of the issues for artists of Asian descent in the Australian milieu, exploring issues of identity and displacement. Unheard voices could also characterise emerging artists as well as those from a multicultural background.

Neil Manton

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