Light Works
Exhibition review Some Pictures from a Somniloquist's Diary Tony Trembath 1 November - 26 November 1995 Greenaway Gallery Adelaide SA
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
The Virtual in Hand
Exhibition review Armorial: Dianne Longley 8 September - 3 October 1995 Adelaide Central Gallery, SA
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
Obsession
Exhibition review Emergence: Arthur Russell 15 October - 12 November 1995 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
Distilling Poetry
Exhibition review Fremantle Print Awards 8 September - 15 October 1995 Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
Everchanging Vindication
Exhibition review I won't wish I will: Pippin Drysdale 28 September - 8 October 1995 The Door Exhibition Space Fremantle, WA
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
When You Get Behind Closed Doors
Exhibition review Home: Body Pat Brassington, Kathryn Faludi, Mary Scott, Heather B Swann, Jennifer Spinks 21 September - 13 October 1995 Carnegie Room Town Hall Hobart, Tasmania
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
The Many Tongues of Textiles
Exhibition review Tradition, Cloth, Meaning: Contemporary Textiles Curated by Sara Lindsay 17 September - 7 October 1995 Long Gallery Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
Men's Business: Masculinities Reflected
My Sydney
Editorial by guest editor Joanna Mendelssohn. What after all is different about Sydney? I have tried to give some idea of the debates which are not always expressed in writing - the incestuous nature of the mighty arts organisations; the way that words influence or corrupt understandings of art; and the limits on public debate because of fear of the consequences.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Sydney from Afar
For 20 years Daniel Thomas lived and worked in Sydney. In the 2 decades since he has left he has remained a frequent visitor, but he still sees Sydney from afar.
Sydney: The Big Shift
A Series of Close Connections
Really the only way to understand the apparently large Sydney art scene is to use diagrams and statistics, all of which were compiled by the author.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Why Criticism?
The most incisive commentary on the visual arts in Sydney usually occurs in private conversations that are not repeated in print for fear of the NSW defamation laws. But there is a great deal published on the visual arts....
Sydney: The Big Shift
Where Would Sydney be Without its Art Prizes?
The hype, the hysteria, the media and the money. Of all Sydney's art prizes it is the Archibald which arouses the greatest public interest...
Sydney: The Big Shift
The Lesser of Two Cities
Sydney thinks of itself as the centre of the country, the only part that matters, but in the lucrative art market, Sydney is subsidiary to the old moneyed city of the south -- Melbourne.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Tim Storrier: Sydney Artist
Interview with Tim Storrier.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Joan Kerr: Sydney Scholar
Joan Kerr rewrites Australian art history to gain a better understanding of the present. Her ambitious projects question who wrote what, how and about whom. Discussion of 'Heritage: The National Women's Art Book'. Photograph of Joan Kerr in the article.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Jacques Delaruelle
In recent years there has been a major debate in Sydney on the nature of art education. Both Jacques Delaruelle and Fay Brauer have been active participants. Plants grow in silence but we (in the art world) vegetate noisily. see also article by Fay Brauer (no 665).
Sydney: The Big Shift
Fay Brauer
Response to the article by Jacques Delaruelle (article no 664) on the nature of art education - a debate which has raged in Sydney in recent years.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Here, There Be Dragons
Western Sydney can be seen as another city with another culture. This is not quite accurate, but it is the fasted growing region where the bulk of the younger population of the city live. And it has art.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Contemporary History in the Making - Casula Powerhouse
Reconciliation, redevelopment and community involvement have transformed a Sydney power station into a regional arts centre - Liverpool Power Station.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Seizing Opportunity from Paradox in Western Sydney
Personal zeal combines with State and Federal funding to underpin major developments in Western Sydney.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Postcard from Sydney
Looks at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative in Sydney NSW and the role it plays in supporting and marketing indigenous art.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Youth Art and Mobile Galleries
Nowhere is the art of Sydney's youth more obvious than in the public sphere. Discussion with Linda Forrester a researcher of the creative culture of graffiti, street machining and skate boarding.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Breaking the Boundaries - 'Art-elites": Are They an Inevitability?
Not all public institutions are devoted to blockbusters and cultural elitism. Regrettably, contempt for the masses is not anachronistic.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Sydney in Focus: Reflections on Marketing in the Visual Arts
Since their inception, galleries and museums around the world have entertained the principles of marketing, but perhaps never so consciously as now. Of all Australian arts institutions, the Art Gallery of New South Wales has been most aware of the need to market its image.
Sydney: The Big Shift
In the Air, on the Ground (and Water too) - Public Art in Sydney
In the air, on the ground ( and water too). Sydney is undergoing an unprecedented interest in public art. Artists, curators, academics, contemporary art spaces, museums. commercial galleries, architects, urban designers, town planners, local government, arts councils and ministries - all are involved in varying degrees in making, discussing, supporting or promoting public art. Major fold out of William Yang's photographs.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Suzanne Treister
Exhibition review Q. Would you recognise a Virtual Paradise? and other paintings Suzanne Treister Contemporary Art Centre South Australia 29 March - 24 April 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Jun Davila
Exhibition review Imperfect Drawings Juan Davila Greenaway Art Gallery Adelaide South Australia 11 May - 1 June 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Sue Lorraine
Exhibition review em/body recent work by Sue Lorraine Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre South Australia 13 May - 25 June 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Julie Blyfield
Exhibition review Memento celebration sentimentality Contemporary jewellery by Julie Blyfield Jam Factory Gallery 8 April - 29 May 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Kate Breakey
Exhibition review Laws of Physics/Principles of Mathematics Kate Breakey Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre South Australia 8 April - 7 May 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Still Looking at the Billboard
Exhibition review Aroha Terrace, Forestville June 1994 In the last issue of Artlink 9Vol 14 No 2 - the art of survival) we looked at an innovative art program being run in Adelaide. The 1994 bilboard project at Aroha Terrace Forestville continued until the end of the year, with different artists represented each month.
Sydney: The Big Shift
Contemporary Aboriginal Art - Flinders University Art Museum
Exhibition review Looking Towards the Future: Contemporary Aboriginal Art Flinders University Art Museum South Australia 13 May - 24 June 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Absence of Evidence - Fremantle Art Centre
Exhibition review Absence of Evidence Fremantle Arts Centre Western Australia 15 May - 26 June 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
Visualising Masculinities - Claremont School of Art
Exhibition review Visualising Masculinities Claremont School of Art Perth Western Australia 20 May - 15 June 1994
Sydney: The Big Shift
What's Worth Showing? - Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Exhibition review What's worth Showing? Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Launceston Tasmania
Sydney: The Big Shift
Constructing Space - Plimsoll Gallery
Exhibition review Constructing space Plimsoll Gallery Tasmanian School of Art Hobart, Tasmania 13 March - 6 June
Sydney: The Big Shift
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