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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.

Joanna Mendelssohn

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.

Daniel Thomas

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.

Eric Riddler

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....

Bronwyn Mckean

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...

Anne Loxley

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.

Terry Ingram

Sydney: The Big Shift

Tim Storrier: Sydney Artist

Interview with Tim Storrier.

Anne Loxley

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.

Melissa Cater

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).

Jacques Delaruelle

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.

Fay Brauer

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.

Christine Burton

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.

Melissa Cater

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.

Katherine Knight

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.

Brenda L Croft

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.

Frances Butler

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.

Liz Gibson

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.

Belinda Hanrahan

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.

Sally Couacaud

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

Steve Wigg

Sydney: The Big Shift

Jun Davila

Exhibition review Imperfect Drawings Juan Davila Greenaway Art Gallery Adelaide South Australia 11 May - 1 June 1994

Richard Grayson

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

Noris Ioannou

Sydney: The Big Shift

Julie Blyfield

Exhibition review Memento celebration sentimentality Contemporary jewellery by Julie Blyfield Jam Factory Gallery 8 April - 29 May 1994

Vivonne Thwaites

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

Margot Osborne

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.

Stephanie Britton

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

John Neylon

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

Nikki Miller

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

Robyn Taylor

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

Ian McLean

Sydney: The Big Shift

Constructing Space - Plimsoll Gallery

Exhibition review Constructing space Plimsoll Gallery Tasmanian School of Art Hobart, Tasmania 13 March - 6 June

Leigh Woolley

Sydney: The Big Shift