Issue 38
It is astonishing today how the narrative of an artist’s work can alter with new conditions. In this issue of Artist Profile it appears differences in narrative are inevitable. Exposure to new places, cultures and histories can often release the unexpected in the artist’s chosen medium.
In Issue 38 of Artist Profile the cover story on John Firth-Smith has a fresh and objective narrative. After 50 years of painting by Firth-Smith we contemplate why his paintings have a crisper tactile quality, an immediacy and how these paintings explore his life and that of Hill End.
ISSUE
Cult of the Curator by Ashley Crawford
COVER FEATURE
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH by Judith Pugh, photography by Stephen Oxenbury
PROFILES
FIONA MCMONAGLE by Lucy Stranger
ZOE YOUNG by Bridget Macleod
ANNA PLATTEN by Fulvia Mantelli
ROBERT BESANKO by Kon Gouriotis
JOE FROST by Georgina Cole
MICAHEL BUZZACOTT by Sonia Legge
DEBRA DAWES by Kon Gouriotis
PREVIEW
Preview: Mami Kataoka’s Biennale of Sydney, by Michael Young
Archive: James Doolin, by Paul McGillick
Project: Mai Nguyen-Long’s Vietnamese residencies
Process: George Tilianakis
Process: Chase Archer
Preview: The National, by Melissa Pesa
View Australia
Discovery: Martin George
If you have ever met or talked to George Raftopoulos, you will know he has been fighting notions of conformity his entire life.
Jacqui Stockdale works across photography, drawing, painting, collage and performance to explore the disparate and overlooked histories of Australia.
George Gittoes has been travelling the world for over forty years, visiting those regions that appear in brief, blood-spattered segments on the nightly news.
Among the many communities who are rallying together to support the victims of this season’s unprecedented bushfires, the artworld is playing its part.
‘Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines’ explores the intersecting lives of two of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
In Issue 39, John von Sturmer discusses how Pedro Wonaeamirri engages with ancient Tiwi teachings.
Lismore-based Wiradjuri artist Karla Dickens has long been involved in green politics. For Dickens it has all been said and no-one is listening – so...
Josh Foley’s visceral paintings create visually complex worlds that question the materiality behind the painted image.
Michael Taylor's expressionist compositions speak of an extraordinary intensity and energy maintained over a long and prolific oeuvre.
