Suggested Reading
Nan Goldin, Written on the Body
To mark the presentation of Nan Goldin’s The ballad of sexual dependency at the Bank Art Museum Moree, Jonno Revanche reflects on the power of the landmark photographic series—and the way the work’s visceral portrayal of subjects that have survived the narratives our culture has imposed on them—has endured.
Jonno Revanche
Kait James dishes it out
In her major touring solo exhibition Red Flags, currently at Ararat Gallery TAMA, Wadawurrung artist Kait James takes aim at the ongoing commodification of Indigenous culture. She talks to Jane O’Sullivan about kitschy calendar tea towels, souvenir pennants and why she finds it easier to say harsh truths with a little humour.
Jane O'Sullivan
Family Ties
Using the powerful connection between mother and daughter, Generational at Madeline Gordon Gallery in Launceston, explores this intimate relationship with creativity and complexity.
Briony Downes
Yvette Coppersmith’s Flights of Fancy
In Volle au Fond, Melbourne based artist Yvette Coppersmith incorporates multiple mediums—tapestry, painting, jewellery, film and poetry—to reimagine the myth of Circe, a magical female being brought to life in Homer’s classical text, The Odyssey.
Briony Downes
Making Space at the Table
NAP Contemporary’s group show, The Elephant Table, platforms six artists and voices—creating chaos, connection and conversation.
Camilla Wagstaff
Poetics of Relation
Tender Comrade, currently on show at Sydney’s White Rabbit Gallery, creates a new vocabulary of queer kinship by reimagining the relationship between artworks, bodies and space.