TarraWarra International 2019: The Tangible Trace
Local and international artists create fine-drawn moments of memory and existence at TarraWarra International.
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Local and international artists create fine-drawn moments of memory and existence at TarraWarra International.
50 years on, Penelope Seidler recalls the first ever Kaldor Public Art Project: Christo and Jeane-Claude’s groundbreaking Wrapped Coast.
Many art historians argue that the life of the artist should be viewed independently of the art.
A mass installation and drawings by contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang encounter the Terracotta Warriors and other ancient treasures.
Three works by Katthy Cavaliere made in Goulburn chronicle the idiosyncrasies of place with the insight of a singular vision.
The use of his own body may be a convenient framework for Christian Thompson, but it also implies an emotional and personal investment that lends his work power and immediacy.
Revealed provides fertile ground for emerging Indigenous artists to exchange ideas, showcase diverse practices and sell work.
The term ‘visual art’ tends to preclude further ways of experiencing work but in Vis-Ability, careful research and curation have expanded the scope of ‘seeing’ art.
When Angelica Mesiti debuted her acclaimed 2012 video work Citizen Band at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, then-director Juliana Engberg told her quietly at the opening, “I’m going to take you to Venice.” It took a few years, but Engberg was true to her word.
Hazara artist Elyas Alavi’s practice is motivated by poetry, the masks a survivor wears and the plight of those left behind.
For The National, Tara Marynowsky has taken to “redirecting” a slew of 1990s film trailers, giving the female protagonists greater agency.
Recognised for writing and illustrating Australian children’s classics like The Rainbow Serpent, Goobalathaldin Dick Roughsey fostered an understanding of Indigenous culture.
