With Seeing Hands
The exhibition With Seeing Hands features contributions from seven mostly Melbourne-based artists, some of whom identify as having sensory or mobility disabilities.
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The exhibition With Seeing Hands features contributions from seven mostly Melbourne-based artists, some of whom identify as having sensory or mobility disabilities.
Khaled Sabsabi migrated to Australia with his family in the early years of the protracted and bloody Lebanese civil war (1975-1990).
As the 2017 Research Fellow at MAAS (the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences), Sydney-based artist Kate Scardifield had access to a treasure trove of antique scientific equipment, charts and archival material.
Like many artists of his generation, Ian Howard was politicised during the Vietnam War. But to call his art anti-war is too simplistic, as Steve Dow discovers speaking to Howard while the artist prepares his latest exhibition.
Rather than represent a single viewpoint of the bush, Walker has developed a way to express a fugue-like structure – a set of interwoven elements to invoke being in place.
Along with Stuart Bailey, Wendy Murray has co-curated Fresh Blood: Redback Graphix and its Aftermath at the Casula Powerhouse.
Louise Martin-Chew spoke to Fiona Foley about her solo show, Horror has a Face, which is part of her PhD research.
Barnaby Smith spoke to Cigdem Aydemir about the politics of her work, #illridewithyou, and the legacy of Tracey Moffatt.
Born in Adelaide in 1963, Mira Gojak pursued science initially, with degrees in both Zoology and Psychology. She talks about a kind of restlessness that took hold while on practical placement, which necessitated a change of tack – in 1989, she moved to Melbourne to study painting at the Victorian College (then located in Prahran).
Owen Leong is known for his subversive homoerotic self-portraits. He was commissioned to make a new work for the group show, The Unflinching Gaze: photo media & the male figure, currently on at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.
Drawing on a palette comprised of pure colour, immersive installation and the science of perception, Nike Savvas creates audience experiences that flood, puzzle and delight the senses.
Known for his massive drawings, Fairbairn has extended his raw, linear approach to portraiture into the realm of printmaking. His exhibition Drawn to Print couples existing drawings with these new printed works.
