Cigdem Aydemir on race relations and cultural identity
Barnaby Smith spoke to Cigdem Aydemir about the politics of her work, #illridewithyou, and the legacy of Tracey Moffatt.
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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.
Embodying a performance art born in Sydney’s queer club scene, Justin Shoulder’s latest solo show, Carrion, stakes out post-human, apocalyptic terrain, drawing our attention to the present age of excess and environmental misuse.
Dale Harding graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2014, yet his opportunities and achievements since speak to a much longer practice, indeed a “cultural continuum” to which he is connected through country.
Born in 1983 in Sydney, and now residing in Brooklyn, NYC, Anna Kristensen is most recognised as a painter. However, it is at the crossroad of photography, sculpture and painting that her work tends to sit.
Melbourne-based artist Peter Hennessey’s practice owes much to his architectural acumen.
Anna Dunnill sat down with festival co-directors Claire McArdle and Chloë Powell to talk about Radiant Pavilion.
The annual Cairns Indigenous Art Fair packs a lot in to just three days in July. Sharne Wolff spoke to Hetti Perkins about her role in the Fair and the importance of presenting Indigenous art on the world stage.
Every two years, since 1988, the Melbourne Art Fair has been a major event on the Australian arts calendar. But in 2016 the Fair was unceremoniously cancelled just six months before it was due to open. Now the Melbourne Art Fair is back with a new venue, new director and new vision for the future.
