It is not quiet in Locust Jones’s studio. Rolling news coverage reverberates from every device. As he absorbs this torrent of information, Jones constantly draws, paints and sculpts.
One is the meticulously planned crucible of Australia’s bureaucracy, the other an ocean-licked, sunburnt leisureplex.
Light Geist presents three new commissions by artists working with video projection.
Based on an idea by French philosopher Paul Virilio, EXIT draws on a quarter of a century’s worth of scientific data to vividly animate the world’s hot spots of deforestation, rising seas and mass migration as a result of global warming.
The show features new commissions as well as recent and historical works by more than 30 local Indigenous artists, celebrating the continuing vitality of First Nations’ communities.
While the thought of our impending demise makes most of us uncomfortable, Suzanne Archer looks at death with curiosity and a dark twist of humour.
Practice makes perfect, but that doesn’t make it any easier. Kate Rohde has spent the past 10 years or so honing what she has described as a “hyperactive” practice.
A major restoration program at Versailles has allowed a number of significant objects to travel from France to Australia for the first time.
Australian sculptor Bronwyn Oliver (1959-2006) was a quiet overachiever. Her works are displayed in some of the most prominent public spaces around Australia, housed in many private and public collections, and on display inside some of Australia’s most-visited buildings.
For French artist Philippe Parreno, the show is itself art-in-progress, not merely a vehicle to display discrete works.
No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966-2016 offers PNG’s “cultural expression, giving us insight into the history of contact, and the ongoing strength of kastom (customary law, religion and government).”
The French phrase trompe l’oeil literally translates to ’trick the eye’ and, over the years, this kind of painting has come to seem a bit kitsch.
