Louise Martin-Chew

Writer

Louise Martin-Chew is a freelance writer and PhD candidate at the University of Queensland (Creative Writing) where she is working on artist biography. Her most recent book is Linde Ivimey, published by UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 2012.

Louise Martin-Chew's Articles

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The Uncertainty Principle

Artists in digital media, photography, painting, artist books, poetic films, and textiles come together under this exhibition banner to debate a relationship between certainty and uncertainty, knowledge and incomprehension.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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NAVA and artists look for a Future/Forward

Art Guide Australia’s Louise Martin-Chew attended the 2018 NAVA Future/Forward forum in Canberra. She reports on efforts to get art back on the political agenda.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Michael Cook talks about staging an Indigenous invasion of London

Invasion is Michael Cook’s most ambitious photographic series to date. Louise Martin-Chew talked to Cook about his need to extend himself, to ask questions, and show people the many colours between black and white.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Brisbane’s new Gallery of Children’s Art

Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM is a leading academic and early childhood educator. She curated the first exhibition at Brisbane’s new Gallery of Children’s Art (GoCA), Starting Young.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Tony Albert: Visible

Albert began as a trainee at the Queensland Art Gallery 17 years ago. His success was propelled by membership of proppaNOW – a Brisbane-based art collective. And he is eager to reciprocate the favour.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Spending time with Robert Smithson: Time Crystals

Robert Smithson: Time Crystals is not an exhibition that you can take in on opening night.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Present

Present, curated by writer/curator Kate Britton (who is also the director of Art Month Sydney), brings together a group of unrepresented artists: Kalanjay Dhir, Caroline Garcia, Get to Work, Samuel Hodge, Claudia Nicholson, and Athena Thebus.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Samuel Tupou

Tupou is known for his interest in pattern and repetition and vibrant images, originally inspired by his explorations of family, culture and identity in the Pacific.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Landscape – Mapped: Noel McKenna’s quirky cartography

Detail is important in a visual imagination, but it also punctuates an individual’s memory. This exhibition draws together artworks made since 2002 by Noel McKenna that are also highly personal and idiosyncratic maps.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Fiona Foley discusses her new series Horror has a Face

Louise Martin-Chew spoke to Fiona Foley about her solo show, Horror has a Face, which is part of her PhD research.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica was born in Argentina and is currently working in London. Her exhibition at the IMA is to be presented in two parts, but her first solo in Australia is not the beginning of her relationship with Brisbane.

By Louise Martin-Chew

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Miranda Skoczek: Rag Rugs and Lion Heads

Miranda Skoczek’s abstract paintings evoke old walls with layers of forms and shapes that emerge over time.

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Louise Martin-Chew

Writer