Louise Martin-Chew

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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.

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Bruce Reynolds resists the pretension of art

Known for his dynamic paintings created from reused materials, Bruce Reynolds is now making award-winning sculptures. It’s a busy time for Reynolds, with a survey exhibition at Brisbane’s Artisan gallery and work also showing across Canberra, Sydney and Rockhampton.

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Remembering the Wave Hill Walk-Off—and what it means today

In 1966 in the Northern Territory, 200 Gurindji workers pushed forward the land rights movement in Australia. Known as the Wave Hill Walk-Off, the strike protested Aboriginal land dispossession and worker exploitation. Now, Still in My Mind at ANU Drill Hall Gallery examines this significant moment.

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“The gift of time”: Lucy Turnbull creates art from conversations

Departing from her training in figurative painting, Lucy Turnbull’s Riverside exhibition at Sauerbier House embraces how conversations with the local community give new artistic expression.

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Chiharu Shiota and the intangible aspects of existence

Famous for her exquisite large-scale installations created from thousands of delicate red and black threads, Chiharu Shiota’s largest survey show to date is showing at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.

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“A dialogue between the individual and the place”: Paul Gundry’s meditations on landscape

Paul Gundry’s landscapes hover close to the ground, capturing the light, atmospherics, and the imaginary qualities available within the Tasmanian landscape—as shown in his latest exhibition at Colville Gallery.

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Karla Marchesi’s latest floral forms speak to female agency

With work probing the socio-cultural conditions which define our age, Karla Marchesi’s latest paintings at Jan Manton Gallery are a bright contrast of floral forms, both in tone and colour.

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Solitude and landscape with Belynda Henry

Solitude is a habit for Belynda Henry and, as an artist, immersion in the landscape drives her paintings. Her latest works at Edwina Corlette distil imagery which is vested in place, conveying its many moods and experiences.

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The necessity of artistic expression

Confined 13 shows how art can change lives. With 400 works created by First Nations artists either currently in or recently released from Victorian prisons, the exhibition is a tribute to how artistic expression strengthens a person’s connection to their story and culture, while giving further artistic possibilities.

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Prudence Flint: From Beauty to Complexity—And Back

“I am interested in my own psychology and how women survive our culture,” says Prudence Flint, whose latest paintings depicting women are on show at Fine Arts Sydney.

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William Robinson on painting beyond perspective and into the fourth dimension

In this interview, William Robinson, 85-year-old painter of twisted otherworldly landscapes, reveals how he learned to translate both loss and time in his work.

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The artist at work

Writer Louise Martin-Chew visited Alair Pambegan at Aurukun in north Queensland, learning first-hand about the artist’s process and connection to Country.

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Meat Mirror probes the horror of beauty and booty

A faux Esther Williams gets a Brazilian butt lift in Meat Mirror, a schlock horror collaborative show by Jay Younger and Lisa O’Neill in the 2021 Brisbane Art Design (BAD) festival.

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Louise Martin-Chew

Writer