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.
Outside the art scene, it may not be understood that, for the selected Australian artist, the Venice Biennale is an opportunity of Olympian stature.
The first major show of Sherman’s work in Australia since 2000.
For years I have been inspired by the stories and images of the Torres Strait islands above Cape York.
Artistic director Stephanie Rosenthal’s approach is not merely statistical: her grasp of Indigenous practices, thought, history and politics is positioned as central to this Biennale.
Visual arts may have supporters who contributed more money but Gordon Darling was our most important, long-term and passionate advocate.
