Tracey Clement

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Tracey Clement is an artist and freelance writer. She has a PhD in contemporary art, as well as a diploma in jewellery design, an undergraduate degree in art history-theory and a master’s degree in sculpture.

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The perfectly timed magic of Carlene Thompson

Thompson, who got her start at the Aboriginal owned and operated art centre Ernabella Arts in the APY Lands, is an artist who effortlessly works across multiple mediums including painting, printmaking, wood carving, ceramics and fibre-based works.

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Making art as an antidote to panic in Symbiosis

Symbiosis, the inaugural Bankstown Biennale, has appropriately been assembled by two curators working in tandem, Vandana Ram and Heidi Axelsen, who have brought together the work of 20 Australian artists and writers.

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MPRG: FIFTY

Opening up 50 years of contemporary art at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

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Ben Quilty: 2020 vision

In the first in a series of Art Guide Australia articles in which we turn the spotlight on a single artwork, Tracey Clement takes a close look at Ben Quilty’s recent painting, 2020, and talks to the artist about how he sees the world. A range of paintings from the same series can now be viewed in Quilty’s solo show, Still life after the virus, at Jan Murphy Gallery.

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Laresa Kosloff’s dark humour and Radical Acts

For the second feature in Art Guide Australia’s series which focuses on a single artwork, Tracey Clement examines another piece which addresses the climate crisis. She burst into tears watching Laresa Kosloff’s online video, Radical Acts, and spoke to the artist about telling stories with dark humour.

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Juan Ford on the power of interior worlds

Tracey Clement spoke to the Melbourne-based painter about his ongoing environmental concerns, Spanish heritage and his instinct to turn to imaginary creatures for inspiration during lockdown.