Briony Downes is an arts writer based in Hobart. She has worked in the arts industry for over 20 years as a writer, actor, gallery assistant, art theory tutor and fine art framer. Most recently, she spent time studying Art History through Oxford University.
How we perceive images and objects and their associated historical meaning has been a central focus of Sanné Mestrom’s practice for several years.
Using video and time-lapse photography, Martin Walch and David Stephenson have visually charted the recent history of southern Tasmania’s Derwent River, from its beginnings in the central highlands to its position as a waterway severely effected by industry and the urban landscape.
The most recent recipient of the Contemporary Art Tasmania’s Curatorial Mentorship Program, Emily Bullock, has curated Passages, a mixed media exhibition that includes six artists from the UK and Australia whose works map the experiences, both subjective and sensory, that connect us to people and places.
Melbourne is the next destination for the immersive work EXIT that visually maps the intricacies of globalisation.
Women in maritime history have something in common with the structure of icebergs. Their presence is marked only by what skims the surface. Explore the depths and the reality is clear: what we see is only part of the story.
One of the first photos I saw of TextaQueen was a portrait of her standing in a red shortie jumpsuit, rainbow coloured felt-tip pens slung in a holster belt around her waist.
In STEEL: art architecture design, curator Margaret Hancock Davis narrows the field to focus on the innovations made by Australian designers and artists working in the 21st century.
Considering that Tasmania is an island state with a convict history, one would expect to come across a pirate or two in the archives.
Jud Wimhurst often references his past as a keen skateboarder in the 1980s and it is clear the pastime has played a central role in the development of his fine art practice.
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.
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.
A major restoration program at Versailles has allowed a number of significant objects to travel from France to Australia for the first time.
