Barnaby Smith is a critic, poet and musician currently living on Bundjalung country. His art criticism has appeared in Art & Australia, Runway, The Quietus and Running Dog, among others. He won the 2018 Scarlett Award from Lorne Sculpture Biennale.
Time has revealed itself in new ways during the pandemic. In Time Feeling Slippy, artist David Booth, also known as Ghostpatrol, uses bold colour-block paintings to explore this strange phenomenon.
From cartoon characters to fetishistic obsessions and aqua blue swimming pools, Rob McLeish channels online imagery into a suite of intense drawings in his solo show Distortions at Neon Parc – Brunswick.
Tarrawarra translates as ‘slow-moving water’, and the ‘TarraWarra Biennial 2021: Slow Moving Waters’ embraces slowness amidst an accelerating 21st century.
The vibrant multi-disciplinary works of Noongar artist Patrick William Carter are, in their way, love stories: love of family, music, Country and culture.
Painter Jack Lanagan Dunbar uses copper and gestural mark-making to capture both the folly of humanity and the awesome power of nature in his solo show Signal, part of Art Month Sydney.
In his solo show at Macquarie University Art Gallery, Pandemic Bodies, Fan Dongwang tries to raise awareness of humanity’s shortcomings.
From riots and rations to the story of Aboriginal baking, this group exhibition explores how history has been shaped by the humble loaf.
Sonic artists reveal the rewards of deep listening, reshaping our perception of place.
Constructing Landscape: urban visions reflects a new chapter in the nation’s consideration of how the urban environment might be represented.
Summer is heating up and after a year characterised by isolation and confinement, a drive to clear the cobwebs and look at some art might be just what the doctor ordered. Barnaby Smith has selected a range of exhibitions at regional galleries, all within a couple of hours of major cities, to tempt audiences to step outside the metropolis. These shows are replete with social, environmental and historical engagement, risk-taking practices and styles.
Artistic responses to bushfire carry a certain burden of responsibility.
From Marlon Brando’s Triumph Thunderbird 6T in ‘The Wild One’ to the Harley-Davidsons of ‘Easy Rider’, motorcycles have, over the decades, given art and entertainment some pivotal, iconic moments.
