
Podcast: Georgina Cue on reality, fantasy and imagery
In many of Georgina Cue’s photographs, the artist lies in a staged setting. She is surrounded by makeshift objects and structures, which are overloaded with a series of diverging allusions.
In many of Georgina Cue’s photographs, the artist lies in a staged setting. She is surrounded by makeshift objects and structures, which are overloaded with a series of diverging allusions.
Piccinini’s work is inspired by research into genetic technologies, from gene splicing and IVF in the 1990s, through to recent advancements in genetic coding.
When Caitlin Franzmann discusses the larger ideals behind her art practice, she mentions the ambition of “invoking what is bigger than ourselves.”
Kenny Pittock’s work seems relatable and commands us to look at the minutiae of every life. In the latest episode of our conversation series he talks about the organic use of humour in his work, while also touching upon his upcoming drawing residency at Deakin University Art Gallery.
The work of artist Fayen d’Evie prompts us to consider how we encounter, describe, understand and create art.
For Simone Slee the perfect sculpture is the sculpture that ‘fails’. These failures come in many guises; sometimes her works are left to the fallibility of humans, cucumbers and rocks.
Ricky Maynard isn’t solely interested in creating great pieces of art. Instead Maynard aims for what he calls “great pieces of evidence.”
Even though Chinese-Australian artist Lindy Lee has changed and refined her art practice over time there are certain themes that continually pervade her work. [+ Podcast]
Since the 1980s acclaimed American artist Kiki Smith has looked at mortality, sexuality, and nature. Showing magnificent tapestries in the current Biennale of Sydney, Smith has previously shown in five Venice Biennales, and in 2006 was one of the ‘TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World.’ In our interview Smith talks about the process of making art and being patient in our chaotic world.
Opening today, QUEER is a landmark exhibition bringing together over 400 artworks from the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection that explores queer in political, aesthetic and intimate ways. Four of the exhibition’s curators unpack the stories—from innuendos to pointed subversions to witticisms—behind four key artworks.
“It starts with Elizabethan and Tudor period portraits and goes right through to contemporary times.” The National Portrait Gallery in London has loaned 80 works to our National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, capturing portraiture through the ages.
Shirley Purdie’s newest paintings at Olsen Gallery are ancestral stories of Country and Ngarranggarni (Dreaming), but also sites and moments that resonate with Purdie, from her birthplace of Mabel Downs Station to her family history.
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