June 2009 Issue 220
1 On judging green pens JUDGES: TAMSIN KERR & ALAN DODGE
2 A LITTLE-KNOWN PLACE: THE ART OF SHANE PICKETT: NICHOLAS TAPPER
SHANE PICKETT, ON THE HORIZON OF THE DREAMING BOODJA, 2005, ACRYLIC ON LINEN, 153 X 122CM. COLLECTION: NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA. GIFT OF ROSLYNNE BRACHER 2006
3 PALIMPSEST # 7 – DISPLACEMENT: HELEN VIVIAN
DENISE JAMES, THE DANCE, 2009, INSTALLATION AT LAMBERT’S SWAMP INCORPORATING BEESWAX FIGURES. IMAGES COURTESY THE ARTIST. PHOTOGRAPH BY KRISTIAN HAGGBLOM. ALL IMAGES THIS ARTICLE FROM PALIMPSEST # 7, MILDURA, 2009.
4 THE INDISPENSABLE CONTROL: FRANCO LA CECLA
FUTUREFARMERS COLLECTIVE, RAINWATER HARVESTER/GREYWATER FEEDBACK LOOP, 2007, MIXED MEDIA INSTALLATION. COURTESY AMY FRANCESCHINI, MICHAEL SWAINE E GALLERY 16, SAN FRANCISCO
5 CLUES FOR OUR COMMON FUTURE? GREEN ART AND FLOATING LAND: TAMSIN KERR
BY THE LAKE, INSTALLATION AT FLOATING LAND 2007. ARTISTS: ROWLEY DRYSDALE, ELLEN APPLEBY, TONY GRIMSHAW AND SUSAN COBURN, AMONG OTHERS; THE PRACTICE OF POTTERS HERE BEING MADE INTO ART. PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM SEBASTIAN WEST
6 TEN DAYS ON THE ISLAND: DANIEL THOMAS
ALEKSANDRA MIR, FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON, 1999, DVD, 12 MINUTES. IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE LAURENT GODIN, PARIS.
7 PLANNING, PUBLIC ART AND THE MAKING OF COMMUNITY – THE PONDS: DEBORAH HALL
SUSAN MILNE AND GREG STONEHOUSE, FLOAT, 2008, STEEL, STEEL MESH. PUBLIC SCULPTURE INSTALLED IN ROUNDABOUT, THE PONDS,SYDNEY. IMAGES COURTESY THE ARTISTS
8 PRESCRIBED TEXT: ROSALIE GASCOIGNE IN MELBOURNE: DAVID HANSEN
ROSALIE GASCOIGNE, ALL THAT JAZZ, 1989, WEATHERED PAINTED WOOD ON PLYWOOD, 131 X 100CM. COLLECTION OF GRAEME UTHMEYER, MELBOURNE
9 A BLACKNESS BEYOND THE BRANCHES: THE PAINTINGS OF ANDREW BROWNE: ALAN DODGE
ANDREW BROWNE, UNTITLED #5 2007, OIL ON LINEN, 153 X 306 CM. COURTESY TOLARNO GALLERIES, MELBOURNE.
10 DRAWING AS DIALOGUE: JAN HOGAN
JAN HOGAN, RIVES BFK. JAN HOGAN IS A VISUAL ARTIST CURRENTLY LIVING IN GUNDAROO, NSW. SHE IS A PH.D CANDIDATE IN PRINTMEDIA AND DRAWING AT THE SCHOOL OF ART, ANU. THIS ARTICLE WAS HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE INAUGURAL ART MONTHLY AUSTRALIA EMERGING ARTS WRITERS’ AWARD
11 ‘CARKED’ IT LIKE A CASSOWARY: SASI VICTOIRE
GERHARD HILLMAN, BIRD SEED ,2009, PHOTOMONTAGE ON CANVAS, 76 X 35CM. IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST. ALL IMAGES THIS ARTICLE ALSO COURTESY LAUREL MCKENZIE.
12 THE ROAD: THE ECOLOGIES PROJECT, MUMA: MELISSA AMORE
FIONA PARDINGTON, SHINING CUCKOO / RIRORIRO, 2006. SHINING CUCKOO CHALCITES LUCIDUS NESTLING IN A RIRORIRO/GREY WARBLER GERYGONE IGATA NEST. AV4552 DUNEDIN 13.12.68 OTAGO MUSEUM, EDITION 1/5. IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST
13 A.I.R ON ICE: STEPHEN EASTAUGH
AN AURORA AUSTRALIS OVER MAWSON STATION, ANTARCTICA
14 PIPE DREAMS: STEINER AND LENZLINGER’S THE WATER HOLE: URSZULA DAWKINS
STEINER & LENZLINGER, GIADINO CALANTE, ST STAE, VENICE, 2003. IMAGES COURTESY THE ARTISTS AND ACCA.
15 THERE BE DRAGONS: CASSANDRA LEHMAN-SCHULTZ
A COW EATING TRASH, PIYUNGAN LANDFILL SITE, JOGJAKARTA
16 FRAGILE MAPPING: ANGELA GRIFFITHS, VANISHING POINT: NATASHA CICA
ANGELA GRIFFITHS, VANISHING POINT, 2008, PORCELAIN CONES, LED LIGHTS. INSTALLATION VIEWS, KELLY’S GARDEN, SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE, HOBART. IMAGES COURTESY THE ARTIST.
17 BOOK REVIEW:THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT WHAT ART IS BY, DONALD BROOK: ANNE KIRKER
DONALD BROOK, THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT WHAT ART IS,
ARTLINK AUSTRALIA, 2008, 145 PAGES, RRP $38.50
