Art Monthly Australasia-Issue 222 August 2009

August 2009 Issue 222

1 CIAF in focus: LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW & MICHAEL SNELLINGRon Yunkaporta, Thuuth Thaa’munth (Law Poles), 2006, ochres with acrylic binder on cottontree wood, bush string, ibis feathers, various dimensions. Image courtesy the artist and Wik and Kugu … — **1 CIAF in focus: LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW & MICHAEL SNELLING**
Ron Yunkaporta, *Thuuth Thaa’munth (Law Poles)*, 2006, ochres with acrylic binder on cottontree wood, bush string, ibis feathers, various dimensions. Image courtesy the artist and Wik and Kugu Art Centre, Aurukun, North Queensland; the Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and Export Agency (QIAMEA), Queensland, Australia. Collection: Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands

2 Histories repeating: recent work by r e a: CHRISTINE NICHOLLSr e a, Head On, 2009, male/female plaster head c. 1950s, language added by r e a, 15 x 12 x 2cm. Image courtesy the artist, BREENSPACE, Sydney, and Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney. … — **2 Histories repeating: recent work by r e a: CHRISTINE NICHOLLS**
r e a, *Head On*, 2009, male/female plaster head c. 1950s, language added by r e a, 15 x 12 x 2cm. Image courtesy the artist, BREENSPACE, Sydney, and Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney. Photography by Jamie North.

3 Ricky Maynard: Portrait of a Distant Land: LARISSA BEHRENDTWalker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper, 1936, gelatin silver photograph, 34.3 x 27cm. South Australian Government Grant 1979, Collection: Art Gallery of South Aus… — **3 Ricky Maynard: Portrait of a Distant Land: LARISSA BEHRENDT**
Walker Evans, *Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper,* 1936, gelatin silver photograph, 34.3 x 27cm. South Australian Government Grant 1979, Collection: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

4 Tunnel Vision: 42/45, Darwin: MAURICE O’RIORDANEast Point Number 2. An artillery observation point set into the cliffs at East Point at the mouth of Darwin Harbour — **4 Tunnel Vision: 42/45, Darwin: MAURICE O’RIORDAN**
*East Point Number 2*. An artillery observation point set into the cliffs at East Point at the mouth of Darwin Harbour

5 From Bondi to Aarhus: Sculpture by the Sea: KEN SCARLETTPhil Price (New Zealand), Morpheus, steel, lead, aluminium, bearings, carbon fibre, epoxy urethane paint, height: 670cm, diameter of movement: 640cm — **5 From Bondi to Aarhus: Sculpture by the Sea: KEN SCARLETT**
Phil Price (New Zealand), *Morpheus*, steel, lead, aluminium, bearings, carbon fibre, epoxy urethane paint, height: 670cm, diameter of movement: 640cm

6 Jeff Koons in the Palace: WES HILLJeff Koons, Rabbit, 1986, stainless steel, 104.1 x 48.3 x 305.cm. Installed in Le Salon de l’Abondance (in the King’s Grand Apartment) — **6 Jeff Koons in the Palace: WES HILL**
Jeff Koons, *Rabbit*, 1986, stainless steel, 104.1 x 48.3 x 305.cm. Installed in Le Salon de l’Abondance (in the King’s Grand Apartment)

7 When in Venice ...: MARTYN JOLLY

Krzysztof Wodiczko, Visitors, 2008/2009, video projection. Image courtesy the artist and Profile Foundation

8 From Hard to Soft: Soft Sculpture at the NGA: MATTHEW HOLTKnitta Please at the National Gallery, installation view, gallery exterior. To celebrate the final week of Soft Sculpture, the National Gallery of Australia held Knitta Please, a festival o… — **8 From Hard to Soft: Soft Sculpture at the NGA: MATTHEW HOLT**
Knitta Please at the National Gallery, installation view, gallery exterior. To celebrate the final week of *Soft Sculpture*, the National Gallery of Australia held Knitta Please, a festival of events from 5 to 12 July, inspired by the Knitta Please group (founded in 2005), and resulting in a bright, warm and woolly gallery facelift

9 Goulburn aGOG: JAN JONESDavid Carta, Darren - TATTOO ART, from the exhibitions Tattoo Parlour/Body Art and Show us your Tatts by David Carta, part of GRAG’s biennial Easter 2009 Show which coincided with the Australian Street Nationals ‘hot rod’ e… — **9 Goulburn aGOG: JAN JONES**
David Carta, *Darren - TATTOO ART,* from the exhibitions *Tattoo Parlour/Body Art* and *Show us your Tatts* by David Carta, part of GRAG’s biennial Easter 2009 Show which coincided with the Australian Street Nationals ‘hot rod’ event. Image courtesy Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and Wicked Ink Tattoo Studio

10 Korean Dreams: ADAM GECZYCharacter ideographs: Ui (Justice), 17-1800s, colour on paper, 49 x30cm — **10 Korean Dreams: ADAM GECZY**
*Character ideographs: Ui (Justice)*, 17-1800s, colour on paper, 49 x30cm

11 Sucker-punch and soul: Gerry Wedd ceramics: JULIA JONESGerry Wedd, Thongs (detail), 2004, size 10, from Mementoes exhibition. Photography by Michal Kluvanek — **11 Sucker-punch and soul: Gerry Wedd ceramics: JULIA JONES**
Gerry Wedd, *Thongs* (detail), 2004, size 10, from Mementoes exhibition. Photography by Michal Kluvanek

12 The Shaping of a Sculptor: John Dowie (1915 – 2008): DENNIS COLEMANDowie at work (possibly overseas) — **12 The Shaping of a Sculptor: John Dowie (1915 – 2008): DENNIS COLEMAN**
Dowie at work (possibly overseas)

13 book REVIEW: Tales from Outer Suburbia & The Sacrifice BY SHAUN TAN: CEFN RIDOUTShaun Tan, Tales from Outer SuburbiaAllen & Unwin, 2008, 96pp, $35 rrp Bruce Mutard, The Sacrifice, Allen & Unwin, 2008, 252pp, $35 rrpIMAGE: Shaun Tan, … — **13 book REVIEW: *Tales from Outer Suburbia & The Sacrifice* BY SHAUN TAN: CEFN RIDOUT**
Shaun Tan, *Tales from Outer* SuburbiaAllen & Unwin, 2008, 96pp, $35 rrp

Bruce Mutard, *The Sacrifice,* Allen & Unwin, 2008, 252pp, $35 rrp
IMAGE: Shaun Tan, cover image from Tales from Outer Suburbia

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