September 2012 Issue 253
1 Spirit of the Solomons: 11th Festival of Pacific Arts: SUSAN COCHRANE
The fleet of vaka moana and tomoko arriving at dawn ceremony, Ramanda Beach, Honiara, for the opening of the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts, Solomon Islands; photo: Jenny Fraser
2 Wunderkammering Down Under: LISA SLADE
Installation views Theatre of the World, 2012, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart; Image courtesy MONA; photos: MONA/Remi Chauvin
Theatre of Memory referencing Italian philosopher, Giulio Camil lo (1480-1544). During the 1530s, Camillo began to construct fo r the French King François I (1494 – 1547) a memory theatre now known to us only through a text he is said to have dictated towards t he end of his life. It took the form of a small wooden amphitheatre and contained a galaxy of texts and objects representing the history of knowledge at that time; juxtaposed to trigger, systematically, if the viewer had enough knowledge and understanding, the wonders of god and man
3 In Memory of a Name: an opportunity for professional development: HELEN FONG
F.X. Harsono, Writing In The Rain, 2011, video still; image courtesy the artist
4 Apocryphal, Now: Recent work by Laith McGregor & Alexander McKenzie: ANDREW FROST
Laith McGregor, Pong Ping Paradise, 2012, mixed media on paper with table tennis table, glass and net, 274 x 153cm; image courtesy the artist and Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
5 Non-profit art spaces in Cambodia: strength in diversity: ROGER NELSON
Installation view of The White Night, 2012, Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh; photo: Khvay Samnang
6 Robert Baines, A Visible Likeness: DIANNE BEEVERS
Robert Baines, Bracelet ‘Java-la-Grande’ India, Goa (Indo-Portuguese) (?) (c. second quarter of the 16th century), 2004-2005, silver-gilt, iron, plastic, wood, 99 x 74 x 89cm; Collection: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Image courtesy the artist
7 Centenary of Canberra – a legacy of good design: GLEN MARTIN
Fiona Hooten, Shape of a Nation, 2012, pop out construction, die-cut card, 21.5 x 31.5cm; image courtesy the artist
8 NEW12: Australian Centre for Contemporary ArT: AMITA KIRPALANI
Installation view NEW12; (background): Bennett Miller,Behavioural Ecology, 2012, installation; (foreground): Ross Manning, Spectra and Spectra II, suspended fluro-light and desk-top fan mobiles
9 Australia's story – in zeroes and ones: DENNIS GODFREY
10 Abstracts Talk: Peter Adsett, Selected Paintings from 1996-2003: PATRICK HUTCHINGS
Peter Adsett, Painting No.5, Polychrome Poison series, 2003, acrylic on linen, 165 x 105cm. Image courtesy the artist and Raft Artspace, Alice Springs
11 S. by S.E: DAVID HANSEN
Stephen Eastaugh, Blizz Line (winter), 2009, acrylic, wool, cotton and plastic thread on linen, 210 x 425cm
12 'The shock of such irreverence' 2nd Biennale of Sydney 1976: Recent International Forms in Art: ANN SANDERS
Cover of catalogue for 1976 Biennale of Sydney
13 obituary: Gulumbu Yunupingu 1944-2012: JEREMY ECCLES
Gulumbu Yunupingu, Untitled screenprint, 2012. This was Gulumbu’s last artwork, made when she was extremely frail, and about which she said: ‘When a person is sick, or maybe dying, people gather around to sing and dance, laugh and cry to make that person happy. It is what we Yolngu do. Here are all the people trying to make that person feel better and these are all the tears they are crying’
14 books: ROAR – 30 years on: SASHA GRISHIN
Cover for Denise Morgan’s ROAR Re-viewed, 30 years on, Palgrave Macmillan Australia, 2012, 360pp, rrp$150; ISBN13: 9781921394690
15 books: Melbourne's comic: cascade CEFN RIDOUT
Keith McDougall, The many faces of George Grosz, 2012, Vol. 1 of 12, 32pp, rrp$15; ISBN: 9780987259509
16 Letter from ArtHK: DAVID CORBET
Shen Shaomin, I sleep on top of myself, 2011-12, showing as part of ART HK Projects. Image courtesy the artist and Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
