November 2014 Issue 275
1 Still standing: ‘Burning Down the House’, the 10th Gwangju Biennale: EN YOUNG AHN
Jane Alexander, Symposium, 2014, installation view, the 10th Gwangju Biennale, 2014; 28 figures of infantry and beast, mixed media, dimensions variable; photo: En Young Ahn
2 Intersections: The 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art: JANE DEVERY
Agatha Gothe-Snape, IMMACULATE IMMATERIAL AFFLUENCE BLOSSOMING from Untitled, 2014, 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (reception desk); image courtesy and © Zak Group, 2014. photo: Brotherton-Lock
3 An alternative perspective: Adrian Newstead’s The Dealer is the Devil: KATRINA CHAPMAN
Adrian Newstead, The Dealer is the Devil: An Insider’s History of the Aboriginal Art Trade, Brandl & Schlesinger, Blackheath, 2014, 520 pages, AU$49.95
4 Transcending fashion: Japanese design and ‘Future Beauty’: ALISON KUBLER
Comme des Garçons (Rei Kawakubo), Autumn/Winter 2012–13; collection: Kyoto Costume Institute. photo: Masayuki Hayashi
5 The fashion phenomenon: Fashion in the gallery and museum: PETER MCNEIL
Christian Dior, Bar Suit, haute couture, Spring–Summer 1947, Les Arts Décoratifs, Ufac collection, Mode et Textile, in association with Christian Dior, 1958. photo: Thierry Dreyfus for Eyesight Group
6 Futurist remembrance: An Acconci footbridge for Hobart?: DANIEL THOMAS
Aerial view looking northwest along the spine of the Queens Domain. The proposed Acconci bridge seeks to connect the Cenotaph (centre foreground) with the Avenue of Honour (cleared yellow-tinged native grassland in the middle ground); image courtesy Inspiring Place, Hobart. photo: Adam Muyt, Hobart City Council
7 ‘The Land of David’: Christoph Büchel’s Tasmanian odyssey: MICHAEL FITZGERALD
Christoph Büchel, Land of David (Poynduk), installation view, Port Davey, Tasmania, 2014; image courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart. photo: MONA/Rémi Chauvin
8 From Gould to the GEOcritical: Circumnavigating an island of art: GILLIAN MARSDEN
Thomas James Lempriere (1796–1852), The Settlement, Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen’s Land, c. 1827–29, watercolour, pencil and ink, 31.6 x 43.5cm (sheet and image); collection of Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), Hobart, purchased 1996. image courtesy TMAG, Hobart
9 Pain is near: River of Fundament, a symphonic film by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler: LISA HAVILAH
Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler, River of Fundament, 2014, production still; produced by Matthew Barney and Laurenz Foundation; written and directed by Matthew Barney; music composed by Jonathan Bepler; cinematography by David Regen. image courtesy Matthew Barney
