Art Monthly Australasia-Issue 319 October 2019

October 2019 Issue 319

1 Dispatches: andrew stephensChoy Ka Fai, Unbearable Darkness, 2019, production still; courtesy the artist and Performance Space, Sydney; photo: Katja Illner — **1 Dispatches: andrew stephens**
Choy Ka Fai, *Unbearable Darkness*, 2019, production still; courtesy the artist and Performance Space, Sydney; photo: Katja Illner

2 Notes from the field: Chloé WolifsonShelley Lasica, Dress: A Costumed Performance, 1998, documentation of collaboration with designer Martin Grant; courtesy the artist; photo: Kate Gollings — **2 Notes from the field: Chloé Wolifson**
Shelley Lasica, *Dress: A Costumed Performance*, 1998, documentation of collaboration with designer Martin Grant; courtesy the artist; photo: Kate Gollings

3 opening the windows: ‘marama dina’ at cac: michael fitzgerald, south western sydneyMarama Dina, exhibition installation view of the vale ni soqo, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2019; photo: Document Photography — 3 opening the windows: ‘marama dina’ at cac: michael fitzgerald, *south western sydney*
*Marama Dina*, exhibition installation view of the *vale ni soqo*, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2019; photo: Document Photography

4 an unlikely marriage: olley and quilty at goma: Chloé wolifson, brisbaneBen Quilty, Margaret Olley, 2011, installation view, ‘Margaret Olley: A Generous Life’, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, 2019; oil on linen, … — 4 an unlikely marriage: olley and quilty at goma: Chloé wolifson, *brisbane*
Ben Quilty, *Margaret Olley*, 2011, installation view, ‘Margaret Olley: A Generous Life’, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, 2019; oil on linen, 170 x 150cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; image courtesy QAGOMA, Brisbane; photo: Natasha Harth

5 postcards from a region: ‘52 artists 52 actions’ at artspace: genevieve trail, sydneyimage Courtesy Thames & Hudson Australia, Melbourne — 5 postcards from a region: ‘52 artists 52 actions’ at artspace: genevieve trail, *sydney*
image Courtesy Thames & Hudson Australia, Melbourne

6 odd couplings and troubling times in the west: gary dufour, perth Richard Woldendorp, Aerial over cleared and natural landscape, South Australia, 2008, inkjet colour photograph, 72 x 30cm; State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, P… — 6 odd couplings and troubling times in the west: gary dufour, *perth*

Richard Woldendorp, *Aerial over cleared and natural landscape, South Australia*, 2008, inkjet colour photograph, 72 x 30cm; State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; courtesy the artist

7 mind the gap: julie gough’s ‘tense past’ at tmag: lucy hawthorne, hobartJulie Gough, Missing or Dead, installation view, ‘Dark Path’, Dark Mofo, Hobart, June 2019; image courtesy Dark Mofo, Hobart; photo: Rémi Chauvin — 7 mind the gap: julie gough’s ‘tense past’ at tmag: lucy hawthorne, *hobart*
Julie Gough, *Missing or Dead*, installation view, ‘Dark Path’, Dark Mofo, Hobart, June 2019; image courtesy Dark Mofo, Hobart; photo: Rémi Chauvin

8 finale: bouquet at Te Papa and Painting in the expanded field: nike savvasNike Savvas with Finale: Bouquet (2019) at Toi Art, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington; image courtesy Te Papa, Wellington; photo: Jack Fisher — **8 *finale: bouquet* at Te Papa and Painting in the expanded field: nike savvas**
Nike Savvas with *Finale: Bouquet* (2019) at Toi Art, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington; image courtesy Te Papa, Wellington; photo: Jack Fisher

9 the factory-assemblist and the scholar-artist in the historiography of chinese art: alex burchmore, melbourneZhu Jinshi, The Ship of Time, 2018, installation view, ‘A Fairy Tale in Red Times: Works from the White Rabbit Collection’, NGV Internatio… — 9 the factory-assemblist and the scholar-artist in the historiography of chinese art: alex burchmore, *melbourne*
Zhu Jinshi, *The Ship of Time*, 2018, installation view, ‘A Fairy Tale in Red Times: Works from the White Rabbit Collection’, NGV International, Melbourne, 2019; rice paper, bamboo, cotton thread, 300 x 300 x 1200cm (dimensions variable); White Rabbit Collection, Sydney; images courtesy the NGV, Melbourne; photos: Tom Ross

10 stupid little dreamer: a short history of mop projects 2003-2016: daniel mudie cunningham, sydneyGeorge Adams and Daniel Mudie Cunningham before the opening of ‘Dress Code’, 17 February 2005; photo: Ron Adams — 10 stupid little dreamer: a short history of mop projects 2003-2016: daniel mudie cunningham, *sydney*
George Adams and Daniel Mudie Cunningham before the opening of ‘Dress Code’, 17 February 2005; photo: Ron Adams

11 fugitive pieces: tracey moffatt’s ‘portals’: leigh robbTracey Moffatt, The Outlaw, 2019, from the series ‘Portals’, type-C print, 79 x 73cm, 79 x 117cm, edition of 6 + 2 AP; image courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney — **11 fugitive pieces: tracey moffatt’s ‘portals’: leigh robb**
Tracey Moffatt, *The Outlaw*, 2019, from the series ‘Portals’, type-C print, 79 x 73cm, 79 x 117cm, edition of 6 + 2 AP; image courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

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