Autumn 2023 Issue 335

1 (UN)TANGLING THE THREADS THAT BIND THEM: JUDY WATSON AND HELEN JOHNSON: OSCAR CAPEZIO, KAMBERRI/CANBERRA AND NAARM/MELBOURNE 

HELEN JOHNSON, FOUNDATION, 2021–22, SYNTHETIC POLYMER PAINT AND PENCIL ON UNSTRETCHED CANVAS, DOUBLE-SIDED; COMMISSIONED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BALNAVES FOUNDATION, 2021–22; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SUTTON GALLERY, NAARM/MELBOURNE

2 THEIR OWN PRIVATE EVENING: HILARIE MAIS’S ‘NIGHT SIMILE’: GEORGE EGERTON-WARBURTON, NEW YORK CITY   

HILARIE MAIS: NIGHT SIMILE, EXHIBITION INSTALLATION VIEW, DOWNS & ROSS, NEW YORK, 2022; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND DOWNS & ROSS 

3 BARBARA HEPWORTH: EMOTION, RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILLITY: PATRICK HUTCHINGS, NAARM/MELBOURNE  

BARBARA HEPWORTH, TWO FORMS, YELLOW AND BROWN, 1947, OIL AND GRAPHITE ON HARDBOARD, 29 X 23.5CM; KETTLE’S YARD, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BEQUEATHED BY PRIAULX RAINIER, 1986; BARBARA HEPWORTH © BOWNESS 

4 THAT INVISIBLE ELEMENT: ‘AIR’ AT QAGOMA: REBECCA BLAKE, MEANJIN/BRISBANE 

RACHEL MOUNSEY, MALLACOOTA FIRES IN THE SKY 1, 2020, FROM ‘MALLACOOTA FIRES IN THE SKY’ SERIES, INKJET PRINT ON CANSON PLATINE FIBRE RAG PAPER, 100 X 150CM; QAGOMA, MEANJIN/BRISBANE, PURCHASED THROUGH THE QAGOMA FOUNDATION, 2022; COURTESY AND © RACHEL MOUNSEY  

5 YOU AND ME: A COLLECTIVE BEAUTY: STEVEN LINDSAY ROSS 

LIAM BENSON, PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY EMBROIDERY, YOU AND ME, 2013–17, GLASS SEED AND BUGLE BEADS, SEQUINS, COTTON, ORGANZA AND STEEL, 132 X 223CM; MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA, WARRANG/SYDNEY, GIFT OF THE ARTIST, 2018; FOR A FULL LIST OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS’ NAMES AND LOCATIONS SEE: WWW.LIAMBENSON.NET/PROJECT-6 

6 FIRSTS AND SECONDS: ON NAN GOLDIN AND MATTHEW SLEETH: DANIEL MUDIE CUNNINGHAM 

MATTHEW SLEETH, THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST [PART 1], 2021, STILL FROM DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE, KRONENBERG MAIS WRIGHT, WARRANG/SYDNEY, 2021; COURTESY THE ARTIST AND KRONENBERG MAIS WRIGHT 

7 BOWERBIRDING: KARLA DICKENS AT CAMPBELLTOWN: FIONA KELLY MCGREGOR, WARRANG/SYDNEY 

KARLA DICKENS, FEVER, 2022, MIXED MEDIA, 124 X 124CM; COURTESY THE ARTIST; PHOTO: MICHELLE EABRY 

8 EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: ‘CULTURAL COMMONS’ AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE: GILES FIELKE  

CLOSE-UP OF ‘DIGITAL BRICKS’ AT THE ENTRANCE TO SCIENCE GALLERY MELBOURNE; PHOTO: TOBY WELCH  

9 LES BLAKEBROUGH 1930 – 2022: ANNE BRENNAN 

LES BLAKEBROUGH AM, 2010; COURTESY THE ARTIST’S ESTATE AND SABBIA GALLERY, WARRANG/SYDNEY; PHOTO: NICHOLAS WATT 

10 VIRGINIA SPATE 1937 – 2022: JULIE EWINGTON 

VIRGINIA SPATE; COURTESY PYRMONT HISTORY GROUP, WARRANG/SYDNEY 

 
 

11 ANGUS TRUMBLE 1964 – 2022: SARAH THOMAS 

COURTESY BLACK INC., NAARM/MELBOURNE; PHOTO: GRAHAM TIDY 

12 ELEVATING ART WRITING AND CONTESTING PARADIGMS: THE 2022 AWAPAS 

COURTESY NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA AND THAMES & HUDSON, NAARM/MELBOURNE 

13 APPROP … : A MANNER PROPER TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES: MOYA COSTELLO 

IMANTS TILLERS, 2018; COURTESY GIRAMONDO PUBLISHING, WARRANG/SYDNEY; PHOTO: CORINNA & DYLAN 

14 BODY OF WORK: PETER MALONEY’S FUGITIVE TEXT: RUTH WALLER 

PAGES FROM FUGITIVE TEXT, COURTESY THE ARTIST AND M.33, NAARM/MELBOURNE; PHOTOS: BOB NEWMAN 

15 HALCYON DAYS AT EMU PLAINS: MARGo LEWERS: NO LIMITS: ANDREW ANDERSONS 

MARGO LEWERS, YELLOW AND GREY, C. 1971, COLOURED PLEXIGLASS; COURTESY THE ARTIST’S ESTATE; PHOTO: TIM WHEELER