October 2008 Issue 214

1 If I say I love my place, what’s with the bags I’ve packed? The cultural changes required by landscape memoir and eco-regionalism: TAMSIN KERRWendy McGrath, Forest Couture, 2005, site-specific installation/sculpture, hand stitched ‘debut’ gown mad… — **1 If I say I love my place, what’s with the bags I’ve packed? The cultural changes required by landscape memoir and eco-regionalism: TAMSIN KERR**
Wendy McGrath, *Forest Couture*, 2005, site-specific installation/sculpture, hand stitched ‘debut’ gown made from the leaves of the macaranga tanarius (a rainforest pioneer), red cotton and tulle. Location: Noosa Woods remnant rainforest, at the end of Hastings Street, for the *Floating Land Art & Environment Project* 2005. Collection of the artist. Photograph by Wendy McGrath

2 Telstra Imbroglio: the 25th NATSIAA, JEREMY ECCLESTerry Ngamandara Wilson, Gulach – Spike Rush, 2008, natural pigments on bark. Bark Painting winner. Courtesy the artist and Maningrida Arts and Culture. — **2 Telstra Imbroglio: the 25th NATSIAA, JEREMY ECCLES**
Terry Ngamandara Wilson, *Gulach – Spike Rush*, 2008, natural pigments on bark. Bark Painting winner. Courtesy the artist and Maningrida Arts and Culture.

3 The 35th Alice Prize: KIERAN FINNANEPip McManus, Ichor, 2006, DVD stills from 55-minute digital video. Nic Hempel: cello, David Nixon: digital content production, Bill Davis: Red House Studio recording. Courtesy the artist. This work was awarded t… — **3 The 35th Alice Prize: KIERAN FINNANE**
Pip McManus, *Ichor*, 2006, DVD stills from 55-minute digital video. Nic Hempel: cello, David Nixon: digital content production, Bill Davis: Red House Studio recording. Courtesy the artist. This work was awarded the 2008 Alice Prize

4 Saltpan to Skyscraper: the 2008 TOGART Contemporary Art Award (NT): VAL CLARKMARINA MURDILINGA, DIRDBIM (MOON DREAMING), 2008, PANDANUS SPIRALIS, BAMBOO AND NATURAL DYES. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MANINGRIDA ARTS AND CULTURE — **4 Saltpan to Skyscraper: the 2008 TOGART Contemporary Art Award (NT): VAL CLARK**
MARINA MURDILINGA, *DIRDBIM (MOON DREAMING),* 2008, PANDANUS SPIRALIS, BAMBOO AND NATURAL DYES. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MANINGRIDA ARTS AND CULTURE

5 As citizens of the world …: NIGEL LENDONAxel Poignant, Young Women, Croker Island, (1948/printed c. 1979), silver gelatin print on Ilford Galerie, © Roslyn Poignant, Axel Poignant Archive, London — **5 As citizens of the world …: NIGEL LENDON**
Axel Poignant, *Young Women, Croker Island*, (1948/printed c. 1979), silver gelatin print on Ilford Galerie, © Roslyn Poignant, Axel Poignant Archive, London

6 PHotoEspaña 08: JUSTINE BAYOD ESPOZ, MadridW. Eugene Smith, Doctor with Coffee Cup, 1948. Center for Creative Photography, W. Eugene Smith Archive. © The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith — 6 PHotoEspaña 08: JUSTINE BAYOD ESPOZ, *Madrid*
W. Eugene Smith, *Doctor with Coffee Cup*, 1948. Center for Creative Photography, W. Eugene Smith Archive. © The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith

7 Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri c. 1920–2008: SASHA GRISHINBill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Rockholes Near the Olgas, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen. Image courtesy Watiyawanu Art Centre and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. (T… — **7 Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri c. 1920–2008: SASHA GRISHIN**
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, *Rockholes Near the Olgas*, 2008, synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen. Image courtesy Watiyawanu Art Centre and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. (This painting currently hangs as a finalist in the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.) Photograph by Regis Martin
**8 Letters**
**About turn – 2008: Sydney Biennale**
In response to Michael Desmond’s article Back to the future? - 2008 Biennale of Sydney (AMA #213, September 2008), I enclose a quote from a catalogue of one of the Contemporary Art Society’s (founded 1938) annual exhibitions.
Art does not stand still. Its movement is always forward, so each new year sees some new step taken. If the Contemporary Art Society is to be deserving of its name and the fundamental objects of its constitution, it, too, must move forward, When you cease to find in the annual exhibition of the society any new thought or feeling or any urge to explore the possibilities of the unknown, then you may be sure that the society no longer carries the banner it was intended to bear. ... read the rest in #214

9 Survivor City: Sarajevo: IAN ROHRIan Rohr, Sarajevo looking out beyond a war-destroyed home, digital print, 2008 — **9 Survivor City: Sarajevo: IAN ROHR**
Ian Rohr, *Sarajevo looking out beyond a war-destroyed home*, digital print, 2008

10 Murray Walker: Memento: PATRICK HUTCHINGSMurray Walker, installation view of Memento exhibition at Scott Livesey Galleries, 2008. Courtesy the Artist and Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne. — **10 Murray Walker: Memento: PATRICK HUTCHINGS**
Murray Walker, installation view of *Memento* exhibition at Scott Livesey Galleries, 2008. Courtesy the Artist and Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne.

11 Book: A tank full of hungry sharks: PETER ANDERSONDon Thompson: The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art and Auction Houses, Aurum Press, London, 2008, 299 pp, $39.95 rrp — **11 Book: A tank full of hungry sharks: PETER ANDERSON**
Don Thompson: *The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art and Auction Houses,* Aurum Press, London, 2008, 299 pp, $39.95 rrp

12 Book: Coherence and contradiction: Pioneering a history of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia: ANDREW MONTANAHarriet Edquist: Pioneers of Modernism: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishin… — **12 Book: Coherence and contradiction: Pioneering a history of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia: ANDREW MONTANA**
Harriet Edquist: *Pioneers of Modernism: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia,* Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing, 2008, 304 pp, 120 Illustrations, rrp: $59.95

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