April 2011 Issue 238

1 Globility: the new Globilsation, 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, GoMA: GINA FAIRLEYCandice Breitz, King (a portrait of Michael Jackson), 2005, 16-channel video installation: 42:20 minutes, colour, sound, 500 x 1200cm (installed, variable)Pu…

1 Globility: the new Globilsation, 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, GoMA: GINA FAIRLEY

Candice Breitz, King (a portrait of Michael Jackson), 2005, 16-channel video installation: 42:20 minutes, colour, sound, 500 x 1200cm (installed, variable)

Purchased 2008 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

2 ‘There is also the West Heavens’: a Chinese-Indian conversation: CAROLINE TURNERRAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE, REVOLUTIONARY FORCES, 2010. Installation view from the exhibition Place.Time.Play: Contemporary Art from India and China, Shanghai, 2010. Image …

2 ‘There is also the West Heavens’: a Chinese-Indian conversation: CAROLINE TURNER

RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE, REVOLUTIONARY FORCES, 2010. Installation view from the exhibition Place.Time.Play: Contemporary Art from India and China, Shanghai, 2010. Image courtesy the artist

3 Memory Palaces: JOHN KELLYStephen J Shanabrook, On the Road to Heaven The Highway to Hell (detail), 2008, ‘remnants’ of the suicide bomber cast in dark chocolate, 74 x 30.5 x 89cm. Image courtesy the artist and the Museum of Old and New Art; photo…

3 Memory Palaces: JOHN KELLY

Stephen J Shanabrook, On the Road to Heaven The Highway to Hell (detail), 2008, ‘remnants’ of the suicide bomber cast in dark chocolate, 74 x 30.5 x 89cm. Image courtesy the artist and the Museum of Old and New Art; photograph by Leigh Carmichael

4 The MONA Manifesto: SARAH SCOTTMuseUm of Old and New Art from Little Frying Pan Island, Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania. Image courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art; all photographs by Leigh Carmichael.

4 The MONA Manifesto: SARAH SCOTT

MuseUm of Old and New Art from Little Frying Pan Island, Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania. Image courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art; all photographs by Leigh Carmichael.

5 Danger and Beauty in the Art of Billy Atkins: JOHN CARTYKumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment), 2007, acrylic on canvas, 46 x 61cm. Collection: Kerry Stokes Collection, PerthImages courtesy the artist and Martumili Artists, Western Australia

5 Danger and Beauty in the Art of Billy Atkins: JOHN CARTY

Kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment), 2007, acrylic on canvas, 46 x 61cm. Collection: Kerry Stokes Collection, PerthImages courtesy the artist and Martumili Artists, Western Australia

6 So what else is new? The NEW NEW, Contemporary Art Centre of SA: STEPHANIE RADOKRoy Ananda, Untitled (detail), 2010, installation view, The Gallerie, Adelaide. Image courtesy Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne

6 So what else is new? The NEW NEW, Contemporary Art Centre of SA: STEPHANIE RADOK

Roy Ananda, Untitled (detail), 2010, installation view, The Gallerie, Adelaide. Image courtesy Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne

7 Anne Walmsley’s In Living Memory: BARBIE GREENSHIELDS Views of Anne Walmsley’s In Living Memory installation, 2010, the old Masonic Lodge, Albany, Western Australia. Photographs by John McKinnon8 Twinned and Twined: Karen Mills and Robyn Djunginy:…

7 Anne Walmsley’s In Living Memory: BARBIE GREENSHIELDS


Views of Anne Walmsley’s In Living Memory installation, 2010, the old Masonic Lodge, Albany, Western Australia. Photographs by John McKinnon

8 Twinned and Twined: Karen Mills and Robyn Djunginy: STELLA GRAY

Twined: Weaving and Abstraction, installation views, The Cross Arts Projects, Sydney, with (left) work by Robyn Djunginy and (right, foreground) work by Karen Mills. Images courtesy the artists and Cross Art Projects

9 OBITUARY: Philip Watkins (1959-2010): JONATHAN WATKINSPhilip Watkins, 2010

9 OBITUARY: Philip Watkins (1959-2010): JONATHAN WATKINS

Philip Watkins, 2010

10 William Kelly: Peace Dialogic: SHIREEN HUDADialogue with ‘Guernica’, 2007, two six-metre-high banners, installed on the façade of Guernica’s Cultural Centre

10 William Kelly: Peace Dialogic: SHIREEN HUDA

Dialogue with ‘Guernica’, 2007, two six-metre-high banners, installed on the façade of Guernica’s Cultural Centre

11 Magic of the Dance – Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume: ALAN R. DODGEBallets Russes: The Art of Costume installation view, National Gallery of Australia, with (left) costumes for The Sleeping Princess

11 Magic of the Dance – Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume: ALAN R. DODGE

Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume installation view, National Gallery of Australia, with (left) costumes for The Sleeping Princess

12 Viola: NICOLAS LOW, MelbourneBill Viola, The Raft, 2004, still images from video/sound installation; colour high-definition video projection on wall (3.96 x 2.23m) in darkened space; surround sound system; room dimensions: 9 x 7 x 4m; performers:…

12 Viola: NICOLAS LOW, Melbourne

Bill Viola, The Raft, 2004, still images from video/sound installation; colour high-definition video projection on wall (3.96 x 2.23m) in darkened space; surround sound system; room dimensions: 9 x 7 x 4m; performers: Sheryl Arenson, Robin Bonaccorsi, Rocky Capella, Cathy Chang, Liisa Cohen, Tad Coughenour, Tom Ficke, James Ford, Michael Irby, Simon Karimian, John Kim, Tanya Little, Mike Martinez, Petro Martirosian, Jeff Mosley, Gladys Peters, Maria Victoria, Kaye Wade, Kim Weild, Ellis Williams. PHOTOGRAPH BY KIRA PEROV

13 New Frontiers in Transmedia Art: CHRISTINE WESTWOODLynn Hershman Leeson, !WAR (Woman Art Revolution), ongoing project

13 New Frontiers in Transmedia Art: CHRISTINE WESTWOOD

Lynn Hershman Leeson, !WAR (Woman Art Revolution), ongoing project

14 Gustav Moreau & The Eternal Feminine: MAURICE O’RIORDANThe apparition, oil on canvas, 142 x images of work by Gustav Moreau. Image courtesy the Musée Gustav Moreau, Paris. © Photo RMN – René-Gabriel Ojéda

14 Gustav Moreau & The Eternal Feminine: MAURICE O’RIORDAN

The apparition, oil on canvas, 142 x images of work by Gustav Moreau. Image courtesy the Musée Gustav Moreau, Paris. © Photo RMN – René-Gabriel Ojéda

15 Daniel Mafe: Approaching the silence: WES HILLUntitled VII, 2008, acrylic on paper, 122 x 86cm. iMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JAN MANTON ART, BRISBANE

15 Daniel Mafe: Approaching the silence: WES HILL

Untitled VII, 2008, acrylic on paper, 122 x 86cm. iMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JAN MANTON ART, BRISBANE

16 BOOKS: Wang Lan: NICHOLAS JOSEBook cover with image of Lucky When Dropped (detail), 2006, acrylic on canvas, 121 x 106.5cm

16 BOOKS: Wang Lan: NICHOLAS JOSE

Book cover with image of Lucky When Dropped (detail), 2006, acrylic on canvas, 121 x 106.5cm