November 2011 Issue 245
1 When The Circus Came To Town: FIONA FOLEY
Archival image of ‘Boni’. Collection: Musee des Confluences, Lyon
2 Hidden Heritage: Ronald Bull’s 1962 Pentridge mural: SYLVIA KLEINERT
RONALD BULL, MURAL, 1962, 2.080 X 3.500CM, ALKYD (OIL BASED SYNTHETIC) ON BLUESTONE, MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN RECEPTION PRISON (PENTRIDGE). PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW THORN, ARTCARE, 2002. REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST’S FAMILY
3 The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art, 1910-1937: ROGER BENJAMIN
Hannah Hoch, Made for a party, 1936, collage, 36 x 19.8cm. INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN CULTURAL RELATIONS, STUTTGART. © HANNAH HOCH/VG BILD-KUNST, BONN
4 2011 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards: GENEVIEVE O’CALLAGHAN
David Lans, The Lennard identity, film IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST AND WARLYARITI ARTISTS, BALGO
5 Too many cooks? The 2011 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards: MAURICE O’RIORDAN
Installation view, 2011 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of WA, showing Gunybi Ganambarr’s awarding-winning work comprising (l to r): Dhangultji, 2010, hollow log coffin; Burrut’tji, 2010, ochres on bark; Lorr, 2010, ochres on insulation material; Buyku, 2010, ochres on bark; Milngurr, 2010, ochres on rubber; Gunyuru, 2010, hollow log coffin. Image courtesy the artist, Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala, and Art Gallery of WA. Photograph by Bo Wong
6 Michael Cook — Through My Eyes: A dream of things to come: CHRISTINE DAUBER
MICHAEL COOK, THROUGH MY EYES, 2010, inkjet print on Hahnemuhle paper, suite of 27 works. Image courtesy the artist and Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
7 Togart Contemporary Art Award 2011: SASHA GRISHIN
Image courtesy the artist and Harvison Gallery, Perth. Joshua Bonson, Skin, 2011, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 130 x 100cm
8 Remix – a potpourri of recent West Australian art: ALAN R. DODGE
Installation views of Remix at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2011,featuring the work of Paul Caporn. Image courtesy the artist and the Art Gallery of Western Australia
9 The End of Jirrawun: JEREMY ECCLES
Freddie Timms, Gum Tree Creek, natural ochres on canvas, each canvas 120 x 90cm. Image courtesy the artist and Harvison Gallery, Perth
10 Distance from the things that we (don’t) want to let go of: on Immemorial II: Reaching Back Beyond Memory, Philippines: DONNA MIRANDA
Yason Banal and Enzo Camacho, As testimonial of high esteem and most cordial and pleasant association, 2010; installation view Immemorial II: Reaching back beyond memory, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Manila
11 Eleanor Gates-Stuart: Cracking The Finger Codes: HELEN MUSA
Eleanor Gates-Stuart, FCO3, inkjet on Hahnemuhle German etching paper 310 gms, each print 112 x 224cm. IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST
12 Jennifer Bell: Taking a Stand: HELEN STEPHENS
From the Shedding Light series, 2010/11, each painting oil on board, 60 x 60cm
13 Andrzej Zielinski: pulp digital fictions: MARK PENNINGS
Andrzej Zielinski, Green Shredded, 2011, acrylic on linen, 102 x 102cm. Image courtesy the artist and Gallery 9, Sydney
14 Cultivating palates: 2011 Fleurieu Art Prize: MAURICE O’RIORDAN
Loongkoonan, Nyikina Country, finalist, 2011 Fleurieu Prize
15 Narrative Journeys: Michael Stevenson at the MCA: ALTAIR ROELANTS
Michael Stevenson, The Gift (detail) 2004–06, aluminium, wood, rope, bamboo, tar, World War II parachute and National Geographic magazines. Installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2011. Purchased 2007 The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. © the artist
16 books: Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 1984-2008: Celebrating 25 Years: JANE RAFFAN
Franchesca Cubillo (ed.), Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 1984-2008: Celebrating 25 Years, CDU Press, Darwin, 2011, 250pp, rrp$55