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

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