The making of a Golden reliquary in the art of Catherine O’Donnell
Catherine O’Donnell, Gold leafed house number 5, 2022, , from the Golden House series, stereolithographic model and gold leaf, 14 …
Category Archives: Contemporary Art
The Vessell and the River – Kate Dorrough
Kate Dorrough, Monumental Water Rites, 2023, acrylic on linen, 168 x 214 cm Kate Dorrough’s body of work is an …
Everything is different: Contemplating loss and the work of Paraskevy Begetis at Articulate Project Space
I met a girl in January 2023, I thought she told me her name was Paris. I met her at …
Witnessing, by Alicia Henry: A personal essay by Naomi McCarthy
At Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, December 2022 Alicia Henry’s moving exhibition, Witnessing, inspired in part by Henry’s Ghanian …
Writing about the work of Dianne Gall at Nanda Hobbs and Maddison Gibbs and Salllvage, (Rowan Savage) at Cement Fondu
Joan Retallack’s word poethics, which is a combination of the word poetry and ethics, suggests that some ideas can most …
Jo Bertini: Paintings of awe and intimacy
Jo Bertini, Breath of the Last Wild River, 2022, iridescent pigments and oil on French polyester canvas, courtesy of the …
A thoughtful provocation – the work of David Griggs
David Griggs is a thoughtful, softly spoken man whose words arrive with padded edges allowing us to bump into them …
Giddy Up: Amplifying the tension between representation and abstraction
“Why are you hiding your face?” Asks 2022 Archibald prize winning artist, Blak Douglas, referring to Giddy up, Kim Leutwyler’s …
Juliana Góngora Rojas – Arrullos
A personal reflection on Juliana Góngora Rojas’ artist talk for her work, Arrulos, exhibited in rivus , The 23rd Sydney Biennale. –
Enacting my values
Trying to pinpoint, how our values manifest in every action or inaction we take – is like chasing pieces of eggshell …
How to start a love affair with art 