September 2006 Issue 193
1 Dora and the Minotaur Picasso: Love and war 1935–1945: DAVID HANSEN, MELBOURNE
Béatrice Hatala, Dora Maar’s apartment at 6 rue de Savoie, Paris, November 1997, gelatin silver print. Library Musée Picasso, Paris. © Béatrice Hatala
2 Louise Weaver: Taking a chance on love Selected works 1990–2006: MARIE SIERRA, MELBOURNE
Louise Weaver, Sweeper (Racoon), 2005, hand crocheted lambs wool and embroidered Japanese silk thread over high density foam, artificial fur fabric, cotton crochet thread, Swarovski crystals. Private collection, Melbourne. Photo David Callow
3 Captain Cool: MARTIN TERRY, CANBERRA
John Sherwin, after Nathaniel Dance, Captain James Cook, c 1779, engraving. Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra
4 Bronwyn Oliver 1959–2006: HANNAH FINK
Bronwyn Oliver, with her Wave installation at Gordon's Bay, December 1980
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6 A tribute to Peter Townsend: Introduction: DEBORAH CLARK
Peter Townsend, c 1994. Photo Johanna Macnaughtan
7 Peter Townsend in China and Canberra: The Peter Townsend Collection of Chinese woodcuts in the National Gallery of Australia: CHRISTINE DIXON
Artist unknown (Mai Gan?), Woman with baby, child with toy gun, c1940, woodcut. National Gallery of Australia, Peter Townsend Collection, purchased with the assistance of the Australia-China Council 1985
8 Peter Townsend and Studio International: Notes from inside the archive: JO MELVIN
Cover of Studio International, July/August 1972
9 Peter Townsend in London: ANDREW BRIGHTON
Peter Townsend, 1983. Photo Denise Ferris
10 Peter Townsend in Australia: JACQUELINE MACNAUGHTAN
Peter Townsend working, 1994. Photos Johanna Macnaughtan
11 PETER TOWNSEND AND ART MONTHLY AUSTRALIA: CHRISTOPHER HEATHCOTE
COVER OF THE FIRST ISSUE OF ART MONTHLY AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL, JUNE 1987
14 Peter Townsend A view from the bar: DAMIAN SMITH
Peter Townsend in a hotel in Balmain in 1983. Photos Denise Ferris
15 All my own work: PETER TOWNSEND
Peter Townsend c1940, just before leaving for Burma. Photo courtesy of Catherine Townsend
In 1994 Peter Townsend was a writer-in-residence at the Canberra School of Art. At the end of his stay, as was the custom, Peter wrote in David Williams’s School of Art Visitors Book – fifteen closely-written pages of memories, anecdotes and observations in an apparent stream-of-consciousness wherein he frequently castigates himself for writing too much. He called it ‘All my own work’, and here are a few extracts
16 The most delightful thing on earth: The art of Gladys Reynell: JUDITH HEAVEN, ADELAIDE
Gladys Reynell, Emu beaker, 1917, London, earthenware, sgraffito decoration. South Australian Government Grant, assisted by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council 1980, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
