Summer 2010 Issue 236
1 Not Dead Yet, CDU Art Gallery, Darwin: RUSSELL GOLDFLAM
Chips Mackinolty, 2nd May Day palace revolution ball, 1977, screenprint, 75.5 x 49.5cm
2 The Art of Resistance: Burmese Contemporary Art, RUSSELL KELTY
Nyein Chan Su, Untitled, 2008, performance. Image
courtesy the artist and Thavibu Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
3 Trevor Nickolls: an urban gift: SUZANNE SPUNNER
Tightrope walking, 1980, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 191.8 x 91.7cm. VCA Art Collection, the University of Melbourne; gift of the artist 1980.
Photograph: VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery
4 Basquiat Notes: WES HILL
Zydeco, 1984, acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 218.5 x 518cm. Bischofberger Collection, Switzerland; © 2010, ProLitteris, Zurich
5 Impressions of Japan: GARY HICKEY
Pip & Pop, Three minutes happiness (detail), 2009, mixed media. Courtesy of the artist
6 Art, Fashion and Performance: The Ballets Russes: ADAM GECZY
Léon Baskt, Tunic from costume for the Blue God, c. 1912, from Le Dieu Bleu, Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1987
7 Notes from the Humble Administrator’s Garden: The Draguerrotypes of Gary Carsley: PETER HILL
D.95 Composite Panorama 1. New York/Shanghai/Hong Kong/Suzhou/Berlin/Singapore/Sydney (detail), 2010, Lambda mono print on Kodak Professional Paper, 238 x 1989cm; 17 panels each 238 x 117cm
8 Kaleidoscope culture: the Glitter-amas of Reuben Paterson: BEN BERGMAN
When the Sun Rises and the Shadows Flee, 2005, shimmer disks and synthetic polymer paint on board, tinsel and 9 electroplated stilettos, 730 x 350cm; tinsel and stilettos variable. Collection Dunedin Public Gallery. Photograph by Clive Copeman
9 Around the world in 80 shades: Raafat Ishak’s pilgrimage in paint: BREE RICHARDS
Responses to an immigration request from one hundred and ninety four governments (detail), 2006-2009, oil and gesso on MDF, 194 panels: 30 x 21cm (each).
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne. Photograph by Andrew Curtis
10 When worldviews meet: Puturru Palyalpayi / Stringmakers: IAN McLEAN
Bronwyn Goss, Dancing Pleiades Visiting Kungkarangkalpa Country (detail), 2010, old bed springs, red dirt, flowers, 18 x 90cm. Image courtesy the artist
11 Decoding dataspheres: Abstract Nature at Samstag: MELINDA RACKHAM
Regina Wilson, Sun mat, 2008, acrylic on linen, 200 x 200cm. Image courtesy the artist
12 An Ecoregional Story: Ross Annels’s regional crafting of landscape memoir: TAMSIN KERR
Sprung Series, 2008-10, laminated, steam-bent, and solid silky oak, rose alder, and stainless steel with macro-suede and kangaroo leather, dimensions variable
13 Behind the gavel: Australian auction houses: ANITA ARCHER
Brett Whiteley, The Olgas for Ernest Giles, 1985, oil and mixed media on board, Lot 35, 13 June, 2007, Deutscher-Menzies, D&D Studio 101. Image courtesy the artist and Menzies Art Brands Pty Ltd, Melbourne and Sydney
14 Subterranean wonderland: David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art: JOYBELLE
Groupe F (France) who will perform at the
MONA opening weekend, 21 to 23 January, 2011
15 A silver lining: Framed – The Darwin Gallery: MARTINA COPLEY
Interior panorama view of Framed – the Darwin Gallery
16 The Albury Art Prize: JACQUI DURRANT
Catherine O’Donnell, Park Only in Marked Bays, 2008, charcoal on paper, 150 x 250cm. Image courtesy the artist and Artbank Australia
17 Centre-stage: the 3rd Indian Art Summit: MAURICE O’RIORDAN
Ariel Hassan, Mathématiques modernes, digital print on vinyl, dimensions variable. Hassan is Greenaway Art Gallery’s representative at Art Stage Singapore, 12 to 16 January, Singapore: www.artstagesingapore. All images this article courtesy the artists and, unless otherwise indicated, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
18 The revolutionary century: art in Asia, 1900-2000: CAROLINE TURNER
Alison Carroll, The revolutionary century: art in Asia, 1900-2000Macmillan Publishers Australia, South Yarra, 2010, rrp$99 207p; ISBN: 9781921394171
19 Jason Benjamin and the importance of being earnest: MAURICE O’RIORDAN
WE BUILT CITIES, 2010, OIL ON LINEN, 120 X 120CM. All images this article courtesy the artist, Jason Benjamin; Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney; and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane. Photographs by Ian Barry
20 OBITUARY June Walkutukurr Richards, 1951 – 2010: TJAWINA LAWSON, JAN TURNER, ALBIE VIEGAS & JANET VOST
June Richards, Carpet Bagger, Gimme, Mirrka price, New idea; all 2008, all acrylic on canvas paintings. Image courtesy Warburton Collection
21 Letter from Mildura – an indefinable line: KATY MUTTON
Jonathan Kimberley, Ngipi Ward, Nancy Carnegie, Pulpurru Davies, Manupa Butler and Norma Giles, Kuluntjarra: World Map, 2008, Synthetic polymer on linen, 210 x 210cm. Image courtesy the artists
22 Letter from London: Frieze Art Fair 2010: PAVEL S. PYŚ
Damian Ortega, Alma Mater, 2008, 235 x 230 x 230cm, mixed media. Image courtesy the artist and Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
