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Issue 211, July, 2008


   01 Collateral Damage DENISE FERRIS & MARTYN JOLLY

Ella Dreyfus, The Ladz: Nadz and Dax, 2005, silver gelatin print. This photograph won the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture (2005) yet as an image is similar to the artist’s ... more >


   02 Humbert or Humbug? ADAM GECZY

Bill Henson, Untitled, 2007/08, type C photograph, from the Untitled series, 2007/08. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.

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03 Art and (not or) Pornography DONALD BROOK

From time to time there is a great fuss made about whether some object is a work of art or pornographic. Experts are invited to testify, and mostly ridiculed for their trouble. Witnesses with no ex... more >


   04 Shashinjinsei: Nobuyoshi Araki’s photo journey MANAMI OKAZAKI

Nobuyoshi Araki, from the Sentimental Journey series, 1971, black and white photograph. Courtesy the artist.

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   05 Ai Weiwei: Under Construction JEREMY ECCLES

Ai Weiwei, Fountain of Light, 2007, glass crystals, lights and metal on a wooden base, installation view, Ai Weiwei's studio, Beijing, 2007. Courtesy the artist.

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   06 Keep Calm and Carry On: new work by Mel Robson LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW

Mel Robson, Keep Calm and Carry On (detail), slipcast porcelain 2008. Courtesy the artist. 

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   07 Sex in the Country: David Laity’s Laid Bare JACQUI VERROCCHIO

David Laity, Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, 2003, oil on hessian on board. Courtesy the artist and Metro5 Gallery, Melbourne.

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   08 Survival, Decay and Excavation: curating Arthur McIntyre DANIEL MUDIE CUNNINGHAM

Arthur McIntyre, Birth Pains II, c. 1975, collage on paper. Courtesy the estate of Arthur McIntyre. 

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   09 Bent Western, Sydney CRAIG JUDD

Liam Benson & Kenzee Patterson, Lock it or Lose it, 2004, photographic print. Courtesy the artists.

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   10 Dual purpose: Otto Dix’s Hugo Erfurth with Dog JUSTINE BAYOD ESPOZ

Otto Dix, Hugo Erfurth with Dog, 1926, tempera and oil on panel. Courtesy
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid, Spain. 

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   11 Sam Leach: ghost in the machine ASHLEY CRAWFORD

Sam Leach, Self in Uniform, 2007, oil and resin on wood. Courtesy the artist, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne and Peter Walker Fine Art, Adelaide.

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   12 The Brisbane Sound DANNY ZUVELA

Gary Warner, Cassettes, 1975–86, 2008, 91 audio cassettes, installation view, The Brisbane Sound exhibition opening, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 8 February, 2008. Courtesy ... more >

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