Spring 2021 Issue 329

1 Beyond visibility: ‘The National 2021’ Tess Maunder, Sydney

Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Narrbong Galang, 2021, installation view, ‘The National 2021: New Australian Art’, Carriageworks, Sydney, 2021; courtesy and © the artist; photo: Zan Wimberley

2 ‘Still working themselves out’: taiwanese photographs from the 1970s and 1980s: Annette An-Jen Liu

Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan, exhibition installation view, Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University, Canberra, 2021; photo: Chin-Jie Melodie Liu

3 Tony Curran: On paying attention: Amy Walters, canberra

Tony Curran, Bright Pixel #4, 2020, oil on linen, 41 x 31cm; courtesy the artist; photo: Brenton McGeachie

4 seeing what’s there: Rebecca Mayo’s Embracing the familiar: caren florance, canberra

Rebecca Mayo: Embracing the Familiar, exhibition installation view, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, 2021; photo: Brenton McGeachie

5 Secret power: Robert MacPherson’s ‘Nominal Gestures’: Ingrid Periz

Robert MacPherson, 11 FROG POEMS, WATER WITCH, FOR THE MEMORY OF: TONY GOLDEN; JOE BIRCH; GUNTER CHRISTMANN; “OLD CHARLIE” POLLOCK; ALEC WILSON; “OLD JIM” TALTY; ERNIE WILLIAMS; BRIAN CHANTRILL; “WIZARD SMITH”; GEORGE NOBLE; COX MIRIAM VALE, 2020, installation view, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, 2020; wire, copper and plastic, dimensions variable; Griffith University Art Museum, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by an anonymous donor, 2021; courtesy the artist and Yuill/Crowley, Sydney; photo: Carl Warner

6 clarice beckett’s edgy calm: Daniel Thomas, adelaide

Clarice Beckett: The present moment, exhibition installation view, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2021; photo: Saul Steed 

7 ‘it is important to know your history to understand society today’: Fiona Foley in conversation with Louise Martin-chew

Fiona Foley, The Magna Carta Tree #3, 2021, inkjet print; courtesy the artist and Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane; photo: Mick Richards

8 Metaphors in broken glass: Sam Bowker

Tim Silver, Crypt figure A and Crypt figure B, 2019, installation view, ‘Windowless Worlds’, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, 2021; courtesy Wagga Wagga Art Gallery; photo: Tayla Martin

9 This whole big story about the Indian Ocean: jude van der merwe, perth

Yee I-Lann, Tepo Aniya Nombor Na (Mat with a number), 2020, Bajau Sama Dilaut pandanus weave with commercial dye, 366 x 427cm; weavers: Kak Sanah, Kak Kinnuhong, Kak Budi, Kak Roziah, Adik Darwisa, Adik Enidah, Adik Dela, Adik Asima, Adik Dayang, Adik Tasya, Adik Alisya, Adik Erna; courtesy the artist; photo: Andy Chia

10 Salote Tawale: Performing in multiple registers: Andy Butler

Salote Tawale: I don’t see colour, exhibition installation view, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2021; photo: Bo Wong

 
 

11 arone meeks 1957 - 2021: sasha Grishin

Arone Meeks; courtesy Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney; photo: Sharon Hickey

12 Helge Larsen 1929 - 2021: david williams

Helge Larsen, 1990; photo: Steven Lojewski