Thu, 3 Mar - Sat, 2 Apr 2011
Darren Knight Gallery, Waterloo
This Brooklyn based artist has created a niche aesthetic that is all his own in this stylised exhibition that looks and feels great.
Sat, 6 Nov, 2010
Once described as an honest realist, her work is not always easy to look at, nor is it pleasant to think about where it came from. But much of the best art is like that, no?
Thu, 7 Oct - Mon, 15 Nov 2010
Edition, Darlinghurst
Benedict once told me about how she stumbled upon photography. It was fortuitous for the rest of us I suppose, and for her friends who are often the subject of her work. Her objective is not to preserve the sense of these peoples lives, but rather to share common experiences, sights and scenes. Nothing remarkable […]
Thu, 9 Sep - Sat, 11 Sep 2010
Factory Theatre, Marrickville
Congratulations to whoever in the organisation of this event managed to schedule 89 films over a 54-hour period. Kudos, friend. Kudos. Catch Dali's [i]Un Chien Andalou[/i] and Harmony Korine's [i]Trash Humpers[/i].
Sun, 29 Aug - Thu, 7 Oct 2010
Edition, Darlinghurst
If those in a century were to develop an understanding of the aesthetic of our time I would like them to do this with the help of Rene Vaile's photography. Death metal album covers, street brawls, constellations of stars - Vaile's taste for content is inspired.
Sun, 4 Jul - Sun, 15 Aug 2010
The Galeries, Sydney
Fixed geared bikes are hella fun, and they are proving to be a great tool to bring people together. This exhibition catalogues the main protagonists in the growing Sydney fixie scene - how they got started and even what is so unique about their machines.
Tue, 15 Jun - Sat, 10 Jul 2010
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paddington
It seems that in the context of art, and especially Julien's multidisciplinary practice, this photographic series is the "sideshow" to his nine-channel video installation being shown at the Biennale.
Sun, 18 Jul, 2010
Art Gallery of New South Wales Domain Theatre (Lower Level 3), The Domain
These films are centered on male protagonists about whom we cannot help but feel ambiguous. Perhaps a metaphor for politics of the time (and relevant for now, too?).
Tue, 11 May - Sat, 3 Jul 2010
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Darlington
In games of “would you rather?”, I was often asked “would you rather be blind of deaf?”; after seeing Antony Gormley’s Firmament IV, I wonder why the game never included “… or forego the ability to perceive space?” First installed in the below-ground gallery of White Cube Mason’s Yard in March 2008, this is the […]
Fri, 26 Mar - Sun, 16 May 2010
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
Friday, March 26, saw Shaun Gladwell’s new exhibition Interior Linework/ Interceptor Intersection open at Campbelltown Arts Centre. Gladwell has become a ubiquitous presence in discussions of contemporary Australian art and may now also appear in conversations relating to that $64,000 question: ‘what is our national identity?’ After studying at COFA, Gladwell began exhibiting at significant […]
Sat, 27 Mar - Sun, 30 May 2010
The Archibald is to art writers what a solar eclipse is to human vision. Without fail, it captures the attention of art journalists all over the country. Some writers quickly articulate their dislike and even distrust of the prize (perhaps there is elitism here?). Other writers are like moths to the flame, keen to interject […]
Fri, 5 Mar - Sun, 7 Mar 2010
China Heights, Darlinghurst
Chris Town has traveled the world and collected, well, bits and pieces. Posters, bandages, ticket stubs, cigarette packets and bodily fluids are all assembled in collages that remind one of the horror vacui of some Grateful Dead posters. I liken Chris Town’s work to the ‘Poubelles’ of Arman, a Nouveau Realist artist from 1960s Paris. […]
Sat, 13 Feb - Sat, 10 Apr 2010
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Darlington
As a prodigy of sorts, with his work One and Three Chairs in 1965, Kosuth began a career of questioning the nature of art. He and his peers (the conceptual artists) championed not the formalist aesthetics and craftsmanship of the previous decades, but the notion that the idea behind a work was to be revered. […]
Thu, 11 Feb - Sat, 6 Mar 2010
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Paddington
Despite their lack of figuration, Dale Frank’s varnish paintings tell a story. The story of his process — layers of transparent varnish and pigment clashing and separating, creating whole new psychedelic phantasmagoria. Don’t be fooled. These seemingly random configurations, which will encourage different reactions (at his last show, one friend remarked the works heightened his […]