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The Presence of Absence
September 12, 2017 | troublemagTracey Moffatt: My Horizon 57th Biennale di Venezia 2017
words & photos Tiziana Borghese
There is nothing more magical or powerful than that instance when a work of art turns your world upside down. When preconceived perspectives on life, … Read More
Comics Face September 2017
September 10, 2017 | troublemagDr Dung Jungerson: INSPIRATIONMAN This comic first appeared in Trouble April 2014 Want more? See all of the Comics Face we’ve run to date.
Finding the Art in Phuket
September 10, 2017 | troublemagThe Warm Prop: Art & Artifice
by Anthony S. Cameron
I’ve been known to go just about anywhere in search of the sublime amongst the landfill of the day to day. And, funnily enough, I nearly always find it; … Read More
The Madness of Art
September 10, 2017 | troublemagTrump…? Excuse me !?
by Jim Kempner
There is a lot of interest in the Alex Katz show, but one client is worried about the election.
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A Bloody Business
September 9, 2017 | troublemagBlood: Attract & Repel University of Melbourne
by Inga Walton “And I see the red oil of life / running from my wrists / onto tomorrow’s headlines”
– Spike Milligan, CBE (1918-2002).1
As part of the Science Gallery … Read More
Swell Sculpture Festival 2017
September 6, 2017 | troublemagCurrumbin Beach, Gold Coast (QLD), 8 – 17 September 2017 swellsculpture.com.au
IMAGES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
All images by Rowly Emmett Photography (foreground) Clayton Thompson, Safe. (background) Joy Heylen, The Crab. Manning Daly … Read More
SALON September 2017
September 5, 2017 | troublemag1. Mici Boxell, Cowboy Hats and Hands, 2017, digital print, courtesy of the artist. Punctum Caecum: Mici Boxell, an exhibition by La Trobe creative arts honours student and winner of the 2016 Julie Miller Markoff Visual Arts Award. La … Read More
No Hands
August 6, 2017 | troublemagCreateAbility with Capital Venues & Events No Hands is a poetic re-imagining of Isak Dinesen’s The Diver. Set in an Islamic culture somewhere in the timeless past, No Hands uses physical theatre, sound and video projection in an exploration … Read More
David LaChapelle
August 6, 2017 | troublemagBallarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB) 19 August – 17 September
IMAGES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
All images by David LaChapelle. FRONT COVER: Michael Jason in ‘American Jesus: Hold me, carry me boldly’, Hawaii, … Read More
Renewable Energy – Battersea & Bankside
August 5, 2017 | troublemagCLIMATE by Creative Cowboy
Battersea and Bankside Power Stations demonstrate how great old buildings turn into great new ones. And how the energy world moves on. Both power stations were originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, also the … Read More
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Glen Clarke : A History of Violence
February 3, 2015 | troublemag
CATALOGUE ESSAY
Rajesh Punj
There is an impressive complexity of paper and pattern that constitutes the work of Australian artist Glen Clarke. A heady cocktail of politics, economics and aesthetics are neatly folded into each of the origami styled … Read More
ACTease September 2014
September 1, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
It was with a heavy heart that I put fingers to keyboard for this final ACTease instalment. I have thoroughly enjoyed compiling this column each month and have never been short of amazing exhibitions to … Read More
ACTease August 2014
August 1, 2014 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
What makes you happy? Eleven weeks ago I gave birth to my second child, and one of the things I missed most during pregnancy was running. I tried to run for as long (and as gently … Read More
ACTease JULY 2014
July 1, 2014 | troublemag
Having spent most of my childhood years growing up on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, I was excited to discover that one of the National Gallery of Australia’s latest exhibitions, Atua: Sacred gods from Polynesia (until 3 August) … Read More
ACTease JUNE 2014
June 2, 2014 | troublemag
One of the secrets of a successful landscape artist and landscape photographer, I believe, is their ability to interpret and capture light in their works. Landscape paintings are a personal favourite of mine, and I had high hopes for … Read More
ACTease May 2014
May 1, 2014 | troublemag
What is the most obscure name you have ever seen for an art exhibition? Like choosing a title for a book or film, deciding on a title for an exhibition is an important part of the creative process. It’s … Read More
ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
ADEloud February 2014
February 8, 2014 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Well, Santa may have come and gone and I didn’t get what I wanted, but the silly season is still rife in Adelaide, with a giant cockroach recently being erected in Rundle Mall. Must the … Read More
ACTease February 2014
February 4, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God … I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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