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Surreal Worlds
October 31, 2016 | troublemagJOHN LESLIE ART PRIZE Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
by Alexandra Sasse This landscape painting prize, based in Sale, is one of those generous moments when a local benefactor makes a significant contribution to the nation’s cultural life. Art awards … Read More
Double Date Night: Episode 1
October 30, 2016 | troublemagby Yung Victoria
Vic’s date, Pearl, is terrifying and intense, and Riley’s, Alastair, is a total douchebag, setting the whole double date endeavour off to a rocky start.
Starring Laura Buskes, Molly Daniels, Tiana Hogben, Hayden McKertish, Gemma Bird-Matheson, … Read More
Finding the Art in Phuket
October 30, 2016 | troublemagAnthony S. Cameron
Dancing on the Fringe
Misfits come in all shapes, colours and sizes in Phuket, and the most colourful of all have to be the Katoeys; the ladyboys. Far more colourful than the criminals on the run, … Read More
Reg Mombassa: Landscapes
October 30, 2016 | troublemagSOCIAL WORK
Born in New Zealand in 1951, Chris O’Doherty, otherwise known as Reg Mombassa, emigrated to Australia with his family in 1969. After graduating where from the National Art School in Sydney in 1975, he formed rock band … Read More
Comics Face November 2016
October 30, 2016 | troublemagThis comic first appeared in Trouble July 2013
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Travels in Clownland: Part 3
October 30, 2016 | troublemagJudith Lanigan
7. Popup Clowntown
If you had a map of Clownland in your hand, you would see a popup clown-town that appears now and then in different places. It is a collection of intimate modern speigeltents, each one … Read More
Black Mist Burnt Country
October 5, 2016 | troublemagA Burrinja national touring exhibition project that commemorates the 60th anniversary of the British atomic test series at Maralinga, SH Ervin Gallery, Watson Road/Millers Point, The Rocks (NSW), 24 September – 30 October 2016.
IMAGES … Read More
Travels in Clownland: Part 2
October 5, 2016 | troublemagJudith Lanigan
4. The Garden of Unearthly Delights, and ‘jizzing the gag’
The next night I walked down the pathways between old gum trees, garlanded and festooned with coloured lights, towering over the bars and coffee stalls, attractions … Read More
Comics Face October 2016
October 4, 2016 | troublemagThis comic first appeared in Trouble October 2010
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Finding the Art in Phuket
October 3, 2016 | troublemagAnthony S. Cameron
Butterfly on Bangala
One of the most bizarre and absolutely fascinating streets in the world has to be Bangla Road, Patong on a Saturday night.
To the sober eye, the world of Bangla Road is like … 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
Conversations with the Black Square
December 16, 2013 | troublemag
Revisiting the art and theory of Kazimir Malevich through the sculpture of Gill Gatfield
by Jennifer Choat
“I HAVE fished myself out of the rubbishy slough of academic art,” Kazimir Malevich announced in 1915. The Russian artist … Read More
AdeLOUD Dec2013 / Jan2014
December 15, 2013 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Do you still believe in Santa? I used to. In fact, I used to visit the big man with the long, white beard every year since I turned 21, inform him of my good behaviour … Read More
ACTease December 2013 / January 2014
December 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What are the best art exhibitions and shows you’ve seen this year? The last year has been a very special one for Canberra, with 2013 marking the centenary of this extraordinary city. Whilst I’ve enjoyed … Read More
ACTease November 2013
November 1, 2013 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
One of my favourite excursions on a sunny weekend in Canberra is a stroll around Lake Burley Griffin, followed by a wander through the NGA and National Portrait Gallery (and a sneaky coffee stop at one … Read More
ACTease October 2013
October 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
I’m not a camper, So I can empathise with the shock that Belconnen artists Carolyn Fitzpatrick and Carole Osmotherly would have experienced as they reluctantly left the comfort of their Canberra homes to venture on … Read More
ACTease September 2013
September 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
September is one of my favourite months in Canberra. The show-stopper event of the month is Floriade (think one million flowers in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park attracting more than 400,000 visitors), which starts on 14 September, then … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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