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trouble was grass roots arts publishing at its best, made by artists for artists, and was dedicated to reflecting the best of the contemporary Australian art scene and the creatives who make it.
David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Melbourne
January 12, 2016 | troublemagInga Walton (originally published Trouble isn 128, October 2015)
“We keep talking about Bowie, and actually we’re talking about ‘the myth of Bowie’. I’m not sure he even knows who he is anymore, rather like some actors … because … Read More
Masayoshi Sukita: Photographing the Starman
January 12, 2016 | troublemagInga Walton (originally published Trouble isn 94, September 2012)
“It’s very hard for me to accept that Sukita-san has been snapping away at me since 1972, but that really is the case. I suspect that it’s because whenever he’s … Read More
SALON December 2015 / January 2016
December 7, 2015 | troublemagCOVER: MONTALBETTI+CAMPBELL, Andy Thomas 2002, type C photograph on polyester-based paper. Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Commissioned with funds provided by the L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2002. Uncommon Australians: The Vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling, a National … Read More
Wood & Tradition: Joined at the Hip
December 7, 2015 | troublemagGordon Dowell
Sitting on a shaving horse (aka The Pleasure Pony) and armed with a razor-sharp drawknife, Lachie Park is using the centuries-old method of green woodworking known as ‘bodging’ to produce two hundred wooden pegs. He is adamant … Read More
Memento Park: An Audience with the Comrades
December 7, 2015 | troublemagInga Walton
When your Socialist utopia crumbles under the weight of decades of anger and seething resentment on the part of the brutalised proletariat, what becomes of the visual representations of that oppression? Any despotic régime worthy of a … Read More
Comics Face December 2015 – January 2016
December 7, 2015 | troublemagThis comic first appeared in BIG Trouble Dec 2013 / January 2014
Want more? See all of the Comics Face we’ve run to date.
A Post Encounter with Casper Jean Rimbaud
December 6, 2015 | troublemagSOCIAL WORK
Casper Jean Rimbaud is an author and multi-media artist from Melbourne. His first novel, Post Encounter (Fiction Terrifica, 2015), tells the terrifying story of an ordinary middle class Australian family held captive in their home by a … Read More
Water Under the Bridge
December 6, 2015 | troublemagby Jim Kempner
Cousin Billy gets another chance when Jim hires him to check names at an important gallery event.
Want more? See all of the MoA Episodes we’ve run to date.
Or visit themadnessofart.com
Trent Parke: the camera is god
December 6, 2015 | troublemagALL IMAGES: Trent Parke, courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery (Sydney) – Trent Parke: the camera is god, Monash Gallery of Art (MGA), 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill (VIC), 26 November 2015 to 21 February 2016 – mga.org.au … Read More
Red Dots
December 6, 2015 | troublemagby Jim Kempner
Jim attempts to convince Dru of the power of ‘hidden persuasion’.
Want more? See all of the MoA Episodes we’ve run to date.
Or visit themadnessofart.com
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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