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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.
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Trouble e-news subscribers are predominantly arts industry professionals and practicing artists living in Melbourne, central and regional Victoria. Released fortnightly, Trouble e-news has a readership of 8000+ per month.
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Greg Creek: The Desktop Drawings
June 1, 2015 | troublemagSOCIAL WORK
Created on modest scaled desks and yet sometimes beguiling by their incredible length, Greg Creek’s drawings focus upon the richness of a studio process that captures the interaction between the incidentals of everyday events and universal contexts.
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SALON June 2015
June 1, 2015 | troublemag
RELEVANT LINKS mga.org.au qagoma.qld.gov.au federation.edu.au/pogallery geelonggallery.org.au incineratorgallery.com.au thelockup.org.au burrinja.org.au vividsydney.com thelostones.com.au seventhgallery.org savinahopkins.blogspot.com.au
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STRALIAN STORIES: Snow Business – the thrills and kills of Squizzy Taylor
June 1, 2015 | troublemagNeil Boyack
My dad said to me once that his dad (a person I never met), was a gangster. He would have been alive and kicking around the time of Squizzy Taylor, and if he was a gangster he … Read More
The Madness of Art: Don’t Discount On It
June 1, 2015 | troublemag
SEASON 4 Episode 7: Don’t Discount On It
Jack brings his wealthy client by to purchase some work from Jim’s gallery. He has very specific instructions on how to handle the sale. In two words: no discounts!
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Greetings from Beyond the Pale: Wolf Creek
June 1, 2015 | troublemagBen Laycock
Having been evicted from Balgo for transgressing a Christian sacred site, l am standing with my thumb out in the blistering heat. A car going the other way pulls up in a cloud of dust and hands … Read More
Comics Face June 2015
May 31, 2015 | troublemag
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David Lynch: Between Two Worlds
May 31, 2015 | troublemagGallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane until 7 June 2015
The first exhibition in Australia to explore the 50 year career of the acclaimed American artist and filmmaker David Lynch, closes at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art on 7 June. … Read More
SALON May 2015
May 4, 2015 | troublemagRELEVANT LINKS fac.org.au manningham.vic.gov.au/gallery sophiegannongallery.com.au unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum ngv.vic.gov.au federation.edu.au/gnap artgallerywa.gov.au geelonggallery.org.au
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Australian homelands are forever
May 3, 2015 | troublemagPeter Hylands
We have always understood that it is a crime to remove indigenous peoples from their land and that any such removal represents the worst kind of colonialism and exploitation.
In this clip and in the beautiful Yolngu … 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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